But the Alterverse generally involves consenting adults, so while its content is explicit, it isn’t quite as decidedly objectionable. As a platform, Twitter is hospitable to subcultures like these, because its policies are more 'maximalist' when it comes to free speech. Child pornography and other dubious and potentially exploitative content tend to get mixed up with the hashtags of the Alterverse-a loosely organized Filipino Twitter community of anonymous men and women who engage in sexual exhibitionism and participate in hookup culture. It really doesn’t take much to find this sort of content, which is why this is so alarming.
