Those not closely watching might be wondering: All this effort to save a bunch of porn? Seglegs, in their post on the matter, made it clear that, while there may be adult content in the mix, the real goal is to help save content from online communities like Something Awful and Reddit—non-explicit content that might have been uploaded anonymously and could disrupt large parts of the internet if deleted.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/ak3ew4/archive-team-races-to-save-a-billion-imgur-files-before-porn-deletion-apocalypse