One of the most interesting set of event stages i'll tell you that much, i was curious when i heard the event basically had nothing but flying enemies and the event mechanic was special platforms that lets your operator block them so i was pleasantly surprised how well it actually played, though i have to agree that the tileset was a bit annoying with how the non-levitating platform tiles are so indistinguishable i often go through stages without ever noticing those tiles exist
Despite all the memes about Tin Man doing 9/11 i honestly didn't expect them to actually commit a false flag operation by blowing up the theme park and blame it on foreign spies this isn't even subtle they straight up spell it out for you, i didn't expect much from Nasti's part of the story but it was honestly really touching icl i cried a little at the end she just wanted to wipe the tears off her mom's face 🥹🥹🥹, i already talked about how i'm absolutely charmed by Skybox but Cairn was also an honestly awesome part of the event i'm really sad i didn't get her from my Nasti pulls, honestly there's just so much more about this event story than i can properly articulate especially with the message of 'progress should not leave people behind' being intertwined with a lot of the characters in this event especially with Sky and Mercia but i will say it definitely shot up to being one of my top favorite ak event stories (also i am patiently waiting for Maryam to become playable just know i will NOT be normal when it happens)
Very late to the party but i must announce i have unfortunately fallen for Gordon Tannen's charms there is no hope for me (i was already planning on getting him maxed out when he was first revealed)
He is very much a scumbag but an honestly respectable one and really funny if nothing else, also apparently according to his promotion file the Doctor actually first interacted with him when they got arrested to get back at Mama John's in that one short story in Vigilo honestly what an insane callback
I've already read the mission briefing, leave it to me.
Operator Outfits Update
Total of 6 new outfits, 1 new addition for the Crossover brand, 1 new addition for the Test Collection brand, 1 new addition for the Epoque brand, 1 new addition for the Achievement Star brand, 1 new addition for the 0011/Yun brand and 1 new addition Marthe brand
Crossover
Camping Time Nya! - Rhodes Island Recon
Test Collection
The Bamboo Spiritualist - Popukar
Epoque
Out of Focus - Vulpisfoglia
Achievement Star
The Enigma of Roses - Vendela
0011/Yun
Scent of the Mists - Vetochki
Marthe
Bouncing Rhythms - Wulfenite (Event Reward)
Collab outfits cannot be exchanged using outfit vouchers
Wulfenite's outfit is a reward from Positional Football Championship
Announced outfit reruns
Fly into the Street - Terra Research Commission
Series XXII Epoque outfits (Scene, Mint, Suzuran)
Habitat - Silence the Paradigmatic
Sweet Jackpot - Insider
Operator Modules Update
The new non-1★ operators immediately get their modules
ARC-X module base effect reduces Violet Mizutsune Orchid's redeployment time by 25 seconds
The base effect and module designation of the Mercenary Guard module is unknown at the time of writing
Kirin R Yato, Narantuya and Vulpisfoglia get their 2nd modules
EXE-Y module base effect increases Kirin R Yato's ATK by 10% if there are no ally units in the 4 adjacent tiles
The base effect of the LPS-Y module is unknown at the time of writing
SOL-Y module base effect reduces Vulpisfoglia's initial DP cost by 4
Events and Stories
Thunder in the Azure Dream, a limited collaboration side story event
Orchid and Catapult opened their eyes again, everything around them so unfamiliar—
Popukar, Spot, Midnight? Why do you all look different than usual?
Land of Illusions, the Curse, the Divine Wheel? There's no record of anything like this in Rhodes Island's database.
Hunting, Exotic Beasts, the Lord of Thunder? Good heavens, will we really be able to go home?
With endless questions, Orchid and Catapult donned new weapons and embarked on their hunting journey.
A Flurry to the Flame Retrospect, scheduled after Thunder in the Azure Dream
Also confirmed that the [Sharpened by Flame] collab headhunting banner with Kirin R Yato and Rathalos S Noir Corne will also rerun with the event
Positional Football Championship, scheduled after Thunder in the Azure Dream
CC#5 Battleplan Obliteration, scheduled after A Flurry to the Flame Retrospect
Operator Archives update for Surfer, Kroos the Keen Glint and Beagle
Record Restore update for Path of Life
Misc Stuff
Special collab profile icon pack, profile card and collab main menu background + UI theme pack sold in the shop during collab event period
Pinecone's [Sing A Song] and Spot's [Professional] outfits added to the certs shop for players that don’t have them
Nasti in 50 pulls, pretty average luck on a non-limited banner, i'm so glad i got her since i really love her kit and at a reasonable amount of pulls bc i'm gonna need all the pulls i can get considering there's the Sui banner in July then the Ep17 banner in October AND followed by Monhun collab 2 in November
Bloodline of Combat Series/Caelum Aeternum. Danger and hardship never remain a fleeting moment, true guardians watch over the eternal cycle of day and night, without cease. Sankta Miksaparato, he was born for this purpose.
