2021-12-29
explanation of what's probably going on with Tumblr iOS tag bans, from a former Tumblr developer: https://sreegs.tumblr.com/... archive: https://web.archive.org/...
sreegs
Ex-Tumblr iOS engineer details the company's struggles with App Store adult content policies, as communication between reviewers, devs, and Apple is discordant
i can still see all these tags on android, im plugging in my iphone to check the ios app now lol merry christmas im having so much fun this is awful
sreegs
Ex-Tumblr iOS engineer details the company's struggles with App Store adult content policies, as communication between reviewers, devs, and Apple is discordant
ive been online longer than most of you, and people tend to make false dichotomies out of this stuff. these two things are both extremely true: 1. platforms make it increasingly difficult to post anything except anodyne puns and cat pictures 2. no one can actually stop porn
sreegs
Ex-Tumblr iOS engineer details the company's struggles with App Store adult content policies, as communication between reviewers, devs, and Apple is discordant
@OS_MOTE @spacetwinks definitely not solved. human moderators make bad decisions and, more importantly, they get ptsd from looking at horrible shit all day
sreegs
Ex-Tumblr iOS engineer details the company's struggles with App Store adult content policies, as communication between reviewers, devs, and Apple is discordant
in parasitology/evolutionary science this is called the Red Queen Hypothesis: directly competitive organisms evolve in sync so that one never actually catches up to or overcomes the other, creating a semi-stable detante (and sometimes eventually symbiosis).
sreegs
Ex-Tumblr iOS engineer details the company's struggles with App Store adult content policies, as communication between reviewers, devs, and Apple is discordant
i agree with this, the 2018 purge didnt last either. same content was right back on the platform after a few week adjustment period https://twitter.com/...
sreegs
Ex-Tumblr iOS engineer details the company's struggles with App Store adult content policies, as communication between reviewers, devs, and Apple is discordant
2021-12-28
@OS_MOTE @spacetwinks definitely not solved. human moderators make bad decisions and, more importantly, they get ptsd from looking at horrible shit all day
sreegs
Ex-Tumblr iOS engineer details the company's difficulties with App Store adult content policies, as communication among reviewers, devs, and Apple is discordant
Old posts in the archive — alright let's talk about Apple and Tumblr's current predicament.
i can still see all these tags on android, im plugging in my iphone to check the ios app now lol merry christmas im having so much fun this is awful
sreegs
Ex-Tumblr iOS engineer details the company's difficulties with App Store adult content policies, as communication among reviewers, devs, and Apple is discordant
Old posts in the archive — alright let's talk about Apple and Tumblr's current predicament.
ive been online longer than most of you, and people tend to make false dichotomies out of this stuff. these two things are both extremely true: 1. platforms make it increasingly difficult to post anything except anodyne puns and cat pictures 2. no one can actually stop porn
sreegs
Ex-Tumblr iOS engineer details the company's difficulties with App Store adult content policies, as communication among reviewers, devs, and Apple is discordant
Old posts in the archive — alright let's talk about Apple and Tumblr's current predicament.
in parasitology/evolutionary science this is called the Red Queen Hypothesis: directly competitive organisms evolve in sync so that one never actually catches up to or overcomes the other, creating a semi-stable detante (and sometimes eventually symbiosis).
sreegs
Ex-Tumblr iOS engineer details the company's difficulties with App Store adult content policies, as communication among reviewers, devs, and Apple is discordant
Old posts in the archive — alright let's talk about Apple and Tumblr's current predicament.
i agree with this, the 2018 purge didnt last either. same content was right back on the platform after a few week adjustment period https://twitter.com/...
sreegs
Ex-Tumblr iOS engineer details the company's difficulties with App Store adult content policies, as communication among reviewers, devs, and Apple is discordant
Old posts in the archive — alright let's talk about Apple and Tumblr's current predicament.
explanation of what's probably going on with Tumblr iOS tag bans, from a former Tumblr developer: https://sreegs.tumblr.com/... archive: https://web.archive.org/...
sreegs
Ex-Tumblr iOS engineer details the company's difficulties with App Store adult content policies, as communication among reviewers, devs, and Apple is discordant
Old posts in the archive — alright let's talk about Apple and Tumblr's current predicament.