Starting at midnight this morning (Eastern Standard Time), countless Tumblr users logged off to avoid using Tumblr for at least 24 hours. Some will never return, at least not unless Tumblr revises their new restrictions, in effect as of today.
Tumblr hosts blogs and allows for easy following of other blogs and reblogging of entries. It was purchased by Yahoo years ago, and, as a result, is now part of Verizon's corporate empire. Probably for advertising purposes and to comply with new laws in various countries, a sweeping ban of material that could be considered "adult" was announced, even though people could already mark their blogs as being "Not Safe For Work" and thus people who didn't want to scroll through such content could avoid it.
Other services have been scrambling to handle the influx of new accounts of "Tumblr refugees" and at least one new service has started specifically to be a place to "rescue" Tumblr blogs by importing them.
For the time being, this blog's sister Tumblr blog, which, like this blog, is intentionally "Safe For Work," will continue on Tumblr as long as it is allowed. Unfortunately, it is likely that hundreds, if not thousands, of the over 11,000 followers we've connected with there will be gone. But we will stay there as long as we're helping people there.
It's sad to see communities, especially where marginalized and oppressed people have found friends and support and reassurance, broken up. Traffic at Tumblr will undoubtedly shrink significantly. Will enough new users join up to offset the defections? Probably not. It is also unlikely petitions and protests will get a full reversal of Tumblr's new terms, but perhaps there will be a revision.
A link to our Tumblr blog will be added to this post after the day of protest ends.
Advocating for the right of consenting adults to share and enjoy love, sex, residence, and marriage without limits on the gender, number, or relation of participants. Full marriage equality is a basic human right.
Monday, December 17, 2018
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IT IS OK TO TALK ABOUT SEX IN YOUR COMMENTS, BUT PLEASE CHOOSE YOUR WORDS CAREFULLY AS I WANT THIS BLOG TO BE AS "SAFE FOR WORK" AS POSSIBLE. If your comment includes graphic descriptions of activity involving minors, it's not going to get published.
do not let corporates take your rights away.
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