[whateveracct]

? those metrics do not affect how good of a product and website it is for me and all the people who use it tho

maybe if you have your business boy hat on for some reason it isn't doing fine?

[elliekelly]

You’re forgetting that those metrics are hugely important to tumblr because those metrics are hugely important to tumblr’s customers: advertisers. The reason they claim the policy change was necessary in the first place.

I don’t know what you mean by “business boy hat” - could this be a typo?

[whateveracct]

well they had the indirect effect of making the product better for their (unpaying) users.

When it comes to tumblr, I quite frankly don't give 2 shits about their advertisers. Why should I? Maybe the site will be shut down someday? You'd think that ship would've sailed.

[moralestapia]

What? You're delusional.

Those metrics are literally the bread and butter of social networks.

[whateveracct]

I am talking from the perspective of a user. Those metrics have 0 impact on me as a user (outside of the company going under - or ruining itself in the name of more money.) There's no delusion here.

The users that remain on tumblr seem pretty happy about the effects of the nsfw ban. The people that left due to it weren't the good ones for the most part.

[mcmeowerson]

I don't think you understand how online businesses work. Social network companies like tumblr need advertiser dollars in order to pay for server and employee costs. Tumblr exists to generate revenue, user metrics mean revenue. If users aren't using the platform, advertisers stop paying as much and thus tumblr can't continue to exist.

Whether or not you like it now that porn is gone doesn't matter.

[whateveracct]

? why are you talking down to me? As if I don't know business 101? You sound like a wannabe VC.

Why do I need to align my values of good and bad with market forces? You literally cannot make an argument that your "objective" value system about business is the only True one.

I'd bet tumblr will continue to exist and I'd get to enjoy it for free (modulo ads) for at least another half decade if not more. And I bet throughout that time the company won't do much to monetize their users beyond what they already do. The userbase has long since proven it doesn't give tumblr money beyond a stray click. But it'll continue to plug along - "failing" the whole way.