@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@ - +Tumblr's plans to ban all adult content from its site in a huge crackdown has resulted in its users looking elsewhere for alternative platforms to share their explicit material.<br>The site revealed earlier this month that they would be removing all adult content, including sexually explicit imagery, from December 17. <br>The shock announcement came just days after Tumblr was removed from Apple's iOS App Store over child pornography issues. <br>The ban includes photos, videos or GIFs that show adult content, including real-life human genitals or female-presenting nipples. It is also banning any content that depicts sex acts. <br> Tumblr's plans to ban all adult content from its site in a huge crackdown has resulted in its users looking elsewhere for alternative platforms to share their explicit material<br>Tumblr has faced backlash from some of its users over the decision and more than 450,000 people have already signed a Change.org petition urging the site to rescind its adult content ban. <br>The petition says that after years of being a space for NSFW (not safe for work) artists to post, Tumblr has 'decided to close their metaphorical doors to adult content'.<br>'Let people post porn, it's 90 percent of the reason anybody is on the site in the first place. Or, if you really want a non-18+ tumblr, start a new one with that specific goal in mind.<br><br>Don't rip down what people have spent years working on,' the petition says. <br>Meanwhile, other users have vowed to find alternative platforms to host their content. <br>Smaller and more alternative sites have already reported seeing an influx in users in the aftermath of Tumblr's decision. <br>Many ex-Tumblr users have been flagging Pillowfort as a possible replacement. <br>Pillowfort, which only launched in early 2017, is still in its beta stage and costs a small fee to join. People can share content and there are public and private settings for users. <br>The site has received an influx of requests to join, including a reported 8,000 just this week, and it has crashed repeatedly due to high traffic. <br>Dreamwidth is another site that has been named as a replacement contender by some users fleeing Tumblr. <br> Tumblr has faced backlash from some of its users over the decision and more than 450,000 people have already signed a Change.org petition urging the site to rescind its adult content ban<br> Many ex-Tumblr users have been flagging Pillowfort (above) as a possible replacement to share their adult content after Tumblr's announcement earlier this month<br>The blogging site, which has been up and running since 2008, is said to have more than 3 million accounts. <br>A post appeared on the site after Tumblr's decision was announced, saying: [http://gifscollection.com/ http://gifscollection.com/] 'Welcome to Dreamwidth, Tumblr folks!'.<br>'With the new update to Tumblr's community guidelines announcing that they will no longer permit adult content on their site, we'd like to take a moment to reassure all y'all that we have your backs,' the post read.<br>'With a very few exceptions (such as spam and the like), if it's legal under US law, it's okay to post here.'<br>Newgrounds also reported an influx of users in the days after Tumblr's news. <br>In a similar welcome message on its site, Newgrounds noted there had been a migration of new artists coming to their platform.<br>'If you've noticed an influx of new artists on Newgrounds over the past 24 hours, it's because Tumblr began purging accounts of NSFW artists,' the post read. <br>'Some of these removals may have been an accident on Tumblr's part but regardless, there's been a migration to Newgrounds. <br>'Some of you might be dismayed at the thought of more lewd content on NG while others are super excited.<br><br>The good news for everyone is that we're seeing a lot of REALLY TALENTED artists joining up and not everything they post is NSFW.' <br> Newgrounds also reported an influx of users in the days after Tumblr's news. In a welcome message on its site, it noted there had been a migration of new artists coming to their platform<br> Dreamwidth is another site that has been named as a replacement contender by some users fleeing Tumblr. The site, which has been up and running since 2008, is said to have more than 3 million accounts<br>As part of Tumblr's new rules, any explicit posts that are posted to the site from December 17 will be flagged and deleted by algorithms. <br>Tumblr has already started emailing users who have posted adult content, which has been flagged by algorithms, to notify them that their content will soon be hidden from view. <br><div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news" data-version="2" id="mol-2c917ac0-fbee-11e8-bce6-0342ff264970" website plan to ban all adult content has users looking elsewhere