I suspect it's not Tumbl's porn ban, but Verizon's ban, with the intent to either kill Tumblr (https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/tumblr-ban-adult-content-porn-censorship-verizon-david-karp-nsfw-a8666731.html), or re-make it as an advertiser friendly medium, as the real problem was always that Verizon couldn’t sell ads next to porn (https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/12/4/18126112/tumblr-porn-ban-verizon-ad-goals-sex-work-fandom). Time will tell whether Verizon shakes Tumblr's money tree by increased ad revenue or as a tax write-off loss. No matter to me. The minute you had to sign-in to view adult-content, the site was dead to me.
I suspect it's not Tumbl's porn ban, but Verizon's ban, with the intent to either kill Tumblr (https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/tumblr-ban-adult-content-porn-censorship-verizon-david-karp-nsfw-a8666731.html), or re-make it as an advertiser friendly medium, as the real problem was always that Verizon couldn’t sell ads next to porn (https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/12/4/18126112/tumblr-porn-ban-verizon-ad-goals-sex-work-fandom). Time will tell whether Verizon shakes Tumblr's money tree by increased ad revenue or as a tax write-off loss. No matter to me. The minute you had to sign-in to view adult-content, the site was dead to me.