[poetry-siir]

“I think one of the saddest things is when two people really get to know each other: their secrets, their fears, their favourite things, what they love, what they hate, literally everything, and then they go back to being strangers. It’s like you have to walk past them and pretend like you never knew them, never even talked to them before, when really, you know everything about them.”

—

[sweetoothgirl]

Chocolate Fudge Cake with Ganache Icing

[aaronstveit]

i think it’s important to state that the problem here is not the idea of wanting to monetize your content (to an extent) but the fact that social media never should have been monetized like this to begin with and that tumblr dot com is not a platform that you can trust with anything like this

[aaronstveit]

and also our society’s obsession with monetizing every single hobby and turning everything into a “side hustle” is so fucking insidious and really needs to be stopped

[birklurks]

Ahhhhhh now this is relevant. NOW we’re getting somewhere! 👍🏻  

[thelvadam]

with tumblr rolling out post+ or whatever its called, friendly reminder that you should instead support your favourite artists/content creators via ko-fi or patreon. the former takes basically no cut of what you’re giving and patreon is still the best other option. Dont help tumblr make free websites worse

[staff]

Tumblr,

Earlier today we announced to the press that we are running a beta test program for Post+, Tumblr’s newest add-on subscription tool. Post+ is a completely optional tool that will allow creators to make some of their posts exclusive to their paid subscribers. You can read more about it right over here on our @postplus Tumblr. This feature is being tested by a small group of incredible creators on Tumblr.

We want to hear about what you like, what you love, and what concerns you. Even if it’s not very nice. Tell us. We can take it. We WANT that feedback. It helps us make Tumblr better.

What we won’t ever accept is the targeted harassment and threats these creators have endured since this afternoon. These creators are some of the most talented people around, and all they’re doing is testing out a feature. These are the people who graciously agreed to pilot a program to help us discover bugs before we open it up to all creators. These are the humans who are testing a feature that we hope will soon help thousands of Tumblr creators feel empowered, get rewarded for their efforts, and find support within their community.

Our Community Guidelines are clear: Don’t engage in targeted abuse, bullying, or harassment.

Anyone in violation of these guidelines will be dealt with swiftly and will be forced to contend with the appropriate consequences. It’s okay to tell us how you feel. It’s not okay to bully someone because you disagree with their choices.

[serialreblogger]

@staff​​​ it’s great to hear that you “won’t ever accept targeted harassment and threats”!

now: can you tell me what that looks like? genuinely, please, can you tell me what the fuck you’re going to do to put a stop to it?

because let’s be clear: the creators beta testing this (extremely poorly-thought-out) feature, which is *going* to result in enough lawsuits to possibly actually shut tumblr down for good, are not fair game for criticism here. like: the whole point, the whole appeal of tumblr is that everyone here is in the same boat. we’re all poor as dirt, probably mentally ill, neurodivergent, queer, and/or disabled; the preferred term for a tumblr user is “dumpster-diving shrieking opossum.”

the people who were targeted for beta testing are not jeff bezos. they’re your local cashier and sales clerk just trying to survive. the backlash they’ve received is unwarranted, inappropriate, misdirected and cruel. @kaijuno​​ has received hundreds of death threats in one fucking day, and that’s not okay.

so, @staff​​​, what are you going to do to stop it?

because it doesn’t seem like you’ve done a thing to protect kaijuno, or any of your “post+” beta testers. users who’ve been suckered into this crapshoot are taking the fall for your tone-deaf decision making, so what are you going to do to compensate them? you want to talk about emotional damages, maybe there’s a place to have that conversation when the reason they’re being targeted, on your platform, is because of you.

and while we’re here, let’s talk about one other section of the community guidelines you’ve mentioned:

let’s talk about how one of the common tags on tumblr, common enough that it pops up when i type “terf” in the tag bar, is “terfs do interact”. let’s talk about how tumblr, the place where pretty much all the most recent LGBT+ pride flags have originated, the so-called queerest place on the internet, is actively fostering the growth of a transphobic subculture. let’s talk about how your inaction has allowed ace exclusionists to gain a foothold in the young queer community, how your unwillingness to enforce the ban on actual hate speech has led to a generation unfamiliar with the legitimate history of the word “queer.”

(side note for general readers: a good rule of thumb is, if a term has entered the lexicon of academia, it is more or less universally accepted as the Appropriate Name For The Thing. that’s your number one tipoff for the revisionist history behind this “queer is a slur” discourse, which was kicked off and is carried on primarily by TERFs).

so yeah: let’s talk about the community guidelines. let’s talk about selectively enforcing them.

because i’m happy to hear you’re not going to stand for targeted harassment and hate speech anymore. genuinely, i am. what i want to know is whether you mean it.

do you care about the health and safety of your userbase, and respect your so-called community guidelines? or are they just a convenient excuse for you to distance yourself from the latest shitstorm you’ve kicked off, defend the honour of your financial assets, and wash your hands entirely of the fallout?

[fungalnebula]

I also want to add to this to say please take the survey! I know people who don’t want a feature usually just don’t take whatever survey but this is extremely important. We need @staff to know that we do not want this feature and to do that we actually have to tell them. Please take the survey and please write how much you do not want this feature.

Tumblr is not the place for paid content, it’s a social media website/app. There are far better websites for paid content that people already use and are comfortable with, not only is this a bad idea for website content in general, it’s also a bad business idea. You will never be able to compete with OnlyFans, Patreon, KoFi, Twitch, or even just someone’s independent website shop. This website is not set up to house paid content and if this truly gets implemented, it will only be a disorganized mess.