You are the light for the innocent, you are the night for the guilty, though you walk on the earth, you embody the majesty of the heavens.
MARTHE Sports Line New Arrivals/The Hardcore Rider. Riding suit designed specifically for competitive motorcyclists, made with windproof fabric and reinforced at the joints, provides top-notch safety while ensuring comfort.
The resting rider appear calm and composed, but once he puts on his helmet, the roar of his engine and his very soul will be etched into the quiet night
Brazil legislation: Digital Statute For Children And Adolescents
Apple App Store Age Verification
These are not tumblr specific policies. Tumblr is implementing age verification in response to legislative moves that were made months ago.
Tumblr is a failing social media site that has escaped death multiple times already; they do not have the social cachet to defy state regulatory agencies. We know they won't say no to Apple, either--the porn ban on tumblr was in response to Apple's crackdown on explicit content.
If you did not know this was happening, you were behind the curve. That is fine. You're caught up now. The next step is to link up with people in your country who are working to preserve privacy, to roll back these laws where they exist, and to prevent their passage where they do not. In the US the organization you want is Stop KOSA--in the EU you can start with Fight Chat Control.
Repealing ID verification and blocking chat control will help everyone, especially the most vulnerable. We can push this back, but we cannot get it done through the Feedback form. We have to get it done at the legislative level and lock it down so it cannot be forced upon us. I see lots of anger out there. Good. Put it to use.
Like they tried to change Reblogs and people rightfully got up in arms, this is a LOT worse. In order to have access to any sort of thing dubbed mature, and We haveALL seen what they think is mature, Everything from a black and white photo of a black woman's arm, to posts about IUD recalls, to a nude painted by a 17th century artist, to anything involving the word Trans; you have to send your personal information to a third party site that WILL get hacked, and you will be doxxed. And they can say "Oh shit, well it wasn't us who sent your name address and gender identity to Moldovan teenagers, here's a couple extra minutes in the ball pit.
That's bad enough!!!!!!!! But the entire idea of needing permission from state authorities to access anything labeled mature by our friendly AI overlords is some fucking Boll shit. Die Gedenken Sind Frie baby. This is all a reaction to people getting uppity about their lowly lowly rights and is being propped up by the same bad actors tht have made life unlivable. Fuck that shit.
"Well it's only being rolled out in Brazil and UK" Yeah, to start. "Well they're being forced to do this by laws." YOu know it's always really funny when these tech giants (Or whatever you call owning tumblr dot com) get really antsy about laws considering they pick and choose which ones they abide by.
This is a breaking point and it's going to be very interesting to see how we proceed from here.
Where's the fucking. The form. The fucking form. Hang on, lemme find it.
Tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. It's where your interests connect you with your
This! Please fill out this! Select "Feedback" and fill out the form! They won't necessarily be paying attention to us complaining in posts, but they will read these forms!
Really making a habit of these last minute event clears huh
Event stages were great, the event mechanic is neat since it can be used as a kinda tile ban but you can also take advantage of it as a crowd clearer or just plan around not letting enemies into the avalanche zones, also i have to bring up that i hated trying to figure out S-5 CM until i realize SilverAsh alter S3 + Ulpianus with Marcille S2 to stun cancel the deer pretty much solves the stage lol
Event story was pretty good, i had to speedrun the event story in one sitting but it was just that good that i didn't feel bored at all, i really love how the event name is really fitting since it kinda is just repeating the same plot points of Break the Ice but at the same time they're moving forward into the future, it was neat to see them cover the topic of the people being left behind by the rapid advancement of Kjerag and also this time topic of religion and faith and community isn't an allegory for race
Other people have already said it better than i can but i love how the writers didn't make Enya forgive Enciodes for making her the Saintess and that she still holds resentment against him even when she accepts that what he's doing is to make Kjerag better, also idk if it was because i was speedrunning the story but i didn't believe for a second that Ratatos was actually gonna betray the other clans nor did i think she died in the explosion, i understand Elena's inclusion in the story since Rhine Lab is here and it does tie in to her whole story about science vs superstition and how she's bitter about her family traditions and now she's surrounded by people with genuine honest faith in what she thinks is superstitious nonsense and she didn't know how to process that, i had a bad feeling about Adso when he asked Enya if she thought Kjeragandr was real so i wasn't too surprised when he turned out to be the antagonist of the story but i can't lie i do like that the writers brought up the topic of "if god is real then why does (s)he allow suffering to continue" and Adso's entire crisis of faith made him one of my favorite antagonists in AK, i loved that they still managed to fit in Degenbrecher aura farming in the story and lastly i have to say i'm a bit disappointed that Ensia and Monch were barely relevant but oh well next Kjerag event surely
Standing guard, I understand. All new recruits in the army start from this position, it's the same no matter where you go...
