#saw someone i follow reblog some promo pics and was sad that there was no kirk/la'an one but there is

[lenievi]

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[tae-kun]

If the Main Reason why you log onto Tumblr is for Porn, then you don’t understand what made Tumblr special in the first place

Tumblr is not a Porn Site

It was never intended to be, so for the people that are saying stuff like “Tumblr never supported our sex work anyway” you’re 100% correct. Being allowed to post Pornography isn’t the same as being a source for it. Over the years Tumblr has been ran rampant with porn to the point that content creators that did other stuff that didn’t relate to porn slowly started to go to other platforms; Since their work was being overshadowed by the sheer volume of porn and they struggled to get any attention on their work.

You people are acting like Tumblr is attacking sex workers as if this was their main and only place to earn money for their work.

There are porn sites that are made to promote AND support sex workers. Hell PornHub will pay people for their sextapes and has multiple systems in place for them to make money off Ad revenue alongside having a tip system, content protection and other stuff

Anyone that was serious about their sex work would have been using sites like this instead of relying on Tumblr as a main source of revenue or promotion.

Tumblr is a trash place to try to promote anything! Constant spamming of bots and tags, No reliable Notification system or way for your followers to see you’re new posts out of the sea of reblogs. So to act like these new changes are going to serious kill anyone that is in the sex work is flat out outrageous.

Hell a majority of the popular porn that was on here wasn’t even from amateurs making videos on here. People were taking porn from porn sites and making blogs centered around it and would constantly flood their blogs with this content which would then, overshadow any amateur worker on here that made their own work; since they had no to even compete with the constant bombardment of daily new stuff that these blogs were taking and using.

People would steal other peoples videos and get popular of it without even crediting the original creator and would even go as far as to SELL these videos and make more money of it than the actual people in the damn video.

So Tumblr was never an ideal place for sex work to begin with, so throw that excuse out. Most people only used Tumblr to promote their private snapchat or onlyfans account which you can still do in a regular selfie or post. There are thousands of people on Instagram making hundreds and thousands of dollars doing the same thing and they don’t have one titty out on their page. Just tight clothing and skimpy outfits.

If you’re really upset that you can’t watch porn on here after Dec 17

At first it was funny seeing people joke about the porn being gone. But some of y’all are really upset and mad that you need to actually go to a porn sites to watch porn???

Some of y’all don’t even post nudes or create anything that could be considered sexual and y’all saying “ima delete my blog since tumblr is trying to silence me”

(Side Note: Just because your post got flagged doesn’t mean it will be deleted. They already said stuff like this would happen as they added in this new system. So mistakes like these are bound to happen and will most likely be fixed in a week or so and have no negative affect on your blog. Y’all really acting like Tumblr is out to silence your love for cats and landscapes 🙄)

Like i said before there are plenty of sites to watch porn on and if your favorite sex worker is serious about their job then you will see them on there. Which only makes things easier for both of you. But lets be honest, most of y’all just like the idea of seeing porn without having to actually look for it, like it’s some nasty secret. On Tumblr you couldn’t escape porn even if you searched things that were unrelated to it. Tumblr gave you guys the perfect cover up for it and you guys went overboard with it and here we are. People are so quick to compare this issue to other Tumblr problems but there was never a issue as big as people with dick profile pics dming you no matter who you were (kids or adults)  and sending you nude pics; then Porn Bots popped up under everyone’s post no matter if you had the safety lock on or not.

You guys made hundreds of post saying how much you hate porn blogs getting tens of thousands of notes in agreement about it, You guys would put “no porn blogs allowed” in your description box or something similar in meaning.

And now when Tumblr puts a system in place to directly remove it, you guys try to back pedal and claim that it will kill sex workers, freedom of speech and sexuality based off opinions, assumptions and things that aren’t even in the policy change.

Some of y’all honestly suggested “Just add a age verification system” as a way to fix the porn issue.... That shit ain’t never worked since 2002! I got so use to lying on those things that i sometimes forget that i’m grown and that i don’t need to put “01/11/1975″

The only people that this severely hurts are

1a) People that steal porn from other sites to use on their blog to get followers, to then try sell promo slots

1b) People that are stealing other sex workers content and illegally selling them

2) Child Porn Blogs

THAT’S IT

And Honestly is that really a bad thing? Getting rid of people that were stealing other peoples stuff and making money off it and pedophiles.

The way tumblr was set up allowed blogs like these to thrive without any risk, outside of getting their blog deleted (just to make a new one) and it only continued the flood of porn which became the breeding grounds for Porn Bots

Tumblr is suppose to be a place to freely express all forms of art, ideas, and conversations. But because of the nonstop flood of porn, most people only know it for Porn and Emo kids. Which brings me back to my original statement

This isn’t a Porn Site

Porn became so over flooded on here that you didn’t even need to search to find it. All you had todo is take off the safe lock and search anything, even a city. There would be hundreds of porn pics and videos in every slot. And before you say “well just keep the safety lock on”

Any content that had cursing, fighting or even slight nudity got put behind there. So unless you were just on here for kpop, aesthetics and Steven Universe you weren’t really seeing anything different with that lock on.

