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[hellph]

RPG’s, Tags, Blogs Being Deleted.

Okay so I’ve ran my fair share of RPG’s and have been in just as many, if not more. And I know that advertising is a BIG thing for these groups as it’s an easy way to get members and such, especially if current members don’t pass it along to their fellow RPers. However, I am an indie RPer first and foremost ( for numerous reasons but that’s for another time ) and I can tell you from firsthand experience, RPG’s are the devil of the RPC because they clog up EVERY known fandom RP tag.

It’s become such a problem that in my ten years of RPing here on tumblr, it has been more and more difficult to find other indie blogs because one RPG has taken up every inch of a fandom tag. And it’s gotten really bad in the last two or three years, but more so since the ‘rona locked everyone down. It’s truly a hassle to try to find new writing partners and it has gotten to the point that people have stopped bothering with using a fandom rp tag on their promos because it gets buried by a thousand RPG promos.

And now, with the sudden and random deletion of blogs, a good handful of them have been indie blogs. Now, time and energy goes into whatever RP blog you’re trying to get up and running, we all know that. But, RPG’s fizzle out over time due to decrease in members, interest in the plot, crappy admins ( not doing their job to keep the peace, etc. ) However indie blogs are generally around for years and years. So because of RPG’s spamming the tags with their ad side-blogs, those in the indie community who use the queue to post replies, memes, character development, etc. are paying for it now.

What I’m trying to say is that, if RPG’s wouldn’t spam the tags every hour of the day, no one would be losing their blog most likely even though this site is batshit backwards and doesn’t know how to properly function. But RPG’s are a big problem and to blame for indie’s being deleted ( I’ve already seen 2 friends lose their blogs and everything they had on it that they’ve been working on for damn near a decade and a half. )

I just hope that this has been a wake up call to RPG’s because something needs to change. And it needs to change soon. Spam is spam and if you constantly reblog / post the same thing over and over again, it’s going to get flagged. Because not only have RPG’s affected indie blogs, they’re affecting others that are non-RP related like authors that are trying to promote their books on this platform because there’s all sorts of audiences here that they are share to reach someone who would be interested.

So my final words to the RPG community is this; be mindful of your tags, come up with some other way to advertise and for the love of everything unholy, stay out of the RP tags as you are pissing off, and have for a very long time, a whole side of the RPC that just wants to write with new people and make new friends. Use the old ass RPG tags that we used to use back in the day ‘cause guess what, it worked then and it’ll work now.

[hellph]

rpschtuff​:

There seems to be some confusion in regards to people finding their blogs deleted. As best I understand it, this is what’s going on.

Several roleplay groups have had their main blogs deleted due to being found in violation of Tumblr’s policies. A common practice of many RPGs is to create a separate ad blog, whose sole purpose is to post promos that link back to their main. Most of these ad blogs are queued to post identical or nearly identical promos at a steady rate – slower queues can post every few days, while faster queues can post every hour.

It seems that this is in violation of Tumblr’s policies regarding spam, as well as “deceptive means to generate traffic/revenue.” Rather than solely deactivating the ad blogs, they are also deactivating the main blogs that they link back to. It also seems that some people have been able to recover their blogs by appealing to Tumblr, but others have been lost forever.

To the best of my knowledge, these abrupt deactivations have only been affecting people that repeatedly make identical or near identical posts. As this is primarily a practice done by RPGs via dedicated ad blogs, it shouldn’t be affecting many indie roleplayers. The few indie deactivations I’ve heard of appear to be unrelated accidents – if this happens to you, contact staff immediately and, provided you’re not in violation of any policies, they should be able to restore your account. That being said, this site is notoriously fickle, so regularly backing up content that you would be upset to lose is always a good idea. For RPGs, your best bet seems to be deleting your ad blog immediately, if you have one, and to drastically reduce how often you post identical promos.

Now, I understand how how it feels to find that something you’ve worked hard on is suddenly gone, with no guarantee of getting it back. It’s a terrible feeling and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. I would greatly prefer Tumblr use some sort of warning system to give users a chance to fix things before all of their hard work disappears.

