The ten weirdest content moderation decisions Tumblr has made this week
Tumblr Bans “Female-Presenting Nipples” & More in New Policy Shift
Tumblr announced on Monday that it will ban all adult content starting Dec. 17.
Must read: There’s no money in Tumblr and other internet culture outposts
Tumblr has just changed hands again, as part of Verizon’s acquisition of Yahoo under the rebranded Oath umbrella (re that name – someone’s definitely been watching Game of Thrones.) Although a here four years ago then Yahoo head Marissa Mayer paid $1 billion for a bunch of teenagers reposting pictures of Tom Hiddleston. Though […]
The TCAF Interviews – Tyler Landry on Horror, Community Engagement & Colour
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is one of the most influential and important comic book event in North America. It’s mission is to “promote the creators of comic books in their broad and diverse voices, for the betterment of the medium of comics”. In the spirit of this mission, the Comics Beat has conducted a […]
NYCC ’15: “Using Tumblr to Sell Your Ideas” Liveblog
We’re live at the “Using Tumblr to Sell Your Ideas” panel. Our panelists include Ghost Rider writer Felipe Smith, My Little Pony artist Katie Cook, and The Wicked + the Divine writer Kieron Gillen. You can even submit questions to their blog [but not anymore…the past has passed…-ed.]. General Information If someone steals content you originally posted […]
Does anyone care about the artists on comics any more?
Yet another discussion of what happened to the artist being the big dogs of comics, and a chance to make your feelings known via a survey!
Tumblr-gedden as Tumblr removes Disqus and custom code from some sites
Tumblr users who have been reveling in its ability to share content—and block trolls via the plug-in Disqus—got a rude shock today when due to code problems, users found their custom themes disabled and their comment boards wiped out. Among the missing—DC Women Kicking Ass’s lively comments section. DCWKA’s Sue took to Twitter to mourn the loss, and just as I write this it looks like she may have found the missing posts, but others were still searching.
Bookmark: Richard Sala’s SUPER-ENIGMATIX
Richard Sala is running another Tumblr comic, SUPER-ENIGMATIX. IT includes mysterious masked figures, pretty girls, enigmas and other Sala trademarks. You know you want it. Heidi MacDonaldHeidi MacDonald is the founder and editor in chief of The Beat. In the past, she worked for Disney, DC Comics, Fox and Publishers Weekly. She can […]
Pedigree Chum, 16/08/13: Captain America Steps Onto The Good Ship Disney
Heidi’s away, so there’s a bit of a twist on the Kibbles N Bits section today. Well, I say ‘bit of a twist’… but what I mean to say is ‘bit of a Steve’. § Disney have worked out a way to get Marvel characters into their resorts — put them on international water. If […]
Monday Morning Funnies: Insta★COP
Kill Shakespeare Artist, Andy Bellanger, and former Marvel/DC Digital Comics Editor, Kwanza Johnson launch social media comic series, Insta★COP, across across Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter starting today.