We don't have the internal charts of advertisement revenue and engagement. What if they had tried a lot and that line kept shifting down and down, with small bumps here and there with limited sales successes? What if the execs at Verizon were like, "We don't want to keep going down that route .. we don't want those types of advertisers .. we need to not be afraid of associating this more with the Verizon brand?"

I have a feeling there was a lot of internal push back and fourth, but they were either losing too much money or only getting advertisers they weren't comfortable with.

It's more complicated that just advertisers expectations.

Apple locked NSFW off Tumblr via it's App Store lockdown.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90304153/seven-weeks-after-nsfw-...

From my understanding this was due to excess or unreasonably long times to remove child sexual abuse content.

You say that, but I'm sure many platforms have tried doing that for a long time. 4chan, for example, struggled with this from the start and as far as I know, they haven't come up with a solution that isn't porn ads.

> "resetting advertiser expectations for what it means to engage with tumblr's user base"

If the only way to save your platform is to reform society, then your platform is already dead.