Is Tumblr
back?
In 2018, the
beloved blogging website committed social suicide when it banned all nudity from the app, alienating itself from
the very horny user base that made it so massive in the first place. In just
three months, the site's monthly page views dipped from 521 million to 370
million, with many people abandoning the site completely.
Four years
later, Tumblr is rolling back on those rules... at least a
little bit.
With updated
community guidelines, the platform announced yesterday that it would once again
allow nudity, but not sexually explicit images.
"We now
welcome a broader range of expression, creativity, and art on Tumblr including
content depicting the human form," the new community guidelines read.
“Nudity and other kinds of adult material are generally welcome. We’re not here
to judge your art, we just ask that you add a Community Label to your mature
content so that people can choose to filter it out of their Dashboard if they
prefer,”
But don't expect the site to be
quite as explicit as it once was. Pornography, specifically, still won't be
allowed – though it's not clear how they will differentiate that from nudity.
According to The Verge, users can’t post links or ads to
“adult-oriented affiliate networks,” can't advertise “escort or erotic
services,” and can’t post content that “promotes pedophilia,” including
“sexually suggestive” content with images of children. These specifics will
keep Tumblr in good faith with payment processors and Apple’s App Store for iOS
devices.
The changes come
with the site's new owner: Tumblr was bought from Verizon in September by
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg.
Twitter is
reveling in the win as the bird app was just bought by Elon Musk. Incoming
changes are signaling some dramatic changes to Twitter's function and many users
are considering leaving it altogether. "He did it. Elon revived Tumblr.
Holy sh*t," one user wrote.
SOURCE: PRIDE DOT COM
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