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“Starting Dec 17, adult content will not be allowed on Tumblr.”

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Is this the beginning of the end for Tumblr? A very informal survey of friends indicates that they only knew of it for NSFW content so who will still be using it?

I’m curious what percentage of users are only there for that kind of content.

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The phrase "female-presenting nipples" opens up so much room for interpretation and discussion, doesn't seem like a great choice for trying to make your policy less ambiguous.

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It's written in such a way as to encompass trans-women too.

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post #10

The phrase "female-presenting nipples" opens up so much room for interpretation and discussion, doesn't seem like a great choice for trying to make your policy less ambiguous.

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Someone that "expresses" or "presents" themself as female is "female-presenting". These people will no longer be allowed to show their nipples.

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edit: Meh, don't feel like having this in my comment history, since I don't really have anything to add anyway. I'm sad tumblr is doing this, but I understand why they are making the decision to remove it.

The main thing is that some Tumblr users consider depictions of childlike characters having sex as OK, whereas that's considered illegal on most of the west. The exact same issue happened to LiveJournal a decade ago, but LiveJournal decided they'd rather keep the new users, creating an exodus of mainstream users as the site became an underage HP fanfic site.

Are illustrations depicting underage sex really illegal in most of the West? Possession/distribution/both? That's shocking/scary to me if true.

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The phrase "female-presenting nipples" opens up so much room for interpretation and discussion, doesn't seem like a great choice for trying to make your policy less ambiguous.

There's simply no way to formalize rules of nudity and sexuality in this new era. They're better off being super vague about "no sexual content" and picking their battles when it comes to needing clarification.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The main thing is that some Tumblr users consider depictions of childlike characters having sex as OK, whereas that's considered illegal on most of the west. The exact same issue happened to LiveJournal a decade ago, but LiveJournal decided they'd rather keep the new users, creating an exodus of mainstream users as the site became an underage HP fanfic site.

Are illustrations depicting underage sex really illegal in most of the West? Possession/distribution/both? That's shocking/scary to me if true.

"Are illustrations depicting underage sex really illegal in most of the West?"

If you are talking about the USA, the answer is a definate Maybe. And even if you get convicted, it may get overturned. See [1] because there are conflicting court cases, partially overturned laws. It's a mess.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_drawn_pornogra...

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are illustrations depicting underage sex really illegal in most of the West? Possession/distribution/both? That's shocking/scary to me if true.

"Are illustrations depicting underage sex really illegal in most of the West?" If you are talking about the USA, the answer is a definate Maybe. And even if you get convicted, it may get overturned. See [1] because there are conflicting court cases, partially overturned laws. It's a mess. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_drawn_pornogra...

I was vaguely aware of some grey area in the US, but not of clear cut illegality in "most of the West". Still, even in my vague awareness, I thought this was less muddled in the US than it apparently is.
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