Eugen RochkoAutomattic (Wordpress.com) has purchased Tumblr
https://poststatus.com/automattic-has-purchased-tumblr/
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"Mr. Mullenweg said his company intends to maintain the existing policy that bans adult content"
Dinah 🕊🇺🇦@Gargron Matt's quote is important context: "Adult content is not our forte either, and it creates a huge number of potential issues with app stores, payment providers, trust and safety… it’s a problem area best suited for companies fully dedicated to creating a great experience there. I personally have very liberal views on these things, but supporting adult content as a business is very different.”
My take: while not a rescue for that community, this is overall good for Tumblr and the web.
@Gargron Matt's a good egg. We were in the same gang of geeky friends at the start of the century, and while we haven't stayed close, everything I know says he remains a decent human. He was certainly quietly kind and supportive with my big migration to Wordpress.com from Typepad (3500+ posts & over 8000 media files, which his team helped me move). And Automattic does a lot of really important legal work for the web (including amicus briefs).