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Anyone who still has the Tumblr app should delete it on the 17th to prove that they can’t walk away from this

Why we’re upset about the purge

If the purge only hit child porn and porn bots we would be perfectly fine with it. But that’s not the case. We’re upset that after years of us complaining to Staff about the bots and child porn that it took Apple removing the app from the store for them to take action. We’re upset that many artists, both safe and not safe for work, were purged. Many of them make their livelihoods through their art. We’re upset Staff continues to lie to us and avoid our questions. It shouldn’t be that hard to tell us the truth. We’re upset Staff made it impossible to search for NSFW content and the subjects they’ve deemed NSFW even if our settings allow it. For example “Yaoi” is currently one such search that now shows nothing. We’re upset that despite this all the bots are still here. Many people are saying they’re actually getting worse. We’re upset that Staff continues to make changes to how the site functions without informing us until it’s too late. We’re upset that we still don’t know all the details about what blogs get purged and what ones don’t. Some say any blog marked NSFW is a target, others say it only takes an external link in the bio, others say it’s only artists, others say it’s anyone. We’re not upset they’re trying to get rid of kid porn. We’re upset they’re failing at it in every way possible!

kittyinhighheels

I knew a NSFW wlw blog. Its owner was a great girl who made sure all her content was appropriately tagged and marked as NSFW, she answered all questions truthfully and helped every girl who came to her asking for advice. I didn’t follow her because she posted a lot of porn but I checked her blog once a week to see what she’s up to and, admittedly, enjoy her NSFW posts.

This girl, who was careful and appropriate, who did literally nothing wrong, got purged.

But when I look at a post, its first ten notes are still porn bots.

Fuck you @staff

olderthannetfic

The very worst part about this kind of thing is that conscientious taggers are always the easiest targets.

The porn bots, who have every reason to lie and mistag and annoyingly insert themselves where they’re not wanted are harder to catch. The nice people who are a benefit to the site get hit instead.

suzie-guru

@staff

wide-awaaaaake

Alternatives to Tumblr if Yahoo goes any further

Soup.io - well-known alternative to Tumblr. Reblogging, post types, themes, collab blogs, dashboard, artsy, great community already there. Soup can auto-import everything you’ve posted on Tumblr.

TypePad - Includes reblogging. Dashboard and post types similar to Tumblr.

Jux - Artful posts, beautiful blogging experience

bollymusings

Reblogging cause one day it just may be neccessary.

arubbishmedic

It became necessary

mckaytriarchy-2-deactivated2018

WordPress will also import Tumblr blogs.

theveryworstthing

i’ve gotten a lot of suggestions for pillowfort and mastodon and even newgrounds, but here are some other alternatives.

wolfstravelsinmind

Options are being brought to us, now. Read this open letter then peruse their option. -Wolf

OPEN LETTER

To: Tumblr Jeff D’Onofrio, Tumblr CEO New York City, New York, United States

Dear Jeff D’Onofrio,

On December 17, Tumblr will be banning porn from its site.

By banning “adult content” from your website in truth you categorically ban sex workers regardless of how they are using your platform. You cut them off from the ability to build an audience for their work, and what’s even worse, you declare their very existence as obscene.

Tumblr allows every content creator, artist, or small entrepreneur to build an audience and communicate with this audience at any moment in time - if you do not work in the adult industry of course.

Many brands use social media to sell products. Social media and eCommerce are interlocked. You take this now away from every adult content creator around the globe. And that is wrong.

You mentioned in a blog post titled “A better, more positive Tumblr”:

“There is no shortage of sites on the internet that feature adult content. We will leave it to them and focus our efforts on creating the most welcoming environment possible for our community.”

You are wrong: There is a shortage of sites on the internet that feature adult content, in particular when it comes to shadowbanning and the ability to also advertise on these sites.

Look, here is what we do:

Sharesome is a site that welcomes all the people that you just kicked off your platform. You gave them time until December 17th to export a backup of their blog to save their years of work. Meanwhile we will develop an import tool, so they can move to us, and we leave you with all the white supremacist Nazi blogs – because we ban that kind of shit.

Regards,

Tudor Bold Ralf Kappe CEO, Sharesome Founder, Sharesome

marriedandfucking

Posting for reference and for others to see.

unbound68-deactivated20190505

This is awesome!

sedona-ranch-deactivated2019021

Agree but its the left that censors. Not white supremacist. That in itself is racist.

minetodowith

@staff read this, this is how enlightened people behave, not like the the bigots that run your company

hashtagloveloses

tumblr users: please ban the Nazis

tumblr: if you post a tiddy you’ll be deleted on sight

mspixiewillow-deactivated201812

tumblr.com: Allow NSFW content on Tumblr.

PLEASE SIGN! THIS IS SO IMPORTANT!

Without NSFW being allowed on Tumblr (as from December 17th this year!), many NSFW artists will be shunted off the platform and pushed into the void! So many livelihoods of your favourite creators will likely be VERY damaged from this going forward!

manorstories

Some may say signing this petition is useless. Please consider this : If you crush a bee in your hand: it will die, that’s for sure. However, it will not die before stinging you. It may seem minor, but if the bee had not stung you, bees would cease to exist.