Listen.

I saw a lot of posts trying to appeal to tumblr’s “humanity”, to the “staff”, to the social part of this social media platform, all telling amazing, heartwarming, and also sad stories, talking about what should be done to make the (tumblr) world a better place, about what’s right. And I hate to disappoint you, but

Tumblr doesn’t care about these things.

Like it or not, when tumblr was bought the mind behind it became that of a corporate. Now, take it from someone who’s been raised by one such person and struggled through her whole life to understand and/or change that thought process through reason and/or facts: you’re talking to a wall if you’re talking from/about ideals or feelings (even it’s about feelings of safety… unless it’s about a virus on their server or smth).

Why? Simple. Because a corporate mind doesn’t work like that.

It’s not wired to prioritise ideals or the “good of the world”. Its primary goal is to grow. What does it need to grow? Money. What brings in the money? Ads. And can you guess why the other corporations are investing their money to put ads on tumblr? Right you are! Because there are a crapton of users here.

Now, every company needs money to survive, even if it’s a wellfare one. That’s not the issue. The issue is that it’s become an openly prime and only target for tumblr to exploit its users’ numbers.

You can tell your stories, spread them, and support each other though them, and it’s a great thing! The world NEEDS this knowledge! BUT. Don’t expect tumblr to change its mind because of that. Oh, IT will change. It will polish its algorithm, maybe even polish it so far that it’s usable to the point that no sfw blog will spend a second thought about posting anything, but it wil never. EVER. change its mind about exploiting its users.

I respect each and everyone I had the pleasure to interact with on here. And I understand that many folks’ livelyhoods are dependent on this site. That means they’re not only dependent on their own blogs, but also on “run of the mill users”/potential clients being here. That’s why it’s good that there are those who are staying. For them. Me? I simply can’t “unsee” it all. Once recognised as an abusive relationship, I choose to walk away.

If you stay, please keep that in mind.

You can’t fight against tumblr’s mindset but you can support eachother.

Cheers.

And don’t lose yourselves, folks.