On December 3, 2018 tumblr announced their intention to remove all adult content from any blogs contained therein. While this decision doesn’t interfere terribly much with my activities there was an avalanche of outcry among the users of the platform that brought some perspectives of the decision that I certainly can agree with.
Most of you who are followers of mine are actually fans of Steve Argyle, like me. I have been a member of the tumblr community for only the last six years and in that time created a fan club for Steve’s many avid collectors. It was a lot of fun.
However, I must concede that tumblr has taken a position that is simply against the interests of creative expression and one of the pillars of art. This simply will not do. I have decided to join the protest on December 17. On that day all of my blogs will be shut down for good.
Now I want to point out something important. Ascended Minion Project will continue. It does not have a clear future yet (although it seems likely that facebook will be its future home) but keep an eye on the Sketch ‘n’ Skotch group on facebook for updates. Activities for Ascended Minion Project will not be taking place their but there is a lot of fan overlap so I will make the occasional announcement there.
The Gathering Steve Argyle’s Magic blog may be recreated in another platform in the future, but it will probably be a wiki instead of a blog.
It has been a lot of fun. Thank you to Steve, Kat, and all of the Minions who helped me make something special. I hope it will live on!
And there goes my last reason to do anything with tumblr. Byebye tumblr~
