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Pillowfort
Type of businessLimited liability company
FoundedFebruary 3, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-02-03)[1]
HeadquartersAustin, Texas, United States
Founder(s)Julia Baritz
IndustryMicroblogging, social networking service
URLpillowfort.social

Pillowfort is an American social media networking service and microblogging website.[2] The website was launched in 2017 and is currently in open beta.[3][4] The website is popular among fandoms, the LGBT community, and adult content creators.[5]

Features

Pillowfort was created to combine features from platforms such as Livejournal, Twitter, and Tumblr.[6] Registered users of the website may create, reblog, and comment on posts, as well as follow individual users or "community" groups. Posts may contain text, images, or embedded elements.

  • User page – Each user has a publicly viewable blog page whose content they control.
  • Home feed – Each user has a personal scrolling feed of content determined by who they follow and what communities they belong to and have chosen to watch.
  • Sidebar – A pop-out sidebar shows follower and mutual counts and allows messaging, posting, and access to communities and search functions.
  • Tags – All posts can have tags to help with navigation and that enable them to be searched for. Tags are also used for blacklisting.
  • Content control – Users can block commenting, reblogging, or viewing of their posts on a post-by-post basis.[7]
  • User-created communities – Users can form communities with other members, which anyone can join to view and post or reblog to a 'communal home feed'.[5]
  • NSFW content filtering – A NSFW toggle is present in each post. Members can set preferences so as not to see NSFW posts.
  • Blacklisting and blocking – Individuals can be blocked so that their posts and messages are not visible. Tags can be blacklisted so posts with them are not seen.

History

Pillowfort was founded by Julia Baritz, who began advertising the project with a business partner on Tumblr in 2015.[8] An Indiegogo campaign for the site successfully reached its goal in 2016, allowing for the first wave of beta users to register in 2017. Further funds were raised through a Kickstarter campaign in 2018.[1]

After the social media platform Tumblr changed its content policy in 2018,[9] greatly limiting mature works, a large number of users migrated to Pillowfort, which had more accepting terms regarding mature content and a greater ability to filter said content.[10] Registrations had to be temporarily closed as the site received a tenfold increase in traffic and over 8,000 new registration requests, causing infrastructural instability.[2]

In 2019, Pillowfort migrated from the .io domain to .social due to the site's hosting of sexual content, which is disallowed by the .io registrar.[5]

When free public registration was opened on 25 January 2021, new users found and exploited security-related bugs on the website.[11] Pillowfort was taken offline for three months while the staff fixed the vulnerabilities which were uncovered, and reopened without free public registration, though new users can still register by being invited by an existing member or purchasing a registration key.[1][12]

Official website

References

  1. ^ a b c "Tumblr alternative Pillowfort returns after messy launch". The Daily Dot. April 29, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Tumblr's Porn Bloggers Test Pillowfort and Dreamwidth" – via www.wired.com.
  3. ^ "Staff". www.pillowfort.social.
  4. ^ Alexander, Julia (December 7, 2018). "Pillowfort wants to be the Tumblr alternative, but it's not ready yet". The Verge.
  5. ^ a b c Valens, Ana (2019-01-03). "What is Pillowfort.io and how is it different from Tumblr?". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  6. ^ "Pillowfort wants to revive the art of blogging". The Daily Dot. July 31, 2018.
  7. ^ Pillowfort staff (2021). "User control and Privacy". Pillowfort.social. Retrieved 2021-08-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "pillowfort.social". pillowfort.social.
  9. ^ "Tumblr says adult content will no longer be allowed on the site". Newsweek. 2018-12-03. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  10. ^ "Tumblr has banned adult content. Where else can you go to ship "Steven Universe" gems?". Newsweek. December 4, 2018.
  11. ^ Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (Jan 26, 2021). "Buzzy New Social Media Site Pillowfort Is Riddled With Basic Bugs". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2021-08-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ "After security woes, Tumblr alternative Pillowfort promises relaunch". The Daily Dot. March 23, 2021.
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