You Can't Change Me

Things: * turn out okay*

Me:

I tried to ignore the Tumblr upcoming change. Because as far as I know it won’t affect this blog of mine. But I can’t ignore that facts that 1. The biggest community from Tumblr will disappear. And there is no way tumblr will survive that lost. A community that needs a place to be themselves. And that has been Tumblr for a very long time. 3. Our frustrations were with the porn bots, not with real owners of a NSFW blog. They are not bothering us. 3. People that own a NSFW are not only here for the porn. When I look at my followers I see a lot of NSFW blogs that are here not just because of the porn but also because they feel lonely, because they are struggling, because they want to connect with like minded people. It’s not fair that they aren’t allowed to be here just because anything sexual isn’t allowed. We all (most of us) have sexual thoughts but because they show it on a blog they are not allowed to be here? What is that for kind of bullshit.

If Tumblr knows so well which post are NSFW and explicit, why don’t they make another filter for that. Why not on top of the safe mode a hide NSFW switch. That you can unlock when you are above 18. So you can choose if you want to use tumblr NSFW free or if you are okay with it. You don’t have to delete more than the half of your users and content. There are other ways that won’t kill this amazing platform. Tumblr always has been a platform where everyone was accepted and everyone’s preference. A place where people could express themselves without feeling judged, discriminated or be treated differently. This safety disappears when all the 18+ content get banned. Because you are not just banning the bad sides, but also the good, harmless ones. Also for the people that are left here on tumblr, when such a big part get deleted how will we feel safe that this policy doesn’t get stricter on certain topics and other communities get deleted. The whole safe feeling disappears. There must be other ways to make tumblr safer and keep the NSFW side separated from the rest. You don’t need to delete and ban it.