( Another Side Note: For you people trying to compare the porn flood to white supremacy blogs need to stop it. All the time i’ve been on here i have never NEEEVVVEEER accidentally came across any pro white supremacy post or blog unless it was someone exposing them and their stupidity which would then cause them to delete their blog. If you are constantly seeing anything Pro Nazi, Pro White Supremacy, Pro homophobia or anything similar that supports bigotry; then you are actively searching for it and follow these people. These blogs don’t even make up 5% of the content seen on here with or without the lock. So trying to say that Tumblr supports these blogs since they’re still around is Mr. Fantastic level of reaching. These blogs have never been a serious issue to the point that Nazi Bots were created saying “Hate jews and blacks clck here for more ;)”. So stop this weak comparison.)

I created a Tumblr and made it one of my main platforms to create content on because of the communities and people i found on here.

I found Great stories and Dope artist on here. I found people being able to fully express themselves and find an audience for them that helped share their work through a simple reblog. But if you’ve been noticing or have been on here long enough, most content creators don’t use Tumblr as their main platform to create or promote their content anymore. And why would they?

People barely activate their notifications for blog updates, It’s hella hard to find an audience through the constant reblogging of already popular stuff From Vine and Twitter, people rarely go outside of tumblr to support peoples stores or websites. Hell most artist on here that become popular on here that get continued support are the ones that have made or continue to make some kind of pornography of real or fictional characters. It’s hella rare to find any artist that hasn’t made any porn, that is equally popular or supported like the ones that have; which just goes back to people thinking Tumblr is for porn.

Tumblr isn’t even against the idea of expressing yourself or art through nudity as their post and policy change explicitly explained. And people’s content that’s getting flagged that doesn’t go against that policy is a problem THAT THEY SAID WOULD HAPPEN as they get everything in order with their new system

All of these long post that people are writing about it that and they themselves forgot to do some basic reading on the topic. 

Tumblr Staff- “Certain types of artistic, educational, newsworthy, or political content featuring nudity are fine. Don’t upload any content, including images, videos, GIFs, or illustrations, that depicts sex acts.

This isn’t an attack on people’s ability to speak out or embrace themselves. They are directly trying to remove Porn which they won’t be able to fully do, even Instagram and Twitter can’t do that; no public site with millions of people can. But they’re at least trying to get rid of the constant overflow of it. 

It’s so sad to see hundreds and thousands of you saying “i only used Tumblr for porn” because that just shows how derailed this site has become and why Tumblr had to make these extreme decisions especially after being removed from app stores because of the child pornography.

If you’re going to leave because you can’t make porn on here: I can see why you would do that but there is no reason to. You can still use your blog to promote your stuff and make teases of your work that can be found or bought else where. Tumblr was never a reliable place for sex work and i highly recommend using Sites that will actually protect your work and put some money in your pockets while doing it

If you’re leaving because you can’t watch porn on here: You probably weren’t supporting anyone really and only made the influx of porn worse, making it harder for other content users to be seen. If you were supporting actual sex workers on here then continue to do so, I’m sure anyone serious would have more than just tumblr as their main platform.

For those that got popular and made money off other people sex work: So long and farewell

For the Child Porn Blogs: Hope you get mental help or burn. Either or is fine with me

For the people that may get upset by this: Correct me, Prove me wrong, Let’s have a whole serious discussion about this and hear each others side with no fighting or disrespect :D 

For all of Us: Lets actually support and help the people that really make Tumblr the gem that it is. Lets make this platform be known for creative people and unique ideas; and communities that actually comfort and understand us. Let’s actually make this platform something that’s known for more than just Porn and Emo Kids.

Regardless i hope that everyone can calm down and act like there’s more here than just porn..

[fallxnprxnce]

Tips for Getting More RP Activity for Your OC Muses

I’m not an expert at this by any means, but I will try my best to help!

I am seeing so many good writers (and friends) get frustrated by a lack of activity on their OC muse blogs, and it’s very sad. Here’s a huge help post to the rescue!

I’ve heard everything from “people exclude characters simply because they’re OCs” to “female OCs are generally shit on” to “I send in starters or message them to ask to RP and I don’t even get the courtesy of a response.” I’m not sure why OCs are looked down upon in the Tumblr RP community, but aside from thinking that everyone is just kindof being a jerk and assuming most OCs are total crap before they even give them a try (I hope this is not the case but if it is, shame on you Tumblr), I have some ideas as to why OCs are so hard to get started on here. I am going to list some problems that I have faced trying to get some of my own OCs noticed, and how I solved them. Maybe this will help some of you because I want to help! (Having said that, I still struggle to get activity on all of my OC blogs, so… even doing all of these things, it’s still hard. But therefore… don’t blame yourself. It’s not you. You don’t suck. Your character doesn’t suck. It’s just the way social media works, heh. These things take time.)

