LOS ANGELES — Sharesome has announced the launch of its free adult social network for posting NSFW photos, videos and links, just as users would share on Facebook or Twitter.
According to the company, the unofficial anthem of the web is “the internet is for porn” — a statement that is true when considering facts such as 25 percent of all search engine queries are related to porn, while 12 percent of all content is adult oriented.
“But that doesn’t mean social media is for porn,” a Sharesome spokesperson explains. “Just post a NSFW pic on Facebook and you will be locked out of your account for days. Instagram is well known for its approach to pictures of nipples, and Twitter, while pretty sex-positive in its rules and policies, started to shadowban users with NSFW content. Tumblr, usually a porn heaven, just doesn’t take off as a site that connects people.”
Part social media experience, part porn heaven, Sharesome introduces topics and moderates communities about literally anything kinky. By joining or creating a specific topic, users can interact with each other based on their shared kinks, or just sit back and enjoy the results of others aggregating content around a specific fetish. Inside topics, users share links to GIFs, images, and videos from the internet.
“For the first time, sharing porn videos on a social network makes sense,” the spokesperson adds, noting the service just started its own Content Creator Program that allows verified users to post and share their own content.
“The adult industry is changing right now. Live chat performers and porn actors want to no longer be dependent on production studios, they want to be entrepreneurs, to produce and sell content on their own terms,” says Sharesome CEO Tudor Bold. “Technology encourages that. We see a huge trend of creators selling content peer-to-peer on websites like ManyVids or Clips4Sale. Even porn giant Pornhub launched its own ‘Model Payment Program’ for independent content creators.”
Bold says that what seems to be a very positive outlook for these small entrepreneurs, actually doesn’t look so good as independent producers are cut off from traditional social media sites where they could build an audience.
“We built Sharesome, so live chat performers and porn actors can grow a fanbase and send traffic to their own websites, cam sites or paysites [and] already host stars like Jasmine Rouge or newcomers like Candie Cross,” Bold concludes. “Unlike other social networks, we will never block or shadowban their accounts. In a world where mainstream sites are increasingly hostile towards adult content, Sharesome emerges as the haven where people are free to discover and share their inner kink self.”
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