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Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th

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

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post #12

Isn't that the point of Tumblr these days? I honestly don't know of any non-adult Tumlbr pages. It seems to consist entirely of premium camgirl pages, NSFW LGBT discussion, furry and hentai art, and artistic nude photography.

I used to use Tumblr a lot - and hardly ever saw any porn. I must have been using it wrong :)

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

#102
post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

You need to teach critical thinking skills. Not promote censorship. There's a lot of stupid things in the world you can't censor.

Classical critical thinking skills are great, and no match for reinforcement based suggestion engines. You might critically pick the best item from the 5 pieces of shit you are offered next, but comprehending how your viewing habits are being shaped over time by moving the _neutral_ point a half-a-degree is another thing entirely.

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

#103
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…

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

#104
It's a shame because there are some genuinely talented artists there that partake in NSFW art. A lot of the people I follow seem to be moving their work to pixiv and taking commissions through patreon. Some are straight up uploading porn on twitter which is funny considering it is even more public than tumblr.

To be fair though, there some artists push boundaries far harder than others especially concerning the "age" of the imaginary character. However I find these groups far more tame than some fandoms of shows like Stranger Things that straight up sexualize real life kids such as Finn Wolfhard and Millie Bobby Brown.

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

#105
That's exactly the thing it was useful for. There was just so much beauty (as well as so much weirdness neighboring it but I didn't mind) RIP Tumblr. Anybody capable and interested please back-up and re-upload to some alternative (what are any, BTW)? I was so glad such a censorship-free place existed.

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

#106
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…

Google "elsagate" for some other disturbing examples of how YouTube is being used to traumatize and corrupt our children.

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

#107
post #71
post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is exactly correct. Sure there are "clean" portions of Tumblr, but from what I can tell the real purpose is to host adult content. And there's nothing wrong with that! It's a fantastic magnet for eyes, with which to show ads. They're basically killing themselves with this.

The vast vast majority of advertisers do not want to be displayed next to porn. Think of tumblr as nothing but a way to get pageviews for Cheerios and Volvo ads. It explains their decisions perfectly.

> The vast vast majority of advertisers do not want to be displayed next to porn.

This i dont understand though. Who wouldn't their product to be subconsciously associated with sexual satisfaction?

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

#109

there are a lot of jokes being made along the lines of "there goes their userbase" but for me personally this is a huge loss. especially for those of us who have certain kinks, Tumblr to this day has been the only place to ever exist where women could safely express their sexuality. it allowed us to meet like-minded people, it allowed us to break the taboo and it ended the isolation that many of us felt. Tumblrs main…

This is the new reality of the internet, best get used to it. Free speech is dead.

This seems like the opposite of free speech being dead. A website shut down and you can just... go... make or use another one, anytime you like, without having to worry about it even being illegal.

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

#110
post #75

This strikes me as a heck of an opportunity to create a system (with a tumblr importer) specifically replicating Tumblr, but for pr0n. "fumblr" ?

Given that the porn industry basically invented the monetized internet, I assume that the "opportunity" was seized long ago.
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