Tumblr is very clearly being passive aggressive with their latest guidelines update. The equivalent of saying "you aint gotta go home but you gotta get the fuck up out of here" ... Here I'll lay it out: "Starting Dec 17, adult content will not be allowed on Tumblr, regardless of how old you are."Thats as definitive as a statement can be. You cant post "adult content" here. Naturally, I wondered how they defined "adult content"... rule number 1. Always define the terms but luckily, tumblr took the same debate class as me and listed the definition next... Tumblr defined Adult Content as follows: Adult content primarily includes photos, videos, or GIFs that show real-life human genitals or female-presenting nipples, and any content—including photos, videos, GIFs and illustrations—that depicts sex acts.The specification of HUMAN genitals is hilarious. Let alone the presentation of nipples... but disregards that and focus on the end. Every method of posting (minus text) is subject to their definition of sex act. As you will see surfing tumblr, This is a flawed standard because what qualifies to you as sexual, may not to me. Its a subjective standard and online staff have that power... so theres an invisible standard and a definitive rule of the land. Effectively, thats a coffin (or a box) and a nail and heres the good ol hammer: What if my blog (not to be confused with posts) was marked as “explicit” before December 17, 2018?Blogs that have been either self-flagged or flagged by us as “explicit” per our old policy and before December 17, 2018 will still be overlaid with a content filter when viewing these blogs directly. While some of the content on these blogs may now be in violation of our policies and will be actioned accordingly, the blog owners may choose to post content that is within our policies in the future, so we’d like to provide that option. So now, your blog is no longer searchable, your post are no longer viewable. your tags are dead and any post that doesnt meet that previously mentioned standard, gets the hook... this may not be a big deal to my friends who kept regular blogs but for those who used images, gifs or illustrations to bring home a point. Its a death sentence. (My 5 most popular statements (approx 10k notes or more) were under "unsuitable" images)My favorite part is the olive branch.... "you may choose to obey and we're giving you that option" thats Grade A passive aggression... So effectively, Tumblr is pushing all NSFW blogs off the cliff and offering a wet noodle for them to hold on to. Your blog will still "exist" in some form but how many times do you get "flagged" before the staff says fuck it? ... you already see actually sfw content being flagged because theyre using an algorithm instead of people? ... I came here for the freedom to speak my mind about a subversive subject. Tumblr made it clear, that i aint gotta go home... but I gotta get the fuck up outta here and quite frankly, I don't want to be here if I cant say/do what I want. Tumblr without porn is just instagram.
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