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    4 months ago

    I think that says more about you than about them

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      4 months ago

      I’d say the fact that they banned porn says about as much about tumblr as having the above poster’s enmity says about them, so I’d go with an even 50/50 on this one.

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        4 months ago

        Do you think tumblr banned porn out of prudishness?

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          they banned porn because they were bought out by the owners of wordpress, and the kerfuffle with credit card companies suddenly refusing payments on pornhub had just happened. the stated reason was so they don’t step in some unseen controversy and get blackballed by mastercard, which is a bit prudish if you ask me.

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            4 months ago

            The main problem with porn is moderating it. Especially having to watch something to determine whether or not it’s csam. It’s easier to just ban porn. It’s a big hassle whenever your site isn’t supposed to be a porn site.

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              4 months ago

              and therein lies the crux of the issue. lots of folks who were around before the porn ban would argue that the smut was integral to tumblr’s identity; that the tumblr we have today is just a shadow of what it once was.

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                4 months ago

                Wasn’t it a cesspit akin to twitter? I heard that tumblr is actually decent nowadays.

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                  4 months ago

                  in my experience tumblr was actually a lot better about separating the smutty tags from the general ones for a fandom.

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                    3 months ago

                    There were still a lot of reprobates there who ended up moving to twitter