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Re:Tumblr’s anti-porn algorithm is flagging basically everyt... by DavidVoid on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @06:52AM (#18607452)
> That's what you get when you want to be PC

I'd hardly consider this "trying to be PC".

https://i.imgur.com/cgGx4JR.png

This is more about bowing down to America's backwards views on sex and nudity, most likely in order to appease advertisers and/or Apple.

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Re:Tumblr’s anti-porn algorithm is flagging basically everyt... by KozmoNau7 on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @07:37AM (#18607667)
I can't imagine the advertisers being too hot on literal nazism and white supremacism, though. At least I hope not.
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Re:Tumblr’s anti-porn algorithm is flagging basically everyt... by watwut on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @08:26AM (#18607970)
It seems to me that boards are way more sensitive on female breasts then on white supremacism.
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Re:Tumblr’s anti-porn algorithm is flagging basically everyt... by danaris on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @07:54AM (#18607773)
Well, you wouldn’t think so, but a lot of the anger on Tumblr the past few days has been that they’re destroying major communities (more than just NSFW; they deleted everything tagged with “chronic pain”, for goodness sake, and how is that relevant?), but leaving all the Nazis alone.
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Re:Tumblr’s anti-porn algorithm is flagging basically everyt... by skymt on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @08:24AM (#18607951)
Deleting "chronic pain" posts makes sense if Tumblr is trying to eliminate drug-related posts with as much cleverness and grace as the porn purge. (Chronic is uncommon slang for marijuana.)
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Re:Tumblr’s anti-porn algorithm is flagging basically everyt... by fjsolwmv on Thursday December 06, 2018 @09:40AM (#18618352)
Chronic pain is also closely link with opiod abuse.
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Re:Tumblr’s anti-porn algorithm is flagging basically everyt... by zimpenfish on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @09:34AM (#18608482)
> and/or Apple

Apple has nothing to do with this. Tumblr was removed from the app store specifically because of child porn; plus, if the anonymous sources are to be believed, Tumblr have been working on this for >6 months, predating the app store snafu.

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