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 November 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.
I plan to just delete all together my tumblr along with my 33000 followers. To just turn off for 24 hours won’t be effective enough. I am done.
It makes me feel a bit sick that these people have won and now are gloating. My blog here is certainly done for (I’ve had non-explicit stuff tagged as sensitive since day 1 so doesn’t bother me personally so much) BUT what does bother me immensely is the hard work, dedication and effort of so many that will be wiped out arbitrarily.
I will truly miss the incredibly sexy blog http://tumblr.com/subkatie which is a carefully collected series of sensual images that do not violate Tumblr’s new rules, yet is already getting decimated.
To the gloaters enjoying their petty victory, to those who are frantically trying to flag every blog that isn’t cats or cupcakes: we pity you and your narrow minds and unfulfilled lives.
To the short-sighted corporate types who made the decision: I’d start stealing office supplies and working on you LinkedIn profiles. Those jobs aren’t going to stay yours for much longer.
One of the many reasons you are a hero to me. @callmeplissken
If anyone can give me one single valid reason why this image was tagged as explicit, I will fold up shop and go away quietly.
But you can’t. No one can. No reasonable person can legitimately consider this explicit content. Which specific new rule does it break?
How miserable and repressed does one’s life have to be to find this offensive? Or, as is more likely, how petty and spiteful does one have to be? I pity them.
My friends on Tumblr thought I was good enough.
Not any more, I guess. Tie a ribbon around your own wrists and suddenly you’re a criminal. Tagged!
Cant say I’ve been this depressed in a long, long time. I thought I found a community where I belonged. Not any more.
KatieD 