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> I really don't think it's some horrendous oversight to expect that people will be kind to a service that you offer.

Its not like anonymous file hosting on the internet was a new thing two years ago. It very much is a major oversight to offer (or acquire) a service in an existing, established segment and have no idea what the usage patterns and challenges in that segment are.

> If you offer anonymous and free image uploading it's not wrong to assume that not 100% of your traffic will be pornographic uploads

Its file, not just image, hosting, but, yeah, you should probably assume that the stuff that the most controversial aspect of it is that it is just porn will be toward the milder end. And their piece doesn't say “porn” it says “abuse”.




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