Tumblr sent shockwaves across the world this week when it announced it will no longer allow x-rated content beginning on December 17.
In a blog post published Monday, CEO Jeff D’Onofrio wrote:
Over the past several months, and inspired by our storied past, we’ve given serious thought to who we want to be to our community moving forward and have been hard at work laying the foundation for a better Tumblr. We’ve realized that in order to continue to fulfill our promise and place in culture, especially as it evolves, we must change … Today, we’re taking another step by no longer allowing adult content, including explicit sexual content and nudity (with some exceptions).
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Naturally, people are livid.
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Many are concerned about about how sex workers and sex-positive content creators will be adversely affected by the policy change.
Others are simply worried about where they’re gonna get their porn fixes going forward and are calling for an official boycott of the microblogging platform.
The fury has been unending…
Welp its time for me to boycott tumblr im done with that peice of shit of a website now i wont be able to post what i like #boycotttumblr
— Sleepless-Raven (@Edgy_Raven) December 3, 2018
Umm, so basically, @tumblr is about to shut down… This whole trying to enforce a false-sense of moral standards is BS. Banning porn, which harms no one, is completely asinine. Shame on #tumblr. #tumblrisdead
— Jerett Walters (@JerettWalters) December 3, 2018
Congrats to Tumblr for finally destroying its arch enemy, Tumblr
— Alex Hirsch (@_AlexHirsch) December 4, 2018
Anyone else in the mood to just collectively boycott #Tumblr from the 17th until they change their indiscriminately damaging new policy?
— Catherine Carrigan (@Cat_Carrigan22) December 4, 2018
I'm angry. I'm disappointed. I'm frustrated. Tumblr was the place I could express myself freely. #BoycottTumblr https://t.co/NAKwK8Cjly
— Loba_Azul (@JulsM7) December 3, 2018
Id like my first tweet to be a fuck you to @tumblr . A website where you can show open self harm wounds and show young girls how to starve themselves but nsfw content is what they remove. #tumblrisoverparty #fucktumblr #tumblrisdead
— ??Jade ?? (@possumplan3t) December 3, 2018
But it doesn’t stop there…
And just like that, @tumblr will be irrelevant to everyone, thanks to their stupid decisions and bend-over mentality. #tumblrisdead
— Odie (@Overdrive987) December 3, 2018
I would like to propose a site wide boycott of #tumblr until they fix their shit
— Christopher Kiggundu (@kcchristopher98) December 4, 2018
Everyone leaving Tumblr pic.twitter.com/TmBVeJEsi2
— Hannah Rose Woods (@hannahrosewoods) December 4, 2018
Tumblr removing ALL adult content is the biggest, stupidest decision I’ve seen. We asked pedophiles and porn bots be removed, not to ruin content creators that are specifically for adults. #tumblrisdead
— Rica (@hushandshush) December 3, 2018
literally got Tumblr a week ago and I'ma have to delete it #BoycottTumblr
— Jacob (lil big stiffee) Johnson (@McOddzen) December 3, 2018
Oh no its my ankle. #tumblr will delete it. pic.twitter.com/YTVwz9PxWh
— Luci (@hashtagluci) December 5, 2018
How do you feel about Tumblr banning adult content? Sound off in the comments section below…
jsmu
Effed up beyond mortal dreams. Can’t wait for their now-imminent demise. And way to screw over the entire trans community AND sex workers, corpofascists! Cat videos and flower pics ain’t gonna be a sustainable business model, *sswipes 😀
michaelmt1009
First Craigslist, now Tumblr. All you techies out there and start up wantabees quick invent something to fill the gap….
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Doug
I just discoverd some of the groups on Tumber about three months ago and logged in today to see a lot of them are gone. Tumblr is pretty boring now.
Wicked Dickie
I’m tired of scrolling pass pictures of kittens, sunsets and starlight to get to the videos of married guys getting railed in their hotel rooms in Phoenix. How am I supposed to fall asleep at night now?
HereIAm
Now that this web site has purified its contents, I feel like I should open an account with them to see what Tumblr is really about. Nothing too shocking I hope.
KerryB
Meanwhile, hate speech and racist images are still acceptable.
iamru2
Define hate speech please and where are “racist” images accepted?
