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Some good news, I’ve been talking to two developers now and got them working together, we just had a meeting with the guys behind an existing large (millions of users) site similar to Tumblr, with a vibrant and open-minded community, and more importantly, it has open-minded owners who believe in free speech. They think we can get something done here to rescue the whole community.

I’m not allowed to reveal the site name yet. I can tell you it’s mainstream, open to everyone, open-minded and welcoming. (It’s not WordPress or any site owned by Facebook or Twitter. It’s not Pillowfort, that’s in closed beta. It’s not Ello, that’s mainly for artists. It’s not kinkspace or fetlife, those are too specialist. It’s not jux, that seems to be closed. It’s not Soup, that seems still in development and too small.)

One of the reasons for delaying the announcement for next few days is they don’t want a “land grab” where people take the names of current popular Tumblr users over there (cyber squatting). So they are looking at ways for existing Tumblr users to keep the same names on the new site.

More info over the days to come.

The plan is, broadly:

1. By December 9th, announcement of the new site and how to secure your username there

2. By December 10th, an online tool for bloggers to copy their existing content to the new site automatically, with the same tags and captions.

3. Bloggers will need to copy their content across between December 10th and December 17th if they want to use the automatic tool.

4. My understanding is that after December 17th there will be no public access to any “flagged” posts on Tumblr, but the original poster will still be able to see the flagged post (for a short time at least). Therefore, the original poster may still be able to manually download a post to their own PC or phone, after December 17th, and manually upload it to the other site. But if you have lots of posts that will take a long time, it will be better to use the automatic tool before December 17th.

Please understand that these dates are approximate and may change for technical or other reasons.

There may be a few rough edges or not so perfect looking site design on the transfer tool. Everyone is doing their best. The main goal here is to help as many people as possible preserve access to their content, in the short space of time Tumblr has allowed us, and preserve as much as possible of the Tumblr community spirit somewhere new.

The new site will cater for photo, GIF, text and html posts. It will not offer video and audio posts, due to cost reasons - maybe in future, but for now you will need to preserve video and audio content yourself in some other place.

If your Tumblr blog has a mixture of original content and reblogs, or all reblogs, all of that can be copied over to the new site. Reblogs will become “your” original content if nobody else posted them yet, otherwise they will be shown as reblogs. The devs are looking at ways to preserve attribution of reblogs back to the original Tumblr poster, if that person also moves to the new site.

Important: your Likes cannot be copied from Tumblr to the new site. You will have to go find the same posts again on the new site, and like them afresh.

(Similarly, existing reblog comments, asks, messages and other user interaction on Tumblr cannot be copied to the new site - that’s just too much to do, in the short time available.)

If you want to preserve any of your existing Liked posts on Tumblr, you will need to either: (1) download the post to your own PC, or: (2A) reblog it now to your own Tumblr blog, and then (2B) use the automatic tool, before December 17th, to move your whole Tumblr blog across to the new site.

If you have Liked a lot of posts here on Tumblr, the gridllr.com webapp should be able to help you do steps 1 and 2A quickly, I mean download or reblog.

(Someone complained to me today about the appearance of Gridllr on a phone. It’s best to use Gridllr on a PC, Mac or Tablet with a large screen.)

If you have liked a post here on Tumblr and the original poster decides to delete it, or even to delete their entire blog, some time before December 17th, then that post will be permanently lost. So if you want to be sure to preserve any of your Liked posts, you should best download or reblog as soon as possible. If it’s reblogged to your own blog it is safe from deletion, at least for next few days.

Christmas party outfit - overnight hotel stay with all the men from work whil I stay home.

With the recent change in Tumblr’s policy on nudity many creators (and visitors) are looking for an alternative platform to keep on going.

I have listed alternative platforms which came to my mind and did some basic research to help you to make an educated choice.

What made tumblr attractive in the past was a unique combination of

a large user base, which both provides plenty of new content and people eager to look/like/reblog it (in other words: A large audience to the creators work)

Liberal rules on nudity

Wed and mobile application

No costs

This combination is hard to find again.

