The Person I Reblogged This From Deserves To Be Happy

You gonna do anything or make any statement about the rampant transmisogyny on this hellsite, especially in cases like predstrogen recently? Or yall gonna stay silent and keep letting/making us get pushed off of it.

I have a number of asks about this, so this is to address all of them, I won't do each individually.

We generally do not comment on individual cases, but because there seems to be mass misinformation around this, I will make an exception and comment on predstrogen.

First, Tumblr has a number of LGBT+ including trans people on staff, and they see things from the inside fully, and they're not protesting this case.

Why do we wrongly have a transphobe reputation? We did have an external contract moderator last year that was making transphobic moderation (and also selling moderation, criminally). As soon as we were aware that person was fired, and we later terminated the entire relationship with that contracting firm and have brought almost everything in-house (at great cost). I have previously commented on this publicly, several times.

I am not aware of any Automattician (people who work at Automattic and Tumblr) who has made any transphobic moderation actions. If it's reported it is investigated immediately, if anything were found that person would be terminated for cause immediately.

In predstrogen's case in addition to some mistagged sexually explicit posts, which on its own wouldn't be that bad, we have documented cases of harassment. Most importantly, and why they are banned from Tumblr for life, is they made threats of violence against Tumblr staff.

That is never okay. Threats of violence is not protected speech. We will work with police and FBI where appropriate. I just got a death threat yesterday from someone mad about predstrogen, and that account was immediately terminated.

So regardless of whether you still think Tumblr staff is somehow a bunch of transphobes, know that threats of violence or death are still not acceptable and will result in immediate and serious action. Know that when you rile people up, they can do dumb things with possibly permanent consequences.

Ok I found a thing! You can drag the lil pencil button that allows you make a post a it makes a RAINBOW!! Huh? That's so cool 😍😍

Reblogging for bigger sample size!!

so the urge to collect data overcame me so. boom. otherkin form. https://forms.gle/GgVuZo31MDm55M7N9

the form is used for seeing if “common” kintypes are actually common and if the otherkin community is primarily white (like ive seen people say before) because im genuinely curious.

disclaimer: no responses will be published, but the data of the quiz will be. i dont have a set date on when the form will close, but i will edit this post for when it does.

edit 1: PLEASE REBLOG THIS. REBLOGGING GIVES A BIGGER SAMPLE SIZE!!!!

Hi so I'm just gonna put my dni list here ig :

Racists

Homophobes

Transphobes

Ableists

DDLG kink people (I'm a minor)

Anti-agere

Cringe culture enjoyers

Pedos / MAPs

I want my blog to be a safe place for everyone and that is why this dni is in place ❤️

take a knife to bring to the roman senate

reblog for more stabbing

In my case, it's a lot dumb. Mainly common sense dumb lol

Some of the people who run ao3 are proisreal and even told volunteers to remove their proPalestine slogans - this is not okay!

Submit complaints to Ao3! Do your part! Show them we dont stand for this!!

I never know how to say this without sounding condescending but when it comes to social media you can simply choose not to be around people who make you unhappy.

I agree like how can you expect that of others and not give it in return? It seems really unfair. If someone does something nice for you, it's nice to help them out back. Of course there is a line and that line is different for everyone and should not be crossed but damn, not everything is going to be for your comfort.

the commodification of friendship is the most annoying thing to come out of the internet in ages. like actually i love to break this to you but you're supposed to help your friends move even if it's hard work. or stay up with them when they're sad even if you're gonna lose sleep. you're supposed to listen to their fears and sorrows even if it means your own mind takes on a little bit of that weight. that's how you know that you care. they will drive you to the airport and then you will make them soup when they're sick. you're supposed to make small sacrifices for them and they are supposed to do that for you. and there's actually gonna be rough patches for both of you where the balance will be uneven and you will still be friends and it will not be unhealthy and they will not be abusive. life is not meant to be an endless prioritization of our own comfort if it was we would literally never get anywhere ever. jesus.