Tumblr users have always had the option of marking their account as NSFW, and since around 10% of Tumblr is porn, people were generally pretty good at labelling their blogs.
However, under Tumblr’s new content restrictions, posts from Adult-rated blogs will no longer show up on tags. Any tags. Also, Tumblr is able to flag your account as Adult without you labelling it as such—although users do have the option of appealing to the “Trust & Safety Team” if their feel their blog has been flagged unfairly.
Adult blogs are now unsearchable.
If your blog has been flagged as Adult, nothing you post will ever appear on Tumblr’s public tag searches. Your posts will only be visible to your own followers and the followers of people who reblog your content.
This means that if you want to publicize something like a Kickstarter campaign or political message, or even to signal boost a personal plea for help, that post will still not show up on Tumblr’s internal search engine. You are cut off from everyone except your own circle of followers.
Also, Many Tumblr users are finding that some tags have disappeared entirely from Tumblr’s iPhone app.
It’s unclear whether this is directly linked to the new content restrictions, but for example, iPhone users searching the #gay, #lesbian or #bisexual tags have reported seeing the result “No posts found,” although #bi, #lgbt and #queer still produce results. [READ MORE]
Continuing to reblog this story because this is 100% bad news bears.
This is an awkward situation all around. How do you think Tumblr could have handled this situation better, folks? I bet they’d love constructive feedback here. Shoot us an ask. Will share the best ideas with everyone.
Wow.
slow calp 4 u tumblr
This is why I really dislike sites that restrict “adult" material. They rarely define it, and it’s such a subjective thing. So many things skirt the line between art and porn. Rules get enforced sporadically, and are subject to moderators’ whims. And so many times, anything LGBT gets labeled “adult.“ I’ve seen it happen on Amazon, on the Apple store, on so many other sites. Enough that I stopped believing it’s a “glitch” when this happens.
I’ve built up a beautiful following here, and this is the first time I’ve considered searching for new pastures. I don’t want to leave, but it feels like I may eventually be forced out, and maybe I don’t want to wait around for that.
But really, tumblr. This is the gayest social network that ever existed aside from grindr. Why would you shoot yourself in the foot like that?
haha FUCK THIS
ugh tumblr wtf
So I’ve tested this and there is no problem as far as I can see.
I’ve searched various tags on my phone’s tumblr app, and everything is working just fine. I had napalm coroberate, but she DID have tags disappearing. However, it also happened to her when she searched ‘Hiccup’.
The difference?
I’m using Android OS’s Tumblr app. She’s using iOS’s app. Which apparently just updated this morning.
So considering that tag searching in general is not working for her on her iPhone while it’s working just fine for me, I am pretty sure that this is simply a mobile app issue that will be corrected.
Porn is still perfectly searchable on my phone and my main blog. The restrictions are only supposed to apply if you’re browsing in safe mode.
I really wonder why everyone is so quick to try and demonize yahoo.
