9 Best Articles in 2022
The Wall Street Journal
Verizon to Sell Tumblr to WordPress Owner
The Wall Street Journal
2 min read · From 2019 · Verizon has agreed to sell its blogging website Tumblr to the owner of popular online-publishing tool WordPress, unloading for a nominal amount a site that once fetched a purchase price of more than…
New York Magazine
Tumblr’s Unclear Future Shows That There’s No Money in Internet Culture
New York Magazine
5 min read · From 2017 · The future of Tumblr is still an open question. The site is enormously popular among the coveted youth crowd — that’s partly why then-CEO Marissa Mayer paid $1 billion for the property in 2013 — but despite a user base near the size of Instagram’s, Tumblr never quite figured out how to make money at the level Facebook has led managers and shareholders to expect.
The Verge
Exclusive: Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg on what’s next for Tumblr
The Verge
~18 min read · From 2019 · Blogging is back, hopefully
The Verge
Young people still love Twitter — as screenshots on Instagram
The Verge
4 min read · From 2018 · Content from Twitter or Tumblr finds new, remixed life on Instagram
The Verge
Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th
The Verge
6 min read · From 2018 · The ban includes explicit sexual content and nudity with some exceptions.
Mashable
How Yahoo derailed Tumblr
Mashable
~13 min read · From 2016 · Marissa Mayer was running late. This time, it wasn’t for a dinner with skeptical advertisers nor a conference call with her inner circle of Yahoo executives. She was late for a rare meeting with much ...
CJR
Could WordPress + Tumblr create an alternative to Facebook?
CJR
7 min read · From 2019 · When Verizon announced earlier this week that it was selling Tumblr, the blogging platform Yahoo acquired in 2013 for $1.1 billion, most of the attention focused on the price: according to Axios, the…
photomatt.tumblr.com
Automattic + Tumblr
photomatt.tumblr.com
1 min read · From 2019 · Those of you who’ve followed my Tumblr over the years have probably come to expect a mix of travel photos and the occasional link to my WordPress blog. Well, today is different. I’m delighted to…
Gizmodo
Tumblr's Porn Filter Flags Its Own Examples of 'Permitted' Nudity
Gizmodo
1 min read · From 2018 · According to Tumblr, its new adult content ban doesn’t effect images of “female-presenting nipples” that involve medical situations, are related to political speech, or appear in artwork. Tumblr itself, however, apparently can’t come up with four examples of this its porn filter actually allows.
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The New Yorker
How Tumblr Became Popular for Being Obsolete
The New Yorker
5 min read · Jan 14th · The social-media platform’s status as a relic of the Internet has attracted prodigal users as well as new ones.
9to5Mac.com
Tumblr for iOS updated with ‘sensitive content’ toggle to comply with App Store guidelines
9to5Mac.com
1 min read · Jan 11th · Tumblr has updated its iOS app to include a new toggle that lets users choose whether or not to view sensitive content.
sreegs.tumblr.com
sreegs
sreegs.tumblr.com
8 min read · 2021-12-27 · alright let's talk about Apple and Tumblr's current predicament. If you don't know already, I used to work at Tumblr as an iOS engineer. Though I keep in touch with current staff at Tumblr (what...
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TechCrunch
Automattic raises $300 million at $3 billion valuation from Salesforce Ventures
TechCrunch
2 min read · From 2019 · Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce and soon Tumblr, has closed a $300 million funding round at a $3 billion post-money valuation. The Series D round has a single investor,…
The New Republic
The Secret Lives of Tumblr Teens
The New Republic
20+ min read · From 2016 · How Tumblr's most popular teen comedy geniuses struck it rich—then lost it all.
Axios
Verizon agrees to sell Tumblr to owner of Wordpress
Axios
1 min read · From 2019 · Yahoo acquired the company in 2013 for $1.1 billion.
EFF
Dear Tumblr: Banning "Adult Content" Won't Make Your Site Better But It Will Harm Sex-Positive Communities
EFF
6 min read · From 2018 · Social media platform Tumblr has announced a ban on so-called “adult content,” a move made, it seems, in reaction to Tumblr’s app being removed from the Apple app store. But while making the app more…
TechCrunch
Tumblr Overtakes Instagram As Fastest-Growing Social Platform,…
TechCrunch
6 min read · From 2014 · With 1.35 billion active monthly users, Facebook continues to be the world’s largest social network by some margin, but when it comes to picking up new users, it appears to have reached a…
medium.com
Take another look at Tumblr.
medium.com
~11 min read · From 2018 · For the people who have found a home on Tumblr, it isn’t just an app, website or brand — it’s one of the few spaces that helps them to feel…
Consumer Reports
How to Delete Online Accounts You No Longer Need
Consumer Reports
8 min read · From 2018 · From Myspace to Tumblr, your old and unused accounts are a privacy risk you don't have to take. Consumer Reports tells you how to delete every account you no longer want.
highscalability
Tumblr Architecture
highscalability
20+ min read · From 2012 · With over 15 billion page views a month Tumblr has become an insanely popular blogging platform...
BuzzFeed News
Pornhub Said It Is
BuzzFeed News
2 min read · From 2019 · Pornhub confirmed to BuzzFeed News that it is interested acquiring in Tumblr after news broke that Verizon is looking to sell the blogging platform.
