Talk:Tumblr

I thought the Tumblr image about "fandom leaving me behind" was a bit too negative to be the infobox graphic, so I moved it back. --Awils1 09:49, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Categories?

Question: Should this page be in the new Category:Microblogs? Or is that cat for specific fan tumblrs and twitters etc only? It makes sense to me for this page to be in it. -- Tai 01:42, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

I think it's fine to include Tumblr in the category, so I added it.--æþel 00:40, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

tumblr fic traditions

I'm not sure if photofic is the right term, but there seems to be a trend on Tumblr where one person posts a screencap or gif or something, and then someone else is inspired to create a ficlet related to the image. I can't tell if it's part of a specific challenge or if people are just randomly inspired to write fic on Tumblr or if the fic writers are the ones posting the images with the fic, but it would be an interesting topic to cover on Fanlore.--æþel 04:58, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

There's also something where people write a collaborative drabble through the hashtags. See: http://fanficrants.livejournal.com/10886155.html. --Anenko 09:33, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

2015 Takedowns

Anyone up for tacking this subject? --MPH (talk) 16:26, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Best overview of events

• http://stewardess.dreamwidth.org/350891.html (Tumblr account termination background info stewardess sent to torrentfreak)
• http://calystarose.tumblr.com/post/111088388391/stewardessme-saw-posts-in-the-ifpi-tag
• http://stewardess.dreamwidth.org/351028.html (How the IFPI finds music posts)

Linkdump

• 2014 takedowns
• http://stewardess.dreamwidth.org/349138.html
• http://eyebrowofdoom.tumblr.com/post/104884747379/stewardishs-account-terminated-for-bogus
• http://loony-padfoot.tumblr.com/post/89996025765/just-received-a-dmca-notice-for-an-audio-file ("Just received a DMCA notice. For an audio file I created last night. I’m so pissed rn! I just can’t believe it! Copyright my ass! I made it myself you little fucker!)
• http://ripetomatoes.tumblr.com/post/96452219196 ("So apparently a Mr. Jeremy Banks has sent in a copyright infringement notice to Tumblr about YOUTUBE videos I posted.")

• Feb 2015 takedowns
• http://stewardess.dreamwidth.org/350068.html
• http://meeedeee.tumblr.com/post/111671584176/faq-about-tumblr-account-terminations-for-music
• http://yourinnerotis.tumblr.com/post/111635759513/holy-fucking-shit (another blog removed)
• http://theonewithretroeyes.tumblr.com/post/84400128484/so-i-received-this-11-hours-ago-im-not-sure-what ("So I received this 11 hours ago… I’m not sure what it is they put a claim on...")
• http://watchjetwolf.tumblr.com/post/111590432530/wtf-did-jets-tumblrs-just-vanish-please-let-this (keyofnik/jetwolf's blog deleted for "facilitating downloads" - not clear what music is at issue. 37,518 posts removed). It may also have been removed because she once mentioned torrenting a music CD (http://watchjetwolf.tumblr.com/post/111597346885/meagenimage-replied-to-your-post-wtf-did-jets)
• http://lost-in-my-echoes.tumblr.com/post/96111733888/an-open-letter-to-jeremy-banks ("Was my 8-bit cover of Let It Go so im and (http://watchjetwolf.tumblr.com/post/111598462360/oathkeeper-of-tarth-replied-to-your-post#notes)peding the sales of Frozen records that it needed to be taken down")
• http://nephilimsfall.tumblr.com/post/93792035524/so-heres-the-thing-im-just-going-to-jump-right (This is the second copyright infringement email I have gotten today, but this one is my favorite because it lists all those bands that I may have possibly posted (One of these things is not like the others), but they don’t know which band it was that I posted the audio file of exactly.)
• http://laursniffscliffordspickle.tumblr.com/post/98216890899/soooooo-my-luke-calum-and-ashton-google (Soooooo my luke, calum, and ashton google translate audio posts were taken down because of copyright violations. Apparently jeremy banks from IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) owns the phrase “calum goes from puppy eyes to suck my dick in .2 seconds” via google translate…???)
• http://illicitizen.tumblr.com/post/16072145137/about-that-thing ("Recently I got a DCMA takedown notice from some corporate body -IFPI or some $&*#. Basically they crawled a public web folder and saw I had a song called “Imagine That.” It is a song I wrote, recorded and performed with my wife/partner/bassist Maria in 2006 or so. We worked really hard on it. I’ve even made a couple different videos of it. We put it out on our first album, the local weekly newspaper also released another version on a local music compilation")
• http://unsafebet.tumblr.com/post/70300524439/i-got-a-dmca-notice-from-tumblr-but-tumblr ("I got a dmca notice from tumblr? But tumblr doesn’t even tell me what audio post is infringing. Like, no artist name or anything. And they link they gave me just send me to a broken webpage. Like wtf do you want me to do tumblr)
• http://get-your-k-on.tumblr.com/post/92030355161/copyright-stuff ("I like how they can’t even be bothered to look up exactly which artist it was that I posted, like they grouped together three artists and just sent it out to everyone involved and let them figure it out for themselves.")

