Tumblr alternative Pillowfort returns after messy launch

Popular Tumblr-inspired social media platform Pillowfort was back online on Thursday after a three-month shutdown over potential security concerns. The site, which is available to pre-registered users as of Thursday afternoon, is an NSFW-friendly microblogging website where users can post images, text, and video posts to their followers. Users can also join communities for different subject matters, from pornographic artwork to Animal Crossing. “Pillowfort aims to be a sort of hybrid of your favorite blogging websites—keeping the strengths of these platforms while compensating for their shortcomings,” the site’s homepage reads. Pillowfort first garnered interest as a Kickstarter project in 2018. After Tumblr banned NSFW content later that year, Pillowfort became an attractive alternative for adult artists, fandom communities, and LGBTQ members. Initially, Pillowfort launched public registrations on Jan. 25, sparking widespread interest on Twitter. However, users quickly found a series of HTML exploits that “could potentially allow cross-site scripting” attacks, one security expert told Motherboard. Pillowfort closed user access shortly after and began a three-month process to fix the site’s vulnerabilities. “Since then our developers, with the assistance of an experienced security consultant, reviewed & revised the entire platform to have a more holistic approach to site security,” a post…
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