The Tumblr boycott
Dec. 17th, 2018 07:11 pmI'm not participating in the Tumblr boycott because:
1) Tumblr isn't going to give a shit.
2) The people* promoting the boycott don't object to the adult content ban, just how it's implemented. I disagree with the adult content ban.
I still haven't decided what to do with my account there. It doesn't really affect how I use the site, since I never really used it to reblog/post adult content. Some of the people I followed are leaving, either because they're being forced to or in protest - but my account is going to be fine until Tumblr itself shuts down.
The fact that I was on Tumblr at all meant that I was willing to use a service who did things I disagree with strongly. I'm still on Twitter. I'm still on Reddit. Failing to get rid of Nazi hate speech is a much bigger deal to me than a clumsy adult content ban - and I put up with that. I guess I'm just used to the corporatization of social media meaning that I don't expect much of a platform.
I'd still like to shift away from Tumblr and Twitter though. I only use Twitter for retweets of fanart. I'm going to try to do more of my text posts here. And my mastodon.social is where I guess I'll put any cool links and things. (Find me @kutsuwamushi.mastodon.social)!
* Well, some of the original posts. As is usual, posts fork.
1) Tumblr isn't going to give a shit.
2) The people* promoting the boycott don't object to the adult content ban, just how it's implemented. I disagree with the adult content ban.
I still haven't decided what to do with my account there. It doesn't really affect how I use the site, since I never really used it to reblog/post adult content. Some of the people I followed are leaving, either because they're being forced to or in protest - but my account is going to be fine until Tumblr itself shuts down.
The fact that I was on Tumblr at all meant that I was willing to use a service who did things I disagree with strongly. I'm still on Twitter. I'm still on Reddit. Failing to get rid of Nazi hate speech is a much bigger deal to me than a clumsy adult content ban - and I put up with that. I guess I'm just used to the corporatization of social media meaning that I don't expect much of a platform.
I'd still like to shift away from Tumblr and Twitter though. I only use Twitter for retweets of fanart. I'm going to try to do more of my text posts here. And my mastodon.social is where I guess I'll put any cool links and things. (Find me @kutsuwamushi.mastodon.social)!
* Well, some of the original posts. As is usual, posts fork.
