I see no indication that they’ve learned anything
To be fair, it was Yahoo that banned NSFW but Automattic are the current owners of the property.
To be fair, it was Yahoo that banned NSFW but Automattic are the current owners of the property.
The underlying problem is actually two fold:
1. They didn't understand their own customers need (which was, to be frank, share porn) 2. That they quite simply lost momentum
The first one is addressable. Just say you're going to allow porn again. The second one... Well, that's harder to address.
Twitter and Reddit have kind of built legitimate businesses on porn hosting, but they also host a lot of non-porn that makes them seem more legit. Tumblr wouldn't have that.
Though on the other hand, they're also the WooCommerce people - with such a name, who knows...