So everyone knows, my stories will always be at AO3 and that is where updates will go when I get back to writing. Other than that… I have no idea what to do.
just to be clear, I’m staying here as long as this site functions. I have 0 intentions of deleting this blog, I will go down with this ship if only to see exactly how bad it gets
From someone who’s survived MySpace, livejournal, deviantart, and fanfiction.nets’ content purges and bad policy updates, here’s some advice on how to get through tumblr’s recent bullshit:
– don’t knee jerk delete. I know it’s tempting to peace out immediately but hang on and do the other steps first. Out right ghosting and erasing everything is how fandoms die.
– archive everything on your blog you want to keep
– tell your followers how they can archive and keep your work too. A lot of fic and art were only saved from ff.net and lj because other people saved it first. If you’re cool with other people saving your work for them to personally keep, let them know this. You can absolutely discourage reposting but I really do highly recommend you allow people to personally save fic and art they like and are worried will disappear forever. Digital Dark Ages are a real thing.
– tell people where you’re jumping ship to. Give links. Keep that info up, even if you’ve left the site.
– go through who you follow and find out where else you can follow them. Save their work if they’ll allow it. It’s tedious as hell but if you want to keep up with people on here clicking on their page to check in is the best way to do it.
– support places like ao3. This is exactly why ao3 asks for donations a few times a year. They are a 100% anti-purging, judgement free, ad free non profit run by an elected board and protected by lawyers. Places like ao3 literally save fandom so please continue to support them and other similar archives. This is exactly why ao3 is so important.
Also, go read the source policies and official Tumblr statements in addition to user analyses and reactions. It’s important to keep abreast of developments over time; staying informed is your power in this situation. Memes and reaction posts are funny and are a useful way to vent / provide commentary, but some of them create an inaccurate picture of what’s happening and should not be taken as evidence on their own of what developments have happened.
Since a lot of blogs were deleted and copyright violation notices are still going out, I’ve put together a private network for Tom Hiddleston and Marvel fans. Please join if you’re interested. You can access it with any browser or with the mobile app.
Do NOT put in your real location when joining unless you’re okay with other members seeing it. Even if you set it to private, the info is still in your profile. I wish I could disable that, but I can’t.
Click here to join. If you’re more a Marvel fan than a Tom fan, no worries. There’s a group in there for you (it’s basically a network within a network…kind of hard to explain, but I promise we have space for you too).
I didn’t think to mention this (sorry!) but you can use any name you want. A lot of people are using their Tumblr names.
Can you reblog this if you see it so people are aware? If you’ve already signed up and you want to change your name, just edit your profile 🙂
We’ve got 300+ members now…and a working mobile app 😉
In light of Tumblr’s new policy, I’d thought I’d send this around again. NSFW content is allowed, we have a working app, and I’m working on a list of feature requests.
Soup.io – well-known alternative to Tumblr. Reblogging, post types, themes, collab blogs, dashboard, artsy, great community already there. Soup can auto-import everything you’ve posted on Tumblr.
TypePad – Includes reblogging. Dashboard and post types similar to Tumblr.
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Soup.io – well-known alternative to Tumblr. Reblogging, post types, themes, collab blogs, dashboard, artsy, great community already there. Soup can auto-import everything you’ve posted on Tumblr.
TypePad – Includes reblogging. Dashboard and post types similar to Tumblr.
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