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Stand up and fight the Tumblr power!

48hr tumblr blackout proposal

tumblr mobile has seadily become near unusable these past few updates. not just from a user experience perspective (which is important enough in itself) but also from an accessibility perspective.

examples include the new way the image viewer works (if you can call it "working"), the tumblr live button replacing the profile button, and that newly created blogs will be forced to have their main dashboard tab be the 'for you' page.

the demands of the protest would be along the lines of:

reverse the recent image viewer update

scrap the new users 'for you' page default setting

let us turn off tumblr live indefinitely

increase efforts against spam / porn bots

make reporting abuse and hate speech as easy as reporting as reporting spam

let us go nuts show nuts again... for real this time

commit to improving usability and accessibility, and listening to users!

(suggestions welcome!)

to protest against these usability issues, and inspired by the recent reddit blackout, i propose a 48 hour blackout (where you don't use tumblr at all). preferably of both mobile and web (since web has problems too) but mobile is the focus here.

I suggest the 48 hours between the 30th of June to the end of the 1st of July.

this marks the end of pride month (for the "queerest place on the internet") and the start of disability month (since accessibility is a massive issue here).

tumblr office is in San Francisco, USA, so the times and dates will be calculated using their time zone (PDT).

you can find out the times and dates for your timezone here.

i can't afford to blaze this post so please spread it around as much as possible! protests only work if significant numbers show up!

Mr. Shark Appreciation Post. 💙🦈

This is going to sound weird, but, I was thinking about how Deathgrippers are dragons that eat other dragons and I came to the conclusion that Rumblehorns evolved to complete with them. My evidence for this is that Rumblehorns can canonically punch through seastacks (solid rocks) and ships so if they do a hawk style dive bomb or a shark style attack from below the Deathgripper isn’t surviving and they have these massive pieces of rounded plate-like armor in areas that are the biggest target for a stinger that would probably keep the stinger from penetrating.

It’s a weird theory, I know, but I just like the image of a Rumblehorn repossessing a Deathgripper’s spine.

Wait, you’ve got a point…

A- a big point. Oh my… oh. OH. Yeah you’ve got something here! This makes so much sense! SHOOT

Why is this literally my mom, what the hell?

Credit: Colour Krazy

Dart's coming of age.

I actually had this stored up in my notes forever and finally got around to it, but recently someone sent a suggestion with the same comic idea to me as well so great minds think alike ;)

10000 likes!

My Halloween costume I made in ten minutes with stuff from my closet.

Okay, I have to say something.

When I joined Tumblr in 2017, it had its faults. But - so many people interacted or commented or reblogged. On everything. It was such a fun little community of Star Wars fans and everyone else I was mutual with.

And now... it's crickets. I get that people have lives beyond fandoms, move on from interests, cycle through interests - but that's not what I'm saying.

No one reblogs anymore. With comments. Rarely. I get mostly hearts, but I have no idea what people actually think of most chapters and stories.

I know I've been in and out of the fandom since the pandemic started, due to my own personal reasons. Is that what this is? People don't want to interact with someone that's rarely there, and now that I finally beginning to enjoy fandom and writing again... There's no one.

And saying "find a different audience" or "follow new people" doesn't fully work. I might not like everything they post about and want to filter 10+ more tags to enjoy what I do care about.

I go through the tags, I know what pops up and what doesn't when you scroll. I've gone on friends Tumblr's and done the same thing.

Is this because Instagram and Twitter has created a reality that you shouldn't comment or reblog, less you're a stalker?

For a platform like this, reblogging and commenting on stuff shouldn't be a big deal. And if the OP doesn't want to engage...they don't have too. And they can delete your comment too, block you - and it has nothing to do with you as a person, because while your online persona reflects you, it isn't the person your coworkers, friends, and family know you as. And that's okay.

In the end it's just the internet and I'm just rambling about my thoughts here on this hellsite.

*Everyone is standing around the broken coffee maker*

Hiccup: So. Who broke it? I'm not mad, I just wanna know.

Everyone:

Astrid: ...I did. I broke it.

Hiccup: No. No you didn't. Tuffnut?

Tuffnut: Don't look at me. Look at Fishlegs.

Fishlegs: What?! I didn't break it.

Tuffnut: Huh, that's weird. How'd you even know it was broken?

Fishlegs: Because it's sitting right in front of us and it's broken.

Tuffnut: Suspicious.

Fishlegs: No, it's not!

Ruffnut: If it matters, probably not, but Snotlout was the last one to use it.

Snotlout: Liar! I don't even drink that crap!

Ruffnut: Oh really? Then what were you doing by the coffee cart earlier?

Snotlout: I use the wooden stirrers to push back my cuticles. Everyone knows that, Ruffnut!

Astrid: Okay let's not fight. I broke it. Let me pay for it, Hiccup.

Hiccup: No! Who broke it!?

Everyone:

Ruffnut: Hiccup... Tuffnut's been awfully quiet.

Tuffnut: REALLY?!

*Everyone starts arguing*

Hiccup, being interviewed: I broke it. I burned my hand so I punched it.

Hiccup: I predict 10 minutes from now they'll be at each other's throats with warpaint on their faces and a pig head on a stick.

Hiccup:

Hiccup: Good. It was getting a little chummy around here.

Heeheehee!!

nice frontal lobe :)

This is one of the funniest things I've read in a while. Please enjoy, friends.

Welcome to Baked Takes! The show, where I, your host, gets too baked, and evaluates How to Train Your Dragon characters based on whether or not I think they could successfully operate a forklift.

Hiccup

Hiccup in the first movie is an absolute fucking not, but in the other two I’ll let that shit slide—yes he can fucking do it.

Astrid

Without hesitation or her eyes open.

Ruffnut & Tuffnut

It’s a no for the twin siblings Nut.

Valka

I pledge allegiance to the MILFs of the United States of Berk.

Gobber

Berk’s resident gay would crash the forklift in record breaking time.

Stoick the Vast

Now this motherfuck—

Eret son of Eret

Fuck yeah!

Grimmel the Grisly

Chaos would escape like bats out of hell if this fucker ever got his hands on a single piece of modern machinery.

Drago Bludvist

Unfortunately, yes.

Toothless

Yes!

The Light Fury

YEEEE!!!