The Bean Doodles

When you’re old, all you want to do is stare at the scenery. It’s so strange. I’ve never felt so peaceful before.

me, a minor: 

well, this is it, the eve of the apocalypse, the end of a proud* and horny** era on this microblogging platform. Gentlemen, ladies, citizens of all genders and of no gender, it has been, and continues to be, an honor.

See you all on the other side.

*maybe

here’s the one for the last day <3 @yazzdonut

The plan for the 17th, when the adult content ban comes in, is to protest.

To do that, we are making as much noise either side of the 17th as possible, and using the site as normal.

On the 17th, dead silence.

People are saying log off but what they really mean is don’t open the site or the app.

But, on the 17th make as much noise as possible on every other platform. Tweet about it and post on facebook and instagram and everywhere else.

What this does is causes a massive dip in ad revenue for one single day. That does not make staff think ‘oh everyone’s gone let’s shut down.’ What it actually makes them think is ‘oh shit people aren’t happy and if people don’t keep using our site we’re out of money and out of jobs.’

A boycott reminds a company that the users (consumers) have the power to make their site (business) worthless with one single coordinated decision.

If you want to join in, here’s what to do:

Do:

Close all open instances of the app and site on all your devices before the 17th

Make posts before and after the 17th on tumblr and other platforms, talking about why this ban is bad

Make posts on other sites during the 17th. Flood the official tumblr staff twitter and facebook with your anger and your opinion

Come back on the 18th and check in

Don’t:

Delete the app from your phone (this doesn’t affect their revenue and since it’s off the store at the moment it’ll be hard to get back)

Delete your account. I mean you can if you want to, but if you keep your account and don’t use it you’re saying to staff that there’s still time to save it. If you delete it’s hard work to come back.

Open the app or website (including specific blogs)

Make any posts (turn down/off your queue and make sure nothing is scheduled)

Go quiet elsewhere. Make it clear that this is just about tumblr, not a mass move away from all social media.

Remember: the execs don’t care about anything but money. Shutting down the site means there’s $0 further income from it. That’s their last possible course of action. If we make it clear we’re not happy, they’ll have to do something or we can do more and more until it becomes too expensive.

As you all may know, Article 13 is a thing. It’s happening right now as you’re reading this and it will affect everyone, not only Europeans. Your memes will get banned, content creators won’t be able to upload their content and everything will be very, very strict.

I see you, non-European fellow, asking yourself why the hell you should care. Well, my good sir/madam, you should because once it starts it won’t. stop. at just Europe. It’s almost guaranteed that your country will eventually be affected, sooner or later, one way or another.

This post is to just spread awareness. Everyone must reblog this, share it with your friends and family, make your own posts like these and most importantly, if you live in Europe, contact your MEPS.

For a whole bunch more of information, here you go;

The internet as we know it could will change.