some general meta about tumblr vs LJ vs takedowns (2013)

• http://stewardess.dreamwidth.org/343642.html (from this Feb 2015 post:: http://chicksdigthekarkat.tumblr.com/post/111526433005/here-is-another-post-by-stewardess-drawing-more)

more recent meta

• http://chicksdigthekarkat.tumblr.com/post/111522401650/tumblr-exodus
• http://lectictinium.tumblr.com/post/111264303382
• http://onepointtwentyonejigawatts.tumblr.com/post/111205264597/before-the-so-called-web-2-0-became-our-one-and
• http://iron-siren.tumblr.com/post/111058041597/resources-for-those-concerned-about-ifpi-takedowns (Resources For Those Concerned About IFPI Takedowns)
• http://carvedinashes.tumblr.com/post/45937632492/pirates-of-the-internet
• http://meeedeee.tumblr.com/post/111735951631/if-no-one-tells-you-what-crime-youre-being

Fan Reactions/Questions (dates vary)

• http://fassbender-mcavoyobsessed.tumblr.com/post/111034033070/would-th-bots-still-delete-a-blog-if-you-have (music reblogs?)
• http://iron-siren.tumblr.com/post/111261235127/will-they-take-down-music-lyrics-that-have-been (song lyrics?)
• http://mrkinch.tumblr.com/post/104824451011/stewardish-posted-detail-about-the-crap-being
• http://aang.cf/post/111554493149/the-staff-when-you-ask-something-about-your
• http://meeedeee.tumblr.com/post/111339895826/hitler-rants-about-tumblr-music-takedowns-he (hitler parody video)
• http://soysaucevictim.tumblr.com/post/111307291938/okay-been-awake-just-looking-at-the-ifpi-tag-fer
• http://clarabellecow.co.vu/post/111220455392/to-anonymous-1-from-what-i-know-and-can-see-the
• http://simon-saying.tumblr.com/post/111144237564/imagine-if-every-mmm-watcha-say-video-triggers-the
• http://chicksdigthekarkat.tumblr.com/post/111142619135/in-the-mean-time-i-am-going-to-do-the-unthinkable
• http://oscob.tumblr.com/post/111117661502/what-the-fuck-is-happening-on-this-goddamn-website (nosdrinkerisdead banning)
• http://mariotas.tumblr.com/post/111117052667/when-i-talked-to-nosdrinker-isdead-they-said (nosdrinkerisdead banning)
• http://a-little-bunny.tumblr.com/post/111513658441/i-think-we-should-all-boycott-using-tumblr-for-a
• http://a-minion-has-been-slain.tumblr.com/post/111660694829/i-have-just-received-this (a recent takedown notice)
• http://fponthedl.tumblr.com/post/111033660737/how-to-delete-all-the-music-on-your-tumblr-account (third party tools needed to delete older posts)
• http://glittercurse.tumblr.com/post/111043355194/honestly-staff-yahoo-why-the-hell-do-u-have-a-god (honestly staff yahoo why the hell do u have a god damn “save the internet” button on the dashboard if ur the ones doing this dcma copyright stuff)
• http://gaylord-ozai.tumblr.com/post/111040033172/secretly-hopes-my-blog-gets-deleted-so-i-can
• http://starberry-cupcake.tumblr.com/post/78475347727/important-about-the-tumblr-dmca-notice
• http://ayoungdiscography.isword.me/post/91415229132/important-announcement (3 strikes in one notice, retroactively)
• http://h-alsey.tumblr.com/post/96532223593/im-just-so-mad-right-now-i-spent-3-hours-of-my ("i wrote that song, me. in my bedroom with a ukulele and a notebook. and now it’s just deleted bc some prick thought otherwise, like he didn’t even give specifics.")
• http://kikuhonda.tumblr.com/post/111041248920/why-are-peoples-blogs-getting-deleted (get button)
• http://lunator.tumblr.com/post/111088397592/yahoo-how-can-we-make-tumblr-more-like (Yahoo: How can we make Tumblr more like Youtube? Tumblr: .... Yahoo: I know! We can take the one thing people hate the most about Youtube, the copyright infringement system, and make it even MORE terrible!)
