> the list isn't too different from issues that face other sites based around user-generated content This was what caught my attention at being remarkably non

> the list isn't too different from issues that face other sites based around user-generated content This was what caught my attention at being remarkably non-unique: > Another structural problem of Tumblr is that deleted blogs don’t really go away. Once a blog has been reblogged to someone else’s Tumblr, they are essentially posting it again as a copy of the original. It's a well-aired controversy for the Web at large, including the EU's "right to be forgotten", hardly specific to Tumblr. It made me wonder if the article isn't more a lament that Internet discussion forum platforms in general have failed to adapt to modern usage/expectations. I hadn't considered the pendulum idea until you brought it up. I had merely assumed there isn't enough moderation labor available given the increasing number of users, but that wouldn't apply to a closed community.