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coming back to tumblr to wish all my fellow bisexual women on radblr a very happy pride month!! you are loved!!!! ♡( ◡‿◡ )

ignore how im a week late shhhhhhh

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we were cooking with the girls rule boys drool stuff in elementary school.. we should bring it back

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dworkin predicted my ap research project????!??!?!

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because there's a lot of weirdo behavior on radblr recently, here's a warning i learned the hard way:

if you're using a vpn, your blogs might get caught up in a spam filter

some consequences of this include, but aren't limited to:

losing access to some or all side blogs

unable to send or recieve messages + asks

activity not being visible on posts (if you like/reblog a post, your blog does not show up in notes and notifications)

being unable to reply on any post + all previous replies are unavailable

posts not being visible in tags, but followers will still see your posts on their dash iirc

possible termination of your entire account

besides using a vpn, some other possible triggers for this include:

sending messages too fast

following people too fast

editing your blog... somehow. custom themes and links are the usual culprits from what i've heard

** the information under the cut may be different depending on your situation **

although it's rare(ish) for this to happen, a lot of people outside of radblr are currently experiencing these issues. the only solution to reversing your shadowban/termination is to send a support ticket or reach out to tumblr directly.

when making a ticket, make sure you:

mention the blogs that are shadowbanned + the ones you no longer have access to

mention what happened to your blog (no longer seeing messages, not being visible in tags...) and why you believe you were incorrectly shadowbanned or terminated (vpn usage, editing blog theme...)

make sure the email you use in your ticket is the same as the email of the account w/ shadowbanned blogs. if you need to use an alternative email, make sure to mention the account's email in your ticket.

label your problem correctly. tickets labeled as terminated accounts usually do not get confirmation emails until the ticket has been reviewed, and there's several ways to label your ticket if you have been shadowbanned. it really just depends on what the biggest isssue for you is.

after you make your ticket, you usually get a confirmation email. if your account has been terminated, you most likely won't get a confirmation email.

^^^ Here's an example of what the email looked like for me

after sending a ticket and/or letting tumblr know, the best thing you can do is wait for a response. tumblr may take a while to get back to you (a week or so at best, a few months on average, a year or more at worst). in the meantime, make a new blog (preferably on a different account w/ a different email address) if necessary. if it makes you less nervous: after your shadowban is lifted, all messages, asks, replies, and whatnot will be visible :D

plsplspls let me know if there's anything i should add/remove to this post!

~ michael, who unfortunately got sniped because (most likely) she was using a vpn :(