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I can see why: given Tumblr's focus on images, porn or at least NSFW material seems like a logical use pattern. For text, at least, I prefer Wordpress.

DailyDot doesn't cover this, but I wonder: what is the logical NSFW-friendly alternative to Tumblr?

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There is no real logical alternative to Tumblr because what makes Tumblr Tumblr isn't just a set of features that define the blogging platform it offers, it's the larger community of users that has grown there. Even if there were an identical mirror of the service at tumbls.com right now, that unquantifiable "feel" that made tumblr uniquely appealing is going to be lost unless more or less the entire tumblr community migrated over simultaneously, which is impossible. edit: clarity

I like the way google warns you that there may be NSFW stuff in a blog then you have the option to click through. The issue with tumblr is that a lot of teenagers use it and they may have around 2, 3 NSFW pics and the rest is artists, gifs, sports gifs, quotes etc. The other option is to maybe only block the image and then allow the user to click on the image to reveal it.

Yeah - blocking adult stuff from a "safe mode" search doesn't seem like a particularly bad thing, but Tumblr seems to just completely make stuff disappear, rather than making users aware that there is other content available which they could see if they left safe mode. This seems less than ideal - if content is being removed from searches, the user should be informed.

I think NSFW content is so rampant on Tumblr because of the reblogging feature. Some kinds of blogs lend themselves to nothing but reblogged posts - just like the fanbase community who do the same.

Of course, the answer depends on whether you ask for a place to put the content or view the content.

I imagine the best bet is some sort of Pinterest clone. Still, it's probably not going to work due to the server costs and underlying licensing issues, I imagine.

I guess you could created a closed pay-for community, but then you assume responsibility once or if the superseedy stuff starts getting uploaded.

sex.com? I have tried that domain wondering who has probably paid gazillions expecting a pile of rubbish, but...

The owner of sex.com got it by taking it over with a nasty lawsuit, not just by paying gazillions.

Their lawyer was Charles Carreon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Carreon), who would later be disgraced and make enemies of the entire Internet by personally suing The Oatmeal, then IndieGoGo, the National Wildlife Federation, and the American Cancer Society.

Blogspot is one of them.

It's not a real alternative, though. The feature of reposting with backlinks turns Tumblr from a basic imagelog hosting service into a very interconnected community.

You're not allowed to make money on adult content on Blogger. https://www.blogger.com/content.g This is a recent change, and feels a bit like a shot across the bow designed to force the biggest adult bloggers off the service.

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