Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
![tubapun Follow ALT A CAR COVERED IN HAMMERS THAT EXPLODES AND THE HAMMMERS KILLED MY GO FLYING EVERYWHERE BECAUSE GRANDMA, OKAY?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/760/449/c2d.png)
![tubapun Follow ALT A CAR COVERED IN HAMMERS THAT EXPLODES AND THE HAMMMERS KILLED MY GO FLYING EVERYWHERE BECAUSE GRANDMA, OKAY?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/760/449/c2d.png)
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
![И OR WHAT? YOU'LL RELEASE THE CARS COVERED IN HAMMERS THAT EXPLODES MORE THAN A FEW TIMES AND HAMMERS GO FLYING EVERYWHERE?!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/760/448/a25.png)
![И OR WHAT? YOU'LL RELEASE THE CARS COVERED IN HAMMERS THAT EXPLODES MORE THAN A FEW TIMES AND HAMMERS GO FLYING EVERYWHERE?!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/760/448/a25.png)
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
![3 T AUSTIM TEXT POST MOR Tik Tok @mr_bean..0 18 130 G 18 HOURS AGO ON FEBRUARY 20, 2024 AT 10:38 AM 150 17 19 21 CARS, EXPLOSIONS, & HAMMERS STIMBOARD FOR @PHOTOMATT (UNREQUESTED) DISCLAIMER: This post is intended to be a joke (noun; something said or done to provoke laughter) and is NOT a death threat directed to anyone at all, including any Tumblr staff.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/760/447/ac0.png)
![3 T AUSTIM TEXT POST MOR Tik Tok @mr_bean..0 18 130 G 18 HOURS AGO ON FEBRUARY 20, 2024 AT 10:38 AM 150 17 19 21 CARS, EXPLOSIONS, & HAMMERS STIMBOARD FOR @PHOTOMATT (UNREQUESTED) DISCLAIMER: This post is intended to be a joke (noun; something said or done to provoke laughter) and is NOT a death threat directed to anyone at all, including any Tumblr staff.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/760/447/ac0.png)
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
![Axo MARIN Mandal 11-1](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/760/444/332.png)
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Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
![ape attack survivor @pissvortex CEO of Tumblr is currently having a SomethingAwful-mod-level public meltdown trying to flame war his own users. it's incredible, they really are not sending their best exception and comment on predstrogen. First, Tumblr has a number of LGBT+ including trans people on staff, and they see things from the inside fully, and they're not protesting this case. Why do we wrongly have a transphobe reputation? We did have an external contract moderator last year that was making transphobic moderation (and also calling madaration criminally) An non no photomatt 46m ago I'm not going to post every single violation or make any more exceptions in this case. You asked for one example, I gave one example. I don't think we're going to change any minds at this point, so if you truly believe myself or the entire staff to be guilty of transphobic misogyny, you are free to export your blog and find another free or paid service. I would not patronize a business I thought was 1:03 AM Feb 20, 2024 790.1K Views Original Poster photomatt 1h ago Legal action is totally fine, please go ahead if that's what you need to settle this misinformation. We have receipts, logs, : everything. Do you not believe there were threats of violence, that we just made that up? Original Poster photomatt 42m ago Ah sorry, I missed the first part of the post, where it says it hopes I die forever a painful death involving a car covered in hammers that explodes more than a few times and the hammers go flying everywhere. https://cloudup.com/clduJPd7Xhw](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/760/435/21e.png)
![ape attack survivor @pissvortex CEO of Tumblr is currently having a SomethingAwful-mod-level public meltdown trying to flame war his own users. it's incredible, they really are not sending their best exception and comment on predstrogen. First, Tumblr has a number of LGBT+ including trans people on staff, and they see things from the inside fully, and they're not protesting this case. Why do we wrongly have a transphobe reputation? We did have an external contract moderator last year that was making transphobic moderation (and also calling madaration criminally) An non no photomatt 46m ago I'm not going to post every single violation or make any more exceptions in this case. You asked for one example, I gave one example. I don't think we're going to change any minds at this point, so if you truly believe myself or the entire staff to be guilty of transphobic misogyny, you are free to export your blog and find another free or paid service. I would not patronize a business I thought was 1:03 AM Feb 20, 2024 790.1K Views Original Poster photomatt 1h ago Legal action is totally fine, please go ahead if that's what you need to settle this misinformation. We have receipts, logs, : everything. Do you not believe there were threats of violence, that we just made that up? Original Poster photomatt 42m ago Ah sorry, I missed the first part of the post, where it says it hopes I die forever a painful death involving a car covered in hammers that explodes more than a few times and the hammers go flying everywhere. https://cloudup.com/clduJPd7Xhw](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/760/435/21e.png)
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
![the maia @awawawhoami people getting banned from tumblr for mentioning cars in combination with hammers feels like such an extremely 2014 thing but is happening right now as we speak with the CEO having a public meltdown on there because trans people are angry at his website 4:45 AM Feb 20, 2024 142.6K Views :](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/760/434/782.png)
![the maia @awawawhoami people getting banned from tumblr for mentioning cars in combination with hammers feels like such an extremely 2014 thing but is happening right now as we speak with the CEO having a public meltdown on there because trans people are angry at his website 4:45 AM Feb 20, 2024 142.6K Views :](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/760/434/782.png)
