What am I doing anymore?

Still up for RPs, but this is mainly a mod blog now. Prepare thyself for that.

[pyrothorax]

[yayroos]

For everyone’s information:

The plan for the 17th, when the adult content ban comes in, is to protest.

To do that, we are making as much noise either side of the 17th as possible, and using the site as normal.

On the 17th, dead silence.

People are saying log off but what they really mean is don’t open the site or the app.

But, on the 17th make as much noise as possible on every other platform. Tweet about it and post on facebook and instagram and everywhere else.

What this does is causes a massive dip in ad revenue for one single day. That does not make staff think ‘oh everyone’s gone let’s shut down.’ What it actually makes them think is ‘oh shit people aren’t happy and if people don’t keep using our site we’re out of money and out of jobs.’

A boycott reminds a company that the users (consumers) have the power to make their site (business) worthless with one single coordinated decision.

If you want to join in, here’s what to do:

Do:

Close all open instances of the app and site on all your devices before the 17th

Make posts before and after the 17th on tumblr and other platforms, talking about why this ban is bad

Make posts on other sites during the 17th. Flood the official tumblr staff twitter and facebook with your anger and your opinion

Come back on the 18th and check in

Don’t:

Delete the app from your phone (this doesn’t affect their revenue and since it’s off the store at the moment it’ll be hard to get back)

Delete your account. I mean you can if you want to, but if you keep your account and don’t use it you’re saying to staff that there’s still time to save it. If you delete it’s hard work to come back.

Open the app or website (including specific blogs)

Make any posts (turn down/off your queue and make sure nothing is scheduled)

Go quiet elsewhere. Make it clear that this is just about tumblr, not a mass move away from all social media.

Remember: the execs don’t care about anything but money. Shutting down the site means there’s $0 further income from it. That’s their last possible course of action. If we make it clear we’re not happy, they’ll have to do something or we can do more and more until it becomes too expensive.

Protests take commitment. They’re a defiant action against a business that is doing something wrong. They will try to scare you into not participating, because they’re scared. We hold all the power here, sometimes the execs just need to be reminded of that.

[im-hopelessly-crushed]

I’m not active on this account anymore at all due to personal life issues but this deserves to be reblogged

[tranarchist]

When Tumblr bans porn, who loses?

Verizon is leaving the engine of internet culture to sputter and die, and its communities to scramble for a new home.

A former staff engineer, who recently left Tumblr and asked to remain anonymous for professional reasons, tells Vox that the NSFW ban was “in the works for about six months as an official project,” adding that it was given additional resources and named “Project X” in September, shortly before it was announced to the rest of the company at an all-hands meeting. “[The NSFW ban] was going to happen anyway,” the former engineer told me. “Verizon pushed it out the door after the child pornography thing and made the deadline sooner,” but the real problem was always that Verizon couldn’t sell ads next to porn.

Porn on Tumblr is something Verizon needs to wipe out if it’s going to make any money off what it thinks is actually valuable about the platform — enormous fandom and social justice communities that, just before the Verizon acquisition, Khalaf was insisting the staff figure out how to better monetize.

On that note-

Two former Tumblr employees said they were alarmed when Khalaf chose Black Lives Matter as an example of a community that the company should focus on converting into Yahoo media consumers. One told The Verge, “Simon explicitly said that Black Lives Matter was an opportunity to [make] a ton of money.”

[smitethestate]

Capitalism is disgusting and ruins everything.

[someponys-scribbles]

So there’s only one logical thing to do then. Turn ad blockers on full for this website if anyone decides to stick around. Turn them on, download XKit and install every ad blocking extension it has. Make these greedy fucks not able to see a fucking dime. What possible fucking reason would they deserve it? This website is still broken, they’ve not added any actual useful features in years, and now they’re KILLING a giant part of the website just so they can sell us more ads. Fuck them.

[tlatophat]

I would just like to point out that consumers opting out of a service or refusing to buy a product is an inherently capitalistic concept. In fact, the inability to opt out of a product or service is a sign you’re no longer dealing with a capitalist sector of the economy. THAT SAID, I encourage everyone to be capitalistic as HELL and demonetize this site into the abyss. I’ve been blocking all adds here for ages, and encourage anyone who’s not completely evacuating the site to do the same.

[thisuseristerriblyginger]

Is there any way for mobile users, iOS or Android, to block Tumblr ads?

[pochowek]

[turntoturnover-deactivated20250]

[sanicdahegehog]

[2000ish]

[gamerspirit]

thank you bathtub crocodile

[wyldhippie]

this show was on drugs.

Visit Original Link

Why bring back old memes when we can back this song?

[dardanos-blog]

[spatsula-deactivated20181219]

2004 is calling me… whispering

numa numa yay

[natdoka]

DO YOU KNOW HOW FUCKIGN LONG I HAVE WAITED

[xxxtictacion]

Internet archeologist have dug up a relic

[alliecantdance-blog]

I feel so old.