• http://kokodaka.tumblr.com/post/111055146674/literally-tho-like-why-would-you-put-a-fucking (get button)
• http://unisex-muffin.tumblr.com/post/111020002101/so-this-is-it-the-end-of-tumblr
• http://ofanchorsandpeople.tumblr.com/post/111088501533/im-not-afraid-to-say-that-the-second-i-heard (I’m not afraid to say that the second I heard about the copyright deletion thing my first concern was no more Rick rolls and mmmm watcha say)
• http://kraems.tumblr.com/post/111071483826/tumblr-wants-to-delete-blogs-that-post-music-but (deleting music blogs while leaving hate speech blogs up)
• http://aang.cf/post/111052474579/hello-guys-especially-those-who-just-lost-their (you cannot get your blog back)
• http://bainer.tumblr.com/post/95248651835/open-letter-to-tumblr
• http://nightmargin.tumblr.com/post/111064251851/night-anyway-ive-replaced-any-original-audio-post (anyway ive replaced any original audio post that might potentially cost me trouble (memes etc) with a text-to-speech generated voice clip calling jeremy banks a witch)
• http://wackomcgoose.tumblr.com/post/111033039554/i-is-tumblr-really-deleting-blog-because-of-music
• http://bel-vista.tumblr.com/post/66168272715/my-rant-to-tumblr-help-about-2-dmca-notifications (about tumblr not providing info about which posts violate copyright)
• http://nobodylikesfruitcake.tumblr.com/post/111071268022 (Can you imagine getting deleted for rick roll? I wouldn’t rejoin)
• http://dmcasafe.tumblr.com/post/111179719211 ("Searching for an audio you need but scared that Tumblr will remove your blog because of DMCA? Here are safe super high quality conversions of popular songs to use." (midi music versions)
• http://nonbinary-kirbat.tumblr.com/post/111104504802/i-think-i-know-whats-going-on-tumblr-can ("..I know what’s going on… tumblr can basically like… delete anyone they want. if you make so much noise about the wrong in the world and esp. the wrong in Tumblr staff, they can just wipe you since there’s no way you haven’t at least reblogged music. it’s a clever diversionary tactic.)
• http://magnusbane.tumblr.com/post/111037784811/i-am-kind-of-worried-bc-of-that-new-music ("i am kind of worried bc of that new music copyright thing bc there are supposed to be many errors since it’s just a bot working and i have all my original music on my blog which isn’t copyrighted since it’s mine but what if my accont is falsely deleted?")
• http://thecube42.tumblr.com/post/79894135161/what-the-fuck-really-out-of-the-entire ("And you know what the worst part is? I can “file a counter-notification,” sure, but by that I also consent to legal action. I don’t fucking want to go to court. I don’t have the money. Court battles are as much about money as they are about actual facts. I could claim this was fair use, but the definition of “fair use” is so fucking gray that almost every case on fair use changes its boundaries, and law firms are so goddamn talented at making cases out of trivia. I don’t have the power to go against that.")
• http://shootingwallsbecausebored.tumblr.com/post/111055488721/2-hours-later ("2 hours later deleted all audio posts from blog. Dead inside )
• http://attack0np0tat0es.tumblr.com/post/111166468594/follow-up (finally some info, if indirect about the 'get' feature. according to this person "...[it is] only a plugin offers a one-click download on music files." no explanation as to where the plugin comes from,so not that helpful)
• http://www.dailydot.com/geek/tumblr-audio-copyright-dmca/ (more on the get button) ("There is a third-party extension called XKit that introduced a "get" button three years ago. Users may have confused this third-party option with an official Tumblr update.")

