The prospect that Tumblr could become a profitable social media giant by allowing some users to repost soundless photos left many Twitter users shivering and wondering, as Elon Musk floundered. mess with the Twitter button to make more money.
The tweet that received tens of thousands of likes was likely just a joke, with Tumblr calling the new announcement – confirming that it won’t restrict content with “adult, mature or sexual themes” – as a “killer blow” to Twitter, with many users. Believing you are in danger of disappearing, turn off Twitter. However, it appears that Tumblr’s decision may affect Twitter users.
Earlier this year, The New Yorker reported that Tumblr has attracted a very young demographic that other social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are trying to capture. Other tweets in response to Tumblr’s announcement received a lot of likes, fueled by excitement over the mod’s return to Tumblr, with some users leaving Tumblr, which is banned from entering adult content. 2023 shows they’re ready to come back.
Tumblr users became aware of the change when Tumblr launched the Community tab in September. These tags allow users to set options to restrict certain content on the channel. According to Tumblr, the next step is to “welcome more expression, creativity, and art on Tumblr, including content that reflects the human form (yes, including the naked human form).”
According to Tumblr, users can now mark content as “adult” or “sexually motivated,” and users who don’t want to see it can manage their channels.
Will nudity continue to be censored?
Although Tumblr banned adult content in 2023, it was partly due to concerns about child sexual abuse material, which led Apple to ban the app from its store. Tumblr decided it couldn’t get around Apple and banned adult content. While less than 1% of Forbes’ user base produces adult content, that means consumers of that content make up a quarter of Tumblr’s users. The content ban has sparked backlash, including from top creators, who then complained that Tumblr’s content filters misplaced their posts and removed them…
In 2023, the Electronic Frontier Foundation outlined how Tumblr works to automatically remove content from posts that don’t violate adult content restrictions. At the time, Tumblr’s filtering tools couldn’t seem to identify what content didn’t violate the ban, and the hashtag #TooSexyForTumblr mocked Tumblr’s attempt to show images of bans. various fairies, including heart necklaces, clothespins, flamingos, and flamingos. doll socks and a Louis Vuitton bag.
It’s not clear if Tumblr does a better job of filtering newly approved adult content from still-banned adult content, but Tumblr’s EFF VP says it relies on computers to filter out objectionable content. . In a statement, Tumblr said that “visual imagery of pornography remains unavailable on Tumblr.”
“The landscape of machine learning is very difficult,” said Trendacosta, “and this change is welcome, but relying too much on technical filters to implement this kind of policy is not a good thing.”
According to Trendacosta, while Tumblr’s move is aimed at reducing censorship, by lifting the overall ban, Tumblr could put more users at risk of censorship.
“The problem is that if you create rules arbitrarily and rely on automated tools, you will most likely fail,” says Ars Trendacosta. “They’ve failed miserably in the past” – the rule that bans all silent works from being considered classical art – “and I think they will fail again.”
Trendacosta told Ars that Tumblr missed an opportunity to provide community members with a clear way to meet new content guidelines. He said Tumblr allows users to post pornography, adult content, and pornography, so they should be careful when filtering out other adult content. With that in mind, Trendacosta said Tumblr should explain to users how to report bugs.
Some users have requested a reporting tool. In a Tumblr announcement, at least one Tumblr user asked the platform if they were aware of any “organized anti-spam efforts” and expressed concern about bad actors using the reporting tool. the platform’s mass spam reporting. According to Trendacosta, Tumblr is still a smaller platform compared to other social networks, where harassment is common and there may not be many ways to deal with the threat. However, Tumblr Milf users have commented that in the past, Tumblr has not made it easy for users to complain when their content has been incorrectly flagged for removal.
Tumblr did not immediately respond to Ars’ request for comment on whether it filters content better now than it did in 2023.
