I was actually there because i was considering creating an account and wanted to check it out.

Then they pop one of those and lost me for ever!

  • Susaga@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    851·
    1 year ago

    Hehe, denial of service for no reason beyond forced data collection is so quirky! Yeah, capitalism is squeezing the life out of modern culture, but in a fun way!

      • Susaga@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        If this sort of thing only popped up when posting comments, then sure. If it’s to VIEW the damn site, that will only affect actual people.

      • cosmicrookie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        61·
        1 year ago

        Bots can create accounts too. If it indeed was to prevent bots, they would just ask for a captcha test to continue browsing

      • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
        61·
        1 year ago

        Not sure how forced account creation would help with either of those. Both are only problems when they already have accounts.

          • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
            44·
            1 year ago

            So people that don’t want accounts should be forced to get an account because they might be a bot (that, notably, can’t do anything without an account) so they can be filtered out and denied an account that they didn’t want in the first place? Do you really not see the issue with what you’re saying?

    • beetus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      I think there are many others one could point to more accurately, including Yahoo who purchased and then resold tumblr.

      While Tumblr has made a lot of changes, some of which were walked back, they are still a well used and beloved site today. There are many now-dead or barely alive behemoth Internet companies that are better examples of “poster child for running a terrible Internet business” imo.

      • mechoman444@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        1 year ago

        After they got rid of all the porn they last a vast majority of their traffic. Now they’re basically a Taylor Swift fan club catering to a very small but dedicated fan base barely enough to keep the lights on.

        They are husk of their former self.

  • HornyOnMain@fedia.io
    17·
    1 year ago

    You can block the elements with ublock and the page loads just fine, in case anyone wanted to look through Tumblr without an account

  • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
    3·
    1 year ago

    I think you can block the elements with uBlock but I don’t really use that site past some search results leading to it.