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Snippet of Tumblr CEO wanting to shut down the site in May

ponett Follow 16h ago raises awareness within the team. When I'm back to work in May this will definitely be on my mind, as well as if we should continue to invest Tumblr at all if it's going to harbor such toxicity and harassment. The mob misinformation and harassment makes people scared to work on Tumblr, and likely drives away scores of good creators, Blaze posters, advertisers, and subscribers-the folks who will make Tumblr a sustainable endeavor. truly f------ incredible that the ceo actually thought it was a good idea to post "well if you're all going to be so mean to me then maybe there shouldn't even be a tumblr." incredible that his lawyers haven't told him to shut the f--- up and stop posting through it yet prokopetz 16h ago Completing his transformation from self-styled visionary CEO to early 2000s forum administrator by deleting the entire site because someone called him a nasty name.
ponett Follow 16h ago raises awareness within the team. When I'm back to work in May this will definitely be on my mind, as well as if we should continue to invest Tumblr at all if it's going to harbor such toxicity and harassment. The mob misinformation and harassment makes people scared to work on Tumblr, and likely drives away scores of good creators, Blaze posters, advertisers, and subscribers-the folks who will make Tumblr a sustainable endeavor. truly f------ incredible that the ceo actually thought it was a good idea to post "well if you're all going to be so mean to me then maybe there shouldn't even be a tumblr." incredible that his lawyers haven't told him to shut the f--- up and stop posting through it yet prokopetz 16h ago Completing his transformation from self-styled visionary CEO to early 2000s forum administrator by deleting the entire site because someone called him a nasty name.

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the post/picture that triggered Predestrogen's initial ban

2d ago predstrogen ALT not even a full year apart... we stay silly :3 Remember all you. THIS is the post that triggered Rita's ban. #transgender #predstrogen #trans rights 11
2d ago predstrogen ALT not even a full year apart... we stay silly :3 Remember all you. THIS is the post that triggered Rita's ban. #transgender #predstrogen #trans rights 11

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Predestrogen's alt and mention of other account being deleted (teh alt is deleted now as well)

predesterone @predstrogen is gone now its avery, rita, predstrogen. im here on my alt now. every account ive had has been deleted in february/march like clockwork. madhopz, sadhopz and now predstrogen feel free to follow me here and please share the reason given was "sexually explicit material" which isnt true. anything sexually explicit that i post is properly flagged with a mature and sexual themes community label, anything else was a reblog and therefore should be covered by the OP, not me whos reblogging it. this is my 4th account now because of this, theyve treated me like s--- for this multiple times. f--- tumblr @staff for letting this happen contnuously, im seeing a pattern and its not changing Hello, Your account or blog has been suspended for sharing sexually explicit materials (where sharing includes posting, reblogging, or sending the material - by messages, asks, or post submissions to other users). This is strictly prohibited on Tumblr as per our Community Guidelines: Sexually Explicit Material. Visual depictions of sexually explicit acts (or content with an overt focus on genitalia) are not allowed on Tumblr. That includes pictures, videos, GIFs, drawings, CGI, or anything similar. Creating new blogs or accounts with this same subject matter or content will result in immediate account termination. If you believe we've taken this action in error, you may contact us here detailing your concerns. Tumblr Trust & Safety even worse, i submitted a support ticket about harrassment and stalking TWO MONTHS AGO on 22 december, and they never got back to me about it. but they can gladly delete my account, even after recognising on the 1st of january that my account does NOT break TOS and should not be flagged Hello predstrogen, We've reviewed the classification appeal of your Tumblr and have determined that it does not contain adult content per our Community Guidelines.
predesterone @predstrogen is gone now its avery, rita, predstrogen. im here on my alt now. every account ive had has been deleted in february/march like clockwork. madhopz, sadhopz and now predstrogen feel free to follow me here and please share the reason given was "sexually explicit material" which isnt true. anything sexually explicit that i post is properly flagged with a mature and sexual themes community label, anything else was a reblog and therefore should be covered by the OP, not me whos reblogging it. this is my 4th account now because of this, theyve treated me like s--- for this multiple times. f--- tumblr @staff for letting this happen contnuously, im seeing a pattern and its not changing Hello, Your account or blog has been suspended for sharing sexually explicit materials (where sharing includes posting, reblogging, or sending the material - by messages, asks, or post submissions to other users). This is strictly prohibited on Tumblr as per our Community Guidelines: Sexually Explicit Material. Visual depictions of sexually explicit acts (or content with an overt focus on genitalia) are not allowed on Tumblr. That includes pictures, videos, GIFs, drawings, CGI, or anything similar. Creating new blogs or accounts with this same subject matter or content will result in immediate account termination. If you believe we've taken this action in error, you may contact us here detailing your concerns. Tumblr Trust & Safety even worse, i submitted a support ticket about harrassment and stalking TWO MONTHS AGO on 22 december, and they never got back to me about it. but they can gladly delete my account, even after recognising on the 1st of january that my account does NOT break TOS and should not be flagged Hello predstrogen, We've reviewed the classification appeal of your Tumblr and have determined that it does not contain adult content per our Community Guidelines.

