Tumblr Blackout Proposal

tumblr blackout proposal

tumblr mobile has steadily become near unusable these past few updates. not just from a user experience perspective (which is important enough in itself) but also from an accessibility perspective.

examples include the new way the image viewer works (if you can call it "working"), the tumblr live button replacing the profile button, and that newly created blogs will be forced to have their main dashboard tab be the 'for you' page.

the demands of the protest would be along the lines of:

reverse the recent image viewer update

scrap the new users 'for you' page default setting

let us turn off tumblr live indefinitely

increase efforts against spam / porn bots

make reporting abuse and hate speech as easy as reporting as reporting spam

let us go nuts show nuts again... for real this time

remove flashing ads, including not accepting blaze campaigns for posts with flashing in them

commit to improving usability and accessibility, and listening to users!

(suggestions welcome!)

to protest against these usability issues, and inspired by the recent reddit blackout, i propose a 48 hour blackout (where you don't use tumblr at all). preferably of both mobile and web (since web has problems too) but mobile is the focus here.

[edit: a 'blackout' is when you don't log in, or interact with the site at all, for [x] amount of time.]

I suggest from the 30th of June.

this marks the end of pride month (for the "queerest place on the internet") and the start of disability month (since accessibility is a massive issue here).

tumblr office is in San Francisco, USA, so the times and dates will be calculated using their time zone (PDT).

you can find out the times and dates for your timezone here.

i can't afford to blaze this post so please spread it around as much as possible! protests only work if significant numbers show up!

edit: tumblr rejected the blaze campaigns for this post because they know it would hurt them. let's make this an indefinite blackout - it's the best way to get results.

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sies-leches

1 year ago

Story:
hope is the thing with feathers

Author:
ShanaStoryteller

Summary:
Stiles is ten when he saves the Hales from their burning home and Derek from a wolfsbane bullet, and this establishes a pattern that seem to continue indefinitely.

"Then he's facing a burning home, and he wraps the hood of his sweatshirt around his mouth before he pushes the door open and steps inside. There's Mr. Hale asleep - he hopes asleep - on the couch, next to - Stiles thinks that's his brother but there are so many Hales, who can keep track. He rushes over and starts shaking him, can see the rise and fall of the man's chest so he knows he's alive, but he's not waking up.

He shoves away his hood so he can shout, "Mr. Hale! You have to get up, there's a fire! Mr. Hale, get up!" Nothing, he's not even twitching, both of them taking in deep even breaths like they're having the most peaceful of rests, and Stiles is going to cry. "Wake up, wake up, wake up!"

There's a moment, where all Stiles can hear is the blood rushing in his ears and not the roar of the flames or the creak of wood, then with a violent, silent pop it's all back and both of the men are gasping awake, eyes open and jumping to their feet. "

Rating:
Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warning:
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Category:
M/M

Fandom:
Teen Wolf (TV)

Relationships:
Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Lydia Martin/Jackson Whittemore

Characters:
Stiles Stilinski, Derek Hale, Scott McCall, Alan Deaton, Laura Hale, Peter Hale, Talia Hale, Sheriff Stilinski, Lydia Martin, Danny Mahealani, Jackson Whittemore, OFCs, OMCs

Additional Tags:
BAMF Stiles, Magic!Stiles, Hale fire, AU, universe fix it, Pre series, Pre-Slash, Scott and Stiles bromance, Derek is an artist, Everyone lives, peter doesn't suck, Stiles is Derek's Anchor, stiles and the hales are tight

Stats:
Words: 28959 Chapters: 1/1

Link To The Fic

Definitely suggest you read this and then go through the authors entire repertoire on ao3. They are a very good author and write for several fandoms.

It's really funny, cause before I even saw that this fic was next in my bookmarks to rec, @shanastoryteller was suggested to me to follow, so hey! I absolutely love your works and follow several fandoms your write for. Love you lots! xx

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sies-leches

1 year ago

Reblog to have the most homoerotic year of your life 2024

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sies-leches

1 year ago

I Collect Images With Powerful Ot3/third Wheel Energies So You Don’t Have To. I Am Releasing Them To

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sies-leches

2 years ago

here’s the thing, gentiles. there is pretty much no “critique” of judaism you can make that a jew hasn’t already made.

“circumcision is bad!!!!!!!!”

plenty of jews agree and have been wrestling with this practice for decades.

“the bible says being queer is bad!!!!!!!!!”

these verses have been torn to shreds by jews for decades if not centuries. i know dozens of queer rabbis, and most of my friends are queer jews. my rabbi has a trans kid and frequently goes to our state capitol to yell at the government for being transphobic.

“what even is the point of keeping kosher!!!!!!!!!!”

we have entire books written about this and discuss it frequently.

“but israel!!!!!!”

congrats! ur just antisemitic.

in conclusion, there is no Hot Take you as a non jew can have abt judaism and jews that hasn’t already been discussed to death by jews. your dumb one liner has already been pondered for 200 years by a bunch of nerds in kippot on a tuesday afternoon. your revolutionary opinion is old news. you are boring. make some jewish friends and learn something.

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english pls help jewish great gatsby

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sies-leches

4 months ago

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sies-leches

4 months ago

USA people! Buy NOTHING Feb 28 2025. Not anything. 24 hours. No spending. Buy the day before or after but nothing. NOTHING. February 28 2025. Not gas. Not milk. Not something on a gaming app. Not a penny spent. (Only option in a crisis is local small mom and pop. Nothing. Else.) Promise me. Commit. 1 day. 1 day to scare the shit out of them that they don't get to follow the bullshit executive orders. They don't get to be cowards. If they do, it costs. It costs.

Then, if you can join me for Phase 2. March 7 2025 thtough March 14 2025? No Amazon. None. 1 week. No orders. Not a single item. Not one ebook. Nothing. 1 week. Just 1.

If you live outside the USA boycott US products on February 28 2025 and stand in solidarity with us and also join us for the week of no Amazon.

Are you with me?

Spread the word.

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sies-leches

1 year ago

Scale of 1 to 10, how upset would you be if I told you I banged your mom?

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