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trying on a metaphor
let's talk about Bridgerton tea, my ask is open
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he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
if i look back, i am lost
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@alt-account-ception
Me: I want to be friends with others, but idk what to say to them.
My other friends: Just send them this.
Out of Touch
Out of Touch Thursday
OUT OF TOUCH THURSDAY
but im out of my head when you’re not around…
reblog and put in the tags yuor favorite awful mode from parappa the rapper franchise
ur first and last recent emojis are ur gender now. mine is 🅱👨❤💋👨
#😩🇷🇺
Oh.
🇵🇱♉
wh-
👀🌃
what
🍇🍞
Uh... I mean, I like both those things.
quick who is this wrong answers only
ill go first. tommyinnit.
peter parker got spiderverse’d BAD
Holy shit, is that Wilbur Soot??
Yooo internet be humanizing power outlets now?
Dad..................?
bro that’s the blood god
what is happening in this post
what do you mean what’s happening? that’s a picture of whole wheat toast
yoo holy shit is that a tube of glitter glue??
Grain
wait why has no one else said this yet
Holy shit its Kool-Aid Man
wilbur soot
fundy is that you??
guys guys guys.
this is obviously mumbo jumbo.
its a picture of a saltine cracker with ketchup on it
sand wich :)
bro thats a cod what do you mean
YouTube sensation Red Vactor?!
i think that's fuckignn. Kellogs cereal mascot
Cxlvxn??
yooo??? ghostbur but red???
folks, folks…
that’s clearly charlie slimecicle
Gree-on
Taurtis
Watcher #3 Now with no eyes.
cmon now…. Thats CLEARLY a personified toaster!
brian
Gray and
Pokemon
Sonic
Undertale
Deltarune
Earthbound
Plague inc.
Cuphead Don’t Deal With The Devil
SUPER MARIO BROTHERS
Yakuza 0
Rocket League
Hotline Miami
super hot
Danganronpa
super smash bros
elsword
hollow knight :)
creature in the well
Splatoon
A Hat in time
Yume Nikki
Shovel knight
Just shapes and beats
Project Arthermia
Geometry Dash
Kirby and the rainbow curse
cookie run kingdom
Calico
Cookie run Ovenbreak
Cookie run puzzle world
Super Mario Odyssey
Among Us
Pico's School
Mario the Music Box
Doki Doki Literature Club
That moment when you start a sideblog...
But then some of your online friends find it and follow it...
And you haven't posted any of the stuff you started the blog for...
But now you can't...
Help. /j
“But if you forget to reblog Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity.”
not even risking that shit
scrolled past this, re-evaluated my life, then SCROOOLLLED back up and hit the damn reblog button.
She ain’t no games in real life so I take her serious all the time
Anyone with a name that starts with a “Z”, ends with an “i”, and isn’t some kind of Italian pasta, IS SERIOUS
I’m not climbing no mountain with a pig on my back, 🙅🏽🙅🏾🙅🏿 Negative.
Nope. I know better, have your reblog Madame Zeroni.
who the fuck is Madame Zeroni
Look at these stupid children who don’t know who Madame Zeroni is
Man lissen if you don’t know you better ask somebody AFTER you hit the reblog button
Idk who she is but I have an exam today so I’ll reblog her
idk who she is but i have an exam today so i’ll reblog her
^Haiku^bot^0.4. Sometimes I do stupid things (but I have improved with syllables!). Beep-boop!
Because wise, I am.
Oh fucks no she’s back lmao must reblog. I’m sorry guys
2 million people aren’t wrong
Not sure who this is, but gonna reblog anyways.
reblog and make a wish! this was removed from tumbrl due to “violating one or more of Tumblr’s Community Guidelines”, but since my wish came true the first time, I’m putting it back. :)
OH MY FUCKING GOD, IT’S BACK ON MY DASH.
THIS SHIT WORKS OKAY, I AM DEAD SERIOUS.
The last time I saw this on my dash, I didn’t think it would happen, so jokingly I wished I could go to a fun. concert.
