Yes, it is. They stated that no account will be deleted, only adult contents will be oscured and and made private. But it’s not what is happening.
Tumblr is shadowbanning all visual artists, no matter if they have NSFW or SFW material on their blogs. And this is mainly damaging the visual artists in the fandoms. The proof? Until some time ago, typing “Johnlock” in the dashboard search bar, I had among the popular results, tons of fanarts from the most famous artists. The fanarts were the most immediate and numerous result of the research, I’m sure you remember this. Now it has completely changed. These are the search results on “Johnlock” search from today. There are almost exclusively text posts, chats, and memes. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against memes or text posts, they are great. The problem is that fanarts, manips, photosets, gifset, and even most of the actors’ photos have disappeared from the research.
Is it strange? Not a result from Anotherwellkeptsecret, Reapersun, Bluebellofbakerstreet? How is it possible? Because Tumblr doesn’t want fandom material on its site anymore, and it doesn’t give a toss if it’s SFW or not. You’re a fandom artist? You are punished by becoming invisible. So much for “SFW content is still allowed,” right? :))) No, in reality it is not. How are users supposed to find new artists to follow, if they’re shadowbanned? How are arists supposed to make themselves known and show their creations, if they can’t be seen? I surely don’t have to remind you that many artists use commissions to pay bills and as a help to live. If they are no longer visible, they will lose commissioners, and even if they don’t do commissions, this attitude of Tumblr will discourage them from creating new art, since they will be invisible. There will be less new contents, less ficlets written under fanarts (if I don’t see the fanart, I can’t write a ficlet inspired by it). We are all losing, due to the new Tumblr policy.
All of this adds up to other forms of boycott that Tumblr is using: - internal research that no longer works: you can no longer explore the tags in a blog, because you do not see any results; - some users don’t appear in the list of the notes to a post, even if they added something; - for many users, their most popular posts are no longer visible under their username and blog title;
Tumblr doesn’t even allow anymore a visual preview of its own links, inside and outside Tumblr:
Besides, there are the old problems this site always had, never solved and now even more serious. The @ function doesn’t work anymore for many of us, and many peole don’t receive notifications from other users who have addressed them specifically. Seeing what the situation is like, I don’t think they have the will to fix any of these errors.
Ultimately, we can also decide to remain here, but it’s clear that the site no longer wants us here, and it’s doing all it can to crush us and make us invisible.
But what can we do to fight back? Not much, I’m afraid. The only thig I can think about, is:
Follow and reblog
FOLLOW AND REBLOG
FOLLOW AND REBLOG
FOLLOW AND REBLOG
FOLLOW AND REBLOG
Make sure you follow all your fave artists before December, 17th, so you can keep track of them, and you can visit their blog directly, if you don’t see them in the search or in the dashboard. And reblog their art, EVER. It could be the only way to save them from the oblivion. Lurkers, readers, writers can be safe, for now, but our artist comrades are under attack. This is the time to show that a fandom is truly a community, giving them all the support we can.
As a form of protest, and since I believe that Tumblr will try to shadowban this post, I have decided that I will punish it every day. Deal with it, @staff :)
“Not safe for work content will be taken off starting Dec 17″
“Also Safe for work content will be removed”
If Tumblr is so desperate to kill itself just shut down the servers
Well, this is worrying.
It’s not surprising but seeing more people getting hit with a shadowban makes me wonder where Tumblr is eventually heading towards. It’s like looking at a person very slowly walk towards a cliff, and no matter how much you yell at them, they just keep walking.
Still, let’s see where this is going.
Writers are as well!
There are cases of writers being shadowban with our own fandom! Along with other fandoms!
Tumblr is destroying their own website to the ground.
This is disgrace for all creators!
Spread the word!
Writers and artists are being hit by this ‘new and improved’ tumblr cycle.
Please have other links where your readers can find your work! Just in case, tumblr decides to shadowban you as well or worst delete your blog.
I usually don’t reblog stuff but a few people now in my inbox has made a request I would reblog this. So here we go.
you ever see an image and think “i may see something as funny as this again, but never anything funnier”
ALL RIGHT YOU LITTLE SHITS GET READY TO LEARN SOMETHING
yOU WANNA ROTATE TEXT?! well mod 5ider has got the fucking t r i c k s homie
Step one: Type something.
P E R F E C T.
sTEP TWO: FIND THE RESIZE OPTION.
You see that little resize button on your menu?
