u/mimka066

I used to think reddit was worse than Twitter, but after a while I completely lost interest in Reddit and started going on Twitter mainly for that. I even had an account dedicated to it. These days, I only go on Reddit occasionally. I know some people will say they don't understand how X could possibly be worse, and honestly, I'd advise them to keep it that way and not find out.

The main difference for me is the sheer amount and variety of content on X and how easy it is to have access to them. You have performers, big names in the industry, newcomers who are much more active there and actually show their faces, "content creator", and people catering to all kinds of fetishes. After a while, it basically becomes TikTok for corn. A lot of performers use it to advertise their content before putting the full thing behind a paywall on OF. And when you've been into this for a long time, you already know where to look and which websites to check, so X becomes more than just a social media platform, it becomes a preview of what you can find elsewhere.

That's why, whenever I went on a corn site, it was usually just to see the full version of something I'd first seen on X. Some people would even post entire scenes there. And unlike here, where you often have to know what you're looking for and actively search for a particular niche, on X that stuff can just randomly appear in front of you. You don't necessarily have to be looking for it. You can be scrolling through your feed and suddenly see something that sends you down a completely different path and the worst thing is that your algorithm adapt to that small change

That's probably why, at one point, I started feeling like 90% of regular Twitter users were consuming porn regularly. Obviously, that's not actually the case, and the moderation seems to be somewhat better now. On my clean Twitter account, I haven't really come across anything triggering. But that also made me realize that the problem wasn't necessarily Twitter itself. The bigger problem was how easy it was for me to go from something completely harmless to actively looking for more.

And that's where social media becomes dangerous when you're fighting this battle. It doesn't always start with something obviously sexual. Instagram, for example, can seem completely harmless. You might see a beautiful person, think they're attractive, and then start looking through more of their posts. If you're unlucky, you come across some more revealing pictures. Then you notice they have an X or OF account. At that point, you already know in the back of your mind where this could lead.

You go onto their X account even though that little voice in your head is telling you it's not a good idea. Then you start looking at more stuff, checking what you've missed since you stopped, and before you know it you are too far gone. Eventually, you reach the same realization: It wasn't worth it, but you already knew that. And the fact that you knew it makes it even worse, because that regret can end up leading to another relapse. There's always going to be something new to see, so you're never actually going to feel satisfied or pleased by a relapse. Then come the regrets, and sometimes you spend the next few days struggling to even make it three days away from this sh!t again.

That's ultimately why I started trying to reduce my access to these platforms as much as possible. I deleted the X account that was dedicated to that part of twitter, and although I still use some social media, I've found that uninstalling the apps and only accessing them through a browser makes things a little easier for me. It adds an extra step, which makes it less tempting to open them mindlessly, and it also helps me spend as little time on them as possible.

I've also unfollowed anything that could remind me of those days, deleted all the posts i saved on reddit and stuff i saved on the cloud, yeah that's how bad it was. But more importantly, I've started paying attention to the small things that can lead me there in the first place. Something as seemingly harmless as a hot post on Instagram can be enough. The important thing is recognizing the moment when "this person is attractive" turns into "I want to see more posts like this."

I think that's one of the most important things I've learned from all of this: you have to recognize what can make you fall before you're already deep into the rabbit hole. Once you've started actively looking for more, it's much harder to stop. But if you can recognize that first little step and cut it off there, avoiding the whole cycle becomes a lot easier.

I used to think reddit was worse than Twitter, but after a while I completely lost interest in Reddit and started going on Twitter mainly for that. I even had an account dedicated to it. These days, I only go on Reddit occasionally. I know some people will say they don't understand how X could possibly be worse, and honestly, I'd advise them to keep it that way and not find out.

The main difference for me is the sheer amount and variety of content on X and how easy it is to have access to them. You have performers, big names in the industry, newcomers who are much more active there and actually show their faces, "content creator", and people catering to all kinds of fetishes. After a while, it basically becomes TikTok for corn. A lot of performers use it to advertise their content before putting the full thing behind a paywall on OF. And when you've been into this for a long time, you already know where to look and which websites to check, so X becomes more than just a social media platform, it becomes a preview of what you can find elsewhere.

That's why, whenever I went on a corn site, it was usually just to see the full version of something I'd first seen on X. Some people would even post entire scenes there. And unlike here, where you often have to know what you're looking for and actively search for a particular niche, on X that stuff can just randomly appear in front of you. You don't necessarily have to be looking for it. You can be scrolling through your feed and suddenly see something that sends you down a completely different path and the worst thing is that your algorithm adapt to that small change

That's probably why, at one point, I started feeling like 90% of regular Twitter users were consuming porn regularly. Obviously, that's not actually the case, and the moderation seems to be somewhat better now. On my clean Twitter account, I haven't really come across anything triggering. But that also made me realize that the problem wasn't necessarily Twitter itself. The bigger problem was how easy it was for me to go from something completely harmless to actively looking for more.

And that's where social media becomes dangerous when you're fighting this battle. It doesn't always start with something obviously sexual. Instagram, for example, can seem completely harmless. You might see a beautiful person, think they're attractive, and then start looking through more of their posts. If you're unlucky, you come across some more revealing pictures. Then you notice they have an X or OF account. At that point, you already know in the back of your mind where this could lead.

You go onto their X account even though that little voice in your head is telling you it's not a good idea. Then you start looking at more stuff, checking what you've missed since you stopped, and before you know it you are too far gone. Eventually, you reach the same realization: It wasn't worth it, but you already knew that. And the fact that you knew it makes it even worse, because that regret can end up leading to another relapse. There's always going to be something new to see, so you're never actually going to feel satisfied or pleased by a relapse. Then come the regrets, and sometimes you spend the next few days struggling to even make it three days away from this sh!t again.

That's ultimately why I started trying to reduce my access to these platforms as much as possible. I deleted the X account that was dedicated to that part of twitter, and although I still use some social media, I've found that uninstalling the apps and only accessing them through a browser makes things a little easier for me. It adds an extra step, which makes it less tempting to open them mindlessly, and it also helps me spend as little time on them as possible.

I've also unfollowed anything that could remind me of those days, deleted all the posts i saved on reddit and stuff i saved on the cloud, yeah that's how bad it was. But more importantly, I've started paying attention to the small things that can lead me there in the first place. Something as seemingly harmless as a hot post on Instagram can be enough. The important thing is recognizing the moment when "this person is attractive" turns into "I want to see more posts like this."

I think that's one of the most important things I've learned from all of this: you have to recognize what can make you fall before you're already deep into the rabbit hole. Once you've started actively looking for more, it's much harder to stop. But if you can recognize that first little step and cut it off there, avoiding the whole cycle becomes a lot easier.