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Somebody's account has been suspended. Ok, why? "I assume he has been suspended because Tumblr thinks Chris is spreading jihadi propaganda.". So (unless it wasn

• jlarocco 9y ago
  What's your point? If Tumblr doesn't want bad publicity over it then they should tell people why their accounts are being closed. They can't be bothered, so it's left to rumor and speculation.
• keyboardhitter 9y ago
  Tumblr has a bad reputation for suspending / terminating blogs with little to no reason. I do wish they were more transparent about their actions.
• ben0x539 9y ago
  So we're not allowed to draw inferences now? It's not like tumblr is gonna issue a press release to spell it out, so waiting for that before talking about the thing seems counterproductive.
  • archgoon 9y ago
    Signal is preferred to noise. If you have actually worked at Tumblr, or another social company that has to deal with blocking accounts, and can provide some analysis of what goes into these decisions (is it automated? How many people are involved? How much discretion is given to individual employees? What are the legal implications if Tumblr did nothing?) that would be interesting and informative.
• sowbug 9y ago
  This isn't a court of law. Intuition is permitted.