Tag: media platforms

• Introducing metalabel | Metalabel

  October 16, 2025

  Metalabel is a growing universe of knowledge, resources, and spaces for metalabels and other cultural collectives. https://releases.metalabel.xyz/r01/introducing-metalabel?ref=blog.metalabel.com more ›

• The chaos and confusion of itch.io and Steam’s abrupt adult game ban | The Verge

  October 14, 2025

  In response to pressure from its payment processors, itch.io had a broad swath of adult content on its platform targeted and removed. https://www.theverge.com/games/715299/itchio-games-delisting-payment-processor-paypal more ›

• Universality comes at too high a price

  September 26, 2025

  ‘African’ films should not need to be baked in a Hollywood oven before being served. https://open.substack.com/pub/continent/p/universality-comes-at-too-high-a?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=oj2p5 more ›

• Breaking Down OnlyFans’ Stunning Economics — MatthewBall.co

  September 22, 2025

  Due to UK disclosure requirements, it’s possible to examine the P&L of the privately owned/controlled OnlyFans. And the results are shocking. Though a private company, Fenix International (“OnlyFans”) is a… more ›

• Maneuvering the Algorithm: How Chinese Women Are Hacking Censorship to Keep Female Voices Alive

  August 25, 2025

  Using innocuous comments, Chinese women are helping each other speak out and stay visible in a system that’s designed to silence them. https://open.substack.com/pub/pekingquack/p/maneuvering-the-algorithm-how-chinese?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=oj2p5 more ›

• Singles Are Sick of Dating Apps. But There Are 2.5 Million on Raya’s Waitlist.

  August 25, 2025

  The privately held company has attracted an A-list clientele and even gotten Gen Z onboard with online dating. Good luck making it past the team reviewing applications. https://www.wsj.com/style/raya-waitlist-founder-daniel-gendelman-3c64be91?st=BuJdLd&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink more ›

• Rolling Stone

  August 25, 2025

  Podcasts like ‘Serial,’ ‘The Shrink Next Door,’ and ‘Over My Dead Body’ were once a booming industry. But times — and budgets — have changed. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/narrative-podcasts-gone-serial-over-my-dead-body-1235409945/ more ›

• Sex is getting scrubbed from the internet, but a billionaire can sell you AI nudes

  August 11, 2025

  Elon Musk’s xAI launched a Grok chatbot feature that creates nonconsensual nudes of celebrities despite efforts to purge this content from the internet. https://www.theverge.com/internet-censorship/756831/grok-spicy-videos-nonconsensual-deepfakes-online-safety more ›

• What’s a smut peddler to do these days?

  August 10, 2025

  In the aftermath of Steam and itch pulling thousands of pages of adult content, their creators are speaking about their experiences making a living selling smut. more ›

• The chaos and confusion of itch.io and Steam’s abrupt adult game ban | The Verge

  August 10, 2025

  In response to pressure from its payment processors, itch.io had a broad swath of adult content on its platform targeted and removed. https://www.theverge.com/games/715299/itchio-games-delisting-payment-processor-paypal more ›