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by dmitrygr 156 days ago
Tumblr was never as big as FB or Twitter are
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The difference is less pronounced than you think.

In 2018 Tumblr had more users (over 60M monthly) than Grok today (30M monthly). And Verizon, the owner, is/was larger than Grok’s owner: xAI.

Ohhhhh ok if you're big you can do whatever and morals don't apply. I get it now!
Unironically, this is exactly the state of the world in 2026
"If you've enough users that banning you would affect our bottom like negatively..."