PROBLEM #1: Prospective writing partners don’t know you as a writer.

They’ve never met you and have no idea who you are. More importantly, they haven’t seen your writing, so they’re not sure if their style will gel with yours. I know I feel more comfortable potentially reaching out to a person if I can get a sense of their writing style and at least their muse’s personality from their blog. That’s not always easy to convey when you have no RP partners yet, heh.

SOLUTION: Make some posts to let them know!

Write some drabbles about your muse. Make some posts about yourself and why you are making the muse, your inspiration for it, a little about them. I say make posts in addition to having info pages because the people on mobile may not be able to even see that those pages exist. I know on my phone, I cannot see my info pages or anybody else’s. I have to go into a browser and type the person’s url + /rules or whatever an even then, sometimes it will just give me an error. So don’t assume everyone can see what you’ve written in those nice info dump pages, heh, or that they want to take the time to read them all. Make some short posts summarizing what you put in those pages to get yourself out there. If someone likes the posts, try connecting with them.

PROBLEM #2: Prospective writing partners don’t know your blog exists.

It really can be as simple a thing as… nobody can find you or your muse.

SOLUTION: Go into your settings and make sure you have the “let this blog be seen in search results” option turned on and that your blog is not private or password protected (unless you want it to be…).

If your blog can’t be seen in search results, or if it is set to private in any way, this will impede people’s ability to see your posts come up in their searches.

PROBLEM #3: Prospective writing partners have no idea what to expect from your muse.

A canon character that people have read in books or seen in a movie is one thing, but an OC is a black box to people. Sometimes you may not even have a faceclaim to offer. So how will people get interested in your character if they know nothing about it and potentially cannot get to your info pages if they’re on mobile?

SOLUTION: Write some posts as your character. IC text. If you have a faceclaim, add some pics. Make some edits. Make a playlist. Anything you want, it’s your muse!

This serves two purposes: 1) people will get to see your muse in action or will learn about them before you RP, and 2) you can use these posts to help develop your character so you yourself know them better! What I did when I first began writing Nuada was to write a bunch of random “here’s my thoughts on this” posts from his point of view. Thinking about the major aspects of his character that I wanted to share or needed to work out myself, I wrote a whole bunch of drabbles on him doing things in his everyday life, relating to other characters, thoughts on family and whatnot, philosophies on things, etc. People started reading those and then began to like/reply/message me. It gives them an idea of what their muse may be facing if they choose to interact with you.

PROBLEM #4: You’re doing all of this and there is still no activity.

You’re making posts daily when you get home from work, or at night, or in the morning. You’re leaving drabbles. You’ve made some info posts. You’ve posted pics of the faceclaim. And… nothing. Hmm. That sucks. What’s a mun to do?

SOLUTION: Expand your exposure base by exploiting the way Tumblr works and thinking about the way people generally search for posts.

If you only have your OC blog and no other muses, then try posting at all hours of the day. Obviously don’t spent your life on Tumblr, but try to post at all sorts of times. This will increase the likelihood that your posts will end up right at the top of someone’s searches. If you post at the exact same time each day, people who don’t go that far into their searches won’t see you.

How do you end up in those searches? TAGS. I cannot stress this enough. Some people get very creative with the tags and that’s okay. That’s great. It adds atmosphere to your posts. Except…… that no one will ever search for those, heh. Tumblr says only the first five tags are searchable and they mean it. So make those five tags count. Think about the easiest, simplest, most widely used tags you can get out there for your muse. If your OC is part of a fandom, tag that fandom in multiple ways. If they’re an elf, put elf or elven in the tags. Tag the genre you write in. If nothing else, use tags like “new rp blog” or “rp promo” to let people know you’re looking for more activity. Simple, popular tags can really help your posts get noticed. It’s a lot of effort, I know, but it really helps. Then after the five searchable tags, you can put all your muse’s special ones. I’ve found on my blogs that within the blog those tags are still searchable as far as finding stuff, they just won’t factor into people’s general searches on the Tumblr site.

PROBLEM #5: STILL. NOTHING.

Nothing you try is working and you’re ready to delete your blog. Hold up. There are still more options for you to try.

SOLUTION: The easiest thing to do at this point is to reach out to other muns… but I know that’s hard for some people (including myself).

Message them politely. Leave them an ask. Send in starter memes. You may have to send a lot, but a few may turn into great RPs and you might make friends.

