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Even if you have some moral objection to porn that's still a massive oversimplification: 1) The definition of porn is fluid - adhering to an external third par
by lucideer 4y ago
Even if you have some moral objection to porn that's still a massive oversimplification:
1) The definition of porn is fluid - adhering to an external third party's guidelines (Apple's) will always mean adopting an overly strict definition to ensure confidence in compliance
2) Moderation is a hard problem - false positives will always happen, and given point (1) above will happen a LOT in the case of Tumblr
- mgiannopoulos 4y agoNot sure where I said I have problems with porn. It’s just that it was something outside of tumblr’s business model or any of their income sources
- lucideer 4y agoJust to be clear, I didn't say you had problems with it: hence the "even if" preface. However, calling tumblr "dead" as a result of it does seem to imply such a problem. Their business model was ads, that doesn't inherently exempt porn in any way.
- mgiannopoulos 4y agoI doubt any ads served next to erotic/porn/whateveryoucallit perform well. And if that’s 50% of your traffic, that is not working well for you or make you a company worth hundreds of millions.
- lucideer 4y agoYou seem extremely intent on ignoring my above points about the definition of porn not being a binary. There are plenty of porn-adjacent things that advertise well / perform well alongside. In fact, a lot of it will cater to narrowly targeted commercial niches that are valuable in themselves purely for the ability to identify them.