That being said, RPG spam has been a problem for a long time, with larger fandoms having their main tags rendered unusable due to the sheer volume of nearly identical group promos. So while deactivating blogs with no warning is certainly extreme, I do believe staff is correct to do something to curb this issue. And I hope this will make RPGs reconsider how they promote themselves, and find new ways to do so that are more considerate to other users.

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[charitydingle]

HORROR + LOCATIONS

[tayloracleswift-deactivated2015]

Friend: I need receipts Me: On who 

[elisabetholsens]

Eve Polastri being relatable

[yennciri]

#queen of facial expressions

[raelynnnix]

REMINDER:  Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, who plays Devi in Never Have I Ever, was 17 during the filming of this show so YOU SHOULD NOT be using gifs of her for smut and should be cautious using those gifs in general.

[cleocazo]

evening, tags. i’m not trying to expose anyone or anything, BUT it has come to my attention that the group ( paxamericanarp ) is … quite insensitive and tone deaf, given the current time. i’m including points from an admins character, and like i said : i’m not exposing, but i am putting this out there because in general it feels wildly uncomfortable and over the LINE of problematic. . here’s a link to the bio, even, so you’re aware : this isn’t being taken out of context.

Make Murica Great Again™️

Anti-socialism, Pro-life, Pro-Second-Amendment, Pro-Citizens-United, Pro-universal-healthcare, Pro-capital-punishment, supports the War on Drugs

Against illegal immigration, would significantly improve border control, but advocates a friendlier approach to legal immigrants

Endorsed by the National Rifle Association, with an A rating for her support of pro-gun legislation

To many, the face of Weaponized White Feminism. However, when asked if she herself identifies as a feminist, Sarah Jane says that no, but if it was the year 1900, she would most certainly be a proud and active one. She just can’t relate to the modern-day feminist ideologies the same way, and doesn’t believe men and women are equal: they should have equal rights and opportunities —as all Americans should—but she celebrates their differences and believes they can’t exist separately.

[claudiascoffin]

okay i’ve already reblogged this but for even MORE context here’s more quotes :

Cue being one glorious step away from the next Republican in the White House, but having to listen to blather about EPA and feminism and tolerance anyway. That right there, it’s what THE MESSIAH’S worst nightmares are made of. ( x )

In their home, she was fiercely loved and doted on, but growing up among marble-skinned Southern princesses, that was a whole different story. The fact her parents—Your guardians, you mean—represent the crème de la crème of Tennessee’s high society made it even trickier, because how dare a little Arab girl have a pony and the prettiest dress, and also were her real Mama and Daddy terrorists? ( x )

THE LOST CAUSE’S father, like the unfortunate Old School Republican trope that he is, always wanted a son who will shoot guns, charm ladies, and follow in his footsteps. ( x )

The picture-perfect Republican wife, she’s famous for the lavish garden parties that end with her equally famous jam bundt cake and a reminder to sign the petition to ban Harry Potter in the whole state of Tennessee. Because that’s what Jesus would have wanted, Deborah. ( x )

(It’s not the fact he lost the primaries that hurts, as much as losing them to a woman. Not that he doesn’t love women. No one loves women more than him. But let’s be realistic.) ( x )

When the moment to suspend his campaign came, he shocked once more by endorsing… the woman. In return, he was promised a role in her administration, which is not exactly the crusade he had envisioned, but he will join it nonetheless. For America, anything. ( x )

[maisiehq-deactivated20201110]

just as a small added bonus: the quote they used for the female republican who, as stated by them, would’ve voted for tr*mp ( x ) is this:

“i’m not going to stop the wheel. i’m going to break the wheel.”

it was spoken in game of thrones by the only character who spent 90% of her time on the show putting an end to slavery. so, mmmm.

[hellph]

Hey Char! I hope you're doing well and staying safe! Would you mind giving our group here an opinion when you can? We'd really appreciate it. Thank you in advance!

hey there! sorry for the delayed response but thanks for wanting my two cents lol please keep in mind this is all purely suggestion, not personal, and overall just how i would do things! under the read more ‘cause i’m a long winded bitch.

THEME: It’s nice easy to navigate theme which is always a plus to have especially when making it accessible to everyone. However it feels like it is severely lacking in color and is super minimalist. Which I mean if that’s your sort of thing then so be it. But I personally think it could use a small face lift, give it a dash more bit of color, give it a little more to look at.

