So yes, Iâm aware that Iâm late to the party and that I havenât been alive for a little while but I heard about this and came here to talk about the actions of tumblr. Plus, Iâve been wanting to return for a while. Lmao, maybe not anymore.
If by some weird chance you havenât heard, Tumblr is banning adult content. No nudity outside certain categories like education and art. Also, no sex acts are allowed to be displayed. While I donât really post or repost or even follow that kind of content, I think this is a bad move tumblr and an overcorrection to the child pornography issue. YES THE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IS A MAJOR AND DISGUSTING ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH. But to ban the legal stuff too is not so smart.
First and foremost, Tumblr has a lot of porn. Just to be blunt it does. A good chunk of that porn is artistically based and/or pays the bills. Think about how many NSFW commission artists are on here. Audio porn is also a thing people are being paid for. Donât forget lewd cosplayers. So this effects peopleâs income. LEGAL income. Tumblr is a safe and large space for these creators and now they have to find a brand fucking new platform to keep themselves going. Itâs also similar to YouTube where a lot of creators donât leave because there isnât really another platform that works like YT. Tumblr, there isnât another platform like you! Maybe some people like visual artists can go to like deviant art or smth but gathering the same collective wonât be easy. It splits the community.
Secondly, sex positivity and normalizing sex. Guess what guys? Sex is okay. Sex is fine and even good. If itâs legal, then let it be. This is a place where people can feel safe while talking about sex and helps us spread sex positivity. Tumblr is pretty sex positive. When companies and corporations ban sex or sex-related content, it goes against that. It says that sex is taboo and wrong and itâs not âfriendlyâ content. Guess what, it is. If youâre so worried about being friendly to new users, then why not look at the gore/guro community on here. I love guro, my tumblr has gore all over it, but Iâll also admit that violence should be more censored than sex. To suggest sex is not âfriendlyâ to new users to suggest sex is not a normal thing that it shouldnât be talked about or shown casually.Â
Tumblr, look at your user base. Look at the people being affected. Look at it all. Then ask yourself, do you really want to censor it? If something isnât tagged properly, fine. Go ahead. Take it down. I get that. But if people are taking the proper precautions and posting legal content, then leave it be. Youâre really attempting to censor a community that enjoys not being so censored as they are on other platforms. Honestly, youâre probably going to lose a lot of users and hell, Iâm debating being one of them. Donât overcorrect tumblr, please.
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