Closure, 6★ Tactician Vanguard
When I first met you, I thought you were shrouded in mystery.
After all these years, the mystery surrounding you has finally been brought to light, but the mystery has become your greatest enemy...
Kal'tsit · Esperanta, 6★ Limited Watchman Medic
Perhaps we will be able to see a future that belongs to everyone.
I will no longer question the meaning of my existence, at the end of the journey, the individual named Kal'tsit has found herself.
Operator Outfits Update
Total of 8 new outfits, 1 new addition for the Epoque brand, 3 new additions for the Bloodline of Combat brand, 3 new additions for the Iteration Provident brand and 1 new addition for the Test Collection brand
Epoque
Picnic Times - Aroma (Login Event)
Bloodline of Combat
Purification of the Past - Gracebearer
Sharpened Claws - Mon3tr (L2D)
Caelum Aeternum - Sankta Miksaparato
Iteration Provident
The Spirit Farer - Nowell
Stranded in Utopia - Haruka (L2D)
The Legend Seeker - Exusiai the New Covenant (L2D + Exclusive Voicelines + Alternate Art)
The road ahead is full of rotten apples and bad guys.
But since you enjoy my tunes, then try to keep up.
Test Collection
Yet Another Autumn - Savage (Web Event)
Sankta Miksaparato's outfit will be up for sale during The Masses' Travels Retrospect
Announced outfit reruns
Unruly Humbleness - Lappland the Decadenza
Spot's [Professional] and Pinecone's [Sing A Song] outfits will be in the event shop for players that don’t have it
Operator Modules Update
Closure, Вий (Viy) and Crackborne being part of branches with modules immediately get their modules
TAC-X module base effect makes Closure's Reinforcements take 15% less damage from enemies they are blocking
MSC-Y module base effect grants Вий (Viy) ASPD +30 when holding at least one attack charge
PRP-X module base effect increases the amount of Elemental Injury Crackborne inflicts when blocking by 15%
Degenbrecher, Sankta Miksaparato and Texas the Omertosa get their 2nd modules
SWO-Y module base effect allows Degenbrecher's attacks to ignore 70 DEF
SPT-Y module base effect increases Sankta Miksaparato's Attack Range by 1 tile forward
EXE-X module base effect makes it so Texas the Omertosa refunds 80% of her current DP cost when retreating
Specter the Unchained and Typhon get IS modules
Events and Stories
Ep17: Critical Phase Transition
Creation is a human privilege and instinct.
Creation fulfills people's needs, soothes their fears, and reflects their aesthetics and morality.
Every human creation, all of them are reflections of their own characteristics.
The Creator's creation of humankind is no different.
The answer to the question we seek, it must be somewhere in the future.
Come, people of Ursus, keep up with the pace towards tomorrow.
Don't look back, don't be left behind.
Push everything to the brink.