PLOT: So I dig the plot, super to the point while also giving the reader plenty to read and mull over. I also dig that you guys include a timeline and subplots section which adds to the main plot and gives a little bit more information. So overall, great plot, all flows together really well and makes plenty of sense.

RULES/GUIDELINES: I would make the section/bit about themes its own section instead of including it with the reserved face claims (might have been a mistake that got overlooked but honestly just a small thing.) Honestly I’m impressed with your rules/guidelines as those are the most important things to have! You guys have clearly laid out what is or isn’t cool and have fully explained everything. So well done with that, guys!

BANNED FC’S: Alright so your banned face claim list is solely just those that don’t wish to be used in RP with a small mention of underage, deceased, and your retired face claim page. So I would highly recommend that you take a look at other RPG and RPH banned face claims lists and to use your judgement and research/look into each one. Because as an admin and general RPer there are certain face claims that shouldn’t be included/allowed in any setting especially those that are SEVERELY problematic. Like maybe you guys are leaving it up to your members to make the call and are trusting them which I get! But including problematic face claims is just...a good way to cover your asses in case someone comes around snooping and really wants to be a downright cunt about things. Trust me, it happens. There’s always someone out there who thinks they know best and love to tell admins how to run their RPG’s. So yea, cover your asses, look at a few other RPG’s and RPH’s with banned face claims list, and just do your own research/looking into them because some people on this site love to label someone as problematic when in reality they just don’t like them and don’t want others to use them. Or they’re simply just too goddamn lazy to research further than the initial “is such and such problematic” and reads the first article that pops up without digging deeper.

APPLICATION: They’re all really good and simple to understand, know exactly what to fill out, etc. However and this seems to be a theme for RPG’s ‘cause this is like the third time I’ve seen it. You have on your sidebar under the SITE INFO that you are an appless / multi-muse superpower rp, but in the application page at the beginning in bold, you have; 

NOTE: All first-time applicants MUST include a paragraph sample with their general application. This can be written either IC for the character you’re applying as or it can be a piece from something else. It should be a minimum of 2-3 decent paragraphs. If a paragraph sample is not included, your application will be rejected.

This right here does not make you an appless RPG or anyone else for that matter who uses the appless tag or has it somewhere on their main blog. Now I’m from the old days of RPG’s (hence the usage of RPG and not RP) so apps included para samples like you were interviewing for a job lol And that’s what y’all and some others have going on. Appless means that there is no audition/interview/para sample of any sort, just the basic application. So yea, I would talk among yourselves and figure out if you’re actually appless or not and if you’re not, don’t use the appless rp tag and remove it from your sidebar section.

LAST THOUGHTS: So overall I think you guys have a pretty solid RPG going on. You have a lovely navigation that is organized and is easy to navigate as well as serving to inform. Yea, other than the few suggestions I made, I think you guys are good to go and I wish you the best of luck! 

[owlonline]

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[campmiasmas]

JENNIFER’S BODY (2009) EUPHORIA (2019- ) SHARP OBJECTS (2018) THOROUGHBREDS (2017) DARE ME (2019- ) SUGAR AND SPICE (2001) THE CRAFT (1996) ASSASSINATION NATION (2018)

[mintykin]

❗AVOID THESE PEDOPHILES AT ALL COSTS! ❗

I was scrolling through Tumblr and came across a post of KNOWN PEDOPHILES ON TUMBLR (many of which have or want to rape actual children/minors)

THERE ARE ACTUAL PEDOPHILES ON TUMBLR TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH MINORS ON TUMBLR

PLEASE SIGNAL BOOST THIS LIST AND KEEP OUR MINORS SAFE

[kya-kawaii]

☆ Reblogging the version not invaded by pedophiles/pedophile apologists ☆

[ijustlikegayporntoomuch]

Lets fucking roast this shit out of em guys!

[mintykin]

Just gonna say this again.

DO NOT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM INTERACT WITH THEM. JUST BLOCK/REPORT.

