cincosechzehn:

cincosechzehn:

cincosechzehn:

what cracks me up is like tumblr is doing everything EXCEPT getting rid of porn bots

tumblr users: you guys have porn bots
tumblr: porn is allowed tho
tumblr users: it’s not tagged correctly
tumblr:
tumblr users: their blogs aren’t marked as explicit
tumblr:
tumblr users: they’re literally reblogging posts from teens under 18 and adding links to porn
tumblr:
tumblr users: and the links are full of malware
tumblr: 
tumblr users: please do something about this. like we get that nsfw is allowed but these bot accounts are breaking the rules and overall making this a negative experience at best and violating the community guidelines at worst
tumblr: uhhh. okay. how about this.
tumblr: we will just like, auto-delete accounts that have “suspicious links” in them
tumblr users: you’re literally going after real accounts that aren’t posting nsfw
tumblr:
tumblr: we’re gonna make posts with links not show up in search results anymore
tumblr: that’s not getting rid of the bots!!! that’s just punishing content creators that use your platform to get in touch with potential clients and promote their content!! get rid of the bots!
tumblr: well our app just got removed from apple so
tumblr users: that’s not good at all! what if i get a new phone and i wanna put your app of it? it’s like you guys have a vested interest in keeping the active bot accounts on your rolls!!
tumblr: 🙂

unfortunately this is the name of the game folks

save the site, not necessarily the users

what will happen is tumblr will go radio silent for probably about a week while they’re working on getting their app re-approved by Apple and anyone else who booted them off the app platform

why? 

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it’s much harder to block ads on a phone app than it is on desktop so they’ve got a vested interest in keeping the app viable IN PARTICULAR so they’re losing potential AND ACTUAL revenue pretty much every moment that app isn’t available for download

plus # of active accounts is a figure taken into consideration for price of ads on websites

⬇️  download of app +

⬇️  of use of app = ⬇️ active users = 

⬇️ of price tumblr can charge advertisers for space on their website = 

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tumblr’s broad stroke changes on the site to contain the bots vs actually purging the accounts suggests they’re massively understaffed or their current staff are under-qualified to manage the site 

or both (lbr it’s DEFINITELY both 😂

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stay tuned folks there’ll probably be a post from @ staff explaining why the app went away but ZERO explanation of how they’re going to fix this issue in concrete steps unless it’s an absolute ban on all 18+ blogs (which they won’t do because again, ad money)

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