@___@lemmynsfw.com: Since the AI tech moves fast, I think it would be better have this post link over to (for example) the !stable_diffusion@lemmy.dbzer0.com community’s megathread for the regular setup and introduction details, and have this post just explain the NSFW specific parts, like recommended models and limitations (e.g. Flux.1 not having nudes unless you add a checkpoint/LoRa/etc.)

I use Forge UI and do recommend it, especially for low VRAM devices, although note, now there are some incompatibilities with some A1111 extensions.

I haven’t tried it, but Krita’s plug-in is very impressive to watch.

Clothing is symbolic and can absolutely be sexual. Nudity is often completely non-sexual (just ask nudists). Yet I find unclothing to be much more sexual than someone already being nude.

But even ignoring that, clothes can change the shape of body parts (e.g. push-up bras).

The admins of this site have added some basic mods onto the default Lemmy code (like nfsw-by-default), but I don’t think they’d want to develop tags as its own feature.

I agree. The further one strays from the source code, the harder maintenance can be. Just ask Hexbear, who diverged a huge way from Lemmy before spending a large amount of effort making their code compatible enough to federate again.

Like my bio says, I love a good bunch of tags. Less commercialized communities like the drawn porn ones have a culture of using booru sites (Japanese for ‘board’), where posts don’t have titles but just have tags. If the board has a decent culture and uploaders tag half-decently, it’s an infinitely better experience to a tube site or a reddit-like aggregator where you just have clickbait titles competing and maybe a [M/F] tag if you’re lucky. On a high-quality booru, you can simply just search like solo female facepaint -clown.

My point being, that a site like this just isn’t ideal. Tagging will always be a coping mechanism. That doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be done, but it’s an uphill battle. Even on some video tube sites I’ve seen with a tagging system at its very core, it’s neglected to the point that it’s worthless even for basic fetishes. Here, you’d need an automoderator or a dedicated moderator to enforce basic sex tags in titles.

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