07-19-2013, 08:16 PM
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Tumblr CEO David Karp responds to complaints about NSFW censorship.
http://staff.tumblr.com/post/5590655...of-you-who-are
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Earlier this year, in an effort to discourage some not-so-nice people from using Tumblr as free hosting for spammy commercial porn sites, we started delisting this tiny subset of blogs from search engines like Google. This was never intended to be an opt-in flag, but for some reason could be enabled after checking off NSFW → Adult in your blog settings. This was confusing and unnecessary, so we?ve dropped the extra option. If your blog contains anything too sexy for the average workplace, simply check "Flag this blog as NSFW" so people in Safe Mode can avoid it. Your blog will still be promoted in third-party search engines.
Aside from these fixes, there haven?t been any recent changes to Tumblr?s treatment of NSFW content, and our view on the topic hasn?t changed. Empowering your creative expression is the most important thing in the world to us. Making sure people aren?t surprised by content they find offensive is also incredibly important and we are always working to put more control in your hands.
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