AND GUESS WHAT, I WENT TO A FUCKING FUN. CONCERT.
THIS SHIT WORKS, TRY IT.
YOOOOOOO
I SAW THIS ON MY DASH THE OTHER DAY AND THOUGHT “ITS WORTH A TRY” SO I WISHED I COULD GET A 3DS
LITERALLY LIKE 4 DAYS LATER MY DAD SENT ME A PICTURE OF THE 3DS XL HE BOUGHT FOR ME WHILE I WAS AT SCHOOL
IM STILL FREAKING OUT ABOUT THIS
holy fuck, I didn’t expect this to work, I was like psh, whatever it’s just a quick reblog, but I wished my Dad would actually respond back to me AND HE FUCKING DID A FEW DAYS LATER, I GOT A FUCKING TEXT FROM MY DAD TODAY WHO HASN’T SPOKEN OR RESPONDED TO ME IN MONTHS HOLY FUCK WHAT IS THIS MAGIC IT WORKS.
some very important info re: paid accounts~
I am not a lawyer, but I can decently interpret legalese and, being as I also suffer from tl;dr syndrome and assume others may as well, I took one for the team and went through the updated TOS for the post+ accounts and highlighted (what I understand to be) the most pertinent information, which ultimately comes down to this:
You cannot monetize copyrighted works (aka charge and earn money from fanfic, fanworks, etc) and if you do decide to put your fanworks behind a paywall via Tumblr, when you are inevitably sued, Tumblr will not protect you and will not defend you and you alone, personally, will be responsible for whatever monetary damages said lawsuit results in.
If anyone is a lawyer and knows I've gotten any of this wrong, please do not hesitate to correct me/this post.
Screenshots taken from Tumblr's TOS (updated 7-21-21), Stripe's Account Agreement, and the post+ FAQs.
1. Your paid account will not be hosted by tumblr; it is routed through a 3rd party.
2. By signing up for a paid account, you're entering into an agreement with Stripe, so in addition to Tumblr's TOS, you are also bound to Stripe's TOS.
3. Stripe, like Tumblr, will not defend you or protect you against any lawsuits.
4. Furthermore, you may end up owing Stripe money (indemnify = compensate)
5. Tumblr's TOS specifically states that you can't put any content on your post+ account that violates any laws, including laws that protect intellectual property rights of others. This is super important, because Tumblr's post+ FAQ also states that you can post anything that you would regularly post on tumblr, which I'm sure many will take to mean that gifsets, fanworks, etc are fair game, since all of that stuff can be posted on tumblr now. However, the difference is, you're not making money from the fanworks you're posting or reblogging now. Once money enters the equation, the game changes.
Tumblr is making it seem like any and all content goes for post+ accounts, knowing 90% of this site is fanworks. This is not true and you'll be opening yourself up for lawsuits if you charge for fanworks.
6. Tumblr further disclaims any and all liability in any legal issues.
tl;dr: Please do not make a post+ account, bc you will be opening yourself to lawsuits and if that happens, Tumblr's response will be not our problem, you agreed to all the terms which said you couldn't do that, sorry not sorry. Please protect yourself.
This post is a public service.
This staff’s post explaining their POV on this just showed up on my wall, so here, have the relevant part:
We do, however, want to address the main concerns we are hearing:
Fanfiction & Copyright Infringement
Basically, the process works the same as it always has. And yes, the following information is coming to you straight from a lawyer:
We fully support Creators sharing their fanfiction and fanart on Tumblr. We encourage sharing creative work of all kinds on the platform.
Fanfiction and fanart are frequently considered fair use and we support our Creators’ fair use rights. Monetizing fan work does not necessarily mean that it isn’t fair use.
Any content posted on Tumblr, both free and monetized, should follow our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines, which prohibits infringing the intellectual property rights of others. Whether a piece of fanfiction meets the requirements for fair use varies depending on the work. Intellectual property rights holders are in the best position to decide if they think a fanfiction or fan art violates their rights. If they do, they can use the normal Tumblr DMCA process to identify content for removal. Creators can also take advantage of the normal counter-notification process if they believe the content was misidentified as infringing.
