Dear Tumblr —

witchsaidwhat:

Hello, my name is Katie.  I am a creator here on Tumblr.  I run a witchcraft blog where I share my spiritual beliefs and host my shop information (where I give readings and such.)  This blog, in particular, has been active for several years, and I have a few others where I run a magazine, or one where I post poetry, or one where I write stories.

I have met some amazing friends here, too, and not just within the realms of spiritual beliefs and practices.  I have friends that are artists; I have friends that are content creators.  These people use Tumblr for their businesses, like me.

In so little words: part of my livelihood depends on the activity involved with my blog.  It is how I pay my bills; it is how I make sure my pets have food.  Without Tumblr, I don’t know where I would be now.

I get that you all don’t want kids exposed to inappropriate content.  They shouldn’t be.  They should be allowed to be kids without disgusting adult human beings creeping on them.  

I get that you don’t want to promote self-harm, including eating disorders and body mutilation.  No one wants other people to hurt themselves.

I get that you don’t want to play host to racists, or bigots, or just your run-of-the-mill trash fire people who find enjoyment in hurting others.  I wouldn’t want to be forced to sit next to a Nazi indefinitely.

But these things have been problems on your website for some time.  And you did nothing.

I know because I have reported them and have NEVER received acknowledgment for my concerns.  Not to be a narc, but I have flagged bots with adult content and I have reported blogs where someone was posting content that was worrisome to me.

I don’t give a crap if an adult working in an adult-related industry wants to use the platform.  There are so many tools that you all could utilize instead of making broad, general swipes at the larger problem.  Tools like:

• proper post tagging
• age verification
• business accounts
• actual human beings looking over blogs instead of an automated system that cannot determine context

It’s basically like this:  you’ve made a really shitty mess that you refused to take care of and now you are trying to clean your mess with a dirty towel.  

You aren’t actually fixing the issue.

In doing so, you are forcing the people who aid in the making of your money to turn to other sites.  Why?

Because you refuse to actually get down in the muck and do the work needed to FIX this issue.

And it probably has something to do with money.  That’s usually what things like this boil down to.  

Already, posts of mine are being flagged…and they don’t violate ANY of your community guidelines.  I can’t wait to see the havoc you will really wreak across your platform come the 17th.

This is ridiculous and you know it.

Sincerely,
a Random Somebody that Uses Your Website

(Because that is exactly how you view me and everyone else here.)

@staff @support