[girl-in-the-tardis]

# REBLOG TO SAVE A LIFE!!!!

[julie-the-memedealer]

Keep away from these people. If you receive a message, don’t talk to them, don’t insult them, just block them and report. #KEEPMINORSSAFE

[jjngk]

TALK TO YOUR ADMINS IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE RP ! TALK TO YOUR ADMINS IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE RP ! TALK TO YOUR ADMINS IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE RP ! TALK TO YOUR ADMINS IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE RP ! TALK TO YOUR ADMINS IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE RP ! TALK TO YOUR ADMINS IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE RP ! TALK TO YOUR ADMINS IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE RP ! TALK TO YOUR ADMINS IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE RP ! TALK TO YOUR ADMINS IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE RP ! TALK TO YOUR ADMINS IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE RP ! TALK TO YOUR ADMINS IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE RP !

we are all fucking adults here so please, be mature enough to come talk to your admins if you don’t like something or you’re not comfortable with something. and stop sending petty, hateful anons please. admins work fucking hard to create safe, chill spaces for us to write, and some just like to sit on their might superiority chairs and just be fucking passive aggressive. it’s disheartening and it makes me so mad. so please… be a fucking adult and RESPECT YOUR ADMINS AND TALK TO THEM!

[cloakofshadows]

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[indiedocs]

@INDIEDOCS  PRESENTS  :  MISCHIEF MANAGED . . .  AN  ALL-IN-ONE  MULTI-MUSE  CHARACTER  DIRECTORY  DOC  !

mses  reign  brings  you  mischief  managed  !  an  all-in-one  multi-muse  doc  loosely  inspired  by  the  marauders.  it  is  a  slightly  complex  doc  that  could  be  finicky  while  editing  and  is  absolutely,  without  a  doubt,  not  mobile  friendly.  but  never  fear  !  i  will  be  creating  a  more  mobile  friendly  version  soon.  on  the  first  page  is  where  you  will  find  all  of  your  basic  information  such  as  rules,  mains  /  exclusives  and  important  links.  the  second  and  on-going  pages  provide  you  with  “slightly”  more  informative  character  tabs  and  include  stats  and  an  individual  mains  /  exclusives  section  specific  to  those  characters.

instructions. 

as  usual,  to  use  this  doc  click  on  “file”  and  select  “make  a  copy”  then  edit  the  title  of  the  doc  how  you  see  fit. 

to  change  the  colours  of  all  the  table  borders,  either  highlight  the  table  as  a  whole  or  simply  click  inside  one,  then  change  the  border  colour  that  way.  BE  AWARE  :  the  tables  are  all  within  tables  so  you  might  need to work around that.  the  border  size  for  the  outside  tables  are  0px  so  you  shouldn’t  need  to  adjust  them.

to  add  characters  to  the  directory,  there  are  instructions  on  the  last  tab  shown  to  highlight  and  shift  up.  copy  the  whole  tab  then  click  on  the  space  below  each  column  and  paste  the  tab  in.  this  is  where  it  gets  a  little  finicky,  as  it’s  a  table  within  a  table  so  be  careful  not  to  place  your  tab  outside  the  hidden  table  otherwise  you  may  need  to  play  with  it  to  fit.

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the  images  used  in  the  character  directory  are  310px  x  159px.

THIS  CAN  BE  USED  AS  JUST  AN  INFORMATION  PAGE  !  if  you  delete  the  character  directory  aspects,  you  can  use  the  first  page  on  it’s  own.  you  can  also  split  the  docs  so  it’s  one  information  doc  and  a  separate  character  directory.  the  mains  and  exclusives  section  and  the  important  links  section  can  be  swapped  out  for  anything  you  need  it  for.

as  mentioned,  this  doc  can  be  very  finicky.  if  you  have  an  trouble  or  need  any  help,  please  feel  free  to  contact  us.

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[hellph]

Good morning, Char!!! Would you mind giving our brand new rp a shoutout? “Trapped Souls is a crossover and original character rp. The worlds of Teen Wolf and the Vampire Diaries come together in Beacon Hills after they've been trapped in town for a year. The dead are returning just as a mysterious voice over the radio warns them that the worst is yet to come.” We hope you have a wonderful day and thanks so much in advance!!

Ay my bad this took so long to get to, been a couple days ya feel? But like I dig the graphics, plot seems solid, and I’m weak for supernatural RPG’s. So here’s y’all shoutout and I wish you guys well!