If you’re too shy to do any of that, try posting your own “like for a starter” posts. You can definitely write some more specific ones that start a story or detail a scenario for people, but honestly… I find that the less work you make it for someone to interact with you, the more likely people are to respond. Simply tell people to like for a starter. All they have to do is click. It puts a lot on you to get started, but you can always then use their like as an excuse to message or whatever else. Sometimes it works!

PROBLEM #6: You can hear crickets out there in Tumblr-land because STILL nothing is happening.

People seem to be ignoring you. No one answers your messages or asks, you like for a starter but no starter ever comes, nobody like your own “like for a starter” posts. You have sad, awkward feels, and your muse is so bored that they are starting to drive you insane.

SOLUTION: Use a canon or otherwise more popular muse to help your OC muse get noticed.

So this one won’t apply to everyone, but if you already have a canon muse like I do with Nuada, use that blog to get your OC noticed. Nuada is a very popular and well-known character and it was not hard for me to get a couple hundred followers on this blog. My OCs? They have between 8 and 45. Most have 25 or less. All these great drabbles you’re posting? You don’t have many followers to see them in their dashes, heh. But hey, over on your canon muse blog you have a lot of followers and activity? Post some promos for your OC on there. Ask the RP partners you think might like your muse if they would like to give it a try. If they like the way you write your canon muse, they may want to give your OCs a try as well. If nothing else, they may reblog your promos and say hey, this person is cool or a good writer or whatever. Now their followers will see your promo on their dashes as well.

The other great thing you can do is RP with yourself, haha. Have your OC RP with your canon muse or other muse with a lot of followers. I’ve had a few people message my OC blogs saying, “I saw you writing with fallxnprxnce and I like your character,” and I get to go… “Yup that’s also me,” haha. So really sometimes people don’t see your other blogs and have no idea that they could be starting lots more threads with you by checking out your OC.

Don’t have a canon muse or other muse with a bunch of followers to get your OC some exposure? Hit up a friend! Maybe ask a friend hey, can you reblog a promo for me or give me a quick shout-out? I mean, don’t hound people or go around asking random people for this, but a lot of mutual RP partners who have become friends won’t have a problem doing this once in a while. Post the promo on your blog first and then ask kindly if they wouldn’t mind reblogging it. If they love your writing, they might not mind endorsing you. =)

PROBLEM #7: You feel like people are purposely staying away at this point. What are you doing wrong?

It’s easy to think that people are purposely ignoring you. They may not be ignoring, but there may be another reason why they don’t ever talk to you or don’t want to RP yet, and finding out why can really help overcome the lag time.

Solution: Ask people why using interactive memes.

Make a, “Go on anon and tell me why you don’t RP with me,” post. Make a, “Muse Opinion Scale,” or a “Rate My Muse” post. Sometimes these posts will indicate problems. I’ve had people tell me that they were too intimidated by me to talk to me. (Um, what? I am an actual shy derpy potato, haha.) I’ve had people tell me that they thought my muse was in a fandom or was a certain race or whatever that they actually weren’t, but people were just misinterpreting. I’ve had people tell me they don’t even know wtf my muse is, haha. So posting some of these memes may indicate problems that you can either fix or clear up, or you can at least respond to. Someone may say “you intimidate me” on anon, but then once you reply with your dorky adorable self, they feel at ease, and now suddenly you have someone messaging you wanting to talk. You never know. Posting your replies to these asks can let all your followers know that these concerns are nothing to worry about or can clear up misconceptions about your OC.

IN CONCLUSION...

NOW… If you try all of that and you still don’t have any activity on your OC blog, then… when you figure out how to get some, can you let me know? Because at that point I will be in the same boat as you. XD I have been at this for about a year and a half, and here are my follower/active thread stats. As you can see, I struggle to get activity on my OC blogs too. It’s not just you. =)

Nuada (male Hellboy II canon) = Followers 263, Active Threads 41 Luther (male Red Widow canon) = Followers 89, Active Threads 15 Channe (female fandomless OC) = Followers 45, Active Threads 2 Elunae (female Hellboy II OC) = Followers 14, Active Threads 1 Aurelien (male fandomless OC) = Followers 20, Active Threads 3 Aryx (male fandomless OC) = Followers 31, Active Threads 2 Jix (male fandomless OC) = Followers 39, Active Threads 3 Adam (male Frankenstein canon) = Followers 13, Active Threads 2 Raiden (male Metal Gear Solid/Rising canon) = Followers 25, Active Threads 3 Lacryma (female fandomless OC) = Followers 9, Active Threads 0 Caitriona (female fandomless OC) = Followers 8, Active Threads 1

See? I hear a lot of crickets on my OC blogs too, heh. So yeah, there’s nothing wrong with you or your character. Never think that you suck or your writing sucks or your character sucks. It’s just… hard to get started. But there are people out there who would love to RP with you. You just have to find them.

I don’t know if this helped at all, but I hope so. =)