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0 pointsgenmud5y ago0 comments

Yea, but it was a huge amount of their traffic [1] and they never have recovered [2]. Even during the pandemic, while people were spending more time online, tumblrs usage has been lackluster, while other sites like fb have had consistent growth [3].

So, to say porn might not have been what made it likeable might be true, but porn certainly was one of the big drivers of traffic.

[1] - https://www.statista.com/chart/17378/tumblr-traffic/

[2] - https://www.statista.com/statistics/261925/unique-visitors-t...

[3] - https://www.statista.com/statistics/346167/facebook-global-d...

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whateveracct5y ago· 2 in thread

the site is better without that traffic tbh

i'm discussing the site as a product. it's a better product now, and that sentiment is pretty widespread by its engaged users. Sending the porn to other, more growth-obsessed platforms was worth it.

How long tumblr will last - i don't know. Its users are not very monetizable. But as a social media website, it is comically superior to twitter and facebook. And my argument is the exact things that cause you to say it is bad are why it is superior.

Jcowell5y ago

I disagree. If a social media website is a business and it killing its main attraction harms its business prospects , it’s products have not improved. How much a product is worth is a major factor into what makes a product better or worse. By removing porn and thus it’s traffic , Tumblr has become a third grade social media site to advertisers.

whateveracct5y ago

But it's a better product for the users. The social network being used to enable people to talk & share is very good and improved by the nsfw ban by many accounts.

Explain to me why anything you had to say there has to do with a user's experience? The amount of content for non-nsfw didn't take a hit.

You sound like an investor trying to profit from tumblr. Not a user trying to leverage it to have a good time.

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