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> Today, Tumblr has a reputation as a refuge from the louder and busier social-media landscape, and those who still spend time there—or who returned to the site
by bArray 4y ago
> Today, Tumblr has a reputation as a refuge from the louder and busier social-media landscape, and those who still spend time there—or who returned to the site, as many did at the start of the pandemic—love it for being somewhat creepy and overlooked. If Musk ruins Twitter, maybe it too could have a second life as something most people are always forgetting about—in a good way.
Tumblr is not a place to go to as a refuge, they went on a massive banning spree of 'adult content' [1], which appears to have killed off loads of other content. It appears they were capitulating to their advertisers/sponsors. They recently confirmed they are not changing their stance either [2]. Tumblr is arguably way more likely to censor you than Twitter (especially now as Twitter likely doesn't even have a censorship team anymore).
[1] https://www.eff.org/tossedout/tumblr-ban-adult-content https://www.eff.org/tossedout/tumblr-ban-adult-content
[2] https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/27/tumblr-bring-back-porn-nsfw-community-labels/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/27/tumblr-bring-back-porn-nsf...
- easrng 4y agoActually, that's not true, yes when they initally launched community labels they didn't actually change the rules, but they changed the rules pretty shortly after (https://staff.tumblr.com/post/699744158019190784/this-is-not-a-drill-our-new-community-guidelines https://staff.tumblr.com/post/699744158019190784/this-is-not...)
- Spivak 4y agoYep, the only thing you can’t post on Tumblr is outright porn all that’s because of CC companies, advertisers, and Apple.
- gaws 4y ago> Tumblr is arguably way more likely to censor you than Twitter Not posting porn is hilariously easy.