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Can't say I'm surprised. Tumblr has been so full of (non child) pornographic and outright weird material that it was due to attract this sort of folk as well. I

Can't say I'm surprised. Tumblr has been so full of (non child) pornographic and outright weird material that it was due to attract this sort of folk as well. It really detracts from the platform for the rest of us, who just want to use it as a micro-blogging platform sitting between Twitter and Medium (where strangely, Tumblr has been horrible in finding its position). Either Yahoo should clamp down and meanwhile give the platform a solid update -- otherwise they'll probably shut it down sometime in the future. I can image the cost of running it must be pretty high.

plumsempy 8y ago
I don't know about the user groups, but instead of outright shutting down because it couldn't be what it wanted to be, it should investigate and become what the users want it to be, if it is an amateur porn platform, so be it. It can do it while prohibiting child pornography. In general, Tumblr is pretty bad at its product, maybe it's a yahoo thing.
- macintux 8y ago
  > ...if it is an amateur porn platform, so be it. Copyright raises its ugly head here. Yahoo presumably can't legally encourage the outright IP theft that would entail.
devwastaken 8y ago
I don't agree with this slippery slope of pornography somehow leading to cp. Tumblr is an image hosting site, any and all image hosters are used to distribute that kind of content.
- freehunter 8y ago
  I don't think it's a "slippery slope of pornography somehow leading to cp" but rather once people realize that there is no moderation and no rules and no one will shut them down, it turns into the Wild West. If criminals learn that there are no police officers anymore, they know they can get away with committing any crimes without punishment. Since tumblr will host things other sites won't, eventually someone will push the envelope and if they don't get shut down it will get pushed further and further. It's not about "any porn -> child porn", it's a progressive furthering of what is/is not allowed, and once you learn everything is allowed and nothing is banned, child porn (and other illegal content) is an inevitability.
  - Macuyiko 8y ago
    Agreed. I didn't want to infer that any porn leads to child porn (that would be ridiculous), but about oversight, which Tumblr lacks.
Technetium_Hat 8y ago
>this sort of folk You mean the teenagers (ie minors) posting pictures of themselves? You act as if Tumblr is attracting pedophiles, when it's really just failing to moderate the platform.
- FooHentai 8y ago
  Failure to moderate the platform is exactly what's led to Tumblr becoming a haven for pedos.
Macuyiko 8y ago
I got downvoted for this comment, but wanted to mention after the fact that today tumblr just announced they'd restrict adult content on their platform...

plumsempy 8y ago

I don't know about the user groups, but instead of outright shutting down because it couldn't be what it wanted to be, it should investigate and become what the users want it to be, if it is an amateur porn platform, so be it. It can do it while prohibiting child pornography. In general, Tumblr is pretty bad at its product, maybe it's a yahoo thing.

macintux 8y ago
> ...if it is an amateur porn platform, so be it. Copyright raises its ugly head here. Yahoo presumably can't legally encourage the outright IP theft that would entail.

devwastaken 8y ago

I don't agree with this slippery slope of pornography somehow leading to cp. Tumblr is an image hosting site, any and all image hosters are used to distribute that kind of content.

freehunter 8y ago
I don't think it's a "slippery slope of pornography somehow leading to cp" but rather once people realize that there is no moderation and no rules and no one will shut them down, it turns into the Wild West. If criminals learn that there are no police officers anymore, they know they can get away with committing any crimes without punishment. Since tumblr will host things other sites won't, eventually someone will push the envelope and if they don't get shut down it will get pushed further and further. It's not about "any porn -> child porn", it's a progressive furthering of what is/is not allowed, and once you learn everything is allowed and nothing is banned, child porn (and other illegal content) is an inevitability.
- Macuyiko 8y ago
  Agreed. I didn't want to infer that any porn leads to child porn (that would be ridiculous), but about oversight, which Tumblr lacks.

Technetium_Hat 8y ago

>this sort of folk You mean the teenagers (ie minors) posting pictures of themselves? You act as if Tumblr is attracting pedophiles, when it's really just failing to moderate the platform.

FooHentai 8y ago
Failure to moderate the platform is exactly what's led to Tumblr becoming a haven for pedos.

Macuyiko 8y ago

I got downvoted for this comment, but wanted to mention after the fact that today tumblr just announced they'd restrict adult content on their platform...