On Reporting/Terminating Pro-Ana Blogs
1.) What can get you terminated on Tumblr?
Engaging in these activities can get you a one way ticket to terminationville. Specifically regarding pro-anorexia and related blogs, this is what can get you terminated:
Don’t post content that actively promotes or glorifies self-harm. This includes content that urges or encourages readers to cut or injure themselves; embrace anorexia, bulimia, or other eating disorders; or commit suicide rather than, e.g., seeking counseling or treatment, or joining together in supportive conversation with those suffering or recovering from depression or other conditions. Dialogue about these behaviors is incredibly important and online communities can be extraordinarily helpful to people struggling with these difficult conditions. We aim to sustain Tumblr as a place that facilitates awareness, support and recovery, and to remove only those blogs that cross the line into active promotion or glorification of self-harm.
People think that glorification and promotion stops at giving tips and tricks or encouraging eating disorder/self-harm behavior, but showcasing thinspo, triggering “selfies” that show off particular bones, posting images of Cassie saying, “I didn’t eat for three days to be lovely,” posting images that say “DON’T EAT”, and writing things like, “I love the way not eating makes me feel,” all falls under glorifying eating disorders and can get your blog deleted.
2.) Do you report the pro-ana blogs you feature on your Anti-Pro-Ana Masterlist? If so, why?
Out of the 100+ people I’ve featured on my list, I’ve only reported a handful. The blogs I report usually feature extreme glorification or encouraging ED behavior, which include the following:
Regularly and blatantly giving tips and tricks on how to engage in extreme dieting or eating disorder behavior.
Regularly posting extreme thinspo of themselves or others that are obviously showcasing certain body parts and bones and/or of severely anorexic/ill people that are at the point of emaciation.
3.) If you are so against pro-anorexia, why not report all the blogs you feature?
Because even though I feel that the majority of pro-anorexic blogs are harmful, I don’t think it’s my place to power trip and take away everyone’s right to blog. In the end, this is supposed to be a “safe” place for people to express their feelings, and although I think that’s a piss-poor excuse that pro-anas use in order to continue their toxic blogging, contrary to popular pro-ana belief, I’m actually not on a witch hunt and don’t go reporting every single blog I find offensive. Do I think all the blogs I’ve featured should be deleted? For the most part, yes. But at this time, I will only be reporting blogs I find engaging in extreme pro-ana behavior. (Also, it would take up all my time to delete ALL the blogs I feature.)
4.) Who have you reported?
I will never publicly post who I’ve reported or who I am going to report. This is partly due to respecting the privacy of the former blog owner, and also to avoid retaliation from those I’ve reported.
5.) Have you been successful in getting every blog you’ve reported getting terminated?
Yes.
6.) Can I report the blogs that you feature on your blog?
Yes. I would highly recommend you spend some time on their blog, however, and try to find legitimate justifications for their blog being terminated. Sometimes with Tumblr, things like posting black and white photos of models is not enough to terminate a blog, so you will need adequate proof that the blog is harmful to other users in order for it to be terminated.
7.) What is adequate proof for Tumblr?
I’ve been successful with every blog I’ve reported, and with each blog, I’ve included an attachment of specific pro-ana behavior. I’ve attached pictures of bloggers giving tips and tricks, glorifying their eating disorder, and encouraging other members to engage harmful dieting. The more proof Tumblr has, the better your chances are of getting a blog terminated.
8.) How do I report a blog I think is harmful?
E-mail support, provide them with the URL of said blog, provide adequate and legitimate proof of harmful behaviors, and attach a picture or screen shot for extra proof.
9.) Do the “I do not promote or glorify EDs” disclaimers on pro-ana sidebars really help in avoiding termination?
Nope. They are useless.
10.) Can I send blogs to you to report?
You can, but chances are, I probably won’t report it unless it falls under extreme pro-ana behavior. I have no more pull than you do in getting blogs terminated. I would encourage you to report it yourself. As long as you have adequate proof of harmful behavior, the blog will be terminated by Tumblr.
11.) How long does Tumblr take to delete blogs you report?
I’ve had Tumblr delete a blog within a few hours of me reporting it. For others, it has taken up to a couple of days.
12.) I’m pro-ana and think that you reporting blogs is awful! You are making it worse for us because you are taking away our outlet!
No. If your blog gets deleted, Tumblr feels you are not following the guidelines. I did not make up the terms and conditions that Tumblr came up with. Tumblr is under the impression that everybody that has a blog has read the terms and conditions when they signed up. Therefore, everybody on this site is held responsible to follow those terms and conditions, and if you break them, you are subject to getting your blog terminated. That’s on you.
If you truly do not want your blog to get terminated and need it as an outlet, as long as you follow the terms and conditions, you have nothing to worry about.
If you don’t like Tumblr’s terms and conditions, you are free to move your blog elsewhere or make it private.
