The date is December 17th, 2018; Tumblr staff stand idle by, ready to enforce new policy on all incoming posts. What they weren’t prepared for, however, was what happened next.
In a mass revolt, every Tumblr user logs on and spams copious amounts of porn. Relentless in practice, no stone remains unturned. As myriads of images, videos, and nudes syphon through servers, staff members click fervently to erase and combat content.
Superiors call reinforcements; all hands are on deck as users flood servers with porn, content is slipping through the seams; algorithms fail to flag and content is getting through. Videos, sites, and pictures are building more and more while posts are taken down and users are banned.
As a last resort, the server gets shut down; 24 hours later Tumblr comes back online, a ghost site. Zero new content, minimal active blogs, and the original free space for creative minds is no more. What was once a platform for creativity and progression is now a reminiscent whisper amongst social media.
A better, more positive Tumblr
Since its founding in 2007, Tumblr has always been a place for wide open, creative self-expression at the heart of community and culture. To borrow from our founder David Karp, we’re proud to have inspired a generation of artists, writers, creators, curators, and crusaders to redefine our culture and to help empower individuality.
Over the past several months, and inspired by our storied past, we’ve given serious thought to who we want to be to our community moving forward and have been hard at work laying the foundation for a better Tumblr. We’ve realized that in order to continue to fulfill our promise and place in culture, especially as it evolves, we must change. Some of that change began with fostering more constructive dialogue among our community members. Today, we’re taking another step by no longer allowing adult content, including explicit sexual content and nudity (with some exceptions).
Let’s first be unequivocal about something that should not be confused with today’s policy change: posting anything that is harmful to minors, including child pornography, is abhorrent and has no place in our community. We’ve always had and always will have a zero tolerance policy for this type of content. To this end, we continuously invest in the enforcement of this policy, including industry-standard machine monitoring, a growing team of human moderators, and user tools that make it easy to report abuse. We also closely partner with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Internet Watch Foundation, two invaluable organizations at the forefront of protecting our children from abuse, and through these partnerships we report violations of this policy to law enforcement authorities. We can never prevent all bad actors from attempting to abuse our platform, but we make it our highest priority to keep the community as safe as possible.
So what is changing?
Posts that contain adult content will no longer be allowed on Tumblr, and we’ve updated our Community Guidelines to reflect this policy change. We recognize Tumblr is also a place to speak freely about topics like art, sex positivity, your relationships, your sexuality, and your personal journey. We want to make sure that we continue to foster this type of diversity of expression in the community, so our new policy strives to strike a balance.
Why are we doing this?
It is our continued, humble aspiration that Tumblr be a safe place for creative expression, self-discovery, and a deep sense of community. As Tumblr continues to grow and evolve, and our understanding of our impact on our world becomes clearer, we have a responsibility to consider that impact across different age groups, demographics, cultures, and mindsets. We spent considerable time weighing the pros and cons of expression in the community that includes adult content. In doing so, it became clear that without this content we have the opportunity to create a place where more people feel comfortable expressing themselves.
Bottom line: There are no shortage of sites on the internet that feature adult content. We will leave it to them and focus our efforts on creating the most welcoming environment possible for our community.
So what’s next?
Starting December 17, 2018, we will begin enforcing this new policy. Community members with content that is no longer permitted on Tumblr will get a heads up from us in advance and steps they can take to appeal or preserve their content outside the community if they so choose. All changes won’t happen overnight as something of this complexity takes time.
Another thing, filtering this type of content versus say, a political protest with nudity or the statue of David, is not simple at scale. We’re relying on automated tools to identify adult content and humans to help train and keep our systems in check. We know there will be mistakes, but we’ve done our best to create and enforce a policy that acknowledges the breadth of expression we see in the community.
Most importantly, we’re going to be as transparent as possible with you about the decisions we’re making and resources available to you, including more detailed information, product enhancements, and more content moderators to interface directly with the community and content.
Like you, we love Tumblr and what it’s come to mean for millions of people around the world. Our actions are out of love and hope for our community. We won’t always get this right, especially in the beginning, but we are determined to make your experience a positive one.
Jeff D’Onofrio
CEO
(via sterek)
Derek comes back to Beacon Hills just to get Stiles out of there.
Can someone write a fic for this??? @sterek-stories @sterek @derekandstiles @derek-and-stiles @stiles-and-the-sourwolf @stilesandderek @ao3feed-sterek
(via thesparkandthewolf)
Have you had it?
As a black man it is undoubtedly fearful to get pulled over. As a black drunk man it is the biggest scare in the world. Tonight I got pulled over after I had been drinking and drinking myself home. I passed the sobriety part of the check point the only part that the officer could put on my ticket was speeeding. That rush that comes after winning; that part that makes you feel like nothing can stand in your way. That feeling of invincibility is amazing! But tonight that was taken from me. Tonight that was the biggest win of my entire life thus far and someone snatched that away. I’m not ready for this night to end now, I want to feel this for as long as possible and I can’t help that someone that is with me doesn’t feel my level of high. This amazing “I win” that rarely ever happens. How could you take that from me???
This just in heterosexual culture still unappealing and weird
women are harpies that are stealing my Man Strength in order to make themselves stronger. I saw one woman who had done this five times, and could now bench-press more than me in the gym. Terrifying.
when a man loves a man they have infinite strength, but when a woman loves a woman they have no weaknesses. chose wisely…
The Unstoppable Gay meets the Immovable Lesbian.
Asexuals and/or aromantics never need to exchange power and so their energy just builds up on its own until it becomes a singular superpower.
