A few are already testing the waters at Mastodon and Cohost, while others are migrating to mainstream platforms like Instagram and Tumblr. However, some sites are more welcoming than others. While ...
Tumblr is entering open beta for its subscription product Post+, meaning that all U.S. users can now try out the monetization feature. The product launched in closed beta in July, allowing users ...
When tech billionaire Elon Musk made a deal to acquire Twitter in April 2022, many Twitter users threatened to shut down their accounts and migrate elsewhere online. Tumblr – a microblogging platform ...
In 2020, I wrote that “reports of Tumblr’s death have been greatly exaggerated.” An infamous ban on adult content in 2018 had sent users fleeing the platform, but it continued to be a safe haven for ...
is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. An update to Tumblr’s iOS app censors a long list of ...
It doesn't even show up on mobile, so about half of Tumblr users didn't even realize this was happening. And the other half are bullying anyone who buys them. But it's always fun to flex on Twitter ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since its inception in 2007, Tumblr has served as a countercultural hub. Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images ...
Off the top of my head, I couldn’t remember exactly why my fellow Tumblr users were predicting the platform’s death in November 2018. The adult-content ban, a monumental event in the site’s history ...
If you can believe it, Tumblr turned 15 this month. The microblogging site that launched a thousand ships was created by software consultant David Karp in 2007. During a time when longer-form blogging ...
“It’s so important to remember that Tumblr is bad,” opens one post with over 120,000 notes written by user deluxetrashqueen. “And that is vital to our survival.” They wrote the post last month, but it ...
Tumblr has recently been vocal about going all-in on Gen Z, but wooing a fresh new set of users to a 15-year-old platform has its hiccups. Endemic Tumblr creators have reported recent drops in ...