Apple has removed Tumblr from its App store.

[Papenbrook]

Oh my god ... (https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46275138)

How could they not know they were hosting ...?!

[IndigoErth]

Wow, Trumblr is definitely failing big time there... :tsad: Shame that the doings of users gets a popular site removed, but maybe it will provoke them to step it up and get that resolved. In an age where facial recognition is possible, there is no excuse not to have a system that can't recognize and flag other such things like that.

[Candy Kappa]

Tumblr is doing a great job de,sting blogs left and right, even blogs that don't belong to nsfw artists :lol:

But porn bots survives:roll:

[Autbot_Benz]

well guess I have no use for tumblr after December 17th than since they are banning all adult content. :roll:

[Papenbrook]

Well, it has been decided.

Tumblr Ь0ЯИ has officially been BANNED. (https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/3/18123752/tumblr-adult-content-porn-ban-date-explicit-changes-why-safe-mode)

[neatoman]

Well, it has been decided.

Tumblr Ь0ЯИ has officially been BANNED. (https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/3/18123752/tumblr-adult-content-porn-ban-date-explicit-changes-why-safe-mode)

Why would they get rid of the only thing that made them cool? What is tumblr without porn? Steven Universe fan art and gifs from TV shows?

[Autbot_Benz]

Why would they get rid of the only thing that made them cool? What is tumblr without porn? Steven Universe fan art and gifs from TV shows?

that and obnoxious shipper blogs . Seriously tumblr doing this also hurts adult content creators who like to show their work in the platform.

[Sumac]

Those attempts to look progressive more and more look like a comedy of mistakes.
Something like Spaceballs. Just without self-awareness.

[Utrommaniac]

Management has been really awful ever since the Yahoo purchase; the staff themselves have pretty much little to do with the "progressiveness" among the locals, and have basically shot themselves in the foot in the midst of demands to get rid of porn bots that were plaguing the place.

[Leo656]

Those attempts to look progressive more and more look like a comedy of mistakes.
Something like Spaceballs. Just without self-awareness.


That's actually the most clever thing I've caught from you. :lol: Although I confess to not paying the closest attention sometimes.

That was a nice, stiff jab though. :lol: Wish I'd thought of it.

[Candy Kappa]

Someone needs to make a new tumblr, with blackjack and hookers.

[neatoman]

Someone needs to make a new tumblr, with blackjack and hookers.

That is the correct answer.

[TigerClaw]

Tumblr is taking the ban on adult content very seriously
https://twitter.com/Gusgux/status/1069765691455066112
https://twitter.com/Gusgux/status/1069767356262494208
https://twitter.com/Gusgux/status/1069767047037341696

[The Deadman]

Tumblr is a cancer anyway. No big loss.

[sdp]

Tumblr cries censorship while they were the ones who helped propagate this culture of everything needs to be censored because it offends me. While it deserves it, the implications are not fun since not only can you not do a 180 on what the platform has been used for they implemented a ridiculous algorithm flagging things that shouldn't. I've seen articles where people who have no idea what tumblr is are saying "this is good" because of whatever article that had a horrible take on the situation and people are not going to disagree in saying that keeping adult stuff to people who shouldn't be viewing it as bad. This is the strategy politicians always use to pass laws because no one wants to vote against something that is doing "good".

[TigerClaw]

Its strange how artwork that's safe for work is getting flagged. I wonder if they are just cracking down on artwork based on copyrighted works?

[Candy Kappa]

us: remove porn bots please
staff: remove…. porn
us: n…o…. remove the porn BOTS.
staff: remove porn :)

Us: Please remove all pedophile blogs.
Staff: Remove………………ALL BLOGS??
Us: JUST THE PEDOPHILES, PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PEDOPHILES
Staff: (☉‿☉) goodbye

Us: if you’re going to ban everything at least don’t forget to ban the nazis
Staff: don’t…. ban nazis
Us: nonononono, that’s not what we said
Staff: don’t worry! We won’t ban nazis :D

Its strange how artwork that's safe for work is getting flagged. I wonder if they are just cracking down on artwork based on copyrighted works?

No, it's just staff being incompetent as usual. A whole bunch of various lists have been flagged from pet pictures to classical art

[TigerClaw]

Polygon did a report on this. Apparently Tumblr's wonky algorithm is flagging a bunch of innocent posts.
https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/4/18125997/tumblr-nsfw-guidelines-flagging-algorithm?fbclid=IwAR2oqK5c3B29Cneoldo_PNndT0ftKfl D5A-yspfcGisdIAHe1g-7WnZjF30

[Utrommaniac]

I just tried to post something on tumblr and it got flagged!

And what was the terrible offense???
https://66.media.tumblr.com/a7effe3ac949a80842d7f3e2680ad92e/tumblr_inline_pj954teA5v1rw8miz_540.jpg

[oldmanwinters]

I can't help but enjoy watching Tumblr panic itself into full-fledged meltdown.

[neatoman]

I just tried to post something on tumblr and it got flagged!

And what was the terrible offense???
https://66.media.tumblr.com/a7effe3ac949a80842d7f3e2680ad92e/tumblr_inline_pj954teA5v1rw8miz_540.jpg

That's actually a clever post, kudos to you ma'am!

As for why it's a problem? The consumption of humans? Spooky ghosts reminding them of the KKK?

[Utrommaniac]

I considered a joke about Fiona's boobs being to obvious...since that's where most of the jokes are at anyway.

[Candy Kappa]

There are "female representing nipples" under that dress