Hi… I’m reaching out because I genuinely don’t know what else to do anymore.
My Tumblr account was deleted, and with it I lost the only place helping me keep my mother’s fundraiser alive. Since then, everything has gone silent while my mother still desperately needs treatment.
I’m trying so hard not to lose hope, but I can’t do this alone.
If you can help in any way — even by sharing — it would mean more than you know.
Please don’t ignore this message. My mother’s life truly depends on people caring enough to act.
Tumblr is masivelly deleting Palestinian accounts today!!! As well of Abdul Rahman, so I am sharing his foundraiser too. Please don't ignore them when they're trying to reach to you from new accounts.
Keti Jovanovski Needs Your Help | A letter from Abdul Rahman: Dear friends and kind hearts, My name is Abdul Rahman, and I write to you from
And Tumblr is also supressing Palestinian content, I have a feeling I am shadowbanned. Many Palestinians campaigns stopped getting donations or have signifcantly dropped. Without your shares and contributing they can get enough funds for food even. Because some of your blogs have a high reach and without your help they cannot survive! ⚠️🚨
The world is trying to silence, starve and unalive Palestinians in so many ways! I feel like I am screeming in the void! Don't allow it, pelase.
This isn't something I'd usually post about, but..
i just want to talk about this in hopes that someone from the Tumblr staff actually sees it and takes it seriously—not just an AI that flags this post for no reason.
Sorry for the sudden rant, but this goes out mostly to my mutual @franticfrolicsgonemad (aka fanficwriter284), who’s been going through it thanks to Tumblr First, they were shadowbanned for no clear reason, and now their account has been completely terminated. They tried reaching out to support, but nothing came from it—and who knows if Tumblr will even bother now?
It’s not just them either—this is happening to a lot of people, and I’m honestly so tired of it. As someone who’s lost years of work before on another app, I know how much it hurts and feels hopeless to start all over again (even if that’s not what this is about).
I just really hope Tumblr starts fixing some of these issues… and there are definitely a few i can mention at the top of my head. For example, the constant flood of p@rn bots in the community section. As a mod, they used to show up maybe once a week. Now it’s every few days, no matter what I do to report and ban it.
I can tell the staff is somewhat trying their best to control this issue in particular, and I can imagine its not easy, but please, Tumblr. Do better for your users.
🌧️ | Tumblr Shadowban: My Experience + What You Should Know
Hey everyone! I’ve got quite a few asks about the whole shadowban situation during my shadowban—how I knew, what happened, and how I will know when it's solved etc etc. I didn’t answer right away bc I wasn’t sure how it would play out, but now that I’ve been through it [kinda], here’s a full breakdown of what happened, how I knew, and what I’ve learned after dealing with this mess. Hopefully this helps if you ever find yourself in Tumblr jail like I did lol:
FYI: I’m mostly back from Tumblr jail… BUT I’m still kinda half-ghost cause my tags are still broken. Since I rely on tags for my posts to actually reach people outside my follower list, I’m holding off on bringing my scheduled posts back to the front. So until Tumblr fully resurrects me and fixes this last bit, no new posts for now.
I’ll keep you updated, but for now… I’m still stuck halfway in the shadow realm.
No tags, no posts 😭
Also, everything I’ve shared about this shadowban stuff comes from my own experience dealing with it on my blog these past days, plus things I’ve learned after digging around the internet while I was stuck in the void.
Q: What happened?
Basically, Tumblr shadowbanned me out of nowhere. My blog still existed, but I was pretty much invisible to everyone except my existing followers. So unless you already followed me before the shadowban, you couldn’t see me on your dash, in tags, or anywhere else.
Q: What exactly is a shadowban?
A shadowban on Tumblr means your blog still technically functions and looks normal to you, but Tumblr has made you invisible to everyone else other than your pre-existing followers before the ban. You can post, reblog, and interact, but no one else could see it—unless they already followed you.
Q: How did you realize you were shadowbanned?
Here’s what tipped me off:
My Messages section disappeared on my main blog (but was still there on my side-blog).
I couldn’t DM anyone, but people could still DM me [I just wouldn’t receive the messages].
I noticed a huge drop in notes during this mess. I usually get 99+ notifications within 2-3 hours, but while shadowbanned, it barely hit 50 max because no one outside my followers could see my posts.
I could send asks, but no one would receive them [despite Tumblr saying ‘ask sent’].
I could receive asks, but I couldn't reply for some reason.
My likes/reblogs didn't go through, and my name didn’t appear in the notes section. So my likes + reblog didn't count.
I couldn’t reply or comment on posts at all.
I couldn’t tag anyone and no one could tag me either. It just didn’t work, because they couldn't find me [I didn't exist when I was banned]
My blog + posts didn’t show up in Tumblr search [obv].
