Grace

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[xenoqueer]

When Tumblr bans porn, who loses?

Verizon is leaving the engine of internet culture to sputter and die, and its communities to scramble for a new home.

The Vox article that I was interviewed for is up and running, and it contains some serious fuckign information about this whole fiasco.

Information that tumblr just straight up refused to provide to its userbase at all.

Unsurprisingly to those of us watching this website deteriorate over the last year, this full content purge and ban has been in progress for a solid 6 months. The date got moved up because of the child porn thing, but it was always coming for us.

Equally unsurprising: Tumblr’s management and ownership are absolutely destroying the actual staff working on it. The company has been hemoragghing senior staff without so much as a token attempt to keep them in place. So the drops in site quality are real, and wil probably only be getting worse.

Truly astonishing is the fact that apparently this crap was supposed to “double” the userbase by the end of next year. Boy, howdy, that’s not gonna work out well for them.

[shabbytigers]

good luck with your plan to sell ads targeting a user base that doesn’t exist any more, @staff.

[fandomshatewomen]

Then they’re def gonna let Tumblr die on the vine when it doesn’t pan out. It’ll take a few years but mark my words, this is going to work out about as well as when Rupert Murdoch bought MySpace and everybody left. Also, fuck Verizon forever.

[a-trans-resource-blog]

Plz lemme know if you reblog this and it disappears. I have Suspicions.

[xenoqueer]

I mean, there are already mutuals of mine reporting that they can’t see this post, only a “post was deleted"notice on my blog, and I’m the OP. So, whatever your suspicions are, I suppose mark them as confirmed.

[trashbandikyut-deactivated20181]

i’ve seen it disappear about 5 times off my dash. 

[ciphernetics]

[sweetoothgirl]

BROWNIE CRINKLE COOKIES

[unclefather]

[jamtav]

wait hold on i know how to save tumblr

[scottishpkm]

[scottishpkm]

Wait what the actual fuck

[cybercrimer]

[arahir]

twitter etiquette for new users

replying is how you make friends! reply to anything you want and be friendly. don’t make rude jokes if you’re not friends already though!

quote retweeting is a no-no. when you “retweet with a comment” it’s not liked by content creators because it makes a new tweet out of their tweet and they don’t get the likes and retweets they would get if you’d just retweeted it straight up. if you want to comment on a retweet, reply to it or post a new tweet starting with “LRT” which stands for “last retweet” (it’s fine to quote retweet dumb memes and so on.)

you can make your tweets private. this means no one but your followers will be able to see what you post and no one will be able to retweet your content.  you can switch back and forth between private and public at will. some people make a separate private account to tweet personal stuff and let mutuals follow it only. it’s a good way to keep things separate.

what is privatter? privatter is a third party web app that content creators can allow to be attached to their twitter. it lets them tweet content that they can make exclusive to logged in users, followers, mutuals, or a specific list of users. as long as you are logged in to twitter and fall into the intended category, you’ll be able to see it. 

you can mute people you follow. (and those you don’t, ofc.) you can also mute words and phrases and entire conversations. if you mute someone you follow and they reply to you, that reply will still show up in your notifications. it’s a good way to keep the peace!

you can limit notifications to people who follow you or to mutuals. (notifications from people you follow will still show up regardless of which option you’ve selected.)

miscellaneous tips and warnings: if you accidentally unfollow and refollow someone, it won’t show up in their notifications as long as it’s within a couple minutes. no more accidental stuff. everyone can see who everyone follows so watch out. people will know if you unfollow. if you want to report someone and want them gone forever, report a tweet where they used a curse word. screenshotting tweets for harassment is a no-no and can get you banned. don’t be lame. don’t be a dick. vaguing others is generally really bad form and so is complaining about content within a fandom you’re in. use the mute tools at your disposal and don’t be a spoiler. you won’t come back from a rep like that and everyone sees everything.

that’s it! happy tweeting!!

[arahir]

how do i keep all my content together on twitter?

threads are your best friend!! you make a tweet with your commission info and links and so on and pin it to the top of your page. then reply to that tweet with a copy and pasted link to the tweet where you posted the art/fic/etc you want to not lose. reply to that new tweet with the next piece of artwork and so on. you can also make a unique hashtag for your content to use when you post, so that when you search that hashtag later you’re able to see just your art. good luck!

[executiveoutcomes-deactivated20]

*posts any picture*

tumblr:

[coffeegrace]

Also, more on the subject I guess. I’m not leaving specifically because of the nsfw ban, but it’s definitely part of it. Because, hey, I’m an adult and this complete ban on anything even remotely adult-oriented makes this site seem way more for kids now. Art posted here made up a big chunk of my enjoyment of this site and this overkill censorship ruins it for me. 

My main issues tho: 

Absolutely horrible management/moderation. Like, they could not do a worse job if they tried. With every update they break the site, and now literally all of tumblr being flagged as nsfw whether it’s nsfw or not. Come on. It’s like the site is run by monkeys. 

They have had a rampant problem with child porn and aggressive porn bots (that force you to view whatever porn image they have set as their icon every time they like/reblog/comment/follow) for years. They still have this problem. But instead of fixing that they come for artists and sex workers. 

The fact there’s so much nazi bullshit on this site and they don’t do jack shit about that but god forbid we see a ”””female-presenting””” nipple (whatever the fuck that means). 

I’m sure this site is going to tank completely, but even if by some miracle it doesn’t I don’t want to support it until at least some of these things are fixed. It sucks and I’m real sad about it. 