Duel Channel Ivy Vine, scheduled before the anniversary event starts
Reclamation Algorithm: Relaunch Anchor scheduled to open during the second week of the anniversary celebration event
The Masses' Travels Retrospect, scheduled after the 3 weeks anniversary event
Operator Archives update for Zima the Raging Tide, Closure, Folinic and Hadiya
Misc Stuff
Various QoL updates
Max Sanity cap increased to 210
The method to unlock stage 2/3 green certs shop changed to spending a certain amount of green certs instead of buying every item
Added Battle Records and Skill Summaries to the stage 2 green certs shop
New main menu background as 1500 days cumulative login reward
Annihilation 35 - Vermillion Wall Restaurant, annihilation mission in Yan with Such is the Joy of Our Reunion enemies and mechanics
Pallas and GALLUS² added to recruitment
Ethan's [Infiltrator] outfit added to the certs shop for players that don’t have it
The class tokens in the red certs shop will be changed
Livestream Stuff
Showcased Kal'tsit · Esperanta, the first 6★ of the Watchman Medic branch with a kit that is both familiar but different at the same time
Talent 1 - Dust of the Past increases her Max HP, DEF, Block Count and Block Range. Upon deployment, Kal'tsit and her life repair unit will immediately Take Off
Talent 2 - Monument of the Healer makes it so whenever an ally operator is deployed in her range, they will gain 1 layer of Shield and a buff that heals a certain amount of HP every second that lasts for a few seconds (does not stack). The buff is doubled for [Rhodes Island] operators
Skill 1 - Emergency Response Defensive Line increases her ATK & ASPD and the Block Range of all other ally operators in the air
Skill 2 - Protective Denial is an ammo skill that expands her Attack Range and increases her ATK, attack now fires medical units (prioritizes enemies), dealing true damage to all enemies around the target upon hit, stunning them for a few seconds and restoring HP of all ally operators around the target
Skill 3 - Breakthrough Rebirth gives you a Tactical Anchor Point upon activation, increases her ATK, reduces her Attack Interval and lets her heal an additional target. When you deploy the Anchor, Kal'tsit will move to that tile and will bring along up to 2 of the most recently deployed ally operators within her Attack Range to be deployed in her Attack Range at the new location
Showcased Closure, our newest 6★ Tactician Vanguard with a kit focusing on teamwork supporting her Reinforcements and making full use of their support in turn
Talent 1 - Precise Delivery is the standard Tactician Vanguard talent, but Closure's Command Center has different abilities depending on which skill is equipped, it also allows Closure to count ANY ally in the range of her Command Center as her Reinforcements
Talent 2 - Extreme Scheduling allows Closure to reduce the minimum DP cap by a few points and increase the ATK of all [Rhodes Island] operators when she is in the squad, this talent essentially lets you deploy units when you don't have quite enough DP and go into DP debt, though when you have negative DP the natural DP regeneration rate is reduced
Skill 1 - Recursive Strategy immediately grants all of Closure's Reinforcements 1 layer of Shield upon skill activation (does not stack), then gradually gain a certain amount of DP during skill duration; For each skill activation after deployment, the amount of DP generated increases by +1 (up to a limit)
Skill 2 - Model Extension immediately generates a few DP and then gradually gain a certain amount of DP during skill duration, increase the DEF & Block Count of Closure's Reinforcements, increase her ATK, allows her to attack 2 targets at once and allows her attack enemies blocked by her Reinforcements. When you deploy operators in her Command Center's range, immediately refund a certain % of DP
Skill 3 - Q.E.D. makes Closure gradually generate DP during skill duration, reduces her Attack Interval and makes her attacks lock onto enemies within her and her Reinforcements' original Attack Range, dealing Physical damage and inflicting Lethargy for a few seconds (has a limit), the amount of enemies she can target increases for every few attacks she does (up to a limit)
Lethargy is a new status effect that decreases movement speed, ASPD, cast speed, ability cooldown and status recovery speed the affected target by a certain percentage
Showcased Вий (Viy), the welfare operator of Ep17 whose kit doubles down on the Mystic Caster charged attacks concept
Talent 1 - "Before Swinging the Blade" allows Viy to turn 3 of his stored charges into 1 transposed charge, essentially allowing him to store up to 9 attacks. He also gains ATK when possessing at least 1 transposed charge, gains ASPD when possessing none
Talent 2 - Art of War imbues his attacks and stored charges with a debuff that inflicts Arts damage every second for a few seconds (stacking up to a limit, transposed charge inflicts 3 stacks at once). Viy will not attack enemies with this debuff
Skill 1 - "Self-Call Sign Generation" is an auto recovery auto activation skill that increases his ASPD
Skill 2 - "Wash Away with Fresh Blood" reduces his Attack Interval, after each attack or fired stored charge, his ATK and ASPD increases (up to a limit, firing a transposed charge gives 3 stacks), lasts until the skill ends
Skill 3 - "Inscribed with Crimson Iron" is an ammo skill that increases his ASPD, stored charges can jump between enemies (prioritizing different enemies), transposed charges can jump multiple times instead, each stored charge fired consumes 1 ammo while each transposed charge fired consumes 3 ammo
