Tumblr is taking away our nipples.
That's right
Tumblr has announced that all adults content will be banned permanently from its platform on December 17th a move- that is expected to drastically alter
How the micro-blogging site is used
According to tumblr Help Center, adult content including photos, videos, gifs that show real-life human genitals or female presenting nipples
Just -just put a pin in that one for now
and any Content including photos, videos, gifs, and illustrations that depict sex acts will no longer be allowed on the social networking outlet and that
Is an article that was posted yesterday by Time magazine
so
Let's get into it shall we. This is not the video
I was planning to make today
But my notifications have been absolutely flooded in the past 24 hours to talk about this- panic has set in the apocalypse
Preparations have begun. Tumblr is losing its shit right now
Although I have seen this brewing slowly for the past couple of weeks
It started with the tumblr app being removed from the App Store
I saw some posts going around that I reblogged cuz I thought they were funny
I didn't really know why until I started -I started looking this up more and more and I found out allegedly
It's because of a child pornography issue to which
Most people shook their heads and went 'Oh Tumblr, Oh a tumblr you garbage, garbage Hell site'
Because there's very much running joke among tumblr users that it's a terrible website. I don't think many of us were very shocked basically
what I'm assuming is that this was a
Huge kick in the ass for tumblr to get their shit together and clean up their act and clean up their garbage Hell site
So you can see it right here. As soon as I log in I have this little notification that says "on December 17th
2018 our Community Guidelines will change an adult content will no longer be allowed on tumblr" the first post in my dashboard
Is a post about how
By this blog which is a geology blog saying that their photos of rocks are getting flagged as porn
so this - the system that tumblr has implemented is very flawed and that is an issue but
It's only a part of the issue. We're gonna- we're gonna get into it. Why will female presenting nipples herald our end?
Let me tell you. So Tumblr is currently deleting huge amounts of content and blogs from the site
hence
the tumblr purge
people and whole community are currently
being pushed off the site whether you're a student doing furry art for some extra cash or an online sex worker who uses tumblr your
Livelihood is going to be affected by this as far as I know
There isn't a way to directly monetize a tumblr blog but it's a way of getting noticed
It's a way of interacting with your fan base. It's a way of being part of the community. So of course that's going to affect
(Flailing for the right words)
You- you know
You know what I mean
and that is gonna suck as someone with an online following I completely empathize
With how much it's gonna suck just to have your platform ripped out from under you like that. Now, personally
My blog is not gonna be affected at all by this because I don't post not say for work content on tumblr
but I think regardless of whether we post that kind of stuff a lot of us have been drawn to tumblr because
Although they've always had a Terms of Service. It does feel very uncensored and very authentic compared to other social media platforms
it's been a place for the weirdos and the outcasts and the gays and I think
Imposing strict censorship on that for the first time is going to completely change the brand of Tumblr
It's going to completely take away. The reason why a lot of us like and use it and
This could very well be
the end of tumblr. As I've said-
It is a bit of a running joke on tumblr to hate tumblr and for good reason, there's non seasoned child porn among us
There's the discourse and shit around every corner
It's terrible. But we also all relish what a debaucherous cesspit it is, like don't even lie to me
You know! For the past while I have felt like tumblr is kind of on its downhill, kind of in its senior years
It definitely peaked as a platform from like 2011 to 2014 and I think the outside perception of tumblr is
often
More similar to what it was like in those years
It's been a true pleasure
Shitposting alongside you all for the past seven years of my life, if the tumblr purge takes you rest in
Peace my friend. I will see those of you who survive on the other side of December 17th
So I looked up tumblr purge on tumblr
I don't feel like that's- that's definitely not the universal term that people are using for it. But it's the only one that I've
Heard that I can- that is searchable
So that's what we're gonna start with and related tags is 'staff', 'Twitter', 'signal boost'
'Tumblr ban' and 'artists on tumblr' that all makes sense to me
From what I've seen so far (Reading post) "look even if the site dies"
"I think we can all agree that the memes coming out of this shit show are absolutely top tier"
"I've laughed myself to tears at least six times since I got home"
It's true
If any social media site can cope
With their end : its tumblr, just because we all low-key hate it and express it through our garbage meme culture
It's gonna make a grand exit if it does. "Tumblr picked a hell of a day to axe all adult content
Monday December 17th is international day to end violence against sex workers"
Wow, oh that that is in fact a bit awkward. Whoops, let's go to tumblr ban
(Greggy poo onion man is having a seizure over those shoulders) It's getting hot in my room
Gonna get naked
(reading post)"I love how the problem with tumblr was the millions of porn BOTS but staff is so stupid that they just ban all adult content
Of any kind and think it fixes the problem
How can they be so bad at running a website and I'm still not over the female presenting nipples or any sex acts?
