Tumblr's Internet Legacy
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Tumblr's Internet Legacy
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#2Poor Tumblr. I still love you for what you were.
Try getting support since they were bought by Matt. My gf's account was banned by some AI stupidity and it is as hopeless as trying to get back into a locked out Gmail. Lights on, nobody's home. Someone needs to realize that these decisions have real consequences - most of the people my gf talked to and relied on for mental support were only known through Tumblr and now she has no way to contact them.
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#3> Because of the site’s design, conversation happened in a nesting-doll structure—to comment on anything, users had to reblog the original post onto their own page and make their additions beneath it.
> Tumblr was often criticized for its purity culture—conversations could go nuclear as soon as someone was deemed “problematic,” or once their “fav” had been declared “canceled.”
The first paragraph caused the second one. That’s not a conversation, that’s broadcasting to your narrow group of like-minded followers.
Fatal UI decision ultimately, and it was probably done because comments were considered toxic.
But nothing was ever as toxic as challenging some of the crazy ideas on there (one I remember getting tangled up in was “feminism means men can hit women”) and having that person’s personal army come after you.
So RIP Tumblr, you sucked and made the world a worse place.
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#4Poor Tumblr. I still love you for what you were. Try getting support since they were bought by Matt. My gf's account was banned by some AI stupidity and it is as hopeless as trying to get back into a locked out Gmail. Lights on, nobody's home. Someone needs to realize that these decisions have real consequences - most of the people my gf talked to and relied on for mental support were only known through Tumblr and no…
I'm sorry to hear that. Maybe I can help. Will email you to get details.
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#5> Because of the site’s design, conversation happened in a nesting-doll structure—to comment on anything, users had to reblog the original post onto their own page and make their additions beneath it. > Tumblr was often criticized for its purity culture—conversations could go nuclear as soon as someone was deemed “problematic,” or once their “fav” had been declared “canceled.” The first paragraph caused the second on…
> Fatal UI decision ultimately, and it was probably done because comments were considered toxic.
Well, it also created a robust essay culture for a while that allowed long, considered writing to exist in conversation with other pieces in a pretty unique way.
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#6On the rare occasions that I've looked there --- usually because of finding technical content, which is definitely a tiny minority on Tumblr --- I noticed the clear political bias the majority of other content there has. It's certainly one of the weirder places and somewhat a left-wing echochamber.
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#7What is this mainstream media garbage about tumblr being racist. I used to post gothic poetry on that website many years ago and it would blow up with hundreds, no thousands, of engagements, even though I literally didn't know anyone who used the platform. It's a shame what happened to Tumblr. We live under an oppressive authoritarian regime that systematically bans, blacklists, decimates, and destroys literally anywhere on the Internet where the working class has fun.
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#8Poor Tumblr. I still love you for what you were. Try getting support since they were bought by Matt. My gf's account was banned by some AI stupidity and it is as hopeless as trying to get back into a locked out Gmail. Lights on, nobody's home. Someone needs to realize that these decisions have real consequences - most of the people my gf talked to and relied on for mental support were only known through Tumblr and no…
I'm sorry to hear that. Maybe I can help. Will email you to get details.
How are you connected to tumblr?
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#9What is this mainstream media garbage about tumblr being racist. I used to post gothic poetry on that website many years ago and it would blow up with hundreds, no thousands, of engagements, even though I literally didn't know anyone who used the platform. It's a shame what happened to Tumblr. We live under an oppressive authoritarian regime that systematically bans, blacklists, decimates, and destroys literally anyw…
It wasn’t advertising-friendly, so it was only a matter of time before it became racist too.
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#10What is this mainstream media garbage about tumblr being racist. I used to post gothic poetry on that website many years ago and it would blow up with hundreds, no thousands, of engagements, even though I literally didn't know anyone who used the platform. It's a shame what happened to Tumblr. We live under an oppressive authoritarian regime that systematically bans, blacklists, decimates, and destroys literally anyw…
It wasn’t advertising-friendly, so it was only a matter of time before it became racist too.
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