Battle Plan

hi! since today’s announcement is stressing everyone out, i have prepared a plan in case everything goes even more more, or this blog gets deleted, or tumblr as a whole becomes less enjoyable

first of all:

  • i will keep this blog as active as usual. i do not plan to leave tumblr at all.
  • if you see one of my posts flagged, please let me know! some of my posts have already been flagged for no reason and i want to keep my content
  • i might post some nipple pics (not mine, probably not real ones) just to protest against the new rule. stay tuned
  • i will probably partake in the logout day

now that’s clear, i have to say all of this gave me a lot of anxiety, so i have designed a plan:

  • i am currently backing up my blogs to keep them safe, just in case
  • i have created an insta called @jkdestroyedourbestships that i will use if my blog gets randomly deleted
  • i created a mastodon account, empty for now. i might get a pillowfort one too if tumblr gets really unenjoyable after december 17th

that said, i have full confidence that this account, and hopefully all of the ones i enjoy, are going to be fine and that we can get over this. if i have already talked to you and you want my twitter or insta, dm me!

kiki-kit:

just thinkin on this purge and.. dammit this site can be hell but i dont wanna go, one of the main reasons i love tumblr so much is how much privacy it allows me like shit, i can choose when people can see if im online i can choose whether or not people see my likes, no one has to see exactly what blogs i follow, i fucking love that. twitters just too open for me and deviantarts just plain shit, not to mention the fact that interacting with people and finding what i like on here is SO EASY??? for someone who just wants to be able to hide in my own little corner of the internet unseen this place has really become a comfort

dbdspirit:

In response to the NSFW ban being enacted by Tumblr Staff, on December 17th 2018 I propose that we all log off of our Tumblr accounts for 24 hours. 

The lack of respect and communication between staff and users is stark. Users have been begging staff to delete the porn bot outbreak, which has plagued the website for well over a year. The porn bots oftentimes send people asks and messages, trying to get them to go to a website full of viruses. They also spam advertisements on others posts.  

Users have also begged that Tumblr ban neo-nazis, child porn, and pedophiles, all which run rampant on the site. The site/app got so bad that it was taken off the app store.

However, instead of answering the users, Tumblr has instead taken the liberty to ban all NSFW content, regardless of age. But users have already run into issues of their SFW content being marked as sensitive and being flagged as NSFW, not allowing them to share their work.

Not only does this discriminate again content creators, but it also discriminates against sex workers. Disgustingly, the ban will be enacted on December 17 which is also International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.

This ban is disgusting, and while I (and plenty of others) welcome porn bots and child porn being banned, the Tumblr filtration system is broken. It tags artistic work’s nipples as NSFW (when it is art), it tags SFW art as NSFW (when it is not), and does not stop the porn bots, neo-nazis and dozens of other issues.

This ban is discriminatory. This ban is ineffective. This ban is unacceptable. 

To protest, log off of your Tumblr account for the entirety of December 17th. Log off at 12 am EST or 9PM PST and stay off for 24 hours. Don’t post. Don’t log on. Don’t even visit the website. Don’t give them that sweet ad revenue. 

Tumblr’s stock has already taken a hard hit. Let’s make it tank. Maybe then they will listen to the users. 

Reblog to signal boost! We must force change.