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
![you're laughing, the hammers go flying everywhere and you're Laughing](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/760/433/6ea.png)
![you're laughing, the hammers go flying everywhere and you're Laughing](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/760/433/6ea.png)
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
![Lull xenosagaepisodeone Follow tumblr's current ceo is really setting his reputation in stone here because when this site inevitably gets sold again everyone's just going to start saying that the new owner took over after the last one died in a hammer car explosion](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/760/432/65d.png)
![Lull xenosagaepisodeone Follow tumblr's current ceo is really setting his reputation in stone here because when this site inevitably gets sold again everyone's just going to start saying that the new owner took over after the last one died in a hammer car explosion](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/760/432/65d.png)
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
![oh thats thats the ceo of tumblr banning several trans women from the platform for and threatening them with violence and legal action for complaining about the complete lack of effort or moderation to try and stop the targeted harrassment campaigns on tumblr and misgendering the trans woman who he banned for life twice in the process](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/760/431/5c3.png)
![oh thats thats the ceo of tumblr banning several trans women from the platform for and threatening them with violence and legal action for complaining about the complete lack of effort or moderation to try and stop the targeted harrassment campaigns on tumblr and misgendering the trans woman who he banned for life twice in the process](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/760/431/5c3.png)
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
![3 with We used to kill people hammers.. for saying things like that so do I send this to photomatt 3 Posted 1 day ago 12,239 notes](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/760/430/a01.png)
![3 with We used to kill people hammers.. for saying things like that so do I send this to photomatt 3 Posted 1 day ago 12,239 notes](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/760/430/a01.png)
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
![dancing-coyote: holycrapitsbags: .....….....…......................…... chavisory: (via queenfrau) funnytwittertweets: ……………………………….………………………………………….. This content has been removed for violating Tumblr's Community Guidelines. [Tweet by Gillian Branstetter reads "If enforcing gender norms requires a constant state of surveillance and censorship then they probably aren't as biological or innate as you think they are] This post is now a work of political art that is just A+ February 202024 "Why does this site have a reputation for transphobia?" - The site's literal owner, two hours ago](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/760/428/64d.png)
![dancing-coyote: holycrapitsbags: .....….....…......................…... chavisory: (via queenfrau) funnytwittertweets: ……………………………….………………………………………….. This content has been removed for violating Tumblr's Community Guidelines. [Tweet by Gillian Branstetter reads "If enforcing gender norms requires a constant state of surveillance and censorship then they probably aren't as biological or innate as you think they are] This post is now a work of political art that is just A+ February 202024 "Why does this site have a reputation for transphobia?" - The site's literal owner, two hours ago](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/760/428/64d.png)
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
![it almost goes without saying but for posterity's sake i want people to remember that during @photomatt's meltdown last night he dmed dozens and dozens of people (near exclusively trans women, For Some Inexplicable Reason), sometimes less than a Minute after they left a reply, responded to a post of his, or even just Made Their Own Post about it. photomatt ↓x photomatt Co-founder WordPress; CEO Automattic; Currently running Tumblr Not following each other Not sure the point you're trying to make. That we should continue to serve customers that make threats of violence against staff and harass other users? oh my god you really are having a meltdown about this aren't you. this is so like. pure intimidation tactics at their most blatant and obvious. why else would you sit on your namesearch, refreshing and refreshing and Instantly jumping into our dms the second we participated in the conversation. that isn't normal, not for a ceo and not for like, Anyone Else for that matter. matt spent a lot of his little episode making sure everyone knew he didn't think he was a transmisogynist. that was very important to him, that he defended himself from that. congratulations bud you f----- it](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/760/427/d9e.png)
![it almost goes without saying but for posterity's sake i want people to remember that during @photomatt's meltdown last night he dmed dozens and dozens of people (near exclusively trans women, For Some Inexplicable Reason), sometimes less than a Minute after they left a reply, responded to a post of his, or even just Made Their Own Post about it. photomatt ↓x photomatt Co-founder WordPress; CEO Automattic; Currently running Tumblr Not following each other Not sure the point you're trying to make. That we should continue to serve customers that make threats of violence against staff and harass other users? oh my god you really are having a meltdown about this aren't you. this is so like. pure intimidation tactics at their most blatant and obvious. why else would you sit on your namesearch, refreshing and refreshing and Instantly jumping into our dms the second we participated in the conversation. that isn't normal, not for a ceo and not for like, Anyone Else for that matter. matt spent a lot of his little episode making sure everyone knew he didn't think he was a transmisogynist. that was very important to him, that he defended himself from that. congratulations bud you f----- it](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/760/427/d9e.png)
