#stupid bots

[ikuzeminna]

To the actual people who try to follow my blog with empty ones:

I've had three new followers today, all empty blogs, but one of them had likes enabled and I could see they had liked stuff that makes sense for an actual person with an interest to follow a Gundam Wing blog. That one was the only one I didn't block.

If I accidentally block you because I think you're a bot I apologize, but please understand that I can't DM everyone to ask if they're an actual human being. Looking at a screen currently makes me sick as it is. So either drop me a line or an anon ask or whatever or don't be a silent, empty blog with no likes displayed and a profile pic of a woman because that's exactly what porn bot blogs look like.

[valiantnightllama]

[greetings-inferiors]

Having a tumblr is literally like being a farmer

I wake up at the crack of dawn (7:40am) to check on my harvest (notes) weed out the weeds (bots) and then plant new crops (new posts)

[celestemagnoliathewriter]

Hey! Hey you! Does your profile picture look like one of these?

Is your header image the tumblr default? Does your blog still say "untitled"? Is your blog blank? If so, this message is for you!

There's been an uptick in empty blogs following me (and I assume most of you). I don't love spam bots/spam blogs, and neither should you. Therefore, before I start blocking spam blogs, consider changing SOMETHING about your blank Tumblr so it's easier to tell you're a human being.

Here are some cool free ideas for your new profile picture that will still hide your identity:

a picture of your favorite pasta noodle

a jaunty pirate

an actual pirate

a majestic seahorse

a fun-shaped eraser

anatomically correct illustrations of organs

a giant, cuddly microbe

a regional dish you want to try

an optical illusion

literally anything but the tumblr default icons

With the porn bots it was easier, just block the hot girl on sight and move on, but these empty blogs are annoying. Please, if everything about your blog is blank, just add something or change something to make it look like it's managed by a human person!

[kayla-the-rambling-writer]

Me, clocking in for my shift of reporting and blocking the bots:

[bone-soup-explosion]

the bots are really upping their game now

I feel bad for everyone who won’t get that url

[childolyne-moved]

hundreds of tumblr bots followed me and now i have 1k 💀💀💀 this feels like cheating i’m not updated on the tumblr lore how do i get them to stop

[wordsofawanderingsoul]

Did anyone else have a month long lull or was it just me?

[currently-becoming-potatoes]

EGADS! It seems that you are now a pornbot! Your job is now to follow random blogs on Tumblr and message people weird things with a horny valley girl pfp! But wait- you need to convince people that you are an actual legitimate human. And the best way to do that is by generating a random description using this generator!

Share your new description to confirm to all of the internet that you are a real person!

(This is actually very me)

Tagging @themostslayingslayful @cleverclove @toothiscomatose @moonlarked @gayoticbeing @gabriel-shutterson @hoooshiiiii @skies-of-gray @arsonistman @a-portal-to-nowhere and whoever else I forgot to tag 💜💜💜

[marinusart]

[uselessnonbinarychick]

me with all the bots following these days

[a screenshot from the game The World Ends With You. On the right there is the protagonist Neku standing looking to the left with his arms crossed. There are two speech bubbles. The first one says, "Oh, that's cute." The second speech bubble says, "See ya, spam. Deleted."]

[dryemiddi]

Oh boy. Guess I got a lot of bot reporting to do tonight... Side note: if your blog has one of these women profiles or is just completely blank, then I'm blocking and reporting as a bot. My response to these types of profiles has just become automatic at this point.

[pan-magi]

On one hand, I hate that I'm making a vent post on this fandom blog. On the other hand, I am really annoyed and in a bad mood for unrelated reasons so I'm going to do it anyway.

I want to murder and destroy all the porn bots clogging the magi tags. It's infuriating.

"Because you follow #magi

*porn bot post*"

No, no, no. GO TO HELL.

Magi is already a small fandom. A lot of religious and spiritual blogs also use it. Even if they don't tags things with magi exclusively, I get a lot of Madoka Magica blogs recommended to me because of the series' full name (Puella Magi Madoka Magica). Nothing against them, of course, love existential magical girls. Point being I can bet none of us give a fucking shit. Leave our small tag alone!

I could just not visit the your tags page but the "because you follow x" posts pop up on home and following regardless. And I like checking in on random tags sometimes. It helps to not miss posts from people who simply have Magi as their anime of the week or whatever.

I do hate just to make this a vent post, so I'll add some anecdotal Magi stuff that I've already been thinking to make a shit post about. Unfortunately, I have not had anymore fandom related dreams. *

I will blab about the screenshot I chose for this though. I lowkey adore that scene. Morgiana just casually kidnapping her friend, so they can talk it out. (For reference, it's when she meets Alibaba in the Fog Troupe hideout and then just picks him up and leaves).

The funny thing is, they're not really friends at this point? Out of the trio and their relationships so far, Alibaba and Morgiana haven't had much time together. Morg is grateful that Alibaba freed her, yet I'll say they both are better friends with Aladdin right now.

Morgiana does bring this up. Her reasoning for taking Alibaba is so that he can talk to Aladdin and they can sort out their shit. She could see that the kid from Alibaba giving him the cold shoulder and is like "no." It's heartwarming. It's not something I'll recommend, sometimes people need space from each other and kidnapping is bad, still though- I love it lmao.

Best trio, ngl.

*I have since had a sorta Magi related dream since first writing this about a week ago. In it I met Ohtaka, except I've only ever looked at a few pictures of her before and know for a fact that how she looked in the dream isn't how she is irl. Maybe that's why it took me forever to recognize her. The first half was us basically meeting and talking about trivial stuff, not Magi or Orient because of not recognizing her, and the second half was me realizing my missed opportunity of fangirling and trying to find her again when she was not busy to get one of my volumes of Magi signed. Not in a desperate way but more of "ahhh, I'm so dumb and missed my chance. Bummer." I was way more melancholic about it compared to if I ever had the opportunity in real life. As if I knew it was a dream and not get too worked up about it.

My dreams are a lot more convoluted and trippy but that is the gist of the Magi related portion of the dream. The rest is irrelevant for this. Don't remember too much of it anyway.

That's all I have. This turned out long and I may trim it up. I feel better after typing it. That is what matters.

Fuck porn bots and may this small fandom prosper without them.

[marchy-emmet]

I'm real sick of these things just multiplying all the time

[nefertiti-fooling-fellow]

I hope the bots that followed me en masse are enjoying my copious posts about my hyperfixations!

[delyth88]

Getting a lot of pornbots again rn.

So PSA time again for anyone new to Tumblr, please add a profile pic and post something or edit your bio or whatever, to make it clear you're a real person.

We block blank blogs on sight here.