Showcased the Ep17 mechanic, Radiation that deals damage to allies and boosts enemies, deploy operators near Radiation spots to stop it from getting worse
The cost required to spark Specter the Unchained will be reduced to 200 starting from this event, the cost to spark Gavial the Invincible will be reduced to 200 in the next summer event
Free 6* Selector Voucher containing Surtr, Saileach, Pozëmka, Mudrock, Reed the Flame Shadow, Suzuran, Passenger and Mizuki
Showcased new RA: Relaunch Anchor gameplay
The gameplay of this new RA is similar to Rebuilding Mandate
Days are now split into different phases
Stages consist of randomly generated chunks
You are able to construct buildings and devices while in the stages
You can consume resources to unlock more areas in a stage
Announced Positional Football Championship, a singleplayer version of the co-op gamemode
Different modes such as Goalkeeper and Penalty Kicks
Added Training Mode and buffs you can unlock
Elite operators are available for players with small rosters
Announced CC5 Battleplan Obliteration, featuring enemies and mechanics from First of a Thousand Autumns
Announced new IS: The Black Flow of the Drowning Seekers
Non-linear map like the Sui's Consciousness wonderland, including limited moves to traverse the map
You go to the next area by either beating the area boss or reaching the area exit node
When you run out of moves you are forced into a battle to proceed to the next area
You can equip and craft items to help you move around more efficiently
There are area debuffs that can be removed by going to a specific battle node in that area and clearing it
There are new nodes that can expose nearby nodes, let you teleport to a linked node, let you pay ingots for an emergency recruitment (only stays for the next battle), use up stored vouchers, etc
You can gather "seeds" in one run to get bonus loot in your next run
Introduced with this IS is a new type of Elemental Injury, during the Burst period the affected operator have increased ASPD but will take True damage after every attack and the damage increases with each attack
The new IS Special operator is Mechanist
Teased an Iberia/Aegir event featuring Clementia
Teased a minigame where you use operators as your player character
Discussed QoL changes
Among the new QoL changes planned for this update, they also plan to add the ability to use emotes in base
Free monthly card
Arknights × My Little Pony mini collab event, confirmed to have collab outfits, furniture, profile icons, UI themes, etc
THANK YOU KJERAGANDR 🙏🙏🙏 got the siblings in 50 pulls
My luckiest limited banner in recent memory and i'm left with a decent amount of pulls to try and pick up Nasti next month, though unfortunately i'm running low on exp again
Combat communications channel has been connected, testing will now begin.
Укусик (Ukusik), 5★ Chain Medic
So you are the boss of Boss Sonya? Just call me Ukusik.
Zima the Raging Tide, 6★ Earthshaker Guard
You are just like Istina, always trying to find some grand reasoning behind things before doing something "stupid".
Grand reason or not, all the high walls and barricades they built, we will break them all down all the same.
Operator Outfits Update
5 new additions for the Ambience Synesthesia brand
Unstained, Unshaken - Saria (21 OP)
Requiem Vesperis - Lemuen
As Clear As Crystal - Necrass
Prelude to Transcendence - Surtr (21 OP)
Blooming Reverie - Nymph
These outfits will rerun alongside People, A People
Series XXXI Epoque outfits (Cement, Corroserum, Qiubai, Pinecone)
Ethan's [Infiltrator] outfit will be in the event shop for players that don't have it
2 Fashion Retrospective outfit gachas
Fashion Retrospective II has 16 outfits including [Stronghold] and [York's Bise]
Fashion Retrospective III has 18 outfits including [Refined Horrormare] and [Waverider WR04]
Players can use orundum to pull on both Fashion Retrospective gachas and if the player already has all the outfits in either pool, they will instead get a ticket they can use to redeem an outfit in the current [Rhodes Island Fashion Review] outfit rerun batch
This batch of outfits will rerun as a lead up to and alongside the 7th anniversary event
The Masses' Travels batch of outfits (Wiš'adel, Archetto, Młynar, Fiammetta, Cantabile, Mizuki)
Absolved Will be the Seekers batch of outfits (Ines, Thorns, Muelsyse, Skadi the Corrupting Heart, Blue Poison)
Lone Trail batch of outfits (Skadi the Corrupting Heart, Kal'tsit, Specter the Unchained)
Limited operators Epoque outfits (W, Rosmontis, Nearl the Radiant Knight, Texas the Omertosa)
Limited operators variety outfits (Texas the Omertosa, Virtuosa, Muelsyse, Rosmontis)
Various other outfits as part of Rhodes Island Fashion Review
Operator Modules Update
All the new operators being part of branches with modules immediately get their modules
HAM-X module base effect increases the ATK of Zima's attacks to 115% if there are 3+ enemies in the splash radius of her attacks
XAH-X module base effect reduces Ukusik's healing reduction penalty to 15% per bounce
RIT-X module base effect makes Botani inflict 18% more Elemental Injury to Elite/Leader enemies
Surtr, Nymph and Skadi the Corrupting Heart get their 2nd modules
AFT-Y module base effect inflicts 10% Arts Fragility to enemies Surtr is blocking
The base effects of PRI-Y and BAR-Y modules are unknown at the time of writing
Events and Stories
People, A People, an Ursus side story event
Beneath the somber sky of Deity Grypherburg, they once spoke of tomorrow,
until even the great city was turned into a cage, suffocating all hope.
