3 ms·

I appreciate the perspective, but let's be honest. What you're essentially saying is 'Adult content is hard because the US government is willing to lean on pay

by ethbro 7y ago

I appreciate the perspective, but let's be honest. What you're essentially saying is 'Adult content is hard because the US government is willing to lean on payment providers to enforce quasi-legal, anti-free speech policies.' Have you considered adopting a federated corporate structure that would legally firewall off a "tumblr-for-porn"? Most of the goodwill bonfire seems to have been caused not by Tumblr treating adult content differently, but by not even putting up a fight to provide a space for it. Having a mirror world Tumblr that adult blogs could be kicked to would earn a lot of that back, while presumably amortizing platform development and ops over a larger userbase. Surrendering because free speech is hard is never a good look.

zymhan 7y ago
> Have you considered adopting a federated corporate structure that would legally firewall off a "tumblr-for-porn"? That is literally the convoluted situation photomatt was trying to avoid. I also think that the suggestion is hilariously naive. Presumably the founder/head of the company has considered a variety of incorporation structures.
- ethbro 7y ago
  > Presumably the founder/head of the company has considered a variety of incorporation structures One would think, but apparently neither Yahoo nor Verizon made any effort in that direction. To the tune of putting approx $1 billion through the corporate paper shredder. Given that track record of handling, and an ostensibly similar approach, I thought it was a valid question.
  - jsjohnst 7y ago
    > To the tune of putting approx $1 billion through the corporate paper shredder. Arguably, that happened June 20th, 2013, the day the Tumblr acquisition was closed.
    - ClumsyPilot 7y ago
      Arguably, it happened throug gross miss-management. Can you think of one good decision they made?
      - jsjohnst 7y ago
        Who is they in this case? Tumblr leadership, Yahoo! leadership, Oath leadership, or Verizon leadership?
        JohnJamesRambo 7y ago
        Yes.
        jsjohnst 7y ago
        I can think of a few good decisions the former half of that list made. Later half, not so much.

by ethbro 7y ago

zymhan 7y ago

> Have you considered adopting a federated corporate structure that would legally firewall off a "tumblr-for-porn"? That is literally the convoluted situation photomatt was trying to avoid. I also think that the suggestion is hilariously naive. Presumably the founder/head of the company has considered a variety of incorporation structures.

ethbro 7y ago
> Presumably the founder/head of the company has considered a variety of incorporation structures One would think, but apparently neither Yahoo nor Verizon made any effort in that direction. To the tune of putting approx $1 billion through the corporate paper shredder. Given that track record of handling, and an ostensibly similar approach, I thought it was a valid question.
- jsjohnst 7y ago
  > To the tune of putting approx $1 billion through the corporate paper shredder. Arguably, that happened June 20th, 2013, the day the Tumblr acquisition was closed.
  - ClumsyPilot 7y ago
    Arguably, it happened throug gross miss-management. Can you think of one good decision they made?
    - jsjohnst 7y ago
      Who is they in this case? Tumblr leadership, Yahoo! leadership, Oath leadership, or Verizon leadership?
      - JohnJamesRambo 7y ago
        Yes.
        jsjohnst 7y ago
        I can think of a few good decisions the former half of that list made. Later half, not so much.