Non-binary folks have a similar gift because they have neither infinite strength or the lack of any weakness, but sort of just equal out and neither give nor take energy from their prospective partner.
(via perks-of-being-chinese)
Just facts!!!
I wanna be 14 again and ruin my life differently… I have new ideas
Like invest in apple!!!!!
(via perks-of-being-chinese)
nerderek asked: any new high school au fics? if im too early for an update im super sorry!! thank you so much!
Oh man, I am a sucker for high school AUs. All the drama and pining, oh my! Lol, enjoy these little lies as to what high school actually is - Jeep
Not So Fresh Start by Fandomtastic (1/? | 2,441 | Mature)
Stiles Stilinski, son of John Stilinski, had lead a simple life. He woke up every morning, he brushed his teeth, did his homework, and even cooked dinner most nights.
All that would be coming to an end very soon, when his dad got a new job offer as Sheriff in the quaint town of Beacon Hills.
If he were being perfectly honest with himself, the movie was welcomed. Too many people knew young and scrawny Stiles, and he’d like to say that over the years he had matured quite nicely. Well, he knows better than to get ahead of himself. He’s no adonis, but maybe a fresh start will actually result in some friends during his high school career…
Or so he thought.
It was a nice thought. Until the first day of school
Until Derek Hale.
You’ll Never Stop Running by Heizpilz (18/18 | 87,750 | Mature)
Stiles blames Mr. Harris really. He’s the one making them do this – over and over again. As time goes by, Stiles has to admit he doesn’t mind it too much… possibly, maybe.
Meanwhile Derek never cared in the first place. He has other problems, problems he needs to keep secret. Story of his life.
For Stiles, however, secrets are simply there to be uncovered.
Or: Derek and Stiles are lab partners. A High School AU without the cute.Words by Babystiles (1/1 | 6,267 | NR)
Everyone calls Stiles a slut but he has too much integrity and strength to back down from doing what he has to do.
Derek sees that.
Making a Statement by dragon_temeraire (1/1 | 1,024 | PG-13)
Stiles catches Derek’s stare, lifts his chin and says defensively, “The skirt is this short on purpose.”
Me and You by Firenation (1/1 | 25,165 | NC-17)
“It’s not your job to monitor my dating life. I will tell Laura. I will.”
“She’d agree that someone’s got to look out for you,” Derek huffs, like he’s doing Stiles a favour. A goddamn favour.
“The days of you controlling my dating life are over.” Stiles is seething.
“We’ll see about that.” Derek’s got that infuriatingly hot smirk on his face, Stiles can hear it.
Teen Wolf AU - Everyone has secrets, that is a known fact. Derek’s secret, however, is much bigger than anyone else’s. Unbelievable, Stiles would say. And that comes from a boy who runs with werewolves. But is it possible to run with an angel?
“What are you, Derek?”
Stiles kept staring at him, waiting with agitation and frustration that was clear in his eyes. He’d been doing his research, judging by the bags that were forming, and the slight twitch to his fingers that are tell tale signs of people who have had a high caffeine intake. He probably stayed up all night, searching and scouring through pages and pages of research to find out anything, everything he could, until he could do no more and had to come to the source. The real question was would Derek answer.
He had been careless, that night. He shouldn’t of…it was too close to home, too easy for someone else to find it - especially if that person is Stiles. But god, he had been cooped up for so long, he had forgotten what it felt like to just be…free.
To stretch all his aching muscles, that had been crushed and hidden for far longer than Derek would have liked. To ruffle the feathers that were crumbled and tangled together. To feel the wind through the creaks and creases and to just breathe.
But he had orders. He had…expectations, rules and guidelines that he needed to follow and revealing himself to humans was pretty much number one on that list. Although, he supposed, it was too late to go back now.
And wiping memories was really not his thing.
“What do you think I am?” Derek finally answered.
“An angel? What else has frigging wings?” Stiles’ arms flailed, as if he physically could not handle the facts that were being put in front of him.
Derek’s lips twitched upward. “Although I don’t approve of the title, you can call me that if you wish.”
I still don’t get it?
Gaycation 2018! I spent time with friends and slept with a man in almost every city I call that a win!!!
blacktofade asked: Stiles as a professional cuddler, where he offers a range of services, from spooning to hand holding to quiet murmuring. Also, there are a lot of health benefits from being cuddled regularly and Derek happens to be in need of said benefits ;__;
counting sheep don’t help me sleep
(a little fic i wrote for my friends around the holidays)
Kira is probably the closest thing to a friend Derek has at work, a relationship that has its positives and negatives. Derek doesn’t really go out of his way to make friends with his coworkers, preferring to keep his head down and get his work done, but it’s nice to eat lunch with someone, to have someone say “Have a good weekend!” even if all Derek’s doing that weekend is what he does every weekend: workout, go to the library, watch a new foreign film (last weekend’s was De grønne slagtere, and he hasn’t been able bring himself to eat meat since).
The bad thing about being friends with Kira is that the longer they know each other, the more comfortable they are in each other’s presence, the more Kira seems to feel like she’s got to look after Derek for some reason. Kira’s a pretty empathetic person anyway; all the ladies in the office like telling her their horror stories about dating because Kira makes the best horrified faces in reaction to their sordid tales, but she takes it a step further with Derek. And, to a certain extent, Derek doesn’t mind that much; Kira reminds him of Laura in some ways, the way she gently teases him about his diet, and leaves little notes on his desk about inconsequential things - but then she takes an interest in his well being: his mental wellbeing.
