i gotta be real with you guys im just sort of stunned tumblr has been running an open-front ZenDesk form for tumblr TOS reporting this whole time that doesnt require any kind of validation except a fucking email address. this one fact alone explains every single "why did so and so get banned for no reason" event of the past X years. however it is equally baffling that i didnt notice it before now. i would say it is baffling they implemented it in the first place but like i said, the management of their website is verifiably not well
Tumblr stuff can only be aware of this problem and the extent of the spam problem causing mass deletions. Any investigation into timestamp data on complaints would immediately reveal spamming, likely by bot networks. They have presumably been instructed by management not to investigate it or address it. Does not explain the nuclear bombings of large groups of trans women. That’s likely management deliberately using the banhammer on groups of users via terminal commands, eg the isuggestforcefemme fiasco, by pulling user lists from the reblog chain of a given post.
Tumblr almost certainly does not have a data-backed and validated method for moderation, and this is quite obvious from the mature content labels on any post containing the word trans. I think it’s likely that the AI ticket handling/moderation rules are biased against any blog containing mature content, and bc the automation recognizes trans women as mature content, it follows more aggressive rules in moderating those blogs.