Ursus will not listen, those eloquent words, the muffled cries.
Oppression, conspiracy, contempt... The only response to these, is a raging tide of fury.
Where are you, thunder— I hear that free soul, that desperate hoarse roar.
Operator Archives update for Snegurochka, Crownslayer, Botani and Vetochki
Record Restore update for Babel
Misc Stuff
Various QoL updates
Improved the story reader allowing players to adjust the font size and letter spacing
Added an option to expand the text area to a half screen display
SSS seasonal missions are made easier and Total Proxy Command Authority will be able to auto complete SSS seasonal missions
Future SSS location reruns will keep your past records for SSS skips and claiming clear rewards
SSS New Season #11 - Stationary Security Service - Alsterii Bellariorum Manufacture Platform & The Abandoned Lighthouse
This is the luckiest i've been on a non-limited banner in recent memory and i'm so thankful for it because my pulls are looking absolutely DIRE right now i just hope i can get both 6★ in the Kjerag limited banner next month
like thats the big thing, regardless of whether or not any of the individual transfem users who get banned Deserved those bannings, pointing out the double standard in where and when terms of service are actually held up is the big thing here. sometimes bigotry doesn't look like giving marginalized people consequences for No Reason sometimes bigotry looks like making sure marginalized people receive consequences for their actions overwhelmingly more frequently than privileged groups. deciding who you actually enforce your rules against is a big way this sort of thing manifests.
whether this girl or that broke the ToS is in my opinion entirely besides the point--what i can say for certain is that i could easily name five transfems off the top of my head who have had blogs set up by estalkers for the sole purpose of harassing them, who have been entirely stonewalled by support, in light of which there being any kind of time or resources dedicated to generating 'internal reports' for random kink blogs is honestly shameful
Lots of talk about "bullying wins" and little talk about power and the flow of capital, which is what matters to the corporate bigheads who approve these things. imo a few things were at play here to make them rescind this.
- It was buggy. Tags not showing up for an OP past even an empty reblog did not appear to be intended (or at least, it was not mentioned in the announcement), and is a MAJOR problem. Specifically, it undoes the major update from around 5 years ago which was heavily praised by the userbase (one of few tumblr updates to actually be widely well recieved) which allowed a poster to see tags in their activity feed. If this was the only problem, they could have launched a bug fix. Same goes for not being able to turn off reblogs.
- Userbase unity? Well, maybe. Specifically - the userbase had a swift, harsh, and overbearing response to this update. Most of the complaints were the same: this will exacerbate harassment, this will disrupt the flow of communication, this will make it impossible for someone to maintain their posts. Big names in the tumblr ecosystem came down hard, fast, and with significant concern: if this stays in place, I will have to leave - this place will not do what I need it to do. Much of the userbase said the same, sharing alternate blog hosting sites and doing the thing we always do when this ship looks like sinking. Additionally, their replies and feedback forms were obviously being flooded. This put real pressure on their workers in the office, which puts financial pressure on the company. I think the most disrupting tactic though, was going offsite. I checked out their instagram and twitter comments; they were flooded. This is something we Don't Usually Do when we're just whining about the newest change. Usually we stay here to complain but we make do with the change. This, I think, is the thing that signified people weren't just whining but were actually for real pissed. And then of course...
- Five hours before the roll-back announcement, an article drops. That kind of bad press is the nail in the coffin for a dying company like tumblr. I imagine several concerned meetings somewhere in those five hours.
What do we learn? The answer is not "bullying works" and "swearing at customer service reps is fun". The answer is to remember that online, we are both the product and the thing that creates the value (similar to but obviously distinct from the actual workers of a corporation; if we vanished overnight they'd have nothing). Brush up on your collective bargaining & try to understand why this happened in this way. And don't try to replicate this for every random update that comes next by endlessly harassing them. Take stock of the little power you have and work out where to put it to use. This is still just tumblr.
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