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New NSFW content restrictions enrage Tumblr users
When Yahoo! bought Tumblr, the two main concerns among Tumblr users were: 1) Will there be ads? and 2) Will Yahoo! try to make Tumblr more family-friendly? Well, the ads arrived a couple of months...
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A beginner's guide to "Orphan Black" fandom
When BBC America debuted its new sleeper hit Orphan Black in March, a show starring exactly no one you’ve ever heard of, they could have rolled out a massive marketing campaign. Instead, they took an...
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29 tags Tumblr banned from its mobile app (and 10 it didn't)
In the wake of Tumblr's censorship of various NSFW-friendly tags from its mobile app, we decided to take a closer look at the types of banned content to see if we could trace patterns. Unfortunately...
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Tumblarity is back—and unpopular as ever
When Tumblr released Tumblarity, its analytics feature, in May 2009, the community feared it would result in a vicious popularity contest, shifting focus away from quality to working the system for...
View ArticleTumblr users petition against adult content crackdown
The weekend before Yahoo officially announced it was buying Tumblr, 170,000 anxious Tumblr users took to Change.org to beg Tumblr CEO David Karp to change his mind. As we all know, that petition...
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"Hannibal" showrunners cater to fandom at Comic-Con
Ah, the mystery of the flower crown. No one is exactly sure of its origins, but one thing is for certain: If you’re in Hannibalfandom, you’ve seen them around. And if you were at San Diego Comic Con...
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Chalkboard monsters are here to help you explain your fandom
Fandom loves to take the concept of fandom itself and humanize it, imagine what it would be like if the fandom you love could be summed up as a single human personality. Popular fandom sites like...
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Binders Full of Women is the gaffe that will never die
Political gaffes happen so often we know their life cycle by heart. We laugh; cable news overreacts. We grow tired of the joke, and everything settles back to normal. Based on this pattern, no one...
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Rappers & Cereal is magically delicious
Rappers & Cereal is exactly what it sounds like: Photoshopped images that pair hip-hop's greatest—and Macklemore—with some of the most popular breakfast brands found at your local grocery store....
View ArticleDaily Fluff: Bunny refuses to reblog on Tumblr
A local bunny rabbit named Patrice is using Tumblr incorrectly, according to friends."She posts prolifically, but she never reblogs," explained Tom Richards. “Worse, she often takes people’s content...
View ArticleCreepy dudes forced this fatshion blogger into retirement
The question of sexual consent is huge for anyone involved in a real-life relationship. But for one blogger from Tumblr's "fatshion" community, the problems with being a plus-size blogger weren't just...
View Article"Pacific Rim" fans get their own virtual convention on Tumblr
On August 9, Tumblr is reblogging the apocalypse. Okay, not really. But Tumblr fans are gearing up for a celebration of summer sci-fi fandom favorite Pacific Rim, and what's one of a growing number of...
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"Supernatural" star posts phone number, politely trolls fans
Once again, Supernatural actor Misha Collins has taken over Tumblr. And this time it wasn’t even thanks to a pre-planned Mishapocalypse. After using Twitter to answer a few questions about GISHWHES,...
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A beginner's guide to Cassandra Clare and her "Mortal Instruments"
Even after the release of paranormal romance movies like Warm Bodies and Beautiful Creatures, the best contender for “the next Twilight” is a series whose first volume came out halfway through the...
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Fandom's Ultimate Slash Madness tourney enters the Elite Eight
The annual Ultimate Slash Madness tournament is the closest thing fandom has to a sporting event, and competition this year is fierce. When Entertainment Weekly decided to excludeTeen Wolf’s favorite...
View ArticleThat Rich Kids of Instagram Tumblr inspired a reality show
We use Instagram to show ourselves in the best possible light (or fake it with filters). We put our beautiful faces front and center and put a blur on everything else. Then we refresh our feeds over...
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Video game concept turns the damsel in distress into the hero
Over the years women have mostly been portrayed in video games as the beautiful damsel in distress that needs to be saved by the male hero, who is the central character of the game. In the latest...
View ArticleHow $850 million got AOL a failed social network and a lot of obscene art
The new owners of Bebo—the fallen social network that sold to AOL for $850 million in 2008—are planning the site's comeback. Apparently, they hope to leave the community's penchant for penis drawings...
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WeLoveFine's fine line of geeky fashion
Everything’s fine and dandy in this pop culture clothing shop.WeLoveFine deals in the bright leggings, unique product designs, and must-have character T-shirts that rule the geek apparel universe....
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Teens on Tumblr can't stop bragging about Silk Road drug deals
Silk Road, the Dark Web drug marketplace made famous in 2011, is a global success. It's doing tens of millions dollars in business every year. New customers walk in every day. Silk Road is so...
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