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by condescendence 2749 days ago
The real reason behind the disallowing of NSFW is Tumblr positioning itself to be bought by Verizon.
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wmf 2749 days ago
Just to nitpick the causality here, Tumblr was bought by Yahoo in 2013 then Yahoo was bought by Verizon/Oath in 2017 and now the porn ban is hitting afterward.
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zapzupnz 2749 days ago
I think it's a little of column A and a little of column B. Of course, one more than the other.
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gbear605 2749 days ago
Verizon already owns Tumblr (through the intermediary company of Oath)
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