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That's true. You can't talk politics in the mall. OTOH if you actively encourage loitering then get pissed off when people loiter - you're a hypocritical asshol

by jfoutz 15y ago

That's true. You can't talk politics in the mall. OTOH if you actively encourage loitering then get pissed off when people loiter - you're a hypocritical asshole, and i think your property rights should be diminished. edit very first line from http://www.tumblr.com/about http://www.tumblr.com/about "Tumblr lets you effortlessly share anything." which is a bold faced lie.

blantonl 15y ago
Do you think Tumblr allows you to share child porn? I know, "think of the children", but seriously let's not be pedantic.
- jfoutz 15y ago
  But that's illegal. It takes about 5 seconds to find import generic drugs spam on tumbler. http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/generic-drugs http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/generic-drugs Reimporting drugs is out and out illegal, but they don't seem to be cracking down on that. Personally, I'm really torn. Perhaps being vocal on tumbler will encourage friends to help self mutilators get help. Perhaps the act of public expression is really damaging. Without a lot more information, i'm ok with tumblr doing whatever they feel is best. The thing i hate is the out and out hypocrisy. Share anything. To me, that means: this is a free and open place. be who you are, tell the world. I'm not picking out some random line in some pr statement. This is the first line of the about page. This is content that should be vetted, that really matches the company's values.
noahc 15y ago
I think you're being a bit too liberal in your understanding of the word 'anything'. I am all for free speech, but there is a long list of things like child porn, state secrets, copyrighted material, etc that I think we would all agree is not in Tumblr's best interest to not be shared effortlessly.
- drivebyacct2 15y ago
  Which are all illegal, thus (in my mind) it is implicit. In fact, bans on the things you've listed have probably been in their Terms of Use since they turned their server on. I mean, those aren't allowed anywhere, they're almost completely out of the realm of this discussion which is explicitly about banning things simply because someone doesn't like them.
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by jfoutz 15y ago

blantonl 15y ago

Do you think Tumblr allows you to share child porn? I know, "think of the children", but seriously let's not be pedantic.

jfoutz 15y ago
But that's illegal. It takes about 5 seconds to find import generic drugs spam on tumbler. http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/generic-drugs http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/generic-drugs Reimporting drugs is out and out illegal, but they don't seem to be cracking down on that. Personally, I'm really torn. Perhaps being vocal on tumbler will encourage friends to help self mutilators get help. Perhaps the act of public expression is really damaging. Without a lot more information, i'm ok with tumblr doing whatever they feel is best. The thing i hate is the out and out hypocrisy. Share anything. To me, that means: this is a free and open place. be who you are, tell the world. I'm not picking out some random line in some pr statement. This is the first line of the about page. This is content that should be vetted, that really matches the company's values.

noahc 15y ago

I think you're being a bit too liberal in your understanding of the word 'anything'. I am all for free speech, but there is a long list of things like child porn, state secrets, copyrighted material, etc that I think we would all agree is not in Tumblr's best interest to not be shared effortlessly.

drivebyacct2 15y ago
Which are all illegal, thus (in my mind) it is implicit. In fact, bans on the things you've listed have probably been in their Terms of Use since they turned their server on. I mean, those aren't allowed anywhere, they're almost completely out of the realm of this discussion which is explicitly about banning things simply because someone doesn't like them.
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