This is a bad idea.

Previously when this idea has been tested, it’s had a horrible backlash as well. Sixpenceee, Striders, Egberts, and other bloggers have tried to monetize their blogs only to face horrible repercussions. One of the main philosophies present in this website is anti-capitalism!!

So anyone reading this I’m begging you to take this survey and tell @staff how awful of an idea this is and how you will not support it. Don’t just ignore the survey.

BE LOUD

[isa-ghost]

I took the survey but i’ll reiterate: MONETIZING TUIMBLR IS SO FUCKING STUPID.

Not only that but the system will enable stalkers and creeps from being unblockable if they pay for content. And god knows what copyright fiascos will go down. There’s so much more than that too, that I don’t have the energy to list out.

Hey @staff, instead of trying to monetize a largely anti-capitalist userbase, why dont you fucking listen to the issues we’ve been BEGGING get fixed for YEARS??

If you monetize your hellsite, good fucking luck not losing another massive chunk of your users to the Dumb Fucking Bird App

[pinkpossibly]

The person I reblogged this from deserves happiness and love

[bookworm-on-rainy-days]

[estrellablogg]

Ruhumun bir firara ihtiyacı var.. 🌟

[grayskymorning]

Kim Nguyen

[julykings]

wish i could like. forgive myself for being a person

[mothbiteclub]

IG: @quirinerose

[noperfectdayforbananafish]

[justwithmyfriendsonline-deactiv]

please be nice, please please be nice, there’s enough evil shit in this world we don’t need more toxicity and hatred. please just treat people kindly.

[academiaa-a]

When Voltaire said "I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our more stupid melancholy propensities, for is there anything more stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one would gladly throw away, to loathe one’s very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away?"

[crtter]

Brazilian cherries aren’t related to common cherries at all! They look like this and taste rather sour:

Also, if you’re not used to them, Brazilian grapetrees look really alien:

The fruit is formed in the trunk, not the branches!

so was anyone going to tell me that Brazil has god tier fantasy flora or what

[petermorwood]

A bowl of Morello cherries that look like these would be just the thing.

[smol-bean-says-yes-homo]

@ana-bolism

[ryan-sometimes]

Those aren’t cherries and grapes!!! They’re pitangas and jabuticabas. Completely different fruits, but still great nonetheless :) jabuticabas especially are delicious!

[ryan-sometimes]

Actually, the place I’m staying at right now has a little jabuticaba sprout!!

As you can see there’s hardly any fruit because it’s coming out of season now (and we might have snacked on some..). But if you find a jabuticaba tree in season, it looks like the one in the original post!

And trust me, you can eat the whole tree, because the fruit is delicious. You have to squeeze it into your mouth because you don’t eat the skin and the fruit is just chewy and nice. You’ll eat a whole bucket before you know it.

My school had a pitanga tree, but it went pretty much untouched since the fruit is so sour!!! Pitanga juice is alright, though.

[edelwaiss]

May I add guaraná to the list of fantasy-like brazilian flora? It is really out there being like 🌿👁️👀👀👁️👁️👀👁️🌿

[symonfoetus]

Mood

[miniature-stigmata]

this one’s for all the fat girls who’ve cried in dressing rooms 💗

[drst]

You’re fine. The clothes are made to be easy to manufacture on machines, not for bodies. The clothes suck, not you.

[darthmelyanna]

They’re also manufactured to look attractive on hangers, and very few of us are shaped like hangers. You’re fine.

[moodyehudi-deactivated20180519]

😱😰😭😭😭😭😭😭😭thank u please more of this type of body positivity I need it

[chickenonabicycle]

Legit though! I’m a hobbyist seamstress and these are my experiences when shopping mainstream:

For example, most H&M blouses these days don’t even have boobdarts. Which means they will sit awkwardly on literally anyone with boobs, no matter the size. But on hangers or when folded on display? They look fab as fuck. Because hangers don’t have boobs. And the models chosen to show them on the catwalk are usually chosen for their lack of boobage too (unless it’s for lingerie), other requirements including ridiculous size and weight requirements. As for the average (EU available) clothing shops, the worst offender I’ve encountered yet was Zara. Everything’s way too long and way too flat: clearly aimed to look good on the catwalk models but not intended for normal people. At all.

Also sizes are just numbers. Shopping online has taught me that I’m a European M, an American XS-S, and a Japanese L-XL. And then these sizes even vary from shop to shop in the same country: I’m an XL at Apples but an S at Lola&Liza, for example. They’ve also been reducing the sizes of these numbers throughout the years to make people feel bad about themselves and to sell more weight-loss products. Don’t let a number get you down, it does not define you.

So please don’t feel bad about yourself when shops refuse to cater to your size. The clothes they sell are not aimed at real human beings. They are the ones in the wrong here, not you!

[coffee-at-midnxght]

body posi posts are the ones 

[gaslightgallows]

I needed this after yesterday. :/

[prismatic-bell]

ALSO

ever wonder why clothes look amazing on celebrities, including fat celebrities, while you’re lucky to find something that kind of fits?

It’s because…

…THEY GET THINGS TAILORED.

They have the same problem you do. So they buy bigger and have it made to fit them. They have the money to do it and we don’t, unfortunately, but that is literally the reason why it works for them.