I used to read random people's tumblr, some gamedevs and whatnot had posts there.
What tumblr did was that suddenly all "NFSW" things to US standards (that are different from say... Japan standards), was hidden, not showing anymore on google searches, and when trying to click random hyperlinks ending on blocked content fairly often.
After this happened, I stopped reading tumblr, since I am not a poster, and have no intention of ever writing in tumblr, I don't feel like going through all the trouble of creating an account, and finding where they put the opt-in for NFSW posts, and keep logging on every time I click on a random link that tumblr moderation bot decided was NFSW.
I have a degree in digital animation, so I had for example tumblr block me from a blog that contained some references about character movements, because it featured "naked" characters (more like characters without texture genitals and clothes, but since women boobs you can't 'delete' from a model without changing how it works, they are always there, evne if without nipples, but in US culture that is frowned upon and get tagged NFSW).
Or some christian blogs talking about what is sinful or not, and so on. Tumblr differently than say... "Medium", is self styled less seriously, where people are more casual, not a place to find academic essays, so when the content is hidden, you can assume maybe is not worth your time going out of your way to register in the service that you have no intention of actually using.
> "What tumblr did was that suddenly all "NFSW" things to US standards"
What was honestly expected? Tumblr was an American company and they got bought by another American company. The brand had a reputation for hardcore pornography which was doubtlessly toxic to advertisers (most of whom are also American companies), so expecting Yahoo to turn a blind eye just wasn't realistic.
If you want a website moderated to the Japanese standard, you should probably find a website run by a Japanese company that supports itself with advertisements purchased by Japanese companies (a Japanese company in the business of selling advertisements to American companies would probably apply the American standard.)
What tumblr did was that suddenly all "NFSW" things to US standards (that are different from say... Japan standards), was hidden, not showing anymore on google searches, and when trying to click random hyperlinks ending on blocked content fairly often.
After this happened, I stopped reading tumblr, since I am not a poster, and have no intention of ever writing in tumblr, I don't feel like going through all the trouble of creating an account, and finding where they put the opt-in for NFSW posts, and keep logging on every time I click on a random link that tumblr moderation bot decided was NFSW.
I have a degree in digital animation, so I had for example tumblr block me from a blog that contained some references about character movements, because it featured "naked" characters (more like characters without texture genitals and clothes, but since women boobs you can't 'delete' from a model without changing how it works, they are always there, evne if without nipples, but in US culture that is frowned upon and get tagged NFSW).
Or some christian blogs talking about what is sinful or not, and so on. Tumblr differently than say... "Medium", is self styled less seriously, where people are more casual, not a place to find academic essays, so when the content is hidden, you can assume maybe is not worth your time going out of your way to register in the service that you have no intention of actually using.