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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 by qwerty456127 »

paulddraper wrote: post #266
qwerty456127 wrote: post #150

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They should really just have made another site (which could be fairly easy given they already have the technology developed, just get a new domain, set up a new server instance, tweak the design and that's it) if they want a "clean" one. Tumblr is essentially a porn site, banning all the porn from it to compete with Instagram makes as much sense as banning all the porn from PornHub to compete with YouTube.

Reddit is vastly varied. There are mountains of politics and hobbies on Reddit.

I meant Tumblr, sorry. And I know Tumblr actually is varied too, although in a smaller degree probably.

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Post by shaki-dora »

specialist wrote: post #203
Aeolun wrote: post #171

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I have my own share of mental issues, but I just have a hard time seeing how I could ever get involved in one of these groups, much less believe the bullshit they are spouting. What is the situation that makes these seem like a solid choice?

I'm more interested in how I (apparently) avoided it all. Methinks it's because I got it out of the way early on. I definitely have had my own phases for occult, religion, conspiracies, MLM, alcohol, outrage addiction, counter cultural impulses, protests, etc. Further, I once thought I'd get into journalism, did student radio & TV, wrote for a bit. I think seeing how the sausage is made, learning the craft, helps one…

Equating journalism with QAnon and recommending “contrarian reading” seems strange advise for avoiding conspiracy theories.

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

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Post by ebullientocelot »

dqpb wrote: post #106
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…

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

I came across "elsagate" the other day and was unpleasantly not surprised by what it means. As a father of two young children this is a tough one--I'm 100% pro free speech, especially the speech I don't agree with, but have a hard time with deceptive messaging designed to harm vulnerable populations. I don't have an answer, but it sure is a damnable problem.

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

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Post by bilbo0s »

LeeCyriaca wrote: post #68

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…

Not to put too fine a point on it, but if it was that valuable to you, all of you guys should have gotten together and offered to start paying.

The next website you guys find yourselves on, you should really consider paying.

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Post by dang »

nzp wrote: post #177
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…

People don't try to kill themselves, even if they're 12, just because they "get sucked" into some website. There's a deeper reason she went into it than merely being an otherwise merry teenager exploring what's out there.

It's ok to make a point like that in general, but not fine when it's personal, and there's nothing more personal than a case like this. Please don't do that here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Post by dang »

jstanley wrote: post #166
trhway wrote: post #66

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>My daughter at 12 i think websites/pages, like for example movies, should have age restriction in their metadata. >love of free speech as we know children arent capable to give an informed consent and thus free speech (the same way like any issue requiring informed consent like freedom of entering into contract for example or submitting to medical procedure) just isnt applicable when it comes to children as they can…

> free speech just isnt applicable when it comes to children Are you arguing that free speech must be abandoned, just in case children happen to be listening?

"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Post by tedsanders »

derefr wrote: post #129
ASalazarMX wrote: post #70

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I knew pro-anorexia groups use slang like "your friend Ana" to hide their actions, but had to google "thinspo" and "meanspo". Thinspo (thin inspiration) is positive anorexia reinforcement, like anorexic role model pictures. Meanspo (mean inspiration) is negative anorexia reinforcement, like aphorisms demonizing fat or destructive critic. Why are young girls so vulnerable to mental disease trends? What can we do bette…

> Why are young girls so vulnerable to mental disease trends? Nothing to do with young girls in particular, nor "mental disease" in particular. Adolescents are constantly trying to find some axis along which they can excel/stand out, in a way that gives them societal power. (They're trying to "win", without really caring what it is they're winning at. They're just aware that right now they're not winning along any ax…

There is evidence that it's gendered. One example is that hospital admissions for self-harm are higher for girls than boys. It's also going up for girls and not going up for boys. See figures 1 and 2 of: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/26640...

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Post by IfOnlyYouKnew »

api wrote: post #114
ASalazarMX wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I knew pro-anorexia groups use slang like "your friend Ana" to hide their actions, but had to google "thinspo" and "meanspo". Thinspo (thin inspiration) is positive anorexia reinforcement, like anorexic role model pictures. Meanspo (mean inspiration) is negative anorexia reinforcement, like aphorisms demonizing fat or destructive critic. Why are young girls so vulnerable to mental disease trends? What can we do bette…

It's not a gender thing. Young people in general are vulnerable to all kinds of negative groupthink because they don't have a fully formed identity, experience, or adult critical thinking skills. The nature of the toxic material seems to differ a bit by gender. Loads of teen boys are sucked into toxic online cults too including neo-Naziism, extreme misogyny, other kinds of toxic political radicalism, gaming addiction…

I love how your comment is being downvoted for the heresy of suggesting there is something wrong with neo-nazis or /r/incels.

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

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Post by B1FF_PSUVM »

jimmy_chewbone wrote: post #212
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…

The solution is in societal morals and not in tech companies doing the censoring.

> societal morals

Good luck with that. Advertisers figured out they could pound those to a pulp, and they were not wrong.

Any sane man of a couple centuries ago is now a leper by modern standards. They don't have us walking on our hands because ... I don't know, perhaps there's no money in it or that did not yet occur to them.

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