Kim‽ @kimpegasus@awoo.space

@Gale @may Yes, she is :3

@may *padlocks it on* >:c

@may YOU TOOK IT OFF???

@MezzoM5@mastodon.social That's fair. I just don't really see what other course of action they could take here; continuing as current leaves them open to legal consequence and is just untenable in the long term.

@MezzoM5@mastodon.social I don't think it's the wrong thing for them to do, if it's implemented as described.

It's not like Tumblr is a free for all currently. There are a few categories of otherwise legal porn that are already banned.

@MezzoM5@mastodon.social Sorry, it was meant to be taken with a pinch of humour. (Like, I'm obviously not the only person on Earth who doesn't use the site for porn.)

@MezzoM5@mastodon.social I can see why some people would consider it bad based on the assumption that Tumblr won't do it properly. I don't consider the policy inherently bad, though.

And as someone who has been involved in running user-content driven services before, this move makes sense to me from an organisational perspective.

@MezzoM5@mastodon.social Prioritising a stable income is business. Letting people look at porn is not a hill they're obliged to die on.

@megaRammy@snouts.online I do support video toots! This one is just showing an empty box D:

@megaRammy@snouts.online This toot broke my dashboard how dare you

@MezzoM5@mastodon.social They’re legally liable for pornographic content in virtually every country in the world. They need to spend time and money building features to support having it at all. They were recently penalised for failing to moderate it well.

By comparison neo-Nazi stuff only has legal implications for them in like, two countries? It doesn’t need specific work and they haven’t been penalised for it.

That’s why their focus is where it is.

@MezzoM5@mastodon.social Potential damage if the new rules aren’t enforced as they are written. A reasonable concern, but not something inherently wrong with the new rules. (I admit my argument assumes the new rules are enforced correctly, though.)

@MezzoM5@mastodon.social What specifically about it do you take issue with?

@MezzoM5@mastodon.social I don’t believe that, but I also don’t think “might make mistakes” is a good reason to continue allowing something which is probably more damaging to the site in the long term.

The new rules specifically ban real life depictions of sexual organs in a sexual context, and any graphic depiction of a sex act.

Other NSFW stuff is still allowed. Fetishes are still allowed. Erotica is still allowed. Nude fanart of the Onceler is still allowed.

Tumblr also in September introduced new rules that made expressing anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments on the site a bannable offense. I doubt their intentions are malicious here.

@MezzoM5@mastodon.social NSFW artwork that doesn't depict sexual behaviour is fine, though.

@MezzoM5@mastodon.social Didn't say it was perfect. At lrast they gave notice rather than obliterating stuff overnight.

They recently implemented a new code of conduct on hate speech, so hey, they're doing something at least.

Why bother continuing that huge sunk effort and sunk cost, to continue supporting something that isn't even a major component of the site, when you can just… not?

Hashtag unpopular opinion, but I think Tumblr’s policy change is sensible given the circumstances.

They currently spend a fuckton of resources hosting pornographic content whilst trying to shield it from minors and search engines, and complying with the regional laws of hundreds of countries, and the rules of various online marketplaces.

They probably have a whole team of people whose entire job is to look through images of the most disgusting, depraved stuff to make sure it's not child porn.