The future of Tumblr porn is now in the hands of Matt Mullenweg and Automattic. Click/tap to zoom Click/tap to zoom Click/tap to zoom Many loyal Tumblr fans took to Twitter and requested to bring back Tumblr porn. Many users made a mockery out of this deal, and they think Automattic has acquired Tumblr at a very low price, as Yahoo paid $1.1 billion for it in 2013. Automattic will also retain 200 Tumblr employees as part of the deal. So for now, Wordpress owners are not lifting the adult content ban from Tumblr.īut what is most surprising about this acquisition is that Automattic has bought Tumblr from Verizon for less than $3 million. The Tumblr acquisition is the largest ever in terms of price and head count for Automattic, the CEO of Automattic Inc, Matt Mullenweg said in an interview. “It’s just fun.” “We’re not going to change any of that.” Instead, the site is meant to be a “complementary” site to WordPress. Tumblr will not reverse its adult content ban.
Matt Mullenweg, the CEO of Automattic Inc, has made a statement on this matter which can be read below. Many users are wondering whether the Automattic will lift off the adult content ban or not. But now the website has been purchased by Automattic, the company that also owns Wordpress.
Verizon decided to ban adult content from its platform in December 2018 when its mobile app was removed from the iOS store due to the discovery of child pornography on the site.Īfter the ban, many annoyed Tumblr users ran social media campaigns to boycott the website. Verizon started looking to sell the website after it saw a significant decrease in website userbase due to the adult content ban. The popularity of the website further depreciated when its second buyer, Verizon, implemented the adult content ban in December 2018.Īccording to The Wall Street Journal, Verizon has sold the Tumblr website to Wordpress owners. Tumblr, a microblogging and social networking website, has had a bumpy ride since 2013 once it was sold to Yahoo! Inc. Original story (published on August 13, 2019) follows: New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….
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