c'mon honey, just get it over with. you know you're not winning any battles here, you're just alienating every single person you conned. kill yourself and finish it
I've been receiving these types of messages, death threats, go kill yourself threats, for seven months now. They average 2-3 a week, though right now they're averaging 1 threat per day. I'm sending you this message now, this way, because maybe--maybe--you'll realize that something is very wrong, and nothing is being done about it.
You see, I did what I was supposed to do. For a while, I had Anon turned off, but then they went after my friends. I turned Anon back on so they'd focus on me again, instead, because those people didn't deserve to be subjected to that. Neither do I, but this isn't my first rodeo. It's just the *worst* rodeo, the worst hate campaign I've ever seen occur in any fandom, ever, and I've been around since 1996.
I contacted you, @staff, and reported a multitude of these illegal messages, just as I was supposed to. Not only is cyber-stalking and cyber-harassment a crime, but the messages I've reeived, the blogs I've been linked to, all stand in direct violation of your User Guidelines, a subset of your TOS, which users agree to abide by when creating and using an account on this site:
Promotion or Glorification of Self-Harm. Don't post content that actively promotes or glorifies self-harm. This includes content that urges or encourages others to: cut or injure themselves; embrace anorexia, bulimia, or other eating disorders; or commit suicide rather than, e.g., seeking counseling or treatment, or joining together in supportive conversation with those suffering or recovering from depression or other conditions. Dialogue about these behaviors is incredibly important and online communities can be extraordinarily helpful to people struggling with these difficult conditions. We aim for Tumblr to be a place that facilitates awareness, support and recovery, and we will remove only those posts or blogs that cross the line into active promotion or glorification of self-harm.
Violent Content and Threats, Gore and Mutilation. Don't post content which includes violent threats toward individuals or groups - this includes threats of theft, property damage, or financial harm. Don't post violent content or gore just to be shocking. Don't showcase the mutilation or torture of human beings, animals (including bestiality), or their remains. Don't post content that encourages or incites violence, or glorifies acts of violence or the perpetrators.
Harassment. Don't engage in targeted abuse, bullying, or harassment. Don't engage in the unwanted sexualization or sexual harassment of others. If someone is sending you unwanted messages, or reblogging your posts in an abusive way, we encourage you to be proactive. Report them, and block the hell out of them. And if someone blocks you, don't attempt to circumvent the block feature or otherwise try to communicate with them.
Privacy Violations. Don't use Tumblr to deceptively obtain personal information. Don't post content that violates anyone's privacy, especially personally identifying or confidential information like credit card numbers, social security numbers, or unlisted contact information. Absolutely do not post unauthorized nude imagery—that is, private photos or videos taken or posted without the subject's consent.
@staff, you never did anything to stop them. You never helped me. There are a lot of people in my inbox who are allies and friends who will only speak to me through Anon now because we all know exactly where these messages are coming from. People are terrified that if they use their own Tumblr idents, they'll receive the same kind of hate that I do. Some of them have and reported it. Some of them have and deleted it. Some of them have, deleted it, and pretty much abandoned Tumblr in fear. We're all familiar with Tumblr's long-standing policy of inaction when its members have been threatened, and your inaction against groups who have performed those threatening acts, even when they've dedicated their entire blogs to this kind of hate and libel.
Tumblr is often a great dumpster fire that we love, but this kind of fear, this kind of terror, uninterrupted, unresponded to--is this the environment you want for your userbase? Is this the kind of environment into which you want to welcome escapees from a certain other media platform?
We've asked you often, @staff, to try to do better. This is one of those times when it would mean a lot to all of us if you stood by the Terms your own site is meant to adhere to.
All of these messages, all of the vitriol espoused about me on other blogs using my tumblr ident, my fandom ident, my legal name, and the legal names of my underage children, are sent through your system. You know the accounts it originates from.
We're smart enough to understand that there is no truly "safe" place, but it's not uncovered boobs we're afraid of. We're afraid of this. We're being afraid of logging in and being told to go die, go kill ourselves, over and over and over again.
Please honor the pledge of your company's TOS and protect your userbase.