My original posts likely didn’t show up on my followers’ dashboards [not sure, but if it did, pls lmk].
However, simple reblogs (without comments or tags) were still visible to my followers.
Q: Who could still see you?
Only my existing followers could still see me. No one outside of them could find me or my content. That’s why they were the only one to discover my shadowban announcement.
Q: Why does this happen?
It could be for a few reasons:
Tumblr flagged your blog as a potential bot or spammer.
Someone mass-reported your blog (even unfairly).
A simple Tumblr glitch (the most common culprit).
Q: How did you fix it?
I contacted Tumblr Support, but funnily enough, they never replied [at least, yet]. Out of nowhere, most functions started working again today, except my tags—they’re still glitchy. Apparently, this is common. Sometimes Tumblr ‘forgets’ to fully unban everything, so things like tags, asks, or replies might still act weird even after the shadowban is mostly lifted.
Q: But wait, tag's still broken?
Yep! While most things are now back to normal, my tags are still buggy. Based on what I’ve read, some people get stuck with broken tags, messages, asks, or replies even after the ban lifts and I happened to be stuck with broken tags. I can use them but they won't be useful for now [but imma still check lol].
Q: How long does it usually take to resolve a shadowban?
It varies a LOT.
For me, it lasted around 2 days before things kinda started going back to normal. But I’ve heard from others that it can take anywhere from a few hours to over a month, depending on how fast Support acts (or if it resolves itself, like mine might have).
My friend, Tiya @gyubakeries is shadowbanned for a few weeks now :( but mine got halfway lifted in just two days [tho, my draft issues still stand]
Some only get fully unbanned after repeated tickets to Support.
Q: What should you do if you’re shadowbanned?
Contact Tumblr Support right away with clear details about what’s happening.
Don’t panic if they don’t reply immediately (or at all).
Avoid spamming multiple tickets—wait 5-7 days before following up.
Feel free to reblog this if you think it’ll help someone else! And thanks to everyone who stuck with me while I was screaming into the void.
Just gonna post this here - TLDR
Hi, I'm RB and my main blog got flipping shadowbanned and nothing has resolved for a month)))) I am at my limit. If you like my art - you can find rb-theartgoat main blog manually, but I'll be posting here, hopefully that at least reaches SOME people.
Now for the screaming
Longer version - MORE than a moth ago my main blog got hella reduced visibility. I just thought it was ormal social media stuff - maybe the users here just didn't vibe with the pictures I drew or the format was bad so nobody liked it. Then it also happened to the posts that usually got a lot of engagement. And then, a couple weeks after the shadowban I learn that it even exists and after filing tickets, contacting Reddit as some people have suggested, filing DIFFERENT ticket categories - nothing bloody worked and I'm am, frankly, both appaled and devasted by how horrible the algorythm for detection is and HOW FLIPPING HARD it is to contact support, aka I cannot msg them ON THEIR OWN PLATFORM TO CONTACT A HUMAN, the tickets are a void with no answer and nothing else is monitored by official staff. Frankly makes me want to do very unspeakable things and I wish there was a way to file a formal complaint.
But who at tumblr actually cares about little blogs of no-name artists or just fandom ppl? Or at least those that created this stupid anti-spam garbage clearly don't because my main blog, BEFORE THE SHADOWBAN was deluged BY ACTUAL BOTS AND NFT BOTS and YET real humans suffer instead!!! I am speechless, Tumblr!
Now, this is a good day for me so I'll be returning to the regularly scheduled posting on main, but for those who are STILL in jail - here is the experience I've had so that it might help, there seems to be a huge wave of these mysterious "anti-spam" prevention bans recently 9real bots are still in my comments btw)
How do I know I m Shadowbanned?
You'll have reduced visibility in posts
Social features (messages, asks etc) will not work
Your likes and reblogs will be "invisible" (the author gets the notification, but not a specific account link when checking activity, instead it will be blank)
When hovering over your icon you won't see the three last posts, just the header and the blog name
You don't appear in tag searches
What do?
Now here is what you do, if you are - sumbit a ticket to the Tech Support (via Help link in the bottom right on PC and idk where on phone)
You wait.
The category you should pick is, counterintuitively, Social Features, not anything else. You can pick others, but this one seems to actually work.
That's it. Some people get confirmation e-mails, some don't (I surely didn't I sent like 10 tickets over the course of the month cause I've been told you should get one), and then you wait. Nothing else
What Won't Work?
Spamming the help line
Contacting them anywhere BUT the ticket Help line
Crying
I am being a little facetious, but humor and indifference and a lot of rage-posting were my only solace. Idk why all of a sudden my ticket got resolved now. Perhaps the random? VIP Tumblr gift did it, maybe chance, maybe the 3 overworked Tumblr Staff just finally got to my ticket, idk. Simple answer - wait and just geta side blog while you wait if you want to keep posting.
