Tumblr’s move to WordPress and fediverse integration is ‘on hold’

https://sopuli.xyz/post/29677515

Tumblr’s move to WordPress and fediverse integration is ‘on hold’ - Sopuli

Lemmy

“I still want to do it, but I was just informed there’s…PORN ON THERE GASP !” ~Tumblr CEO, probably

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Tumblr CEO: No More Porn

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They did want it to be the new PDF.
Damn, where am I going to find unhinged opinions in wafer-thin niches within wafer-thin niches. Fursuit tax advocacy needs broader awareness
Might be a sign fediverse isn’t gaining momentum.
Or might be a sign that capitalists wanna silo their networks once the hype has cooled down.
Or that Tumblr is Tumblr…
It’s just less hyped now compared to days of reddit API change and Twitter going to Elon Musk.
Might be because they're dowt to 25 staff members
Or Automattic doesn’t have enough employees left to implement it
If this happens, does this mean I have to see tumblr posts on Lemmy?
If you subscribe to someone on tumblr then yes. Otherwise i dont think so.
Alternative title: Tumblr tumbles
No shit. AFAIK Tumblr us circling the drain as it is and barely able to keep the lights on
What’s the point of being “advertiser friendly” of everyone leaves because of it.
It makes shareholders feel a simulacra of emotion for a brief moment.
Without porn tumblr is shit

Fuck Tumblr. Fuck WordPress. Fuck Automattic. And fuck Matt.

Tumblr has some interesting content from users, but the platform is awful and worse since Automattic bought it. Also, the trend to put the entire contents of the post in hashtags is flat-out stupid and infuriating.