[coffeegrace]

Info to keep in contact!

I’m not planning on deleting my blog (at least not this blog,the art tumblr will prob have to go) I’m also not planning on checking in here a lot after the 17th. If by some miracle they fix this I’ll come back, but I’m not holding out a lot of hope for that. Until then I’m gonna try and avoid giving them revenue by viewing ads on this site. 

For all the wonderful friends I’ve made here over the years, here’s some info on where to find me: 

Discord tag: Grace#7606 

This is the messaging service I use the most, it’s checked every day throughout the day. But if you don’t use that and want to facebook message me, send me an ask and we can talk privately to connect there (for mutuals only). Also for mutuals you can have my phone number if you prefer texting. I don’t use skype anymore. 

Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198043380424

I’m on steam a lot so this is a pretty good way to reach me, and we can also play games together!

Twitch: twitch.tv/coffeegrace  

I stream pretty much every Friday night, so swing by and hang out with us while I play video games. 

Instagram name: coffeegrace

snapchat name: sneakylittleelf

Tumblr may have gone to shit, but I’ll never forget the connections I made here. You guys made this a special place. I love you all very much! 

[cylin-aka-ankamo]

Tumblr Purge - it’s about money

I’ve seen a couple of posts now advocating to not migrate from Tumblr to other services, but to stay and fight. And while I applaud that mindset to resist and I am all for contacting @staff and telling them (in a respectful manner) that you are unhappy, I don’t believe it will do anything.

It hasn’t in the past.

And this is why:

Tumblr is about creating revenue. Those ads and stuff? It creates revenue. Companies pay to have Tumblr show them to you. So the more users there are on a platform, the more companies are interested to pay Tumblr for the ‘privilege’ of showing their ads to you. Tumblr users are literally revenue creating golden geese. And this is the only thing we are to them. This is why Tumblr is free (it is not in fact: you don’t pay money, but you pay by consuming ads whether you want to or not)

This Purge is not about making Tumblr a ‘safer, friendlier place’. It is not about stopping child pornography or nudity or sex or any of that. It is not about an ethical or moral obligation (as evidenced by Tumblr not caring one bit about fascist propaganda, etc.).

It is about being taken off Apple app store

Being taken off that means loss in revenue, because the Tumblr app reaches less people’s devices -> less people interact with it -> less chances to show ads -> less companies interested in paying Tumblr to show you ads -> less money for Tumblr. It is about money, not some moral or ethical obligation (but those reasons sell better in PR)

This Purge is Tumblr’s idea to get back into that sweet app store as quickly as possible to recover revenue

The reason Tumblr never really handled the porn bot issue? It was not profitable

The reason Tumblr didn’t (and still doesn’t) care about fascist ideas percolating freely here? It is not profitable. (after all, they didn’t get taken off the app store for allowing those ideas…)

The reason Tumblr doesn’t care about harassment cases? It is not profitable

The reason they act now (with this knee-jerk reaction) is because it is actually hurting them in their bottom line.

I get you like Tumblr, heck, I like(d) Tumblr! But I am happy to not update and do much here anymore (basically let my blog slowly die (or even remove it, I’m not sure yet), go some place else that maybe even has an ounce of ethics left (or more than an ounce), give my money to them (in form of actual cash, or the time I spend looking at ads to keep them in business) rather than support a system that really does not care at all about anything but the revenue.

I know you’re scared of loosing your content, people you have connected with, the network you have created (and also the connections you have made that actually pay you money). However, this is something you can have some place else. Yes, it will take time and effort (and I am aware that it hurts people financially right now), but it is not like you, or fandom, or your safe space will drop off the face of the earth.

I say, fine, if my content (and therefore the driving force for people to connect with me -  and be shown the ads displayed by Tumblr) is not wanted here, I go some place else.

And hurt their bottom line. That is the only thing Tumblr cares about. It is the only thing that will  interest them.

Maybe they will even create a better site in a few year’s time to gain those golden geese back. Doubt it though.

If they do, I consider coming back.

If not, fuck you. I take my business elsewhere, cause loss of revenue is the only language they understand.

[silvysartfulness]

This exactly. This is why I don’t reblog those “I’ll go down with this ship” or “tumblr won’t disappear dec 17th, I’m staying” posts.

Because staying means remaining loyal to the corporation screwing us over.

It means choosing to remain their product.

Staying = keep generating their income, even as they dismantle all the things that did (all fuckups aside) make this place good and worthwhile. They’re counting on us to be complacent.

And I’m not ok with that. They’re hurting so many with this, most of them marginalized people, indie creators, those who have nowhere else to go - and I can’t stand by and pretend that doesn’t matter.

If things go ahead as they’ve said, I will likely consider migrating for real. It will suck to lose all the friends I’ve made here, but hopefully we can stay in touch elsewhere.

[guywhoisnotevil]

heads up before you spend $$ on pillowfort, especially note the paypal thing. the io domain concern does not seem carefully enforced but is in the TOS so 🤷

[friendly-animals]

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[felicia-parker]

Let’s be honest. We’re all here because posts are still in chronological order.

[quiet-nymph]

Photography by Juuso Hämäläinen

[hrefnatheravenqueen]

When even the mainstream media sees that @staff is okay with nazis while getting offended at the female nipple.

[sdzoo]

Just a friendly reminder that satanic leaf-tailed geckos are devilishly cute and not evil at all 😈