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
![chaser Follow The Chaser | Breaking News Elon Musk to sue Tumblr for plagiarism after learning they are also trying to f--- up a perfectly good website](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/760/426/230.png)
![chaser Follow The Chaser | Breaking News Elon Musk to sue Tumblr for plagiarism after learning they are also trying to f--- up a perfectly good website](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/760/426/230.png)
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
![fishermod Follow https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/25/22949293/tumblr-nycchr- : settlement-adult-content-ban-algorithmic-bias-lgbtq For those who don't remember, here's the lawsuit two years ago where Tumblr (or specifically Automattic) settled with the New York City Commission on Human Rights regarding Tumblr's terribly implemented p--- ban targeting LGBTQ folk more than it should. Here's an excerpt detailing what the NYCCHR ordered Tumblr to do: The settlement gives Tumblr 180 days to hire an expert on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) issues and provide related training to moderators. It must also hire someone with experience in this area as well as expertise in image classification, who will review Tumblr's moderation algorithms to see if they're more likely to flag LGBTQ content. As part of an overall review, Tumblr will reexamine 3,000 old cases where a user successfully appealed a takedown, looking for patterns that could indicate bias. Now, on a totally unrelated note, here's the complaint page for reporting discrimination to the NYCCHR. Completely unrelated to what's going on right now or the rest of this post, I swear. [edited since it looks like the link broke somehow] [edit #2: again, for unrelated reasons, here's a link to a post about the San Francisco equivalent] #transgender #tumblr](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/760/425/259.png)
![fishermod Follow https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/25/22949293/tumblr-nycchr- : settlement-adult-content-ban-algorithmic-bias-lgbtq For those who don't remember, here's the lawsuit two years ago where Tumblr (or specifically Automattic) settled with the New York City Commission on Human Rights regarding Tumblr's terribly implemented p--- ban targeting LGBTQ folk more than it should. Here's an excerpt detailing what the NYCCHR ordered Tumblr to do: The settlement gives Tumblr 180 days to hire an expert on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) issues and provide related training to moderators. It must also hire someone with experience in this area as well as expertise in image classification, who will review Tumblr's moderation algorithms to see if they're more likely to flag LGBTQ content. As part of an overall review, Tumblr will reexamine 3,000 old cases where a user successfully appealed a takedown, looking for patterns that could indicate bias. Now, on a totally unrelated note, here's the complaint page for reporting discrimination to the NYCCHR. Completely unrelated to what's going on right now or the rest of this post, I swear. [edited since it looks like the link broke somehow] [edit #2: again, for unrelated reasons, here's a link to a post about the San Francisco equivalent] #transgender #tumblr](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/760/425/259.png)
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
![predstrogen predstrogen predstrogen i hope photomatt dies forever a painful death involving a car covered in hammers that explodes more than a few times and hammers go flying everywhere how long until deathwishes against the ceo get me banned or flagged. right now im p----- off enough that i want to find out](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/760/417/952.png)
![predstrogen predstrogen predstrogen i hope photomatt dies forever a painful death involving a car covered in hammers that explodes more than a few times and hammers go flying everywhere how long until deathwishes against the ceo get me banned or flagged. right now im p----- off enough that i want to find out](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/760/417/952.png)
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy
![photomatt✔✔ Follow changelingrain asked: it's been four hours and nothing you've said has made this decision look better, congratulations on the successful transmisogyny! you have, to be clear, f----- it. I am genuinely sorry. I wanted to respond to what seemed like big concerns, and what I believe to be fully false accusation of transmisogyny. My responses seem to have just stoked the flames, and made people madder and more dug in on their perception of Tumblr staff, and now a lot of that is directed at me personally. For those who think my responses made it worse than if we had just never commented at all, which is the standard policy, I have failed you, failed in what I was trying to communicate, and I am sorry.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/760/416/472.png)
![photomatt✔✔ Follow changelingrain asked: it's been four hours and nothing you've said has made this decision look better, congratulations on the successful transmisogyny! you have, to be clear, f----- it. I am genuinely sorry. I wanted to respond to what seemed like big concerns, and what I believe to be fully false accusation of transmisogyny. My responses seem to have just stoked the flames, and made people madder and more dug in on their perception of Tumblr staff, and now a lot of that is directed at me personally. For those who think my responses made it worse than if we had just never commented at all, which is the standard policy, I have failed you, failed in what I was trying to communicate, and I am sorry.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/760/416/472.png)
Tumblr CEO Transphobic Moderation Controversy