I don’t feel like being active here.
Motivation to share about characters (art, text, etc) is non-existent at this point.
I’m busy elsewhere and have mental issues to deal with so no wonder things won’t work out.
Thank you for your patience.
Gecko: “And here we have a Banditus Battus, a rare breed of Bandit. He seems to have his hand stuck in a jar.”
Bat, hand stuck in a jar: “It’s not funny! Help me!!”
Gecko: “He has to rely mostly on his group mates for food and protection, his height and size only makes him intimidating–”
Bat: “And it helps with getting stuff down from up high to the low ground for another Bandit specimen within his group with short legs and temper as short as his–”
Gecko: *throwing punches at Bat*
Reblog if you:
have no intention of using Post+ to put your content behind a paywall,
and
have no intention to pay to unlock any content hidden by Post+ either
I wanna see something.
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.
@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?
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
Cooper: “What up, bestie?~”
Unicorn: “You’ve ruined my routines with all that night hollering, my eyes are bagged and I’m so damn stressed out that I’m having murderous ideas..”
Cooper: “Ahahah, tell me about it, gurl. Life in the zone, am I right?”
Unicorn: “You got about 3 days left, bestie.”
