Well, there's no way around it: @tumblr is one of the queerest places on the internet.

Is Tumblr queer? What do queer Tumblr users think of the platform? We’re getting to the bottom of these questions. In a recent Twitter post, Tumblr proclaimed it was “one of the queerest places on the internet.” Well, there’s no way around it: @tumblr is one of the queerest places on the internet. How queer? Apparently, folks on Tumblr are 193% more likely to identify as LGBTQIA+ than on any other social media platform … including t.w.i.t.t.e.r. Is that you? Are you #tumblrqueer? pic.twitter.com/42jEbt2Nto — Tumblr (@tumblr) May 4, 2021 “How queer? Apparently, folks on Tumblr are 193% more likely to identify as LGBTQIA+ than on any other social media platform … including t.w.i.t.t.e.r. Is that you? Are you #tumblrqueer?” This was promptly ratio’d by nearly 2,000 replies and 3,000 quote tweets by current and former queer Tumblr users telling them that, actually, Tumblr is not one of the queerest places on the internet — it’s far from it. The platform’s decision to ban all “adult content” from the platform in 2018 was poorly handled. And while initial intentions may have been to truly create a better, safer space (before the ban, Tumblr was hosting child pornography and revenge porn),…
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