#youll also noticed Automattic got funding from the department of agriculture way back when so who is really to say | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

iwouldliketoeatrandy · 3 months ago

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Fun fact: did you know the US government has been awarding Automattic Inc. millions of dollars since 2021 which will run until December of 2024? Specifically, the presidential office has been funding tumblr.

Automattic Inc. bought tumblr in 2019.

Do you know who else funded Automattic Inc. in 2019 some $70,000? The US Department of Defense.

#Though tbf i have no idea how these awards work #i was just suddenly curious #id heard that sometimes the us government gets involved with business #and figuring there was that one time with election interference #i was like huh could the us have invested money in tumblr for the purpose of surveillance or influence?#like to strengthen democracy or reduce organizing or prevent some resurgance of the red scare of communsm #and then i was like #oh wow look at all this government funding haha #i mean i guess it could be for anything though #like i think banks will pay out companies #...#wait but it wouldnt be the DoD then would it?#well anyway just thought this was interestinf #youll also noticed Automattic got funding from the department of agriculture way back when so who is really to say #also Automattic also owns WordPress so this could all he a coincidence and the funding might actually be associated with #another organization Automattic owns #i honestly wrote this after two searches so i have done zero in depth research about it lmao

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