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afrofuturisms many (mis)identifications
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tumblr deploys naive AI to censor adult content
bnq: janothar: sorensfw: What is almost certainly happening with Tumblr’s image classifier is that they’ve deployed the bot entirely untrained, and are relying on user complaints to train it what NSFW content on tumblr looks like. Making people participate in their own censorship in this way and punishing them with the threat of being silenced…
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reposado
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downsampling NES classics
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on the suicide of Tumblr
bowiesongs: I’ve wondered for a few years now what the endgame would be for this odd site: the black sheep of the social media venues. Tumblr is, and always has been, completely un-”monetizable”—i have no idea how it makes any money whatsoever . But at its best, it’s the last throwback to the internet that…
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Ave Maria
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Rhube eulogizes tumblr
rhube: The sad thing about this is that Tumblr had a unique platform that fostered a kind of inclusiveness not seen anywhere else. It’s interactions happened a different way. A way that encouraged sharing and inhibited dog-piling. The changes to increase interaction (without adequate blocking protections) in recent years had been leading to predictable increases…
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swoon!
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wilw ridicules tumblr
wilwheaton: I just want to belabor this point for a moment. These images are not explicit. These pictures show two adults, engaging in consensual kissing. That’s it. It isn’t violent, it isn’t pornographic. It’s literally just two adult humans sharing a kiss. It’s ludicrous and insulting that – especially in 2018 – this is flagged,…