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> it creates a huge number of potential issues with app stores, payment providers, trust and safety... I completely understand that “Adult Content” can cause a
by elliekelly 7y ago
> it creates a huge number of potential issues with app stores, payment providers, trust and safety...
I completely understand that “Adult Content” can cause a ton of headaches for a business but Tumblr’s current definition of “Adult Content” is very broad and I hope when the transaction is complete you’ll at least be open to reviewing the scope of the definition. Right now it includes many things that aren’t adult at all, like “female presenting nipples” which could be seen by children on many beaches in Europe and even on the streets of Boston and New York City. It also includes illustrations of genitalia or sex acts which can be found in biology textbooks and many magazines like Cosmo. The instruction leaflet that comes in a box of tampons wouldn’t currently be permitted on Tumblr. That doesn’t seem right to me nor does it seem like that sort of content would pose any risk to Tumblr’s operations.
I understand where you’re coming from with the adult content but I do also hope you’ll consider liberating the definition a bit. I actually think Tumblr is pretty well positioned to be the “next Instagram” for many young women today who would really appreciate a major social media platform recognizing that Kama Sutra illustrations or a photo of a woman’s nipple is no big deal, it’s just natural.
- SkyBelow 7y ago>which could be seen by children on many beaches in Europe and even on the streets of Boston and New York City Also seen by young children when they, ya know, eat.
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- catwell 7y agoAFAIK "female presenting nipples" is banned from Apple's App Store in non-17+ apps. A huge company such as Facebook could maybe fight it, Automattic certainly can't.
- Cthulhu_ 7y agoWait, are you saying Apple actually does allow any kind of NSFW content in the app store?
- yunruse 7y agoI mean… reddit’s app pretty clearly allows NSFW subreddits. You have to check a setting on the web to search for NSFW content, but that’s not actually in-app so it’s a-ok.
- rolltiide 7y agoMoney talks bullshit walks Rules aren't for moneyed interests, they are to ignore the masses, gatekeep more simply, “read the sign”
- mattmanser 7y agoI don't know if you've ever been to Europe, but the number of topless beaches are low and you won't see women walking around without a top on the street. It's not taboo-less, nipples are still sexual. Nipples seems a pretty silly thing to start focusing on when he clearly said they weren't interested in adult content.
- fluroblue 7y agoThe man likes a good nipple. What ya gonna do.
- joeyprr 7y agoI'm from Europe and I've visited quite a few countries in Europe, and to me it seems like it's pretty normal to be topless on _any_ beach... Spain, Portugal, France, the Netherlands, Greece...
- pluma 7y agoAdd Belgium to the list. And East Germany. EDIT: Generally I'd say in Europe while women's breasts are sexualised, they're not considered sexually explicit. The US is exceptionally prudish in comparison and for well-known historical reasons, too.
- gpderetta 7y agoItaly as well.
- dspillett 7y agoUK. Not so much so here, so it certainly isn't universal. Though we don't usually have the weather for it anyway!
- Asooka 7y agoUK is not Europe and shares a lot of values with puritanical USA. Culturally you're not really part of the mainland.