i’ve slept, i’m still mad, here’s a list of ways i think we can put pressure on tumblr re: the harmful new policy changes

doodlemancy:

FIRST: read and understand their new policy on adult content (click here and scroll down to the “adult content” section).

NOW you are prepared to raise hell:

request review for as many SAFE-FOR-WORK flagged things as you can dig up out of your blog and all your sideblogs. anything you see that isn’t actually porn and still got auto-flagged– request review. this adds work to their plate. the goal is to bury them in so many (LEGITIMATE) counter-reports that they have to turn off whatever stupid bot is randomly flagging pictures of puppies and garfield memes. remember, there are thousands of us and an unfathomable number of images; comparatively, the tumblr staff is quite small, and they will have to deal with these review requests.

you can’t request review for posts that aren’t yours, but you may be able to leave a reply to alert the OP.

–rate them down on google play, write a review saying why, and rate up
other recent negative reviews mentioning the adult content ban. if they make
it back to the ios store, do the same to them there. their app store
presence is apparently important enough to them that they decided to
destroy our community over it. trash it.

-in any post about the negative effects the policy change will have or has already had on you, tag staff. their mentions should be as littered with our anger as ours have been with the pornbots they refused to deal with.

-be loud on twitter too. tweet at them with sfw images that got flagged by the bot, nsfw images it didn’t (twitter does allow adult content within certain guidelines) and all of your loud opinions. if you follow them, respond to any new tweets they make with more comments about the ban.

-email them with every nitpicky question you can think of about the new content rules. (again, make sure you’ve thoroughly read and understood their new rules first; click that link and scroll down to “Adult Content”.) ask them in detail about anything you think might skirt the line. quiz them on specifics. now is the time to split hairs. they will probably respond with copy-pasted responses. if they do not clarify, keep pressing. if you’re asking real, legit questions about their policy, it’s bad form for them to not give you a clear answer. make their zendesk a hellscape.

tumblr has responded to backlash and pressure in the past. the backlash has already been pretty loud and clear. i don’t think this is hopeless yet.