Despite censorship controversy, Tumblr creators remain loyal to their favorite hellsite
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Feb 15 2022 at 5:09 PM GMT
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- Tumblr users have always affectionately called the blogging platform their "favorite hellsite.
- Home to broken search features and stringent content bans, the latest of which features a whole new slate of prohibited tags, Tumblr is far from perfect.
- So what’s keeping creators from deleting their accounts"In late December 2021, Forbes reported that Tumblr had banned a large list of words, like "girl" and "sad," from being used as tags on its iOS app due to Apple's App Store restrictions for sensitive content.
- Around that time, the blogging site exploded with posts from its creators decrying the change.
- Credit: Screenshot: Tumblr Credit: Screenshot: Tumblr But a few weeks removed from the announcement, the dust has settled into a much quieter scene.
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- Published Feb 15, 2022 5:09 PM GMT