It’s not quite the end of Tumblr, but when management is supposedly sending memos with the Lord Tennyson quote about having “loved and lost,” it doesn’t look like there’s much of a future.
Internet statesman and Waxy.org proprietor Andy Baio posted what is “apparently an internal Automattic memo making the rounds on Tumblr” to Threads. The memo, written to employees at WordPress.com parent company Automattic, which bought Tumblr from Verizon’s media arm in 2019, is titled or subtitled “You win or you learn.” The posted memo states that a majority of the 139 employees working on product and marketing at Tumblr (in a team apparently named “Bumblr”) will “switch to other divisions.” Those working in “Happiness” (Automattic’s customer support and service division) and “T&S” (trust and safety) would remain.
Speaking of bans, does anyone know what happens with
community ban, is that forever or do they give you a cooloff time or what? I still get notifs, just can’t respond to anythingEdit: i wonder if I’m on ice cuz of my nesting test thread
“Community ban” as in you’re banned from a community? Unless the mods set a specific duration, it’s perpetual. If you think you are banned from a community check the mod log or ask the moderators.