We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.

wreichard:

Glad to see this. It will be hard to draw the line sometimes, I’m sure, but I’ve seen a number of things that clearly crossed it. If the policy bothers you, you may want to think about why—even talk to someone knowledgeable and trustworthy about it. This is about not creating reinforcement for the idea that it’s OK, which makes me glad. I have sometimes felt like not saying something was condoning it somehow, which I would never do. Good on ya, Tumblr. This is the right thing to do.

staff:

One of the great things about Tumblr is that people use it for just about every conceivable kind of expression. People being people, though, that means that Tumblr sometimes gets used for things that are just wrong. We are deeply committed to supporting and defending our users’ freedom of speech,…