The plan for the 17th, when the adult content ban comes in, is to protest.
To do that, we are making as much noise either side of the 17th as possible, and using the site as normal.
On the 17th, dead silence.
People are saying log off but what they really mean is don’t open the site or the app.
But, on the 17th make as much noise as possible on every other platform. Tweet about it and post on facebook and instagram and everywhere else.
What this does is causes a massive dip in ad revenue for one single day. That does not make staff think ‘oh everyone’s gone let’s shut down.’ What it actually makes them think is ‘oh shit people aren’t happy and if people don’t keep using our site we’re out of money and out of jobs.’
A boycott reminds a company that the users (consumers) have the power to make their site (business) worthless with one single coordinated decision.
If you want to join in, here’s what to do:
Do:
Close all open instances of the app and site on all your devices before the 17th
Make posts before and after the 17th on tumblr and other platforms, talking about why this ban is bad
Make posts on other sites during the 17th. Flood the official tumblr staff twitter and facebook with your anger and your opinion
Come back on the 18th and check in
Don’t:
Delete the app from your phone (this doesn’t affect their revenue and since it’s off the store at the moment it’ll be hard to get back)
Delete your account. I mean you can if you want to, but if you keep your account and don’t use it you’re saying to staff that there’s still time to save it. If you delete it’s hard work to come back.
Open the app or website (including specific blogs)
Make any posts (turn down/off your queue and make sure nothing is scheduled)
Go quiet elsewhere. Make it clear that this is just about tumblr, not a mass move away from all social media.
Remember: the execs don’t care about anything but money. Shutting down the site means there’s $0 further income from it. That’s their last possible course of action. If we make it clear we’re not happy, they’ll have to do something or we can do more and more until it becomes too expensive.
Protests take commitment. They’re a defiant action against a business that is doing something wrong. They will try to scare you into not participating, because they’re scared. We hold all the power here, sometimes the execs just need to be reminded of that.
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the idea of consuming two conflicting things that promise to do the opposite of each other has always been hilarious to me. there’s a liquid shot-based sleep aid called 6 hour sleep and as soon as I saw it i immediately imagined mixing it and a 5 hour energy together for a 1 hour nap
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… 👔 in formal attire!
… 📌 in their work clothes!
… 💍 in a wedding dress!
… 💋 in sexy attire!
… ⛄ in winter clothes!
… ☀ in summer clothes!
… 😴 in their pajamas!
… 👗 dressed for the club!
… 👤 in goth attire!
… 😎 in punk attire!
… 🥇 dressed for their favorite sport!
… 🐶 in a kigurumi!
… 🎤 as a pop star!
… 📝 as a student!
… 💪 as a Greaser/Soc!
… 🐴 in a horse mask!
… 🕍 in Victorian attire!
… 🛀 in nothing but a towel!
… ✌ as a 1960s hippie!
… ☝ in 1990s grunge attire!
… 😬 in something they would never wear!
Magical:
… 🐟 as a mermaid!
… 🦇 as a vampire!
… 🐺 as a werewolf!
… 🐲 as a dragon!
… 😇 as an angel!
… 😈 as a demon!
… 🌼 as a fairy!
… 🖤 as a witch!
… 🦉 with their familiar!
… ⚔ with their weapon of choice!
… 👻 as a ghost!
… 🌠 as a cosmic being!
Fiction:
… 🍥 in a cosplay!
… 👑 as royalty!
… 🏹 as a JRPG class!
… 🎲 as a D&D class!
… 👓 as a superhero/supervillain!
… 😺 as an animal!
… 👽 as a species from another show/movie/etc!
… 🤖 as a robot!
… 🐯 as a furry!
Headcanons:
… 👶 as a child!
… 👪 with their family!
… 👯 with their best friend!
… 👎 with their enemy!
… 🐹 with their pet(s)!
… 🗺 in an outfit of their cultural heritage!
… 💐 surrounded by their favorite flowers!
… 👴 as an elderly person!
… 🎶 to a song that I associate with them!
Special:
… 🙃 with the mun!
… ✍ in the style of another artist!
… 🖍 in the drawing style of my muse!
… 🌀 as a fusion with another OC!
… ☢ as a different fandom interpretation!
… 💩 as a meme!
… 🕐 as an old interpretation of the mun’s!
When the new fresh drama[tm] hits the fandom of the thing you enjoy and now the thing itself is proclaimed irredeemably bad, but you dont care because your enjoyment of the thing is in no way connected to what other people in-fandom do.
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today is Nov. 15. the FCC, under chairman Ajit Pai, will not listen to the public despite millions of comments in support of net neutrality. They are going to try their hardest to kill net neutrality, which in turn will kill the internet, which in turn will help eradicate democracy. it won’t just affect Americans, it has the potential to affect the entire internet, something we ALL use daily. you can bet your ass other countries will see america doing this, and use it as an excuse to do it in their own countries.
this is what buying a plan without net neutrality looks like there:
you have to pay MORE for features you’re already guaranteed to have under net neutrality. and in america, you already know how expensive everything is.
democrats AND republicans both want net neutrality. advocacy groups in touch with congress have said that if your members of congress receive calls from you, they are more encouraged and more likely to take action to stop Pai’s plan to gut net neutrality. after Nov. 22, it will be MUCH HARDER to convince your member of congress.