Boy am I (still) glad I moved to DW

[general_radix]

So, Verizon wants to sell tumblr after not only failing to monetize it but driving away roughly 30% of its users, and the most interested potential buyer at the moment is none other than PornHub. Yannow, that site that's owned by MindGeek, a company that's pure scum.

tumblr is in an even more precarious situation now, and there's two ways I see it ending:

1) MindGeek via PornHub acquires tumblr, which at minimum could drive away almost everyone who tried to stick around after the NSFW ban, 'cuz then PornHub will legally own their art. (At worst, well--let's say "toxic cultural shift") Or,

2) No one buys tumblr; Verizon decides to scrub its hands of the platform and delete everything.

Neither is acceptable, and while there's apparently been some talk of crowdfunding a buyout and giving tumblr to the users, that hinges on PornHub not being able to offer more money. And if PornHub wants tumblr badly enough, they will.

So, did y'all back up your tumblogs before the site started blocking archival efforts?..

Comments

[juzo_kun]

I've checked Arstechnica and there's too an article about the buyout proposal, I'll read it tomorrow (it's bedtime here and my English comprehension is, ehm, quite sub-optimal at the moment ^^; ).

[general_radix]

Alright. XD (It occurred to me: JKHP is still around, right? Now might be a good time to start updating it again, if you haven't already/it's even feasible to update it)

[juzo_kun]

It's just a stating of fact articles, I was hoping for a op/ed -- some of the journalist there are quite good on it. The comments aren't particularly nasty too.

Yes, JKHP is still up... but updated to more than ten years ago, haha :D
I might give it a refresh, after I've finished my "professional" one (which I should have finished long ago but, ehm... stuff keep getting in the way).

[general_radix]

Read the Ars Technica article the other day, too; 'twas hoping for them to delve into why this would be a monumentally bad idea, but at least a few of the comments do. Now, the comments on the Techcrunch article (except one) are some of the most obvious corporate sockpuppets I've ever seen...

I look forward to it. :D