Alot, in my opinion. I think defederation and community management could address Tumblr’s unwanted censorship that seems to go after trans people aggressively but ignore literally dangerous porn bots. They could build it without the shitty tik-tok-esque service Tumblr staff are trying to integrate in to please investors who know nothing about the site. Folks wouldn’t have the constant fear that the site will shut down every year because trying to make money off of Tumblr is like throwing money into a woodchipper.

Most of Tumblr’s problems are self-inflicted by management, and people who are actually passionate about the site could make Tumblr amazing

I’d love to see a defederated version of Tumblr. It would solve so many problems over there, honestly.