My Two Cents….
So I have been thinking over the past 24 hours and maybe it is because life is handing me lemons that I feel “meh” about this blog going away. What I do know is that I am NOT the type of woman who does not express her opinion on bullshit. So with that being said….
Hey @staff…do you have any real idea what you have done? Deep down a part of me truly believes you do. I am feeling pretty confident this choice is more about censorship than anything else. You have made a choice to purge your “community” of offensive blogs. You have thought long and hard on the type of “community” you want for Tumblr. How fucking dare you use the word community in your explanation. To me a true community is built when we invite people with different opinions, ideas, sexual identities and yes even sexual tastes to share a space and promise them they will not be judged or deemed unworthy because of their choices. You want your community but only if we are willing to fit into your safe little clean box. I have never fit into a box and am not willing to try now.
Let’s talk about the NSFW community you are throwing away. Our community promoted body positivity and encouraged mental health. We reached out to those struggling and let them know they were not alone. We called out bullies and people looking to abuse our community. We tried our hardest to make tumblr a positive place for anyone. We did not judge your sexual orientation or sexual desires. We embraced safe, sane and consensual. When you chose not to police your site and eliminate the porn bots and other nasty shit, we reported them to you. We tried to do all the things you should have been doing to keep our community safe. You failed us.
Now here is a thought for you @staff. You missed a huge fucking opportunity. If you were smart, you would have created a platform for the NSFW community. You would have put in safeguards so that minors could not be a part of it. You would have embraced us and said hey let’s figure this out. Now imagine this, right now there is a petition out there with over 275,000 signatures. What if you said to us, we are going to give you a platform but it will require a small monthly subscription fee…say $5. Yeah some people would have said no way but most of us would have jumped on it to keep our community. If just half of those petition signers agreed…Do the fucking math @staff! Let’s also think about the “adult” advertisers you could have brought into such a platform. Poor business planning here you idiots!
Sigh…I could go on and on but what is the use. Here is where I am torn. If the powers that be decided tomorrow to cancel this stupid shit, would I stay? Do I want to associate with a business that feels censorship is acceptable? Do I want to accept that they see sex as dirty and something that should not be seen? Am I willing to look the other way when they told us a shirtless man (who has nipples btw) is acceptable but a woman’s nipple is not acceptable just to keep my blog? For me this is about more than my blog, it is about people trying to dictate to me what is morally correct. How is it that in the year 2018, sex is still a dirty thing that should not be seen? Who in the fuck do these people think they are to impose their moral beliefs on me? How dare they try to tell me that my sex life should be keep in the dark, under the covers and vanilla? I get that we need to clean up and eliminate the unacceptable and even illegal blogs. I agree 100% but a complete purge of NSFW was not the answer. This was a cleansing…pure and simple. Oh, and you idiots posting comments on how happy you will be to not be subjected to our “filth” now. Hey buttheads…the only way we came across your dashboard is if you followed us! Oops….you should think before you speak.
I will stop my ranting now. I hope each of you find a home for your blogs. I hope you are able to create a new safe community somewhere. Please continue to support each other. As for me, I am not sure where I will land or even if I want to do so. I do want to say Thank You. You guys have been with me through ups and downs. I am blessed to have made some fucking fantastic friends along the way. Friends that will survive long after the blog is gone. I love you guys and am thankful you gave me a home within this community.
Much love and kisses,
S.
PS….I have to wonder just how many of these asswipes who made this decision will be purging the porn from their computers so they can live within their lilly white pure community. 😒😒😒😒