Yeah, that’s the one. you can just click that shit!
On older versions of MS Paint there isn’t this option, but you can always find it with a quick right-click.
THERE IT FUCKING IS!!!!!
STEP THREE: STRETCH AND SKEW
When you click resize, this menu comes up.
I’m sure you all have seen this menu before, but for those who don’t, I’ll clue you in. The top options control the length and respective width of your artwork. you can choose to alter them separately,
or all together
Using that little “Maintain Aspect Ration” checkbox there, but that’s not important right now.
wHat we’re focusing on is that skew option on the botttom.
with that you can t i l t whatever image yuo have on your screen to the left
to the right
up
and down.
“BUT 5IDER!!!!!” you say, “THAT DOESN’T LOOK ROTATED AT ALL”
wELL HOLD ON TO YOUR LUG NUTS BECAUSE I T ’ S T I M E F O R
STEP 4: ULTRA COMBOOOOOOOO!!!!!
now, comes the fun part. unlike its aspect ratio locked cousin, the stretch and skew options work independently from one another. So, you can do things like
and
But that’s neither here nor there… what gets REALLY interesting is when your ratios are in opposite directions..
HOME RUN!
Now, before I let you go, I found out through trial and error that an angle doesn’t exactly match up with its negative dimension…
(Step 5: Angular ratios)
See? there’s a little offset between vertical and horizontal if your expect your text to appear natural instead of tilted. The only places that this offset reaches zero is at 90° (of course) and the rare and extremely dangerous 45° rotations.
Fortunately, I’ve already mapped out a few angles that I find are very useful in my works so, for your viewing pleasure… i present my handy dandy graph
All you have to do is match up your desired angle up to its respective complement and you have quickly and efficiently rotated your first word in MS Paint.
Have fun!
You know, you guys really seemed to enjoy this post.
Should I do more MS Paint tutorials in the future?
Just a little PSA to anyone under the age of 18 living in an dysfunctional, toxic, and/or abusive home:
I know it feels like you’re alone in this, but you’re not, trust me you’re not. I know it feels as though you’re helpless and trapped, especially because you’re most likely too young to get a job/make money and/or move out to live on your own, not to mention it’s scary as fuck. Trust me when I say I know how shitty and aggravating it sounds to say this, but hang on and be strong. I know it’s easier said than done, but even though it feels like you’ll be stuck within the walls of this abuse forever, you won’t, I promise you. It’s true you have to be strong but it’s important to recognize that you can’t realistically endure the abuse and remain strong forever, eventually, it will break you. Find a safe place if you feel like you’re strength is dwindling. A friend, a loved one, a neighbor, someone you can trust. Even just talking to someone for a while can help. There’s nothing wrong with asking for help, you’re not weak for doing so, it’s actually one of the bravest things you can do. It’s easy to find yourself thinking and/or acting on hasty/reckless ideas as a last resort of freedom, I know, I’ve been there many, many times. But you need to know that although they seam like the only true options for escape in the moment, but they’re just that, heat of the moment ideas out of desperation due to a frustratingly hopeless situation. When you find yourself in these moments, tell yourself to pause, take a step back, and think of a time past the current situation. I know it’s hard because the situation is so unbelievably overwhelming to the point where it almost feels impossible to even think of anything past what’s going on right in front of you. Breathe, take a step back, look at the situation and/or your current feelings/actions as if you’re an outsider looking in, remove yourself from the situation if you need to, and come back to it when you feel strong enough to. Try to find something positive and/or productive to help mentally remove/distracte yourself from the situation. An after/before school club, join your schools sports team, or maybe a hobby such as music, art, photography, writing or literature.
This won’t last forever, and you’re very brave, strong, and resilient for putting up with a wildly inappropriate and disgusting living situation set upon you by people that are supposed to be protecting, loving, and caring for your wellbeing. Be safe, stay strong, you’re never alone, and you will make it through this, I promise you.
I see you've found my tumblr blog, eh? Well, I certainly don't mind if you come in and chat for a bit, or whatever you please. Just try and keep the outright nonsense to a minimum, unless it's worth it for the humour. Don't expect anything spectacular though. Even though I am a sometimes-writer, motivation is often hard to come by, and I'm rather busy most of the time with my academic life. Even so, feel free to drop me a line every now and then if you'd like~
Also, in case you're interested, I do have a pesterchum, and my handle is kitsuneStoryteller.