[stargirl-luna]

The Destroying Queen: Claret (Book 1) (on Wattpad) http://my.w.tt/UiNb/EltPHq675u 

I know I’ve plugged this before, but here’s a friendly reminder that I’m working on a novel! And I updated it to 4 chapters as of today!

The Destroying Queen Series is vampire lit with an emphasis on the integration of cultures. It deals with biracial families (vampire x human and real world interracial mixing as well), male abuse victims, mental illness, physical disability, asexuality, women in power, subverting gender stereotypes, platonic and familial love, the consequences of silence as violence, and using privilege to draw awareness to the struggle of minorities. And thats just the first 4 chapters. There’s a LOT of ground to cover and I hope you’ll join me for the ride!

Despite being Vamp lit, TDQS is non-erotic. There’s a romance going on in the future, but I promise it’ll never really be the main storyline. Romance just isn’t my thing, lol.

[o8o]

[thisuseristerriblyginger]

Update

I... have returned. Sort of. At this point, IDK what to do. I’ve lost most of my drive to RP, thanks to life, but... I guess nearly losing my theme brought me back from lurking eternally? So I’m still here. If people still want to mess with my muses, just lemme know. Also, if you want my skype (if anyone cares for that sort of thing), shoot me a message and we’ll see.

[thisuseristerriblyginger]

((Offline))

[thisuseristerriblyginger]

"Jack..?"

“Blaire? Holy fuck, long time no see!”

[thisuseristerriblyginger]

thirdstreetssaint:

“Yeah, I’ve uh, well I ran into a little bit of trouble and had to keep low”

“Hey, believe me, I understand that... glad to have you back, though.” He grinned. “Abaven will be glad to see you too.”

[thisuseristerriblyginger]

"Jack..?"

“Blaire? Holy fuck, long time no see!”

[passimtemere]

memyselfandwe

[thisuseristerriblyginger]

passimtemere:

The white and red ducati revs her engine from in front of Bo’s house. She was starting to get impatient. What was taking him so long? The holoform sits back on the idling motorcycle of her alternate form. “You take more time to get ready than me!” She teases. 

“This was spur of the moment, Cat!” He says, finally opening the door while struggling with one of his boots. “I had to look through what I had clean to find a decent outfit for this damned concert! Warning would have been nice! Call ahead, send a text... nah, wait until I’m in my underwear watching CMT...” He sighed before giving her a smirk. “You’re awful, you know that?”

[thisuseristerriblyginger]

Survivors || Closed Walking Dead AU

[thisuseristerriblyginger]

loudmouthedfloridian:

memyselfandwe:

He crossed his arms, but couldn’t help be surprised when he heard him mention that name. “Wellington? You’ve been there? So why aren’t you there? Holding up within its 'impenetrable walls’ against these… freaks.” He looked down at the cooling walker he’d killed minutes ago and gave it a light tap with his foot. “Seriously, that sounds like a survivor’s dream. Are they cannibals or something?” He was wary now… sure, they’d been looking for it, but had no real information. If they were dangerous, then all of this had been for nothing.

“They didn’t have any room left. Believe me, I woulda stayed there if I could.” He couldn’t lie about that. The fact that he couldn’t go in disappointed him, but he was happy with what he got. Hesitation came to him as he elaborated. “I don’t think they were. I.. I had two kids with me. I was at least able t’.. convince them to let’m in. They… gave me some supplies when I did.” There was a duffel bag he was holding on his shoulder.

When Alan heard him mention kids, he couldn’t help but feel bad for the man. “I... I’m sorry.” He paused a moment before continuing. “Were... were they yours or... no, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t ask that.” He shook his head. “You got any plans now? Wellington was your best and only shot, I’m guessing.”

[thisuseristerriblyginger]

Potential Coworker || Closed RP

[thisuseristerriblyginger]

xviperinae:

memyselfandwe:

He chuckled. “My favorite gun. Okay, so I made it during my whole “.50 cal” phase… everything was .50 cal… ugh, so embarrassing. Anyways, I ended up making this beastly eight barrel minigun with two 150 round drums on either side controlled by a switch to draw from one or the other, one with regular rounds and the other with explosive tipped. So much fucking recoil on that hefty bitch I had to put a tripod on the back end, another mount on the front, and a specialized grip just to hold it properly.” Bo grinned wickedly. “I love Betsy to bits… although it’s mostly for show or fun, not much for actual combat. Too bulky, barrel’s got a slow spin time so it doesn’t fly off, and it jams like a motherfucker.”

Viper stood quietly, listening to him talk before giving a laugh. “I might be in love with that gun by you just talking about it. Because that sounds like an wonderful thing. You have got to let me meet Betsy sometime.” She said with a delighted tone in her voice. She loved guns after all. “You always have your favorite guns. Or knives…Or anything that kills.”

Bo grinned and stretched a bit. “Ohh, she’s only got one “beau”... this one. But I might let you get a feel for her... eventually. We’ll see how well you do on this run.” He nodded. “Yeah, we all got our favorite weapons. Jack has a thing for his P90/machete combo, Sentinel’s got his original Japanese samurai sword, and Widowna’s got her originally designed sniper rifle... thing.”