Once upon a time, Tumblr was one of the hot, most-wanted platforms in social media.
Then Yahoo! acquired it and squeezed the juice and lifeblood from the promising platform. And then Yahoo! got sold to Verizon, and Tumblr along with it, and now it looks like Tumblr is in search of a new home once again.
One of the big shifts that hit the platform post-Verizon acquisition was the decision to yank all NSFW or adult content from the platform. Of course, Tumblr had, by then, become an incredibly popular and valuable platform for free porn and many specialized Tumblrs had formed devoted followings.
And now, according to BuzzFeed News, it looks like Pornhub would be very, very interested in taking Tumblr off of Verizon’s hands, provided the platform is willing to restore its NSFW pages.
“Tumblr was a safe haven for those who wanted to explore and express their sexuality, adult entertainment aficionados included,” Pornhub Vice President Corey Price told BuzzFeed News.
“We’ve long been dismayed that such measures were taken to eradicate erotic communities on the platform, leaving many individuals without an asylum through which they could comfortably peruse adult content.”
Frankly, Tumblr folding into the Pornhub family is one of the more logical options left for the microblogging social platform. Otherwise, it’s just another zombie social media platform floating in the internet’s sewage a la MySpace.
