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Tumblr Has a Massive Creepshots Problem (vice.com)
After Reddit famously banned the creepshots sub-reddit, which shared non-consensual, revealing photos of women, Tumblr now has a slew of users pushing out similar photos across at least dozens of dedicated blogs, a Motherboard investigation has found. From the report: Simply typing 'creepshot' or related terms into Tumblr's built-in search function returns a steady stream of tagged posts, and Google queries easily reveal links to relevant Tumblr blogs. Motherboard found just under 70 Tumblr blogs focused on sharing creepshots, most with a bevy of content. In some cases, the Tumblrs also host 'upskirt' photos or videos, where a camera is deliberately, and stealthily, positioned to look up an unsuspecting person's skirt. Some of the subjects of these images, as well as many of the clothed creepshots, appear to be young, possibly teenagers.
"This is only the tip of the iceberg, there are probably hundreds of these accounts filming in high schools, college campuses, in malls, and on the streets. And Tumblr seems to not care at all about the problem," an anonymous tipster, who first alerted Motherboard to the issue, wrote in an email. One of the most popular creepshot Tumblrs has some 11,000 followers, and one of its posts has over 53,000 interactions linked to it, including reblogs, where the video or picture then appears on the user's own Tumblr, spreading the content further.
"This is only the tip of the iceberg, there are probably hundreds of these accounts filming in high schools, college campuses, in malls, and on the streets. And Tumblr seems to not care at all about the problem," an anonymous tipster, who first alerted Motherboard to the issue, wrote in an email. One of the most popular creepshot Tumblrs has some 11,000 followers, and one of its posts has over 53,000 interactions linked to it, including reblogs, where the video or picture then appears on the user's own Tumblr, spreading the content further.
If a group of users who like posting pictures like this just move from one site to another like locusts, it's not really a problem with wherever they land - it's a social and people problem.
What can you do about it? Nothing at all, that's what. They will just go somewhere else even if you somehow managed to block them from whatever site they are on now.
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This is why you can't get a date.
... we'll probably be okay.
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You point this out the day before St. Patrick's Day celebrations...
There will be many men about in skirts/kilts tomorrow.
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So you don't like "censorship".
Great. Here's what actually happened. Third parties did some basic research and found the existence of this material on Tumblr's site. Other people then pressure Tumblr to remove that content. Tumblr will presumably then remove this content. If you find this series of events objectionable, what's your preferred alternative? Should Tumblr be compelled by law to host them? Should third parties be prevented from pointing them out? Are you just saying you'd prefer Tumblr ignore them?
I have a hard time seeing any censorship here. This appears to be a bunch of people using their freedom to speak their mind, and (presumably) a company agreeing with them. It's not really censorship for me to paint over your graffiti on my wall. It's my wall. I get to decide what I want it to say. You can go paint your own wall. You may wish Tumblr would do otherwise, but it's their wall. They aren't obligated, legally or ethically, to display anything they don't want on that wall.
Is there some reason that they can't say women's skirts??
Is there a reason you specifically are suggesting that non-women don't wear skirts? Person's skirts is not only politically correct, it's also pretty damn accurate given what pictures are available on the internet.
I understand. It's hard when nobody wants you around. Have you tried not being creepy? That usually works.
Depending on where they were taken, the upskirt images are likely perfectly legal: http://helloflo.com/perfectly-...
Show me on the 1st Amendment bobblehead where the moderator touched you...
Creepy is only a problem if you are ugly. No one thinks you're creepy if they think you're hot. So, don't try to not be creepy, that is impossible. Instead, try being hot.
Barring that, keep an attorney around and have him do everything for you, as your council.
When the only tool you have is a claw hammer every problem starts to look like the back of someone's skull.
And Tumblr seems to not care at all about the problem,
It's the same with their rape videos, or videos showing torture. And no, I don't mean the simulated ones. I mean women who are unconscious being raped, one on a kitchen counter fighting off her attacker, and so on.
That's the real reason Tumblr forced people to get an account. They think they're hiding these photos/videos but as this story shows, it's really just a shell game.
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Tumblr will presumably then remove this content.
Presumably? It's Tumblr. 10% chance it's gone, 15% chance it's highlighted.
If you find this series of events objectionable, what's your preferred alternative? Should Tumblr be compelled by law to host them?
Yep, if you are going to run an image hosting site, cannot discriminate based on content, only illegal materials get removed. If someone wants to say creepy images are illegal, fine, but they have to codify what that MEANS.
They aren't obligated, legally or ethically, to display anything they don't want on that wall.
Legally? No. Ethically? There I would argue they do have an obligation to host the material, no matter how distasteful.
A whole other level of problem related to the content being removed is, how much of it is staged... at this point there is nothing you would consider immoral or creepy that does not have a large number of people producing porn and other images based around the concept.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
I understand that you'll probably take some pride and find some validation in being modded up here. But consider who are agreeing with you: nerds. Nerds who have never been successful with women. So they'll agree with you, because it's comforting while still hitting their deepest fear (and reality for most): sex being inaccessible. For men who are actually successful with women it's obvious that the guy you are replying to is absolutely correct in everything he said