AlexEf
I am going to delete my Tumblr art photo blog soon too. look for shbproject there if you want
Hussain-TheCanadian
#FirstWorldProblems
Get over it people; with our planet in disarray, I doubt porn being removed from Tumblr is a tragedy.
supernaut
I’m not going to lie, I made a Tumblr account to turn off safe mode for sprinkledpeen. Yesterday I deleted my account, because I don’t use Tumblr for any other reason. It’s not a big loss for me, internet is loaded with porn. 🙂
Taxilady23
I love sprinkledpeen! Cunxe is also great. Half my feed is gay porn related but specific people. I haven’t even looked at mine, after reblogging most of their posts.
Geeker
I deleted it not for the porn ban but just because I’m tired of their weird and arbitrary censorship policy.
johnozed
I heard it was because Apple wouldn’t have the Tumblr app available due to the NSFW content. And Tumblr wanted that Apple money.
Tombear
I fail to see how a man showing his manhood and bush will corrupt the morals of today’s youth!
Ditamo
I’m deleting my account as soon as the ban starts.
ShowMeGuy
I have two Tumblr accounts. One is for rollercoasters and amusement parks the other is gay fetish porn.
Guess which one sees 5 times more traffic than the other one?
Goodbye Tumblr.
Pistolo
I’m not hurt by it but I do absolutely *marvel* at what a dreadful decision it is and I’m perplexed as to why they’d ever think it’s a good idea. Tumblr users, no matter how Tumblr would like them to react, will feel as though something is being taken from them, they won’t see this as an improvement. Their expectations of the Tumblr experience involve sometiems tumbling into a pornoriffic shangri-la from time to time and if that’s just ripped out from under their feet….well, millions of accounts will go POOF in just Tumblr’s routine censorship alone. Then those who fap to those accounts? POOF. Millions of users gone in a matter of days. What can you replace SEX with that will entice people to come back? What can compete with sex? What can compete with orgasms? Because that’s what Tumblr’s up against now- it’s incredibly silly.
surfpenis
Screw tumblr. I’ve been using twitter porns for my nightly jerking anyway. And there’s also xtube, gaytube, rockettube, and others. One less site I have to deal with now.
CalumB
All this extra censorship is a result of FOSTA/SESTA passed by the republicans in the US as measures to prevent trafficking and to “protect” sex workers – and yet they do neither. So thank unca DonDon and his unscrupulous minions for all that life threatening piece of legislation that is having onflow effects into the lives of others.
djmcgamester
I’m not clear on how the concerns of sex workers come into play. Was tumblr at some point advertised as being a place where sex workers could connect with clients? Even if it is deemed okay, why are naked pics required? Tumblr has already said adult images would not be deleted but instead made private. Send the pics through messages. It’s honestly not the end of the world for them.
As far as tumblr being affected by the loss of users who can’t get their porn fix, I’m sure they’d accept that over the loss of anyone with an iPhone being able to download the app. Maybe it’ll be a complete fail. I’m sure if people really want to share explicit content they can reference it on their pages and then send it to people who ask.
I’m not a prude about the human body or about sex. I definitely looked a porn on tumblr. Just don’t see why anyone thinks it’s necessary that tumblr provide a platform for it. Go to Pornhub or any number of other sites that allow for posting of adult video and/or pictures.
Rob Moore
I am in the process of backing up my own blog. It is quite large and has been performing the backup for two days. Once the backup completes, I’ll download it then delete my Tumblr account. There was only one reason I had any interest. I looked at some of the nonsexual blogs and found them to be generally of limited interest with lots of flowers, cute animals, and astronomical phenomena. Maybe I’ll try Google’s Blogspot, again. Maybe, I can do something with Twitter. I just know Tumblr is not the place. The ongoing toxin of Puritanism and hypocritical, religious claims to morality continue to infect society.
Josh447
Sounds like it’s Tmblrs time for a lecture from the Church Lady.
Onecaddy13
So long Tumblr! Deleted tumblr when they decided to pull the so called pornographic photos. The body is a beautiful piece of art that should be seen & admired no matter the shape or color. Not everyone uses it for perverted thoughts. I do agree with many, this was the place to express yourself freely, and I’m truly disappointed they made this Irresponsible decision. Hey Tumblr, I bet the pros outweigh the cons. And I sure would love to hear what the investors have to say. Can we say, BAD BUSINESS DECISION?? You should have asked you’re millions of viewers/subscribers/followers what they thought prior to this disastrous outcome you created. I will continue to boycott until you get your heads on straight.