Tumblr is the last technology company that is poured with automated and retired indicators that have passed to Haywire and have raised the anger of users.
In recent days, Tumblr users have complained that their content is being marked as “mature”, even when it is not. The problem has reduced the visibility of user publications because many people on the platform have set up their configuration to hide the mature content in a predetermined way.
According to numerous publications by Tumblr Impact Users, publications have been falsely marked despite not sexual or violent, and these false retirement have included all Gifs of cats to the content of Fandom into art And even one Picture of the hands. Some suspect that IA -based automation could be guilty of problems.
Similar allegations have plagiarized other social media platforms in recent weeks. For example, Pinterest finally admitted that an internal error brought to their massive users bans. Meanwhile, Instagram this week denied — Comment on their own problem with mass bans Users said that little coverage or attention was given outside of online complaints to applications such as X and Reddit.
In both cases, users suspected that AI’s moderation was to blame, although Pinterest denied that it was.
In Tumblr, the marking problem is related to an update to the Android application, where the company said it has been experiencing improvements to its mature content filtering systems. Specifically, I was trying a new layer of moderation to Content tagsThe company said to Techcrunch.
A Tumblr spokesman said that experiments continue and, based on users’ feedback, will be improved before changes are published on other platforms.
“As we work to make tumblr a safer place for all users, we aim to respect a set of interest and preferences of diverse content, which can be adjusted to the configuration. We see this as a continuous process as we continue to adjust how to detect and address the mature content,” said a Tumblr spokesman in a statement by email.
The company too recognized the problem of his blogAnswering a user’s question about false publications marked. Here, the Tumblr team said they were aware of the “incorrect classification problems” and that they were actively working to reduce them.
In addition, the publication explained that the tumblr appeal process is being updated during the following weeks to manage a higher volume of cases. (Tumblr did not answer our questions about the planned changes in the resource process.)
If the guilt of the AI or another automation is unclear, since Tumblr would not speak specifically about the cause of the new problems. However, the reduction of blog service staff has also played a role.
After its 2019 acquisition of WordPress.com Maker Automatic, Tumblr has faced layoffs As your staff was reassigned to Other projects in the parent company. Last year, Automatic announced that Tumblr’s back would also be moved to WordPress To make the management easier and STEM Their financial losses.
