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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 jammygit »

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…

"(...) the only place to ever exist where women could safely express their sexuality."

Some female friends of mine used to like fetlife.com. They say its like facebook, but with... fewer family members and coworkers I guess you could say.

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

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Post by rustybelt »

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…

Why can't you monitor (almost) everything? Unless it's at a friend's house, my ten-year-old has no access to tumblr. I fail to understand why children must have access to internet connected devices.

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

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Post by qwerty456127 »

LinuxBender wrote: post #29
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.

> Hosting your own server gives you full control.

And exposes you to all kinds of problems to care about including DDoSes, pwners, lawyers, hardware failures etc.

> You can also create a Tor Hidden Service.

So (I feel sad about this but this is how it seems) almost nobody will ever find it, but child porn lovers and other kinds of ultimate weirdos will and you will have hard time banning them.

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

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Post by acquacow »

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…

Pintrest is the same way... there are tons of pro-ana pinboards/etc up there, so beware.

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

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Post by claudiawerner »

MorrisofOrange wrote: post #25
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.

Reddit isn't exactly known for its tolerance of sexual content that doesn't harm anyone (or violate anyone's privacy).

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

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Post by jstanley »

trhway wrote: post #66
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…

>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?

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

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Post by iamdave »

ggggtez wrote: post #153
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…

Not to point out the obvious, but the content you are talking about isn't going to be affected. The issue with banning adult content, is that it often ends up being more easy to ban all adult content and LGBTQ+ content. Generally speaking, people on the fringes lose a safe place to discuss issues that matter to them, due to keyword proximity to pornographic keywords.

I read the two anecdotes shared as mere allegories of the reaction tumblr is taking to the content that is being banned from the platform, not a 1:1 comparison of pornographic content and body image content; that in mind I think these types of stories are just as relevant when looking at how we signal collective approval of the types of content we are willing to expose ourselves and our young ones to-and the impact these disparate types of content have, wouldn't you say?

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

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Post by Max_Mustermann »

qwerty456127 wrote: post #145
nine_k wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It looks like a perfect moment to announce a replacement service, complete with a one-click content transfer tool. Something $3/mo, $30/y — and we'll save all your precious work without hassle! Could work for a significant portion of the audience.

Don't you happen to know any alternatives BTW?

Some people on Reddit are recommending Pixiv, a Japanese site.

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

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Post by Apocryphon »

bredren wrote: post #126
ajkjk wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I also see this as a market opportunity for a startup to adapt / improve on tumblr and fill the void. An unexpected, and permanent content restriction on a major platform is a disruptive event.

Yesterday's BitChute discussion [0] brought up the unfortunate fact that many ostensibly free-speech zone sites such as Voat and Gab just end up being havens for far right bigots and conspiracy theorists. Made me wonder if that toxic stew could be balanced if far left activists brigaded those platforms. With this story, it'd be even more amusing if amateur erotica creators and kink community people migrated from Tumblr to those places as well.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18583211

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