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For everyone’s information:

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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Que hacer:

• Cierren la aplicación de Tumblr y la página web en el navegador antes del 17 de Noviembre.
• Hagan publicaciones antes y después del 17 de Noviembre en Tumblr y en otras plataformas, hablando del porqué este ban está mal.
• Hagan publicaciones en otros lugares durante el 17 de Noviembre. Desborden al Staff oficial de Tumblr en Twitter y Facebook con su enojo y opinión. (No sean groseros, por favor).
• Vuelvan el 18 de Noviembre.

Que no hacer:

• No borres la aplicación de tu teléfono (Esto no afectará en absoluto, además, como la aplicación fue eliminada del app store, será difícil volver).
• Borrar tu cuenta. Digo, si quieres hacerlo, hazlo, pero si mantienes tu cuenta y no la usas, le estás diciendo al staff que aún hay tiempo para arreglar las cosas. Además, será difícil volver si borras tu cuenta.
• Abrir la app o la página web (incluyendo blogs en específico).
• Hacer posts (en Tumblr).
• Muévete a otro lugar. Deja en claro que esto es solo sobre Tumblr, no un movimiento masivo contra todas las redes sociales.

now with a partial translation in spanish, yay!

Start time is Midnight 12am Monday December 17th as it occurs in New York City. 

So ask google what time it will be for you in your area/time zone when it is 12am Monday December 17th in New York. 

Start no later than that time and stay away at least 24 hrs after your start time.