As the story's headline and main thesis confirm, I cannot think of a large tech company that I'd trust <i>less</i> than Twitter to effectively mitigate the child porn problem, not if Google/Facebook/TikTok/Pornhub continue to struggle with it. It not b/c Twitter Engineering is incompetent, but Twitter just doesn't seem to have nearly the same capacity or resources as its larger/more profitable rivals.<p>So the more alarming thing for me is that Twitter was even considering an official porn product at all. Spaces and Super Followers feel half-baked and underpromoted; Periscope and Vine are long dead. For Twitter to seriously believe it could whip up its own OnlyFans seems like a decision made out of pure desperation than gung-ho innovative spirit.<p>I'm also curious about how Twitter thought through the downsides of having an official porn platform. A big part of Twitter's usefulness is its adoption by brands, celebrities, and government officials and agencies. If porn became a big part of Twitter's brand association and identity -- which it would have to be to be any kind of financial lifeline -- I feel like many mainstream brands and celebrities would just move to Facebook with its more-tightly patrolled "public square"