More on the recent tumblr story. There are more general issues (according to this post in the Atlantic) than just Tumblr and “adult content”.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/12/tumblr-adult-content-porn/577471/
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/12/tumblr-adult-content-porn/577471/
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/12/tumblr-adult-content-porn/577471/
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/12/tumblr-adult-content-porn/577471/
Honestly, this is the problem all the migration schemes face: ultimately we're at the mercy of whoever owns the sites. We really went off the track when Usenet died.
ReplyDeleteEric Tolle Sorry but Usenet had its own censorship. You were are the mercy of the host upstream from you. Only if you were on a backbone would you have unlimited access.
ReplyDeleteEric Tolle Certainly those factors are being considered as we (a ragtag and fugitive fleet?) look for new homes.
ReplyDeleteThe alternative is to move to the federated web space where there is no single authority. In the federated web space, the power is in the hands of the users who create the content for the most part. It varies between the solutions available. I find Friendica and Hubzilla to be the best options and chose Friendica. But Tumblr users might like Hubzilla better or might like one of the others. Here is a page to peruse for choices :)
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Shawn H Corey I had several upstreams, and usenet worked by flooding, so I was safe from censorship in the modem era. Less so these days, with only a few TCP feed sources.
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