So, basically, with a bit of fancy wording around it how it’s gonna be Totally Cool, No Worries on tumblr’s side, OP’s point still stands fully, imo.
Thanks for the addition, @hidden-but!
Once again, I am not a lawyer, but here's my interpretation (again, anyone who is a lawyer please correct me if I'm wrong) of the above post (because I think it's deliberately misleading):
Basically, the process works the same as it always has. And yes, the following information is coming to you straight from a lawyer: We fully support Creators sharing their fanfiction and fanart on Tumblr. We encourage sharing creative work of all kinds on the platform.
Emphasis mine. This is worded very specifically; Tumblr is not supporting or encouraging you to sell your fanworks. They are not encouraging you to charge for your fanworks. Share =/= sell.
We encourage you to share your fanworks
means
we encourage and support posts and reblogs containing copyrighted works, but we're not telling you to SELL ANYTHING, so if you do, then the consequences are your problem.
Fanfiction and fanart are frequently considered fair use and we support our Creators’ fair use rights. Monetizing fan work does not necessarily mean that it isn’t fair use.
I think this is irresponsible wording bc it makes it seem like you have the right to charge for copyrighted works if you claim that your work falls under fair use - but how many of us actually know what fair use means? And if you don't know what it means, how can you use it as a defense by claiming your work falls under it? I'll be honest, I don't really know what all "fair use" entails but when I looked it up I found a pretty straightforward and thorough explanation that cleared things up for me.
From this article on fair use, published by Stanford Libraries:
In its most general sense, a fair use is any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and “transformative” purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work. Such uses can be done without permission from the copyright owner. In other words, fair use is a defense against a claim of copyright infringement. If your use qualifies as a fair use, then it would not be considered an infringement.
So what is a “transformative” use? If this definition seems ambiguous or vague, be aware that millions of dollars in legal fees have been spent attempting to define what qualifies as a fair use. There are no hard-and-fast rules, only general guidelines and varied court decisions, because the judges and lawmakers who created the fair use exception did not want to limit its definition. Like free speech, they wanted it to have an expansive meaning that could be open to interpretation.
Most fair use analysis falls into two categories: (1) commentary and criticism, or (2) parody.
Emphasis mine.
Translation: You can share your fanworks (we're not telling you to sell them) and if you get in trouble, you can claim "fair use," and if that defense doesn't work because fair use isn't applicable, we will not protect you from whatever legal ramifications you face.
Whether a piece of fanfiction meets the requirements for fair use varies depending on the work. Intellectual property rights holders are in the best position to decide if they think a fanfiction or fan art violates their rights.
I'm just going to say Anne Rice and leave it at that.
Okay, I'll say more than that. Many authors, creators, etc won't hesitate to, at the very least send you a cease and desist and, at the worst, file a lawsuit against you. This is why it's so important that AO3 is non-profit and you can't link to or mention your ko-fi, patreon, etc - because many ip rights holders do not consider fanworks to be fair use and will go after authors (or artists, etc), so AO3's legal defense rests on "nobody is making money or profiting from this."
What Tumblr is doing is removing itself from any responsibility here by saying, okay, even if what you post isn't considered fair use, it's fine unless the person who owns that intellectual property decides to come after you, in which case, again, we are not going to protect you.
Tumblr went out of its way to say their statement on copyrights came directly from a lawyer. All this means to me is that Tumblr got their lawyer(s) to word their side in a way that protects them from any legal liability while still encouraging you to profit off of copyrighted works, and they're trying to make it seem like a lawyer has said this is fine, but that is very much not the case.
tl;dr: Copyright law and "fair use" are much more complicated than you might think, and the latter is probably not going to hold up as a defense if someone comes after you, and Tumblr still will not protect you. So again, by creating a post+ account and putting fanworks behind a paywall, you will be making yourself very vulnerable to legal action being taken against you and Tumblr will not do a thing to help you.