so I guess all images of people kissing or any drawings of naked woman for art's sake will now be banned s m h"
So it technically it did say that like in an artistic context nudity is fine
But also if you're- if you're flagging pictures of rocks
I don't- I don't think we can have much faith in this system to tell the difference between art and porn, just sayin
(quoting)"Users : fix the porn bot problem. Tumblr staff: Okay, no more not-safe-for-work"
(Reading) "@ support @ staff. What about the Nazis? What about the pedophiles? What about the myriad of other-
Ways you could have dealt with the porn bot problem. Also who the fuck thought female presenting nipples
was a good phrase to use." That one has just been memed into the ground like ...Oh a boob light. I know
"Ceiling nipple - Tumblr approved" got- got through the filter. Good. Yep
This is- this is basically the mood right now " Elon Musk. Please save tumblr"
"Let's get Elon musk to buy tumblr and save content creators." It's true Elon Musk
will let you draw that anime porn all day
"tumblr staff - titties or female presenting nipples. Nazis pedophiles and running a site
which is the embodiment of literal hell "
There's a petition to stop it because of course there is and it's not gonna do shit
I think at this point
This is just such a ridiculous thing to happen, but I feel like at this point
We just gotta accept that this- this is- this is gonna happen
I do think that tumblr has been dying for a number of years, but I think that this is going to accelerate it exponentially
I think this is the - this is the nail in the coffin
Staff has a post
called a 'better more positive tumblr'
"Since its founding in 2007 tumblr has always been a place for wide-open creative self-expression at the heart of the community and culture
to borrow from our founder David Karp
We are proud to have inspired a generation of artists, writers, creators, curators, and Crusaders to redefine our culture and help empower individuality
So what's changing: posts that contain adult content will no longer be allowed on Tumblr
And we've updated our Community Guidelines to reflect this policy change"
It doesn't sound that bad when you phrase it that way as like they're just banning porn. Everything else is still allowed
even written erotica is still allowed but it's -
I feel like the implications are just more than that, especially since it's -they are implementing such a flawed flagging system
and
It's just- it does change the culture of the site
It changes the -the beautiful uncensored nature of tumblr
Like I said, this isn't gonna directly affect the way that I use tumblr
but typically a lot of people's blogs are just a mishmash of their memes, their artsy photographs, their selfies, and their porn like it's
That's what people use tumblr for- as much as we meme our hatred for it
It has a genuine place in our hearts or at least it has a genuine place in my heart
"This post itself is flagged. I'm dying @staff. Your bullshit is killing itself"
Okay, is that true? If that's true? Oh my god. This is why no one trusts Seth
This is exactly why - "Tumblr before and after banning all adult content." Yep. So just a Christian family friendly site
Which certainly still has pedophiles and Nazis and all manner of disgusting things on it. I don't know
I feel like a lot of people are mad because they're- they're not getting rid of like
the actually really bad shit that a lot of us want off the platform and
instead they're just
What are they doing? They're -That- that's that's essentially it right there
"Tumblr -fixing their fucking website -deleting all not-safe-for-work content." Yeah, that's about it
"If tumblr shuts down we might as well go out with a bang - 'Tiddies' "
"us : porn BOTS are still prevalent even after the purge
The mobile app is shit
The algorithm used for dashboard and searched posts is extremely flawed, posts are disappearing,
The activity notifications are unsortable, the quality of pictures lessens after being uploaded and there are pedophilic users . staff : fear not
No tits. You're welcome."
I'm laughing but I cry inside cuz it's true , it's true and the garbage Hellfire is
So yeah, I wanted to say my piece on the tumblr purge
For everyone who is currently going through it and for everyone who does not use tumblr
And has no idea the shitshow that's going on there right now
If you haven't had your blog deleted for posting pictures of rocks yet remember to go follow me on tumblr
You can also follow me on instagram, subscribe to me on Youtube if you haven't already. I mean, what are you doing?
Thank you ever so much for watching as always and I will see you in another video very soon my friends
(Cheese signing off)