shortviolet:

most iconic things shane madej has said in buzzfeed unsolved 

  •  “yeah, that rings a bell or two, that shakes a tambourine.” 
  • “let me spin you a yarn, that you shan’t soon forget. I’m being eaten alive by crabs right now.” 
  • “I’M STRAAAANGE, AND OFF-PUTTING !” 
  • “I’m disrespectful, but I’m talking to dust and cobwebs.” 
  • “HOW DARE YOU DISPOSE OF MY BODY” 
  • “Cops in the 70s were like, oh you just killed someone ? You got 20 bucks ?” 
  • Everything he said on Goatman’s Bridge. 
  • *imitating a man claiming to be D.B Cooper on his deathbed* “I have something to tell you…… I’m the phantom of the skyyyyyyy” 
  • *laying down on a pentagram* “ROCK N ROLL, BUCKAROO” 
  • “Look I’m not here as a doctor. I just wanna see some of this crazy shit.” 
  • “You better watch out or Yankee Jim will give you some taffy. Some folks say they hear him playing a jolly little kazoo tune in the middle of the night.” 

shadowmaat:

whumpxng:

look, im just a slut for some magical exhaustion okay
give me your whumpees overusing their magic and having physical repercussions from it, bloody noses, unable to stand, getting progressively weaker, utterly exhausted and spent !! 

bonus points:  if they know they are running low on magic but they have no choice but to keep using more until they just collapse

bonus bonus points: if their magic is somehow connected to their life force!!

bonus points: technically they could stop, but it would mean allowing the person they care about to die/suffer, so it’s really no choice at all.

ultimaxtrm:

kindafooey:

adamussutekh:

adamussutekh:

ocean-in-my-rebel-soul:

queenology:

Now this is interesting

Article: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a3mjxg/apple-tumblr-porn-nsfw-adult-content-banned

YES!! I LIKE THIS TAKE!!

Basically, because I know Mobile is bad with links, the article points out hat the broad, “sfw only, no titties allowed” wave on the internet in recent years is largely due to Apple’s absolute stranglehold on the App Store. Apple has strict guidelines about NSFW content that choke creators right out of mainstream social media, even on sites like Reddit, for users of their products: 

But there are fewer and fewer mainstream sites and services that support porn and adult content, and much of that attitude has grown out of Apple’s strict controls over the App Store and the iOS ecosystem. Steve Jobs famously suggested that “folks who want porn can buy an Android phone,” and Apple has repeatedly leveraged its unprecedented power over millions of smartphones to sanitize the apps that are available on iPhones. Apple does not allow apps “that contain user generated content that is frequently pornographic.” In 2016, Apple famously deleted all third-party Reddit apps that allowed users to toggle NSFW posts on and off; even now, it is impossible to access porn on an iOS Reddit app unless you jump through various hoops.

remember though that this anger isn’t about Being Horny On Main, it’s about sex workers, their platforms and followers, NSFW creators and their art, and adult content communities that are continually being shoved out of spaces they created in recent years: 

Tumblr’s leadership seems to believe that the community using Tumblr for adult content is the same as any other porn site—showing a serious disconnect with how its users actually interact and connect on its own platform. “We will leave it to them and focus our efforts on creating the most welcoming environment possible for our community,” he wrote.

The value of Tumblr for NSFW creators and fans was in the autonomy to curate something original, and the freedom to express and share what they’re into—something that can’t be replaced by algorithmically-suggested porn on the rest of the internet.

it was mentioned before somewhere else, but 20% of Tumblr’s traffic is brought in by content they’re now flagging as “adult” 

This is yet another example of a platform ignoring adult content when it helps the platform flourish, and then leaving those users out to dry when it’s time to crack down for some monetary gain or face-saving. In addition to being a terrible way to treat your user base, banning adult content on Tumblr will stifle a lot of creativity.

and of course, Apple is also one of the companies that has repeatedly come under fire for censoring lgbtq/queer identities on their sites, the app store, and also caved to russia’s anti-lgbtq policies like a stick of rotten bamboo

The communities that will feel this change the most will be the already-marginalized. “Tumblr banning adult content is a huge loss for the LGBTQ community, especially those with overlapping marginalized identities,” Kitty Stryker, a queer porn performer and consent activist, told Motherboard in an email. “For many, that’s the one place we could find porn that represents us, made by indie performers who created their own content outside of an often racist, transmisogynist, fatphobic industry. Tumblr was where our content could exist without pushing us into the restrictions of a misogynist, male dominated workplace.”

!!!!

Everyone, please read and share this information! It’s extremely important and explains many things regarding the shitstorm at hand.