!!!!!!! If possible please reblog this version, re: tumblr's stance on fair use. I've already seen a few people saying tumblr said it's legal to monetize fanworks, so their post is definitely sending the wrong message to users.
Important. Please read.
Look, I'm just as sick of hearing about PostPlus as the next user, but I took a look at the post the staff made about the feature.
This feature is optional and...
Along with a reminder that it's optional, people who do choose to use it can pick which posts to put behind the paywall.
So, unless I'm missing something, if you don't monetize your fanfics and fanart, you won't have legal issues.
Yes, I think the feature is dumb and shouldn't exist, and no, I won't be supporting/using it.
But!
It's not the end of the world!
Not trying to sound like reblog bait, but PLEASE reblog this so others see it! I just want people to know that even if the log-out strike doesn't work, it's not the end of the site.
Thank you for reading. I offer you all some cookies in these trying times. 🍪
The problem is they actively encouraged people to put their fanfic and fan art behind the pay wall.
Ah, okay. Yeah, that is pretty dumb. Like, you think they would know that would lead to a bunch of issues.
Important. Please read.
Look, I'm just as sick of hearing about PostPlus as the next user, but I took a look at the post the staff made about the feature.
This feature is optional and...
Along with a reminder that it's optional, people who do choose to use it can pick which posts to put behind the paywall.
So, unless I'm missing something, if you don't monetize your fanfics and fanart, you won't have legal issues.
Yes, I think the feature is dumb and shouldn't exist, and no, I won't be supporting/using it.
But!
It's not the end of the world!
Not trying to sound like reblog bait, but PLEASE reblog this so others see it! I just want people to know that even if the log-out strike doesn't work, it's not the end of the site.
Thank you for reading. I offer you all some cookies in these trying times. 🍪
POST PLUS IS COMING, WHETHER YOU WANT IT OR NOT!
Despite the fancy survey, changes to the UI and TOS reveal we’re getting the service in the future whether we want it or not. Obviously, Post+ is a terrible idea that is trying to bank revenue on user content. Unlike patreon or onlyfans, tumblr’s primary focus is on FAN content. The legality of this is NOT in the users favor and as the new tumblr TOS states, said users will be entirely liable for whatever legal matters arise.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING?
Besides filling out the survey, it’s time to show tumblr we mean business and show our displeasure by hitting them where it hurts.
Ad revenue.
We’re proposing a 24 hour log off as phase one of this protest.
WHEN IS THE PROTEST?
AUGUST 6th, 2021 12 am Eastern Time (US) 5 am Greenwich Mean Time 6 am Central European Time 8 am Moscow Standard Time 1 pm Australian Western Time 2 pm Japan Standard Time 3:30 pm Australian Central Time 4 pm Australian Eastern Time AUGUST 5th, 2021 11 pm Mountain Time (US) 9 pm Pacific Time (US)
THE END TIME IS 24 HOURS FROM START TIME!!!
So no posting, no queues, no likes, and no reblogs!
WHAT IF I CAN’T/WHAT ELSE CAN I DO?
Like this post and share it AS MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE. Use the hashtags #tumblrlogoff2021 or #postplusprotest on ANY and ALL social media.
WILL THIS WORK?
Maybe, maybe not. It’s an attempt at doing SOMETHING.
I’m so doing this. Setting my calendar! Keep tumblr free!
Think of your other social medias. You don’t want to pay a monthly subscription fee for those, do you? No, I didn’t think so. And I don’t either. Plus I have a really bad feeling that if Post + becomes a thing it’ll screw over content creators, then the company will get most of the money while the creators will only get a small percentage.
That’s why it works how it does now! Free tumblr, but the creators can put up a ko-fi, buy me a coffee, or something like that where THEY can put the pricing, and they CAN get the full amount and support themselves financially. With subscription things like this, there’s always someone who gets screwed over, fine print, and legal loopholes to get away with crap.
