March 2012
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Mar 6th
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Mar 5th
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As we previewed a bit in the past week, we’ve been hard at work updating Tumblr’s policies, rewriting the three primary legal and policy documents that underlie your use of Tumblr: our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Community Guidelines (formerly “Content Policy”). We’re really proud of the new documents. We think they’re easier to understand and better...
Mar 2nd
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Follow-up: Tumblr’s New Policy Against...
Last Thursday, we posted a draft of a new policy against blogs that actively promote self-harm, along with some PSA-style language to appear next to searches associated with self-injury. The reaction was overwhelming. The post itself provoked more than 25,000 likes, reblogs, and replies; and more than 2,500 of you sent in comments by email. Thank you. By far, the most common comment was some...
Mar 1st
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February 2012
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Feb 29th
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Feb 28th
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Feb 24th
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A New Policy Against Self-Harm Blogs
One of the great things about Tumblr is that people use it for just about every conceivable kind of expression. People being people, though, that means that Tumblr sometimes gets used for things that are just wrong. We are deeply committed to supporting and defending our users’ freedom of speech, but we do draw some limits. As a company, we’ve decided that some specific kinds of content aren’t...
Feb 23rd
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Feb 21st
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Feb 16th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 8th
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Feb 7th
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Feb 3rd
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There's still time to nominate your Tumblr blog...
The Shorty Awards, honoring the top content producers on the social web, are once again presenting the 2nd annual Tumblr of the Year Shorty Award. The winner will be honored at their ceremony in March in NYC. This year the Shorty’s are also honoring the best Tumblr Brand Presence. Last year the ceremony was hosted by The Daily Show’s Aasif Mandvi, and past winners include Conan...
Feb 1st
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For several hours this evening, an issue resulting from a software upgrade caused the Dashboard to be slow or unresponsive for many users. While your blogs were not directly affected, we know that incidents like this are inexcusable. We’re incredibly sorry and appreciate your patience with us tonight.
Feb 1st
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January 2012
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Jan 31st
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Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
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Jan 24th
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