"Media" Coverage

• http://torrentfreak.com/tumblr-panics-as-site-gets-tough-on-music-piracy-150216/
• http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/02/tumblr-gets-tough-on-music-implements-3-strikes-like-policy.html
• http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6473136/tumblr-cracking-down-copyright-infringement-users (there is a comment from someone about tumblr blocking their IP address)
• http://musically.com/2015/02/17/tumblr-terminating-accounts-copyright-infringement/
• http://www.dailydot.com/geek/tumblr-audio-copyright-dmca/

Some things to add to the page

That I haven't figured out where to put yet:

• Tumblr users referring to it as "hellsite" (or particularly, "this blue hellsite")
• Memes about tumblr usage:
  • e.g. vs. twitter: Our blessed Tumblr, their barbarous Twitter, ^{Archived version}
  • (perception of) "the aging of the tumblr userbase" -- memes: ex1(alt link), ex2. I'm not sure if there's actual demographics data to back that up but there's definitely a common perception on the website that the average age of users has gone up a lot over the last decade (mostly because the same people from 2012 stuck around, but new teeenagers aren't joining)
  • meme that's indicative of how tumblr gets used for fandom: https://head-first-fearless-17.tumblr.com/post/184601424501/coming-into-a-fandom-late

Tumblr management/technical changes 2021 and 2022

again, making a section on the talk page b/c i don't know how best to organize the information/add it on the page. but, this page seems to be documenting changes to the policies and usage of the website and there have been some pretty big ones in the past ~year, after a few years of quiet since the 2018 ban.

• August 2019 -- Tumblr bought by Automattic. This didn't change much for users for a while though.
• 'sometime?? in 2021 front end changes started becoming a regular thing, new features being added, staff becoming more communicative. @changes, @wip, and @staff seem to be the blogs to keep an eye on to learn about new changes, policies, settings
  • for example, ability to edit tags w/o having to delete & rewrite them: official announcement on @changes, a user noting the change was rolled out and that it was useful for them
• Semptember 2022: Community Lables Tumblr introduced a new filtering/labeling feature that allows
  • Feature announcement from @staff: Post, ^{Archived version} with followup commentary by Matt Mullenweg, CEO of Automattic (which owns Tumblr)
  • A Tumblr staff engineer (who has a significant following on tumblr) said that the intent was to move back towards allowing more adult content on tumblr.: https://gender-trash.tumblr.com/post/696499283508215808/kaban-bang-jv-magess-jv-staff
  • some memes in response: ex1 ex2
  • Other people were more cautious/worried that hte community labels wouldn't be enough to allow laxer guidelines on tumblr, or would even be used in the future to remove adult content (punishing people who used the new feature): ex1
  • There was some confusion (partially but not entirely due to jv's comments) about whether nudity and adult content was allowed back *now* -- JV and Matt Mullenweg clarified in later posts: jv clarification post
  • Why "Go Nuts, Show Nuts" Doesn't Work in 2022, ^{Archived version}