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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 142 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 65 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Did they bring back the porn? I thought it was banned.

[–] DrSlippyNips@eviltoast.org 42 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It's banned but there's still a lot of porn on there, lol.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] Valon_Blue@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Porn finds a way....--Goldblum

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Careful, I think you are choking on something.

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's fine now; I've taken a sip from my drink.

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[–] DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 30 points 6 days ago

They brought back tasteful nudity, mostly.

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[–] Allero@lemmy.today 66 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Unlike Threads, I kind of even don't mind

Tumblr is generally cute, and while we should be on the watch still, I think it could enrich the Fediverse community.

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 28 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Well, I was thinking the same, but the CEO of the company that currently owns Tumblr recently went on a very strange ego trip burning a lot of bridges and generally making an ass of himself, so I have become more cautious.

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[–] artificialfish@programming.dev 15 points 6 days ago

I don’t care who federates. We can always ban their instance:

[–] Aurelius@lemmy.world 49 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I’m surprised it has taken them so long to switch to Wordpress given that they are owned by the same company

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 68 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They couldn't log in because of the WP Engine checkbox

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[–] RedStrider@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

i imagine that by "ActivityPub for Tumblr" they mean a buried option in your settings to monodirectionly bridge your blog to ap

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 21 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

migrating my entire dying website to wordpress so I can use a protocol that is not only open source (negating the entire need to migrate to wordpress) but will immediately defederate with anything even vaguely corporate is surely something

expect the entire domain to be hijacked by a supplements Ponzi scheme by the weekend.

[–] octoblade@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Tumblr is owned by Automattic, which runs WordPress.com. Tumblr migrating to WordPress is not a surprise in the slightest.

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 36 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I didn't realize they were switching over to WordPress to be honest.

[–] thejml@lemm.ee 71 points 6 days ago (8 children)

Nobody should be switching TO Wordpress in 2025… or 2023 or 2020 even. But definitely not 2025.

[–] DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 43 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Tumblr ha no choice, WordPress bought it years ago

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[–] Krafting@lemmy.world 27 points 6 days ago

This could be awesome in bringing lots of users. In the fediverse we trust them (unlike threads)

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Is Tumblr still a thing? I thought it died after the christofascists banned porn. I haven't been back since that day and heard it had died.

[–] AgentDalePoopster@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

Tumblr is absolutely still a thing, my wife uses it all the time.

[–] umbraroze@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

I've posted photos daily for 2 years now and I'm getting reasonable levels of likes/reposts. Judging from the stuff I've heard from other folks, these levels have fallen a lot from the site's heyday, but there's still a whole bunch of users. Just a hunch, but I guess the Twitter/Facebook shenanigans probably drove more people back to Tumblr, too.

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I think they might have softened the TOS for that?

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 days ago

Must have, I still have a porn Tumblr that absolutely sees fresh content

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[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago

Its extremely popular now. Never really died, just became less relevant. Automattic bought it, and matt (nutcase who owns wordpress) said he'd add activitypub support.

[–] RamenJunkie@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

I started using it regularly after many previous failed attempts when Twitter died. Same for Pinterest oddly. I use them for similar but distinct things.

[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 26 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Thats nice to hear. I still have a queue to post every day. The site has its problems but at least the community arent bootlicking nazi assholes. To me its currently a small oasis on the internet.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 19 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 42 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It never died. Even with the killing of porn it just kept going. The userbase actively despises the owners and will keep it alive through this hatred. Through all owners.

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yo I forgot about that! Hahaha I kinda forgot about Tumblr completely after they porn drama. I never used it back then or now but I heard about it because of that

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Allero@lemmy.today 3 points 4 days ago

Side thought: what are they gonna do with content that violates the site's rules?

For example, knowing Tumblr audience and current rules, many will rush for uncensored NSFW content, and Fedi's got plenty of that.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 6 days ago

I hope it's implemented better than Facebook's version with the ability to see other Fediverse posts in Tumblr and follow right from the app. I always liked Misskey/Starkey because I felt it was the next generation of Tumblr but it would be great to see more Misskey posters in Tumblr.

They're wanting threads users to interact with their site.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 days ago

Man, I remember looking up all sort of fantasy and cyberpunk artwork on Tumblr back in the day. Haven't been on there in several years though.

[–] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Now we need an activitypub linkedin

[–] ILikeTraaaains@lemmy.world 31 points 6 days ago

Please, no.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 27 points 6 days ago (5 children)

For what it's worth, I don't understand why anyone needs any linkedin.

[–] dumples@midwest.social 5 points 5 days ago

It's the only way you can reach a recruiter. They are always on there. Sometimes you need to play the corporate game

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 9 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Which part of LinkedIn? The social media part? The CV part? The job board part? E-learning?

What would the federated, non-social media parts even look like?

Anti Commercial-AI license

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

Linkedin getting a social media part is really the proof that enshittyfication is fucking everywhere.

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[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Don't let your dreams be dreams! I know theres a lot of people have stated they are interested. I'm personally not sure what things you would like displayed to others with activityhub specifically.

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago
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