Yahoo's Tumblr Porn Problem

I'm not on Tumblr, but when I was searching for Kelly Brook photos awhile back it wasn't long before I was "tumbled" to a lot of disgusting pornography.

At Business Week, "If Yahoo Buys Tumblr, What Will It Do With All That Porn?":

If Yahoo! succeeds in its attempt to acquire Tumblr, it will end up with one of the hottest Internet properties in today’s Web, with access to the coveted youth market and a foothold in mobile.

It will also wind up with a whole lot of porn.

Tumblr has many options for people interested in artsy photography or teenaged musings. Then there are Tumblrs with such names as We Want Porn, Above Average Porn, Defcon Porn, Porn Gif Haven, POV Porn, Porn and Weed, and When Tumblr porn goes wrong.

It will be fun to see how these are integrated into Yahoo News.

Tumblr’s terms of service are pretty clear: Sexual material is welcome. It just asks that such posts be tagged as NSFW, noting that its users include many people “from a variety of locations, cultures, and backgrounds with different points of view concerning adult-oriented content.” (And, presumably, some people who work in offices with open seating plans.) The one exception is that Tumblr does not want to host people’s pornographic videos. Even this seems to be more about bandwidth than morality.

“We’re not in the business of profiting from adult-oriented videos and hosting this stuff is … expensive,” the company explains.

Tumblr does have standards. It objects to bigotry, sexually suggestive content including minors, anything that promotes self-harm, or gore that is posted just to be shocking.

Well, it's not like you can't find porn on the Internet. Maybe Marissa Meyer will crack down. We'll see.

Also, at AllThingsD, "Why Yahoo Doesn't Think Tumblr Has a Porn Problem," and "Yahoo Tumblrs for Cool: Board Approves $1.1 Billion Deal as Expected ."