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This video explains CivitAI's split into two browsing destinations for AI models and workflows. The speaker describes CivitAI.com as the safe-for-work site and CivitAI.red as the full catalog, with both SFW and NSFW content. Although the video description lists CivitAI.green as the SFW destination, the announcement discussed in the transcript says that domain redirects to CivitAI.com.
The walkthrough compares the split with the earlier approach of changing account settings to hide mature content. For people finding LoRAs and workflows for local AI projects, the practical change is which domain to browse or bookmark. According to the announcement the speaker reads, existing accounts continue as they are. Credit card payments, memberships and the creator program remain on CivitAI.com; the speaker directs users who want crypto payments to CivitAI.red.
The second half covers the stated reason for the separation: payment processors' objections to mature content. The announcement says a separate domain can satisfy some processors where filters or age verification do not. This is the platform's explanation, not an independently verified account of processor policy.
The split also leaves existing country restrictions in place. The announcement attributes those blocks to compliance requirements involving social features and identity verification rather than mature content, and cites the UK's Online Safety Act.
