Im Heartbroken

Im heartbroken

I made my tumblr many years ago as a safe place to explore my sexuality and get closer to being comfortable with myself. Since then I’ve not only accepted my sexuality but I’ve used tumblr as a platform to help others accept themselves. Tumblr was once a place where I could go and privately share my bisexuality without fear of being judged or harassed by those in my life. Tumblr was also a place where I felt comfort enough to post content I wouldn’t normally post on twitter or instagram as family members and children followed me there. Tumblr has always been a safe place for me to express my sexuality, and helped me love who I am today. However the tumblr we currently have is not one which promotes self love or exploration of ones sexuality. Photos of men and women which are not explicit are being flagged as such, many people who I’ve gotten to know personally over the years are already jumping ship, and honestly I’m very upset with the direction the staff chose to handle their latest mess up.

Tumblr was once a safe place, a happy and accepting place, but before we know it tumblr will be long gone and forgotten because of poor executive decisions. Tumblr has been a safe place for the LGBTQ community because of its more liberal posting guidelines with it being a 17+ site, while social media platforms like YouTube censor most queer related posts.

Tumblr, you fucked up. Not only with handling the porn bot problem, not only with the child pornography that you allowed to be posted and circulate on this site, but with how you as a company decided to avoid responsibility and find some backwater way at attempting to salvage your reputation, which will come at the cost of your business as a whole.

In short: maybe you should have fixed the problems your users told you about for the many years we’ve been active rather than sitting around with your hands in your pants.