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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.

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Quick recap:

It’s the Latin spelling of demon, it’s not a different word.

The context with which it was used in ancient Greece doesn’t matter because we don’t live in ancient Greece

Language is for communication and semantic debates are completely pointless. If the message of the speaker is properly received by their audience (which I feel my use of the Latin spelling does more effectively than the modern spelling and everyone including you gets what I mean) then the language has served its purpose. Any sentiment implying there is a ‘proper’ (note, not 'correct’ because its not right or wrong, it’s about classist etiquette) is a deliberate obfuscation of the intent of the communication, which clearly you understood in the original context else you wouldn’t have tried to correct me.

Daemons are lesser deities (read the book!) and nazis work with them (their obsession with the occult is well documented) they have exchanged their souls for power, however that power is not that powerful (because they are lesser deities) it’s fear, that’s all. And fear can be overcome easily, with love and trust and faith and togetherness ie godliness

Well to me Daemon isn’t an Abrahamic bogeyman. It is Ancient Greek belief, and the bastardization of language is what I am not okay with. When you do that you end up with words that can hurt.

What book? You gave no title.

Yes Nazi’s where crazy for imaginary friends. I will finish with this if my correction offended you Good Sir, &/or Madam, Than I am truly sorry. It was not my intentions. My intentions where meant as a simple critiquing of your word choice.