The hot, hot rise of the NSFW Twitter alt

Back in its heyday, Tumblr was a breeding ground for explicit content, both DIY and professionally made. It was a platform where people felt comfortable to express themselves sexually, and showcase the naked body in all its guises. However a mass exodus of NSFW media from the site back in 2018 saw droves of users deleting their accounts and looking for a new outlet for their nudes. But with Instagram and Facebook boasting some of the strictest censorship guidelines on the web, people found a new, unlikely home for their sex-positive content: Twitter. Once a hotbed of celebrity beefs and breaking news announcements, in recent years, your timeline has more likely been dominated by dicks than the musings of Nicki Minaj or Azealia Banks. Twitter alts (basically a second, burner Twitter account. Think Finsta, except on Twitter) are rapidly on the rise. You might find yourself wondering what would possess people to put their dick pics into the public domain, but, truthfully, there’s a bunch of reasons. For @xredcheeks, a 21-year-old from Glasgow, setting up his Twitter alt was about creating a space to share NSFW content that people could enjoy without being caught off-guard in the same way they…
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