Silverleaf, Undead Wanderer

Here’s the thing: even if you aren’t someone who enjoys nsfw material, I think we can all agree that this blanket ban is ridiculous and a completely ass-backwards way of going about fixing a problem that SHOULD have been taken care of over a year ago… 

Not only is the wording of their announcement incredibly vague and, frankly, highly offensive / misogynistic   ( “ female-presenting nipples “  more than implying that women’s bodies are inherently sexual and offensive and need to be censored. )  , but the algorithm they’re using for it is so badly constructed that it’s been flagging everything left and right, regardless of content.  ( Pictures of kittens / landscapes / and even rp text posts… )   They’re axeing blogs. There’s minimal, if any, human oversight of any of it… and the only way to really  ‘ appeal ‘   , that I currently know of, is to go through and actively request a review for each individual post. On one of my rp blogs, alone, I have over 11000 posts. That’s not even feasible… and I think staff knows this. 

For me, tumblr has been a safe haven… one of the first places that ever made me feel good about my sexuality in an extremely conservative IRL community. It’s the place I’ve spent years improving my writing, building worlds and characters that I am so proud of… and not only that, I’ve connected to some of my closest friends through this site. And I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s come to view this place — even with all of it’s undeniable issues — as something of a safe haven. An escape from the world… where we could just be, create stories together, support eac other, and form bonds over our love of creativity. But, in the blink of an eye, that could all be wiped away by the staff’s utter incompetence and disregard for their users. 

By all means, I whole-heartedly agree that the pornbots and cp  NEEDS TO GO.  But, this is not the way to do it. Not by a long shot. 

 According to the new Guidelines, written content is allowed. This means NSFW stories or roleplay won’t be banned.

The Safe Mode won’t exist anymore. You will have to manually block content you do not wish to see.

While the update mentions “artistic nudity” is allowed, it goes out of its way to specify illustrations that depict sex acts may be affected. 

You will be notified when and if your content is flagged: the E-mail will include a form to appeal if your post has been targeted by error. Be sure to check your E-Mail if you suspect something might happen to your blog.

Blogs market as explicit won’t be taken down. However, their content may be removed. Moreover, their icons and banner will be reverted to default settings.

What will happen

Images of real-life nudity will be flagged

Flagged posts will be only viewable by the poster and nobody else

Flagged posts can be appealed and fixed if done so by mistake

That’s it

What will not happen

Blogs will not be indiscriminately deleted

Posts will not be indiscriminately deleted

Written smut will not intentionally be flagged

Illustrated or otherwise artistic nudity will not intentionally be flagged

You may have heard about the efforts in Europe to reform copyright law. The debate has been ongoing in the European Parliament for months. If approved next week, these new regulations would require us to automatically filter and block content that you upload without meaningful consideration of your right to free expression. 

We respect the copyrights and trademarks of others, and we take all reports seriously to ensure that your creative expression is protected. We make this clear in our Community Guidelines. There’s already a legal framework that works and is fair: Today we take down posts and media that contain allegedly infringing content when we receive a valid DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown request. We also provide clear-cut ways for people to fight back if they believe their removed content was not a true violation. These instances are monitored and reported and live in our biannual transparency report. 

The suggestion to use automated filters for issues of copyright is short-sighted at best and harmful at worst. Automated filters are unable to determine whether a use should be considered “fair use” under the law and are unable to determine whether a use is authorized by a license agreement. They are unable to distinguish legitimate parody, satire, or even your own personal pictures that could be matched with similar photographs that have been protected by someone else. We don’t believe that technology should replace human judgment. Tumblr is and always has been a place for creative expression, and these new regulations would only make it harder for you to express yourself with the freedom and clarity you do so now. 

If Article 13 is approved, European People might be basically banned from uploading any fan content. 

You won’t get new fanfics from people in Europe.

You won’t get new gifs from people in Europe.

You won’t get new fanart from people in Europe.

Because they’ll be automatically filtered and blocked!

We might leave Tumblr and other fandom pages.

And if we’re getting all our content blocked? 

You might lose some of your favourite followers/mutuals.

You might not get to read the rest of that fic you’re dying to read - simply because the writer lives in the wrong country.

So do whatever you can to help us stop this.

Reblog this.

It’s happening, you guys.

Today, from 16h30 to 18h00, then from 20h00 to the wee hours of the morn (or until I get tired), Eastern Standard Time (GMT-4) I will be live over at twitch.tv/duskclaw224 playing the latest Call of Cthulhu game. Will you join me as we delve into the depths of depravity and madness?

It’s happening, you guys.

Today, from 16h30 to 18h00, then from 20h00 to the wee hours of the morn (or until I get tired), Eastern Standard Time (GMT-4) I will be live over at twitch.tv/duskclaw224 playing the latest Call of Cthulhu game. Will you join me as we delve into the depths of depravity and madness?

It’s happening, you guys.

Today, from 16h30 to 18h00, then from 20h00 to the wee hours of the morn (or until I get tired), Eastern Standard Time (GMT-4) I will be live over at twitch.tv/duskclaw224 playing the latest Call of Cthulhu game. Will you join me as we delve into the depths of depravity and madness?

It’s happening, you guys.

Today, from 16h30 to 18h00, then from 20h00 to the wee hours of the morn (or until I get tired), Eastern Standard Time (GMT-4) I will be live over at twitch.tv/duskclaw224 playing the latest Call of Cthulhu game. Will you join me as we delve into the depths of depravity and madness?

The wanderer replied with a shrug. He raised an eyebrow at the lady’s... peculiar outfit, before turning to his pie and cutting a slice. He then motioned towards the ground as he handed the witch her portion of desert.

“Have a seat, if you’d like. There are some stairs over there, Andre’s bench and the anvil aren’t curently in use... Probably a bit cold, though.”

‘Little minions’? It took a moment for Thalander to realise what the woman was talking about. Her talk of reducing their bodies to bone meal did help in that regard. Her... “worries” were oddly specific, however. Almost as if she’d had that idea herself. Not that he cared about the boney pranksters.