This is different from Patreon, which is specifically designed for this, and people know that. Tumblr wasn’t originally designed for this. Let’s keep it how it is now. Free, fun, and for everyone.
Also, one more thing; do you know how many of us are broke? Or minors who aren’t old enough to get a job yet? You have no idea how bad some of us are financially right now. You think we have money to pay for this? No, we don’t. And that also hurts the creators we follow too, because now we won’t be able to support them with likes and reblogs because we’ll have to pay just to see their stuff! I mean heck, I’ve supported a few people on here multiple times through their ko-fi or buy me a coffee, but that’s when I can afford to, even if it’s just a few bucks.
On top of car payments, insurance, doctor bills and all then usual stuff of being an adult, the last thing I need is one of my favorite websites being turned into a subscription place. Like, no. Come on guys. Let’s do whatever we can to prevent this from happening.
@staff
I'll participate, but...
Isn't PostPlus optional to use? And can't you choose what you put behind the paywall?
So by that logic, just either don't use it at all, or if you do want to, just don't monetize fanfic and fanart. Then you won't get in legal trouble.
Unless I'm missing something, I don't think we need to go on strike.
I sure hope people see this. ...
Y'know what, fuck this bullshit. I need to know y'all are actually against it.
Reblog this if you will NOT use or support Post+.
I hope to make @staff see how that is total bullshit. Tumblr will die without writers/creators.
Tumblr: *creates Tumblr+*
Rb if you pinky promise not to join Tumblr+ and won’t hide your content behind a paywall
One of the reasons I joined Tumblr was because it was free.
So yeah, I'm not gonna... just...
Sorry if this sounds rude, but Tumblr! You're not EA! Let them do the paywall stuff, we're used to it from them!
The more I interact with fandoms, the more I see of this bias hatred that seems to brew within them. Fandoms need to cut it out with this superiority complex they all seem to have. The hatred towards other fandoms, other fandom members, crossovers, etc needs to end.
Your fandom is NO better than any other. It is no worse than any other. The people in it are no better or worse than those in other fandoms.
Your fandom is great. Your fan-made content is great. YOU ARE GREAT.
You are not cancer. You are not autistic (as in the insult, not the actual disorder.). You are not “cringe”. YOU. ARE. WONDERFUL.
Furries, Otaku, Gamers, Undertale fans, FNAF fans, Sonic Fans, Bronies, Pegasisters, etc. All of you are great!
What you make, and do, is wonderful.
Your cosplays, art, fics, muses, sonas, OC, comics, animations, make up, cosplays, etc. It is all wonderful.
Don’t let people who hate on fandoms for no good reason get you down. Don’t feel the trolls. Keep your head held high, and show off your work proudly.
Even those who don’t “make things” contribute to the fandom greatly. Something as simple as a like, note, repost, retweet, comment, and more could make someone’s day. YOU could be the reason someone smiles, and is happy.
Everyone fandom has it’s bad sides. Rabid members. Trolls. Hateful people. Judgmental people. Drama starters. “Creeps”. But, the good people outweigh the bad in my eyes.
Maybe if we all spread love, acceptance, and friendship within out fandoms then the term “fandom” wouldn’t be so hated. Maybe, if we all loved our fellow members, and made our fandoms more welcoming to new members they wouldn’t see us as “Cancer”.
So, the next time you go to call someone “cringe”, go to hate someone’s crossover, go to bash a ship, to make fun of someone, to shame someone’s art…Why don’t you don’t stop to think of something nice to say instead? Leave a like. A heart react. A meaningful comment. Offer assistance. Do a request. Compliment an OC. Read a little of a fic. Give a ship some love. Maybe even make a new friend! Who knows, maybe that person in the other fandom will have more in common with you than you think.
It means a lot to the people in your fandom, and others.
~Feel free to reblog this! Please do not post elsewhere, edit, etc without my permission~
REBLOG EVERYBODY REBLOG OR YOU ARE ALL NOTHING TO ME
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Possible addition(?): Hating on people because their pfp is Gacha
