Tumblr Cracks Down on Spammers and Scammers

Tumblr replied to Fresh Air’s concerned and it looks like Tumblr has plans to officially crack down on spammers and scammers.

For the past few months, Tumblr has been in the news about its unprecedented problem with spam blogs and scamming launchpads. Even NPR’s Fresh Air voiced its message to Tumblr customer service on its own Tumblr blog. The public radio station commented on dealing with spam blogs and asked Tumblr to do something about it.

Tumblr replied to Fresh Air’s concerned and it looks like Tumblr has plans to officially crack down on spammers and scammers:

“Please know that we’re aware of a recent increase in blogs with odd URLs that are following large numbers of users.
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