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Re:Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th by ams6110 on Monday December 03, 2018 @01:44PM (#18591604)
I have this vague memory that they did, and then had to backtrack, but I could be thinking of another service.
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Re:Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th by sincerely on Monday December 03, 2018 @02:27PM (#18592066)
No, I think you're right. I remember them announcing they would be banning it.
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Re:Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th by JenBarb on Monday December 03, 2018 @02:30PM (#18592097)
it wasn't a full on ban, but I do remember drama a year or two ago when Tumblr banned LGBTQ+ content from their safe search. This was also eventually backtracked.
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Re:Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th by rnd0 on Monday December 03, 2018 @04:59PM (#18593525)
I have a feeling that it's possible we're going to see this ban play out the same way, I'm not sure.

As many people have pointed out here and elsewhere -the platform is largely used for porn, and once those users are driven out you'll just be left with tumblweeds.

I feel like there's a 50 percent chance that is going to occur to someone up the food chain in the next couple of weeks, and this policy will be quietly walked back.

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