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I would not be surprised if within the next ~ 5 years Reddit implemented some new anti-NSFW policy that forced NSFW subreddits into their own subsection of Reddit. Something like they would only be accessible via nsfw.reddit.com. Considering how disastrous the porn ban was for Tumblr I doubt they would fully ban it, but I could definitely see them forcing it into another subsection of the site.
This is the most likely option. If they're going to ban porn, they're doing a bad job. Their website is filled with obscene, borderline illegal pornography that fetishizes everything from rape to racism to animals.
They did ban 2 rape porn subs, but they're far more ban happy for anything deemed "offensive".
Kind of funny imo; they consider "transwomen aren't women" and "all lives matter" more offensive that saying "I get horny thinking about beating up women" or "I call my black girlfriend a nigger everytime I fuck her"
But what you describe is what 4chan tried to do aswel.
Now you have 4chan, which hosts nsfw stuff and 4channel, which is sfw.
Obviously done in an attempt to get mainstream advertisers on their website for more income. Now given the nature of 4chan it didn't change a thing and I doubt their sfw boards will have normal advertisements anytime soon.
After all, nsfw stuff is not the only reason why no company would advertise on 4chan lol.
But in any case, I can see Reddit following suit. And unlike 4chan, their website doesn't carry any stigma, plus everything is far more compartmentalized through subreddits.
So seperating subreddits based on sfw and nsfw will probably be the next step. Atleast, that seems logical to me. Outright banning all porn? Nah. Remember that Tumblr only did so because newsarticles were popping up about them hosting cp.