-CEO makes pinned post explaining he is not transphobic, argues with users in comments + dms, makes final public response that Tumblr team will now discuss moderation in may when he returns from sabbatical as well as if tumblr should continue (he is mad)
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Tumblr CEO threatening to nuke the website because of all the harassment he has been receiving from Tumblr users over the mod team's unfair treatment of transfem users is insane. This is like peak Tumblr experience
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Brief rundown for those asking:
- person sends ask to Tumblr CEO regarding site transmisogyny + unfair banning of trans user
- Tumblr CEO is defensive. "Tumblr loves trans people and that person deserved to be banned"
- anon hate for CEO increases
- CEO goes full tumblrina
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-CEO then goes onto Twitter and harasses the banned user, reveals her alternate accounts to public (matt this is your lawyer speaking keep posting), then deletes all tweets and asks, leaving only the pinned post about tumblr's commitment to diversity up
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This isn't everything that happened and other people have screenshots, but here is an extremely informal rundown for those who have no idea what happened. Wishing nothing but the best to the person who got put on blast by the actual CEO of Tumblr and Wordpress
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Wasn't he specifically only dm'ing trans women users too like just extreme weirdo behavior
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