You might have heard Tumblr’s new algorithm is clamping down on explicit content.
The problem is it seems to be flagging pretty much everything. Gita Jackson of Kotaku profiled some of the stranger subjects deemed inappropriate by Tumblr. They included:
- Garfield
- A vase and some plant pots
- Dinosaurs
- Some fruit with teeth
- Mario
- A roast chicken in a wall
- A VR prototype
Maybe there needs to be another sub-section for Rule 34. Or it needs to be rewritten altogether.
Check out some of the wildest ones below. Lemme go see what they’ve flagged on my Tumblr account…
I haven’t logged into my Tumblr for a year but I had to check which posts had been flagged. pic.twitter.com/dhQpJu5M6v
— Sandwich Boy 🥪 (@KingImpulse) December 4, 2018
YEAH!!!! OKAY!!!!! MY PAINTING OF FRUITS WITH FUCKIN TEETH GOT FLAGGED LMFAO!!!!!!!! #Tumblr pic.twitter.com/cYAfPhgRnZ
— ☆ RB ☆ (@RBtheARTISAN) December 4, 2018
I just went through the 12 most recent pages of my Tumblr archive and these were the only three photos flagged. Two photos of me fully clothed and a picture of my vase ¯_(ツ)_/¯ pic.twitter.com/dUG5K8lbCy
— Erika Moen (@ErikaMoen) December 3, 2018
Look at all the explicit sex and nudity in these dragons and dinosaurs I drew. @tumblr your tech is terrible at this. So many of my illustrations are flagged, even ones that have appeared in actual children’s books nationwide. pic.twitter.com/Czd2jBBozI
— RJ Palmer (@arvalis) December 3, 2018
(via Kotaku)
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