• @Lost_My_Mind
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    237 hours ago

    I don’t understand the logic. Verizon buys tumblr, knowing it has porn, knowing porn is what makes it popular.

    Kills porn.

    Kills the valuation of the brand

    Sells for far less than they bought it for.

    Explain please.

    • @[email protected]
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      227 hours ago

      They gambled that the additional ad revenue they’d be able to bring in with a sanitized web site would be greater than the revenue lost from some of their userbase leaving the site. It was a bad gamble.

    • @[email protected]
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      45 hours ago

      It’s the porn paridox. Porn gets users. Advertisers pay per user… but won’t pay anything if there’s porn. Users without advertisers or subscription costs are worthless.

    • Polygondenimland
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      67 hours ago

      Wait wasn’t it yahoo that initially killed the porn?