Alts, for some, represent freedom from that response and maybe even certain norms within gay male culture. Hence, a common refrain from a certain faction of straight people is that gay men and queer people “shove it down our throats,” with “it” being a euphemism for sexuality. But they do seamlessly tie into certain aspects of gay men’s culture that are played out in hookup apps and other social media platforms.Ĭompared to straight culture, gay male culture and queer culture at large are often more straightforward and open when it comes to discussing and expressing sexual desire. Not all alts are created to hit 50,000 followers, nor are porn alts exclusively gay. ACT now has more than 50,000 followers and, since mid-August, a burgeoning OnlyFans account, where 110 posts have garnered more than 16,100 “likes.” The 24-year-old says the porn he makes is enough to pay the bills. To date, ACT’s video has been viewed over 110,000 times. ACT’s headless body, thighs that stretch into eight defined and divided abs and then into a well-muscled chest, presses up against an unnamed partner’s jock-strapped butt. You can see the fire alarm on the ceiling. The video in question is one minute and two seconds long.
A popular account had retweeted one of his videos. He says that when he went to bed on July 17, his account was a fun side project with a couple dozen followers.Ī Considerate Top (ACT) woke the next day and found his 20 or so followers had ballooned to the thousands. (The app, unlike other social media platforms, doesn’t compress images, and quality matters: Penises are variable, but if given two identical pictures with the only difference being image quality, you’d be hard-pressed to find ardent admirers of manhood who prefer the grainy one.) He started using his handle - which, translated into heterosexual English, refers to a penetrating partner in gay sex who, against popular stereotype, has a caring nature - to post his nudes and sex dates because he ran out of space on his iPhone. The alt known as A Considerate Top (not safe for work) explained this to me while recounting his origin story. And some of Twitter’s sexiest alts have huge followings. They’re not that different from the urge to create “finstas” (fake Instagrams) or private Snapchat accounts, pseudonymous accounts where users can, paradoxically, really be themselves. “Alt” can be read as alternative or alter ego, but the word has its own life as the term for secondary account.
And a faction of gay Twitter users have taken full advantage through their alts. Anyone, if their heart desires, can post nudes, selfies, and homemade videos of up to two minutes and 20 seconds. (Twitter, reached for comment, directed Vox to said media policy.) It’s a sex-positive policy on an increasingly sex-wary internet. The platform may have banned a former president who helped stoke a deadly insurrection, but nonviolent, non-extremist, consensual nudes and sex videos are fair game, according to the site’s media policy. When using a search engine such as Google, Bing or Yahoo check the safe search settings where you can exclude adult content sites from your search results Īsk your internet service provider if they offer additional filters īe responsible, know what your children are doing online.Twitter, I’ve come to learn, is a fantastic place to find, store, and share homemade gay porn. Use family filters of your operating systems and/or browsers Other steps you can take to protect your children are: More information about the RTA Label and compatible services can be found here. Parental tools that are compatible with the RTA label will block access to this site. We use the "Restricted To Adults" (RTA) website label to better enable parental filtering. Protect your children from adult content and block access to this site by using parental controls. PARENTS, PLEASE BE ADVISED: If you are a parent, it is your responsibility to keep any age-restricted content from being displayed to your children or wards. Furthermore, you represent and warrant that you will not allow any minor access to this site or services. This website should only be accessed if you are at least 18 years old or of legal age to view such material in your local jurisdiction, whichever is greater. You are about to enter a website that contains explicit material (pornography).