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1/29/18

Flag it out

Spam: it’s out there, it exists, and no (decent) person likes it. If you can lend a hand by reporting it to us whenever you see it on Tumblr, we would greatly appreciate it. It’s like a colleague of mine said: “Don’t assume that someone else has called 911 just because a house is on fire. Call them yourself.”

Luckily you don’t even have to make a phone call. As of this week, the website offers three ways to report spam:

On posts: From the dashboard or a search results page, click the share menu (paper airplane) at the bottom of the post, and click “Report.”

On blogs: You can also flag an entire blog by hovering over its avatar, clicking the little person silhouette, and (you guessed it) clicking “Report.”

On fan mail and asks (this one’s new!): From the inbox, click the three dots at the bottom of a spammy message and choose “Flag.”

Of course, this isn’t just for spam anymore. Once you’ve clicked “Report” on a post, blog, or message, you’ll be able to choose why you’re reporting it: it’s adult content and should be filtered as such, it’s spam, or it violates our Community Guidelines.

Thanks for being a good neighbor, Tumblr.