Tumblr is being sold by Verizon to Automattic, the parent company of Wordpress. https://t.co/FF4zHF2fyW
- Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) August 12, 2019

• verizon is selling tumblr to automattic, the company behind the blogging tool wordpress. while the size of the deal has not been publicly announced it's estimated at less than $3 million.
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Self-appointed voice of the LGBT+ community Taylor Swift isn't letting her selfless allyship go unnoticed. Taylor (who fans insist is running her official Tumblr account) has been handing out "likes" to her devoted fanbase, further affirming her importance. Here is a selection of the fan opinions that she has "liked" since she threw the first brick ( Read more... )

📲 TU | Taylor squashing a rumor about the concept of the #YouNeedToCalmDown music video

“That is ABSOLUTELY false. To be an ally is to understand the difference between advocating and baiting. Anyone trying twist this positivity into something it isn’t needs to calm down.” pic.twitter.com/FwurdFjzd1
- Taylor Swift News (@TSwiftNZ) June 14, 2019

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. @taylorswift13 may be on the #TIME100 list for being one of the most influential people in the world - but the singer-songwriter herself also has plenty to say about what influences her. Watch in this exclusive video for TIME https://t.co/Rh06JhFpun pic.twitter.com/pG3XttpG70
- TIME (@TIME) April 24, 2019

Taylor Swift shares three things that ( Read more... )

#Tumblr's adult content ban is hurting the site.https://t.co/anqQqSXhKA
- HYPEBEAST (@HYPEBEAST) March 15, 2019

- Last december Tumblr decided to ban porn against suggestions. People praised the initiative to end pedophilia but banning every single kind of nude is not the answer.
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Tumblr's porn filter flags its own examples of "permitted" nudity https://t.co/r5HOUHn033 pic.twitter.com/1vuh2L2zWb
- Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) December 18, 2018
• Today, Tumblr’s ban on adult content went into effect and as expected, it’s a mess. The system is flagging things that aren’t even Porn related...like at all ( Read more... )

They banning nipples on tumblr but im seeing people get murdered graphically every day on this app. Like real snuff videos, non related to police shootings. Wtf yo. That shit honestly terrible for my mental and fucking up how I value human life. Help? @TwitterSupport
- Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) December 3, 2018

On Monday, Tumblr revealed ( Read more... )