Please remember, though, from ex-employees of Tumblr, this whole ban was in the works for six months. While this is a grand case and a good showing of Apple’s real anti-trust issues, Tumblr was already going to do this. They just had their hand shown early as a result of the Tumblr app removal.

masterpost of tumblr alternatives

olderglow:

this post will be updated as I find more websites to add! please check with the original before reblogging to see if there’s an updated version, and message me with corrections or more suggestions if you have them!!

websites in red have explicitly forbidden the posting of NSFW content. websites in orange allow certain types of NSFW content or have questionable / unclear guidelines.

for general use

  • friendproject.net – built on myspace, great blog customization
  • gab.ai – added for completeness, but has a huge alt-right + racism issue
  • joinmastodon.org – basically like if twitter and discord had a child??
  • mewe.com – privacy-focused, has groups and private messages
  • minds.com – allows you to exchange traffic for being promoted (??)
  • myspace.com – yes, it still exists, i’m just as surprised as you
  • nibblebit.com – similar to tumblr with reblogs / likes / customizing of blogs
  • pinterest.ca – easy sharing and collecting, but has many issues with theft
  • swarmr.com – an exact tumblr clone down to the default images (??)
  • twitter.com – allows posting both text and photos in sets, allows retweets

geared towards writers and bloggers

  • archiveofourown.org – specializes in hosting fic, excellent tagging system
  • dreamwidth.org – a blogging site similar to livejournal or wordpress
  • fanfiction.net – another big name in fanfic posting
  • livejournal.com – technically an option, likely unsafe for LGBTQ peeps
  • mibba.com – for creative writers, centered around community feedback
  • quotev.com – decent website for original / fan fic and fandom quizzes
  • royalroad.com – hosts webnovels and other fanfic, nice dark theme
  • wattpad.com – modern pretty fic site with direct links to irl publishers
  • wordpress.com – old and well-established, often considered the default

geared towards artists and photographers

  • artstation.com – excellent website for posting professional art portfolios
  • behance.net – meant for professionals posting various visual media types
  • deviantart.com – huge community, allows posting art + sorting into folders
  • flickr.com – great community for photographers, can join groups
  • furaffinity.net – similar to DA but for furries, easy to display commish info
  • galleria.emotionflow.com – very similar to pixiv, with imo better tagging
  • instagram.com – photo and video posts, excellent tag search
  • newgrounds.com – an oldie but a goodie, allows a ton of media types
  • piczel.tv – allows both streaming and posting art / photosets to a gallery
  • pixiv.net – huge anime art community, allows livestreaming
  • vero.co – app only, similar to insta but with MUCH more privacy control

chat or forum based

  • aminoapps.com – community-based, has blogs + chat, custom themes
  • discordapp.com – great chat app, text + voice, can join infinite servers
  • reddit.com – literally a community for everything, SO MANY CAT PHOTOS

18+ only

  • bdsmlr.com – microblogging + social media for people into kink
  • blogr.xxx – a tumblr clone created specifically for sharing porn
  • fetlife.com – considered one of the biggest kink communities online
  • libertine.center – beautiful + modern site for posting irl nsfw and kink stuff
  • thefetlibrary.com – for posting of erotic stories, replaces bdsmlibrary

paid platforms

  • patreon.com – subscription-based access to many diff types of content
  • typepad.com – similar to wordpress but with reblogging and a dash

up-and-coming platforms

  • pillowfort.ioclosed beta. should function almost identically to tumblr but with many many improvements
  • poizen.medevelopment alpha. gorgeous website for artists to post art AND track comms
    • this one’s still early in development but looks incredibly promising as a platform and super pretty to look at!! go snap up a username before all the good ones are taken! favouritism what’s that
  • qink.copre-alpha. 18+ only. plans to be a kink-oriented replacement for tumblr.

defunct platforms

(so people will stop telling me i forgot them)

  • jux.com – shut down in 2014 due to lack of funds
  • shoandtell.me – now redirects to someone’s personal blog
  • soup.io – more or less closed down this year due to GDPR issues

ways to save your current tumblr posts

  • use the wayback machine! you do have to archive each page of your blog individually but once you do all the content, including media, will be saved exactly as it was at the moment you archived it.
  • wordpress allows you to directly import whole tumblr blogs, and if i recall correctly it’s something both dreamwidth and pillowfort have said they are working on.
  • tumblthree is a great tool with a ton of functions including downloading whole blogs, only posts tagged with a certain tag, all the posts you’ve liked, etc. etc. along with being able to download every type of media hosted on tumblr (pictures, videos, audio, everything). it also has a proper GUI so no computer knowledge required beyond downloading and running programs!
  • if you have some knowledge of computers you can try this github solution which uses a python script to download your whole blog to your computer. even if you don’t know anything about programming or the command line they give a very good beginners tutorial on how to use it so you should still give it a shot!
  • here’s another python script that should allow you to archive all the images from your blog or your likes, though it requires some knowledge of python and the command line or very very good google skills.

some notes

edit: please stop commenting on this post to self-promote your porn accounts on other sites. those replies / reblogs will be deleted or hidden.

please note that every site on this list will have pros and cons, and i haven’t listed them here since this post would be a mile long otherwise. please do your research before moving completely over to another site in case they have policies you disagree with.

also, because I see a lot of misinformed people ranting about this: deviantart does not own the art you post. some years ago hot topic stole a ton of art from DA and sold it on merchandise and people assumed that DA gave them permission to do it despite there being literally zero evidence for that claim. DA explictly states in their TOS that you retain copyright and sole license of the art you post.

and related, mastodon does not allow or condone CP or pedophilia. the people spreading this info are misinformed about what mastodon is. it is not an exact twitter clone; anyone anywhere can host a mastodon instance using their personal computer as a server, which means mastodon as a company can’t do jack shit to moderate them. what they DO is permanently block all users from every other instance from viewing or interacting with that instance, and add that instance to a publicly viewable list along with the reason for the block. please give their post about anti-abuse measures a read before making snap judgements.

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