SQUEAKY FUCKING WHEEL GETS THE GREASE LET'S FUCKING GOOOOO
That said, while not to damper our celebration, the fight's not over yet.
Tumblr ownership has made it loud and clear that they do not understand the fundamental principles of this site.
They do not understand what it provides for artists and creatives and bloggers and fandoms. They do not understand that the site's infrastructure is not and will never be compatible with the business models of Twitter and Bluesky. The fact they're still arguing there's a "better version of reblogs" out there is indicative of that.
Reblogs are fine. No one was asking for fixes to reblogs. The way reblogs worked before this change is the platform's greatest asset and the entire reason we use this site over all the other ones on the Internet. You are trying to fix something that is not even broken.
We need fixes to the Community guidelines and systems that constantly flag posts that aren't violating any rules.
We need tangible non-invasive fixes to the filters that bots are constantly able to sneak past which allows them to bombard the site with spam, porn, and scams.
And most of all, we need fixes to staff oversight so that reports about these issues don't constantly get swept under the rug.
This is a symptom of a much bigger issue - Tumblr keeps implementing site-breaking changes that contradict the point of Tumblr without actually consulting or understanding their community first. They're constantly taking the "it's better to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission" route and it's destroying any trust and stability we have in the platform.
We need @photomatt and everyone who works for him @staff @changes to quit viewing Tumblr as a "failure" just because he keeps trying to force a Tumblr-shaped object into a Wordpress-shaped hole. He's completely devaluing and misunderstanding Tumblr's greatest strengths as a community-driven platform and until he does - or until he sells the platform to someone who can - he and his company that oversees Tumblr's development will keep making the same mistakes.
We don't need an adjustment of the reblog system or the core aspects of what makes Tumblr unique. We need an adjustment of the attitudes that are failing to see those aspects and undermining them at every turn.
Tumblr is not Twitter. Tumblr is not Bluesky. Tumblr is not Wordpress. And it never will be. That is not a failure. That is the point.