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Tumblr CEO’s public ‘meltdown’ is latest hit to site’s reputation as a safe place for queer users
Matt Mullenweg, CEO of Tumblr, is being accused of transphobic moderation practices after banning a trans user.
Tumblr CEO publicly spars with trans user over account ban, revealing private account names in the process
Matt Mullenweg, CEO of Tumblr owner Automattic, is supposed to be on sabbatical. Instead, he’s arguing with Tumblr users over an individual content moderation decision, which has sparked […]
Google’s Gemini comes to more apps, Cruise slashes its workforce and Tesla issues a recall
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Why Automattic spent $50M on Texts.com
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Tumblr’s ‘fediverse’ integration is still being worked on, says owner and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg
Despite delays, the plan to connect Tumblr’s blogging site to the wider world of decentralized social media, also known as the “fediverse,” is still on, it seems. Over […]
Tumblr tests ‘Communities,’ semi-private groups with their own moderators and feeds
After scaling back operations and reassigning staff to other projects, Tumblr owner Automattic’s CEO Matt Mullenweg said that the company would hone in on the parts of Tumblr’s […]
Tumblr+ kills Post+, its ill-fated subscription offering for creators
Tumblr’s ill-fated Post+ subscription service is shutting down, the company announced late on Monday. The service, which allowed creators to paywall select content for subscribers only, will no […]
Open source Notion alternative AppFlowy gets big-name backers and lands on the cloud
A new startup is targeting the lucrative workplace productivity space with an open source approach to project and knowledge management — and it has received backing from a […]