So of course the big thing everyone is talking about today is tumblr banning all adult content
Most of the user base don’t seem to have a clue where they want to move too now, I’ve seen the most references to MySpace actually, although I presume that’s mostly people joking? :P Must admit I don’t hate the thought of this giving fandom the final push to move away from tumblr, but nobody seems to have much of an idea of where they want to go instead at the moment. I’ve seen people talking about wanting to set up a whole new platform, but that’s going to be tough to set up for a significantly large number of people. Most sites are supported by ads still if you want to make running them affordable, but then you run into the same problem of user content being policed. I noticed that DW already released a hopeful welcome post though lol, the owners always comes across to me as a bit too eager to pick up disgruntled users from other platforms, although I suppose you can’t fault them for trying! And honestly it does seem like dreamwidth is fandoms best option if they want to go somewhere that’s run entirely by fans, but then tumblr people just never seriously consider it whenever it’s suggested :shrugs: I’m guessing they want something a bit more image based maybe
I did come across comments on how this is exactly like what went down with livejournal, although I’m not sure I remember it the same way. Apparently it originally started with asking to post porn behind a cut, then it was requesting that it be hosted externally with a link, and then finally all LGBT content was made nsfw by definition and people were asked to leave. I...don’t remember that at all? I remember the main issue was with child porn, didn’t some conservative group start sending links to LJ accusing them of hosting child porn, and that was when LJ started targeting entires that featured drawings of Harry Potter underage characters in sexual positions. It wasn’t a blanket ban on LGBT content from what I remember though, and it ended after about a week or something anyway when LJ ended up reinstating those users and admitting they overstepped. Obviously the damage was done by then though, and LJ’s reputation never did fully recover in the eyes of fandom :(
I did come across comments on how this is exactly like what went down with livejournal, although I’m not sure I remember it the same way. Apparently it originally started with asking to post porn behind a cut, then it was requesting that it be hosted externally with a link, and then finally all LGBT content was made nsfw by definition and people were asked to leave. I...don’t remember that at all? I remember the main issue was with child porn, didn’t some conservative group start sending links to LJ accusing them of hosting child porn, and that was when LJ started targeting entires that featured drawings of Harry Potter underage characters in sexual positions. It wasn’t a blanket ban on LGBT content from what I remember though, and it ended after about a week or something anyway when LJ ended up reinstating those users and admitting they overstepped. Obviously the damage was done by then though, and LJ’s reputation never did fully recover in the eyes of fandom :(