I'm expecting they purchased Tumblr for the technology. Yes, it would be nice if they'd make the porn filter actually work correctly and aim for false negatives, not the trash inferno that was massive false positives (not that they'd lose any real revenue not changing it, so to speak), and would tackle the bane of all social media, the entitled right wing white males that post there with impunity. But I'm definitely going to not be surprised if they basically leave Tumblr itself to wither further while they extract the software bits they want to integrate into Wordpress.
I actually didn't mind the site for the most part, it was a lot easier to keep stuff you didn't want to see out of your feed with some care. But I did close my account there when it was clear they were going to botch getting the porn off even worse than most places have, after all, I am part of one of the marginalized that tends to get caught up in aggressive anti-porn filters. Which is a shame, because it was one of those sites that you could go and find people on the "edges" of society in that way.
I actually didn't mind the site for the most part, it was a lot easier to keep stuff you didn't want to see out of your feed with some care. But I did close my account there when it was clear they were going to botch getting the porn off even worse than most places have, after all, I am part of one of the marginalized that tends to get caught up in aggressive anti-porn filters. Which is a shame, because it was one of those sites that you could go and find people on the "edges" of society in that way.
"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor