Heaven knows I've not been the greatest fan of Tumblr and the Tumblr community because it seems to foster mindless reblogging without creativity or thoughtful content. Nevertheless, I regret their decision to block all "adult" content. Google tried the same thing with Blogger a while back but quickly backed down because so many people argued how important it was for them to be able to express their identity. I doubt that Tumblr will back down because, as I've said, it doesn't really have the same thoughtful content that many Blogger sites promote. I hope that the Tumblr users don't all transfer to Blogger unless they're ready to embrace the different ethos. However I hope they do find a new home somewhere. Over the next few weeks my Blogroll seems likely to get considerably shorter.
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RIP Tumblr. I heard about it yesterday. And am thinking of taking down my tumblr site too. There really is no point keeping it as i use it mainly for porn lol. There i’ve said it :)
I set up an account ages ago but have hardly used it, so it's probably not much of a loss to me in that respect. But this seems to me to be the thin of the wedge: the dawn of an era of pompous, pious, false-modesty. Before too long,we'll be covering up table legs and piano legs as the Victorians used to do.
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