Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th • Hacker News Board

Re: Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th

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Post by bvinc » Mon, Dec 03, 2018, 6:34 PM UTC

My daughter at 12 got sucked into Tumblr and developed an eating disorder. She was in this gigantic web of pro-ana tumblrs with crazy diet plans that tell you to eat like 100 calories a day. Then the app would just keep suggesting more, "skin and bones", "thinspo", "meanspo". Holy crap there are some scary corners of Tumblr.

I of course am more mindful of what she looks at, but she was hiding it and I can't monitor everything.

It's hard to balance my love of free speech with the responsibilities of myself, these bs Tumblr pages, and the app suggestions.

From what I've seen, Tumblr can be a very toxic place and I could understand why advertisers would have problems with the content that ends up next to their ads.

I wish them luck trying to figure out this mess.

Re: Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th

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Post by bookbinder » Mon, Dec 03, 2018, 6:34 PM UTC

Honestly, I'm surprised it took this long. I'm assumed Yahoo would have banned/purged adult content immediately after buying Tumblr.

Re: Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th

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Post by masklinn » Mon, Dec 03, 2018, 6:34 PM UTC

fullshark wrote: post #17

buboard wrote: post #5

Alternative Title: "Tumblr will lose 80% of its visitors come December 18th" Another one: "Tumblr preparing to shut down"

Which is what Oath probably wants.

"fuck oath mate" has never been so true, or so relevant.

Re: Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th

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Post by 51lver » Mon, Dec 03, 2018, 6:36 PM UTC

The way things are going with centralization, pretty soon the web itself will be unsuitable for adult media. Maybe we need a xxx:// protocol instead of the .xxx domain suffix.

Re: Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th

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Post by MorrisofOrange » Mon, Dec 03, 2018, 6:37 PM UTC

azizinnn wrote: post #7

Well, there is a healthy community concerning a particular obscure kink I have been 'given', that is not present anywhere else. I wonder what are suitable places to migrate to.

Start a subreddit. Try to get as many people in your community to migrate before the 17th.

Re: Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th

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Post by rthomas6 » Mon, Dec 03, 2018, 6:37 PM UTC

fullshark wrote: post #17

buboard wrote: post #5

Alternative Title: "Tumblr will lose 80% of its visitors come December 18th" Another one: "Tumblr preparing to shut down"

Which is what Oath probably wants.

As someone out of the loop, can I get an explanation for this?

Re: Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th

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Post by NorthOf33rd » Mon, Dec 03, 2018, 6:38 PM UTC

bvinc wrote: post #21

My daughter at 12 got sucked into Tumblr and developed an eating disorder. She was in this gigantic web of pro-ana tumblrs with crazy diet plans that tell you to eat like 100 calories a day. Then the app would just keep suggesting more, "skin and bones", "thinspo", "meanspo". Holy crap there are some scary corners of Tumblr. I of course am more mindful of what she looks at, but she was hiding it and I can't monitor e…

Gosh, that's tough, and I'm hoping she came out the other side stronger.

This doesn't seem specific to tumblr though. I can't think of a network that doesn't have the same dark corners and nasty reinforcement. It's the internet.

Re: Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th

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Post by walrus01 » Mon, Dec 03, 2018, 6:38 PM UTC

bvinc wrote: post #21

My daughter at 12 got sucked into Tumblr and developed an eating disorder. She was in this gigantic web of pro-ana tumblrs with crazy diet plans that tell you to eat like 100 calories a day. Then the app would just keep suggesting more, "skin and bones", "thinspo", "meanspo". Holy crap there are some scary corners of Tumblr. I of course am more mindful of what she looks at, but she was hiding it and I can't monitor e…

If you think those parts are scary, you should see the "yiff". Basically, furry porn. In the modern era it's considered rude to judge people for their kinky sex life, but some of the illustrations and cartoons in that community are highly unusual. To put it politely.

Re: Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th

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Post by LinuxBender » Mon, Dec 03, 2018, 6:39 PM UTC

azizinnn wrote: post #7

Well, there is a healthy community concerning a particular obscure kink I have been 'given', that is not present anywhere else. I wonder what are suitable places to migrate to.

Hosting your own server gives you full control. That said, it puts more responsibility and liability on you to do content moderation, assuming you make it public.

Some people do a hybrid approach. A public forum/board to share content, with some rules. Then another private server for a smaller group of friends to share anything.

You can also create a Tor Hidden Service.

Re: Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th

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Post by 51lver » Mon, Dec 03, 2018, 6:39 PM UTC

bvinc wrote: post #21

My daughter at 12 got sucked into Tumblr and developed an eating disorder. She was in this gigantic web of pro-ana tumblrs with crazy diet plans that tell you to eat like 100 calories a day. Then the app would just keep suggesting more, "skin and bones", "thinspo", "meanspo". Holy crap there are some scary corners of Tumblr. I of course am more mindful of what she looks at, but she was hiding it and I can't monitor e…

Giving people suggestions based on their profiled interests was a nice toy idea, but it's very dangerous in the real world. I worry about that often with my kid online now.