So I’m sure that by now you have all seen this and this post, as well as the big screaming sign at the top of your dashboard:
First of all I want to point out that when looking at the above links, you’ll notice that tumblr’s own statements on the matter are unclear and wildly contradictory while still generally condemning all adult content that does adhere to their very small subset of adult content that they will allow, so any arguments of “it’s only for real life nudity!” and “it’ll be fine as long as you don’t post outright sexual intercourse“ don’t really hold any water as far as I’m concerned.
That brings me to the second point. You’re probably wondering now why I’m posting this on my SFW blog. The thing is that a good amount of my posts on this blog have already been flagged. Now I know that I sometimes post risque works on this blog, but when perfectly safe for work images get flagged and risque images are left alone by whatever algorithm tumblr employs for flagging, it makes it pretty damn clear that this algorithm is busted, further reinforcing what I said in the previous paragraph. I really don’t trust tumblr staff and whatever tech and algos they use to leave my SFW blog unscathed.
Furthermore I’m incredibly concerned by how tumblr has been going about removing accounts based on blog content. During the big mass account deletion two weeks ago, several of my friends got all of their accounts nuked (including SFW/personal accounts) without warning and any queries at the address of tumblr support are met with cold dead silence. If this is how I’m going to be treated if I get nuked like that, then I’d rather leave on my own terms.
So where does that leave us? Personally, I’m done with tumblr. We had a good run together, it was my first big start after I got off of my three year hiatus, I met a ton of cool people through here, but by this point I’m fed up with how increasingly incompetently this website is being run. Now that we’ve gotten to the point where tumblr’s ToS and automated management has become increasingly hostile to me and other artists like me, I’m out.
This is not the end for me, though! I’ll continue to draw as I’ll always have, both SFW as NSFW. You’ll just have to look for it in different places, since I can’t be bothered to maintain my blog under tumblrs inconsistent and arbitrary new policies. You can instead find me (both SFW and NSFW) on:
Maybe I’ll make a newgrounds account too if its art portal manages to prove itself. I’ll post an update here (if my blogs still exist) and on my twitter if/when I do.
Lastly I want to thank all of you for supporting me these past 3.5+ years. Love you all, and see you on the other side.
Yo everyone, looks like there’s a ban wave going on right now. As good of a time as any to mention that I do have a twitter and pixiv account where I’m active and that this might be a good time to follow me on either of those in case my tumblr account gets nuked (again).