Dan Leveille

emilynd:

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equalitopia:

Tumblr excludes the ‘Gay & Lesbian’ category from Directory recommendations

When I (@danlev) asked Marco Arment, Tumblr’s lead developer, about this issue, he responded:

A handful [of categories] don’t support [recommendations] because of potential social implications. Like creepy guys nominating women they like as “Erotica”.

When I told him that Tumblr is leaving out LGBT people, he replied:

I didn’t want immature people to nominate their non-LGBTQ friends/enemies into it. Didn’t want to cheapen/ruin the category.

But Tumblr already has a notice in place to prevent this. Upon nomination of a blog, you must check a box to agree that the blog “is about [category], and I understand that if it blatantly isn’t, my account may be suspended.” If this notice is in place for all categories, why does it not suffice for the Gay & Lesbian category?

You don’t discontinue a system because of potential misuse, you build solutions to the misuse.

Tumblr is discriminating against LGBT people: Not only are the Gay & Lesbian community excluded from a feature, but Tumblr is preemptively classifying the ‘LGBTQ’ label as an attack.

Only 5 categories are excluded: Erotica, Gay & Lesbian, Germany, Sexuality, Staff. Obviously, Sexuality and Erotica could have legal issues, especially with nominating a 13 year-old girl. The Staff category is obviously doesn’t need that functionality.

What you can do: Reblog, tweet about it, and voice your opinion to Tumblr’s Community Ambassador: Marc LaFountain (support@tumblr.com).

I don’t know what to think of this. =\

I’m confused.

Whoever the OP is has some serious issues. (And let’s make it clear that I have nothing against gay people) But the staff’s decision not to have the recommendation feature seems completely reasonable. Get off your high horse and stop trying to make it seem like the staff hates gays. WTF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS

Thank you for telling me I have serious issues. I am the OP. Let me just reiterate what I said: “You don’t discontinue a system because of potential misuse, you build solutions to the misuse.” Sure they have a valid point that people can misuse it, but they specifically warn people that if they put someone in a category that they do not belong, their account could be suspended.

Why should the LGBT directory be restricted from a feature just because of potential vandalism. Perhaps you don’t want to be listed in the directory, but some of us do. And why should we be denied a fair chance to use this feature like any other people on Tumblr do.