Enjoy that Tumblr porn while you can. The microblogging platform is banning all adult content on December 17.
“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,” Tumblr CEO Jeff D’Onofrio said in a blog post published on Monday, December 3. “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).”
The Verge reports the ban will affect images and videos of sex acts, human genitalia, and female-presenting nipples — but it will spare, for example, images of nude classical statues and nude political protestors.
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In his post, D’Onofrio said Tumblr will begin enforcing this new policy, which is outlined in the company’s updated Community Guidelines, on December 17 — with algorithms flagging and hiding adult content. Existing adult content will be automatically made private, and owners of NSFW blogs will have the chance to export their content before the ban goes into effect.
“Community members with content that is no longer permitted on Tumblr will get a heads up from us in advance and steps they can take to appeal or preserve their content outside the community if they so choose,” D’Onofrio explained wrote.
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Tumblr has been cracking down on adult material in recent months, hiding NSFW posts behind a “Safe Mode” wall and even banning one prominent artist who “aged up” teen characters for her gay erotic art. In November, after explicit content involving minors was discovered on the platform, the Tumblr app disappeared from the iOS App Store.
Monday’s announcement sparked immediate outcry online, particularly from those concerned about sex workers and sex-positive creators who will be adversely affected by the policy change.
I deleted my @tumblr today due to their policy change but will not stop writing or posting adult content elsewhere. They can be on the wrong side of history but the kinky, the queer, the sex workers, the witches, the artists, the underground will always survive—and prevail. pic.twitter.com/YnOCPuhpRm
— Sophie Saint Thomas (@TheBowieCat) December 3, 2018
So @tumblr is deciding to ban "adult content" (which will harm NSFW artists and sex workers) on their website starting on International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Cool. pic.twitter.com/jdSRkLfjFI
— Eliel Cruz (@elielcruz) December 3, 2018
This isn’t funny. @Tumblr has been a safe haven for female sexuality, especially for young women uncomfortable with mainstream pornography. What a massive blow. https://t.co/nrM652IYSq
— ella dawson (@brosandprose) December 3, 2018
Just read that Tumblr is banning "adult content" & legit feel ill.
It's easy to dismiss internet porn, but Tumblr sex sites created spaces for ALL KINDS of people who don't have access to sexual community elsewhere.
— Steven W. Thrasher (@thrasherxy) December 3, 2018
Child pornography should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Tumblr should work with law enforcement to prosecute anyone circulating such horrifying material. But banning all adult content hurts many artists and sets a dangerous precedent. Sexuality is not a crime.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) December 3, 2018
But in his post, D’Onofrio said the “bottom line” is that users should post and consume adult content elsewhere. “There [is] no shortage of sites on the internet that feature adult content,” he wrote. “We will leave it to them and focus our efforts on creating the most welcoming environment possible for our community.”
Ditamo
Ya, I’m deleting my tumblr account. They decided to kill their platform.
Me2
Outside of adult content, what else is Tumblr good for? Instagram pretty much has everything else covered. Tumbler has just dealt themselves their death blow.
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HereIAm
One more social media company (Rentboy, Craigslist) banning all sexually explicit materials, gay or straight, is one big step toward a porn free society. Get rid of all the disgusting and dehumanizing stuff from the Internet or let the government censor it.
Polaro
Sheesh, Mary, go clutch your pearls elsewhere.
Catholicslutbox
Iirc, RB was shut down because of tax evasion….
And I don’t think he was being serious.
PinkoOfTheGange
He is as serious as any troll can be.
Daws
No reason to use Tumblr anymore then. Deleted.
muscl954
Why don’t they just offer a second adult-oriented tumblr? This move will definitely reduce their viewership and possibly cripple them irreparably.
Evji108
The best curated porn collections are on tumblr. It’s almost the only reason I use it at all. They have been hinting now for months that they would be eliminating porn, so it’s not entirely surprising. Now it will be another Pinterest, good for home renovation ideas and old ladies posting knitting patterns. RIP Tumblr & Bye Felicia!
Polaro
Yep, only thing I use Tumblr for is naughty stuff. Might at well delete it when they do this.
Paulie P
why not simply make them “private” and one has to request to view?
tumblr however they make their money will be bankrupt in 20 minutes if they don’t.
bad move.
Wicked Dickie
What am I supppsed to watch so i can go to sleep at night?
Terrycloth
Theres still redtube , helix , xhamster , youporn , the list is endless..I tried looking for a few things seems tumblr has already started. ..nothing to see here …this page no longer exist etc…my cable company has adult movies for $ 20 bucks a month I get around 30 uncut falcon movies. That’s less than a $1 per movie..or I can rent one for $13.99.
Kangol
Those other sites bombard viewers with pop ups, spam, etc., but they do still exist. At least for now.
djmcgamester
Tumblr is a social media platform. I doubt it’s original intention was to be a host for porn. I have had porn blogs but I also have one that’s about science fiction, video games, science and art. I’m pretty sure there’s nothing objectionable on there but I guess I’ll wait to see what tumblr says.
I think the main problem was with child porn. It was so prevalent that they couldn’t get ride of it – to the point that iPhone removed the app from their app store. That’s significant and certainly had a huge impact on their advertising money.
Face it, sites like Facebook and Instagram don’t allow porn. Why should tumblr?
Kangol
They could have gotten rid of the child porn if they wanted to. But laziness and an extreme approach won out. Meanwhile, people can just go to Twitter, which still allows nude images and hard core pornography–though no child porn, thankfully–free of charge!
HereIAm
It seems that a lot of commentators here are addicted to porn. It’s a nasty addiction and it will ruin your life and corrupt your spirit. If you don’t start to control your addiction, it will control you sooner or later.
Kangol
No, they just believe in personal freedom, which you make clear in post after post that you don’t. You meanwhile publicly expressed support on here for a man who was taking advantage of economically disadvantaged, homeless young men. You should deal with your own problems before you climb back on your side saddle, harangue and pass judgement on others.
Toofie
Right Kangol? Plus the cop murdered a neighbor!
Daniel
Funny – I just got a congratulations email from Tumblr as my reblog “StageofDenial” just received it’s 10,000 like. I’m deleting it soon as it’s all gay porn. Shame. Oh well – Twitter here I cum.
Creamsicle
Can I ask a dumb question? Why not just move on to actual porn platforms like pornhub? If it’s a m as tree of curating your porn, they allow people to make and share playlists. What was it about tumblr that made people flock to it for porn?
Bryanbami
I use Tumblr because it has a variety of interests all melded together into a great community from porn and humorous to art and cartoons. The thing is it works well together. As you’re scrolling through pages it’s not just the same thing one after another it’s mixed. Now with this ban they’re screwing with the combination and it’s going to suck.
As to why they are doing it. Simple, they want to make money and can’t do it when a major percentage of their blogs are private. The fix, make all blogs public, how? Remove the porn.
But they leave the white supremacy stuff and neo Nazis stuff and other hate speech garbage