My verdicts are for now:

Ello or deviantArt for creators who wnt to share their work among other creators

Vero for people who are essentially looking for a “nsfw-Instagram”

VK.com: For the adventurous

500px: I want to post or view really good photographed breasts

Flickr: I just ant du dump all my hotos somewhere to share it by link

Artfolio, Website: I need a “business card” to share by link

I personally will focus on Ello, Vero and my own website. Let me know if you are in

Ello

Description/Claim: “The Creators Network”. Ello is a global community of artists dedicated to creative excellence. Built by artists, for artists

Type of Service: Instagramm-Like. Kinda.

Address: https://www.ello.co/

Costs: Free

Number of Users: > 1 million

Mobile Client: Available

Web Client: Available

Main Language: English

Policy on Nudity: If you regularly post adult-oriented content, otherwise deemed NSFW, please respect those in our community that do not wish to see it by flagging your profile Not Safe for Work (NSFW).

Other: Ello claims several notable distinguishing intentions as a social network: never sell user data to advertisers or third parties, never show advertisements, and not enforce a real-name policy.

Vero

Description/Claim: Vero is a social network for anyone who loves anything enough to share it – and wants control over who they share it with. Just like we do in real life.

Type of Service: Instagramm-Like

Address: https://www.vero.co/

Costs: “free for Life”

Number of Users: > 1 million

Mobile Client: Available

Web Client: Not Available

Main Language: English

Policy on Nudity: No Policy against Nudity. However, Vero has a a “Flag as inappropriate” functionality

Other: High degree of Transparency. See https://www.vero.co/vero-manifesto/

DeviantArt

Description/Claim: Bleed and Breed Art - We are where art starts, but that’s only the beginning. We are the movement for the liberation of creative expression. We believe that art is for everyone, and we’re creating the cultural context for how it is created, discovered, and shared.

Type Of Service: Deviant-Art-Like ;-).

Address: https://www.deviantart.com/

Costs: Free / Subscription Based

Number of Users:  > 40 million

Mobile Client: Not Available

Web Client: Available

Main Language: English

Policy On Nudity: Liberal, details unknown

Main Language: English

Other: User Interface created in early ’90 as it seems

Vk.com

Description/Claim: VK (short for its original name VKontakte; Russian: ВКонта́кте, meaning InContact) is a Russian online social media and social networking service.

Type Of Service: Facebook-Like

Address: VK.com

Costs: Free / Advertisement based

Number of Users:  > 100 million (>95% Russian)

Mobile Client: Available

Web Client: Not Available (?)

Main Language: Russian

Policy On Nudity: Liberal, details unknown

Main Language: Russian

Other: Owned by Mail.ru which has strong ties to Russian government

500px

Description/Claim: The community for passionate photographers. Join over 15 million photographers from 195 countries to discover and share incredible photos, gain global exposure, and get paid for your work and skills.

Type Of Service: Image Hosting

Address: https://500px.com/

Costs: Free and Subscription

Number of Users: 15 Million

Mobile Client: Available

Web Client: Available

Main Language: English

Policy On Nudity: [It is forbidden] To post […] any Visual Content or Communications that are libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, offensive, profane, or that infringes any copyright or other right of any person

Other: Initially Russian-owned, now Chinese. Knowing for banning users without warning or explanation

Flickr

Description/Claim: We want to help people make their photos available to the people who matter to them.

Type Of Service: Image Hosting

Address: https://www.flickr.com/

Costs: Free and Subscription

Number of Users: 15 Million

Mobile Client: Available

Web Client: Available

Main Language: English

Policy On Nudity: Liberal, But restricted in Germany (?): After further researching our available options, we decided to adjust our policy in Germany to enable pictures rated as “moderate” to be visible for our users starting today. We’ve received plenty of feedback from our members on this and hopefully this change helps address some of the desires expressed while still complying with legal requirements regarding age verification.

Used to be owned by Yahoo (former owner of Tumblr), now sold to SmugMug

Artfolio, Patreon, Own Website…

Description/Claim: Showcase your work

Type Of Service: Portfolio/Homepage

Address: …what you make of it

Costs: Subscription

Number of Users: Next to zero – unless you run some serious marketing or are very well known

Mobile Client: Not Available

Web Client: Available

Main Language: Your Choice

Policy On Nudity: Your Policy – but has to obey the law