From someone who’s survived MySpace, livejournal, deviantart, and fanfiction.nets’ content purges and bad policy updates, here’s some advice on how to get through tumblr’s recent bullshit:
– don’t knee jerk delete. I know it’s tempting to peace out immediately but hang on and do the other steps first. Out right ghosting and erasing everything is how fandoms die.
– archive everything on your blog you want to keep
– tell your followers how they can archive and keep your work too. A lot of fic and art were only saved from ff.net and lj because other people saved it first. If you’re cool with other people saving your work for them to personally keep, let them know this. You can absolutely discourage reposting but I really do highly recommend you allow people to personally save fic and art they like and are worried will disappear forever. Digital Dark Ages are a real thing.
– tell people where you’re jumping ship to. Give links. Keep that info up, even if you’ve left the site.
– go through who you follow and find out where else you can follow them. Save their work if they’ll allow it. It’s tedious as hell but if you want to keep up with people on here clicking on their page to check in is the best way to do it.
– support places like ao3. This is exactly why ao3 asks for donations a few times a year. They are a 100% anti-purging, judgement free, ad free non profit run by an elected board and protected by lawyers. Places like ao3 literally save fandom so please continue to support them and other similar archives. This is exactly why ao3 is so important.
Also, go read the source policies and official Tumblr statements in addition to user analyses and reactions. It’s important to keep abreast of developments over time; staying informed is your power in this situation. Memes and reaction posts are funny and are a useful way to vent / provide commentary, but some of them create an inaccurate picture of what’s happening and should not be taken as evidence on their own of what developments have happened.
post a topless pic on 12/17 and see if it gets deleted by staff to reveal your True Gender
where do i apply to be the guy who sits in a cubicle and looks at titties all day and decides if the titties look enough like girl titties to go to tittie jail
This website was literally so fucking stupid. You used to be able to just fucking edit somebody’s post. Like just change it entirely. Nothing was stopping you. What the fuck. Imagine logging into your youtub account and some bozo changed your funny comment to say you love being a dummy. That’s what used to happen here. Every single day.
Western museums returning stolen art and artifacts to the countries/peoples they stole them from 😊✌🏼
So the vast majority of the world won’t be able to see these artifacts, but you’ll be absolved of your white guilt. Bravo….
“Or, European countries acknowledge the nature of how those artifacts came into their possession, and begin a dialogue about how best to decolonize museums while still allowing people to learn about other cultures”
^^^^
No, you specifically said to return all artifacts to their countries of origin.
I’m all for a peaceful dialogue between governments about how to deal with these artifacts so that countries like Egypt regain their autonomy over their national heritage whilst ensuring the world’s heritage. Here’s an idea: let Egyptian authorities talk with the authorities with other countries. Guys like Zahi Hawass are badasses and they don’t need your savior complex.
Also, considering all the upheaval that’s happened in Egypt in the past few years, it may not be the safest place to keep ancient artifacts at the moment.
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