tumblr A year after banning "female-presenting nipples", Tumblr is much-diminished but still alive Rob Beschizza
machine learning Announcement of Tumblr's sale to WordPress classified as pornography by Tumblr's notorious "adult content" filter Cory Doctorow
gender TOSsed out: EFF catalogs the perverse ways that platform moderation policies hurt the people they're supposed to protect Cory Doctorow
tumblr Before Tumblr switched off access to NSFW blogs, it blocked archivists who were trying to preserve them Cory Doctorow
machine learning Tumblr's porn filter blocked Tumblr's images illustrating what Tumblr's porn filter won't block Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Every NSFWpocalypse sends users to small, indie platforms, who are threatened by the same factors that make no-platforming practical Cory Doctorow
art Liartown, USA leaves Tumblr over NSFW-ban; announces new 544-page Crap Hound book "devoted to images notable for their lack of positivity" Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Liartown: the First Four Years, a tour-de-force of killer shooping and acerbic wit Cory Doctorow
internet of shit "Friendly" apps are good at maximizing engagement, but their context-blindness is a cesspit of algorithmic cruelty Cory Doctorow
Business Verizon bought Yahoo, so Flickr and Tumblr users with AT&T email addresses are being cut off Cory Doctorow
Business Tumblr is now owned by a phone company, so it's stopped fighting for Network Neutrality Cory Doctorow
politics Macedonian designers make posters against dictatorship and for free and fair elections on Dec 11 Cory Doctorow
