Tumblr wants to take away all adult content on the platform, abandoning a large majority of it’s userbase which uses the site for this exact matter. Please sign the above petition if you would like to keep tumblr the way it is. They need to be shown that they will lose a HUGE amount of their traffic if they’re too carry this through.
I do want to be optimistic that tumblr is competent enough to have a functioning flag system but honestly there’s a good chance it’s just gonna self destruct and listen. I’ve been here since 2011. I’ve accumulated over 30k followers. I’ve been meaning to take my content to a new platform for years because I would kill to be able to make a living as a content creator and that’s simply not possible here.
Tumblr nuking itself is kind of that final push. I don’t wanna use my blog for anything other than video releases and links to content on other sites.
Where am I going to go? Twitter and YouTube mainly. Now, they both have their own problems but twitter allows for a decent tumblr substitute and YouTube allows me to financially support myself. I’m going to be pushing this post until the 17th, at which point, depending on how well tumblr works anymore, I will be predominantly using twitter and YouTube.
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Well thanks Tumblr. I was going to be done with birds for a little while, but the looming change in community guidelines has forced my hand. I will now launch a series of posts on tits, of which there are at least 52 species, before they become illegal.
In response to the NSFW ban being enacted by Tumblr Staff, on December 17th 2018 I propose that we all log off of our Tumblr accounts for 24 hours.
The lack of respect and communication between staff and users is stark. Users have been begging staff to delete the porn bot outbreak, which has plagued the website for well over a year. The porn bots oftentimes send people asks and messages, trying to get them to go to a website full of viruses. They also spam advertisements on others posts.
Users have also begged that Tumblr ban neo-nazis, child porn, and pedophiles, all which run rampant on the site. The site/app got so bad that it was taken off the app store.
However, instead of answering the users, Tumblr has instead taken the liberty to ban all NSFW content, regardless of age. But users have already run into issues of their SFW content being marked as sensitive and being flagged as NSFW, not allowing them to share their work.
Not only does this discriminate again content creators, but it also discriminates against sex workers. Disgustingly, the ban will be enacted on December 17 which is also International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.
This ban is disgusting, and while I (and plenty of others) welcome porn bots and child porn being banned, the Tumblr filtration system is broken. It tags artistic work’s nipples as NSFW (when it is art), it tags SFW art as NSFW (when it is not), and does not stop the porn bots, neo-nazis and dozens of other issues.
This ban is discriminatory. This ban is ineffective. This ban is unacceptable.
To protest, log off of your Tumblr account for the entirety of December 17th. Log off at 12 am EST or 9PM PST and stay off for 24 hours. Don’t post. Don’t log on. Don’t even visit the website. Don’t give them that sweet ad revenue.
Tumblr’s stock has already taken a hard hit. Let’s make it tank. Maybe then they will listen to the users.
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