Tumblr got rid of the porn for the same reason most general websites get out of porn. Good guys in government law enforcement and intelligence agencies were intensely scrutinizing them. The operators freaked because they were being made aware that their attempts to mask every type of criminal communication from organized crime to international terrorist organizations wasn't working anymore, so they scuttle their porn haven which kills the insane level of bandwidth traffic that would mask the criminal communications.
Which begs we ask the question. If no one is paying out of pocket to use their sites, who is footing the dough to keep them operating?
So why does periscope still exist? 2,788 users live now in #talk, then you go in and there are like 30 broadcasts, most of which are months-old recordings. Where are the other 2,700 live broadcasters? They're all underage girls in private chat with Arabs, so they don't show up on the list.
Excellent question. I've got my ideas, but All digital information at some point moves through AT&T hardware and the NSA has offices at all the hubs.
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