MAmarinintim·Sep 12, 2016Submission
2 points · Open discussiontumblr
policy
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tumblr / policy
policy
Tumblr policies and guidelines
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Tumblr policies and guidelines
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Observed mentions: 2012-03-24 15:45:42 UTC to 2016-09-12 13:43:46 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2012 | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
7 sourcesTumblr actually does this already -- they actually put them on Github itself, e.g. https://github.com/tumblr/policy/commit/35a9f50f9e8b1f419057...
In PSD Viewing and DiffingI don't know why this was a link to tosdr rather than Tumblr's own diffs. I am not even certain whether to trust it as the content doesn't seem to be the same as Tumblr's. (That, or maybe I am myself simply confused.) Regardless, here was a "shocking change".
https://github.com/tumblr/policy/compare/2cfe3c8668...adfff3...
In Tumblr Terms and Privacy Policy diffIt doesn't have to be legally binding. The damage it can do to a reputation is deterrent enough.
And it's not difficult to see how adopting it can have benefits: http://blog.flickr.net/en/2011/05/13/at-flickr-your-photos-a....
A lot of people are abandoning Instagram not because of the ToS per se, but because they were reminded that it is now owned by Facebook. And Facebook's reputation is horrible.
Look at what Tumblr are doing by posting their policies on GitHub, which lets everyone see the diffs: https://github.com/tumblr/policy.
Goodwill doesn't have to be legally tethered. But it can be.
In Dropbox Acquires Snapjoy (YC S11) And Puts Photos Into Its FocusWhen tumblr pushed their terms-of-use updates on users by displaying it in a modal lightbox over all the content, it had a link to the commit at the bottom.
https://github.com/tumblr/policy/commit/ebf3666dffc80af7122c...
There's now some confused kids with github accounts that didn't have one before, I hope they found their way back to tumblr again. :(
In Tumblr now using Github for their Privacy PolicyTumblr now using Github for their Privacy Policy
13 points · Open discussionTumblr host their terms of service in a Git repo on Github.
https://github.com/tumblr/policy
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