Patreon CEO on adult content

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The video leverages a high-profile figure discussing a controversial and widely debated topic, providing a clear, authoritative answer to a common question about platform moderation.

Summary

Patreon CEO Jack Conte discusses the company's policy on adult content and how they define pornography to ensure consistent moderation. He explains that they have specific, detailed guidelines to help human moderators make uniform decisions.

Structure

1Patreon CEO addresses adult content policy
2Refutation of the claim that porn cannot be defined
3Explanation of the need for detailed, pedantic policy
4Goal of consistent moderation by human teams

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Patreon CEO on adult content WE HAVE AN 18 PLUS CATEGORY. WE DON'T HAVE PORN, AND OUR CONTENT POLICY DOES NOT ALLOW PORN. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SAY YOU CAN'T DEFINE PORN. THAT'S NOT TRUE. YOU CAN DEFINE IT, AND WE HAVE. WE'VE DONE THAT IN A LOT MORE- WHAT'S YOUR DEFINITION OF PORN? WAY MORE DETAIL THAN I'M GONNA ELABORATE ON LIVE ON A PODCAST. FAIR ENOUGH. UM, BUT, WE HAVE DETAILED THAT. PEDANTICALLY, LIKE IN LEGALESE. 'CAUSE THE, THE POINT OF CONTENT POLICY, YOU WANT, YOU KNOW, 10 HUMANS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT A POLICY AND LOOK AT A PIECE OF MEDIA AND THEN HAVE NINE OF THEM MAKE THE SAME DECISION, RIGHT? THAT'S HOW WE TRY TO WRITE OUR POLICIES IN TERMS OF LEVEL OF DETAIL. AND SO, WE DO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL BAKED IN, AND WE KNOW, LIKE, THIS IS PORNOGRAPHY, THIS IS NOT PORNOGRAPHY. Decoder with Nilay Patel

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Patreon CEO Jack Conte on moderating adult content: "There are people who say you can’t define porn. That’s not true. You can define it, and we have." #patreon #moderation #creators #Tech

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We have an 18 plus category. We don't have porn, and our content policy does not allow porn. There are people who say you can't define porn. That's not true. You can define it, and we have. We've done that in a lot more- What's your definition of porn? Way more detail than I'm gonna elaborate on live on a podcast. Fair enough. Um, but, we have detailed that. Pedantically, like in legalese. 'Cause the, the point of content policy, you want, you know, 10 humans to be able to look at a policy and look at a piece of media and then have nine of them make the same decision, right? That's how we try to write our policies in terms of level of detail. And so, we do have that level of detail baked in, and we know, like, this is pornography, this is not pornography.