Does an international porn site like Pornhub take accents into account with their algorithm? Does an Australian watching Pornhub porn tend to get more porn with Australian accents than an American?

Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

Does an international porn site like Pornhub take accents into account with their algorithm? Does an Australian watching Pornhub porn tend to get more porn with Australian accents than an American?

Kelly@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

[…], and those are more likely to be shown to people in Australia.

Maybe not, some sites have uploader controlled geoblocking so they can exclude their home region.

https://www.pornhub.com/blog/geo-blocking-explained

otp@sh.itjust.works · 8 months ago

Oh, interesting! I wonder if that blocks the entire country, or just the region. And no, I’m not opening that link at work, lol

Kelly@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

Once you’ve become a Verified Model on Pornhub, you have the option to block certain countries, American states, and Canadian provinces from viewing your Pornhub and Modelhub profile and videos.

otp@sh.itjust.works · 8 months ago

Ahaha awesome, thanks.

Looks like it wouldn’t work well in Australia unless the models are not very privacy-conscious…lol

Kelly@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

There are around 27 million people in Australia so it would be roughly comparable to blocking Florida (22 million) or Texas (30 million).

ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works · 8 months ago

Didn’t Texas try and block themselves from pornhub?