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Tumblr CEO Dming people who criticised his choices

sharkface Follow 2d ago Why am I being DMed by the CEO of tumblr.com for stating my personal opinion that the response to this situation is being handled poorly. I am a random college student with less than 1,000 followers. sharkface 20 ago 1:29 < photomatt "I still do not think most people will think that constitutes a threat. It'd be perfectly appropriate to have removed the post, but I don't think terminating her blog was a proportionate response to this." You can start a social media site and run it with those rules! However it's not the rules of this site. Today at 12:56 AM GIF I do not understand why you are concerned with my opinion, I am an individual user with no power to enforce the way I think the site should be run. I sincerely don't know why you would care enough to humor my reply with such a personal response, let alone something that I don't even really feel is all that relevant to what I said to begin with. I could do that, sure, and clearly it isn't how this site is run. My opinion regardless is that this response is disproportionate and unprofessional. You do not have to care about it, I have no power over you, : Say something A I'm sorry but I just think DMing me at all is such an objective waste of time.
sharkface Follow 2d ago Why am I being DMed by the CEO of tumblr.com for stating my personal opinion that the response to this situation is being handled poorly. I am a random college student with less than 1,000 followers. sharkface 20 ago 1:29 < photomatt "I still do not think most people will think that constitutes a threat. It'd be perfectly appropriate to have removed the post, but I don't think terminating her blog was a proportionate response to this." You can start a social media site and run it with those rules! However it's not the rules of this site. Today at 12:56 AM GIF I do not understand why you are concerned with my opinion, I am an individual user with no power to enforce the way I think the site should be run. I sincerely don't know why you would care enough to humor my reply with such a personal response, let alone something that I don't even really feel is all that relevant to what I said to begin with. I could do that, sure, and clearly it isn't how this site is run. My opinion regardless is that this response is disproportionate and unprofessional. You do not have to care about it, I have no power over you, : Say something A I'm sorry but I just think DMing me at all is such an objective waste of time.

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Tumblr (or specifically Automattic) settled with the NYCCHR regarding Tumblr’s terribly implemented ...

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I think I speak for everyone when I say we would appreciate some insight and transparency into the c...

cryptotheism Follow As a trans person who pays the bills hawking my Patreon on this site, Photomatt's behavior has been disappointing to say the least. I hope staff can come to a more reasonable conclusion. cryptotheism I think I speak for everyone when I say we would appreciate some insight and transparency into the content moderation systems. ... Having a blog you've run for 7+ years nuked out of nowhere, with no communication, reason, or recourse beyond navigating a maze of broken automated systems, is pretty frustrating. I can't really blame users for saying some TOS-breaking s---, because sometimes it feels like the only way to communicate with staff here is publicly. cryptotheism Matt for the love of God stop f------ posting and talk to your PR team.
cryptotheism Follow As a trans person who pays the bills hawking my Patreon on this site, Photomatt's behavior has been disappointing to say the least. I hope staff can come to a more reasonable conclusion. cryptotheism I think I speak for everyone when I say we would appreciate some insight and transparency into the content moderation systems. ... Having a blog you've run for 7+ years nuked out of nowhere, with no communication, reason, or recourse beyond navigating a maze of broken automated systems, is pretty frustrating. I can't really blame users for saying some TOS-breaking s---, because sometimes it feels like the only way to communicate with staff here is publicly. cryptotheism Matt for the love of God stop f------ posting and talk to your PR team.

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Navel Piercing post

transmortifried ayyyyy guess who got her navel pierced today 1 transmortifried Hello transmortifried, We've reviewed your classification appeal and after careful review, we have determined that your post is considered adult under our Community Guidelines. Don't worry, this post hasn't been deleted, it is just hidden from public view. For more information about what is considered adult content, please see our FAQ support post or our Help Center. Thank you, Tumblr Trust & Safety tumblr yeah okay it's a pattern 60 29th Street # 343 San Francisco, CA 94110. Email settings zenonym Follow and now they killed my blog! you f------! #rb #ARE YOU F------ SERIOUS #GOD IM SORRY
transmortifried ayyyyy guess who got her navel pierced today 1 transmortifried Hello transmortifried, We've reviewed your classification appeal and after careful review, we have determined that your post is considered adult under our Community Guidelines. Don't worry, this post hasn't been deleted, it is just hidden from public view. For more information about what is considered adult content, please see our FAQ support post or our Help Center. Thank you, Tumblr Trust & Safety tumblr yeah okay it's a pattern 60 29th Street # 343 San Francisco, CA 94110. Email settings zenonym Follow and now they killed my blog! you f------! #rb #ARE YOU F------ SERIOUS #GOD IM SORRY

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y'all know that the explanations that matt gave as to why he banned are predstrogen aren’t for us, r...

notasocialismjoke fine, i'll say my two cents. y'all know that the explanations that matt gave as to why he banned are predstrogen aren't for us, right? saying it was because of sexual content or exploding a car with hammers, or whatever. justification is irrelevant to his actions; he's an authority; metaphorically he's an abusive parent, and one of his children talked back so he hit her. the justification isn't for us; it's for transphobes. it's for people who have already learned a predisposition against trans people, who will listen and agree that it's justified. she broke the rules! anyone who breaks the rules gets banned, duh. it's for people who won't think twice about how many trans women have been banned, censored, etc., who won't realize that this is just the latest in a pattern of attacks because, because anyone who got censored is just an individual who broke the rules. he's telling them what to think. his words are targeted at the people who will listen to him without second guessing them. the rules are not there to protect us. the purpose of a system is what it does. the words of the rules are not there as an explanation of their purpose; the words are the language and justification that the oppressor uses to keep their followers loyal. the rules themselves exist to keep us in line. the explanation is not for us; the rule is. (this post was written by a trans woman/girlthing/whatever.)
notasocialismjoke fine, i'll say my two cents. y'all know that the explanations that matt gave as to why he banned are predstrogen aren't for us, right? saying it was because of sexual content or exploding a car with hammers, or whatever. justification is irrelevant to his actions; he's an authority; metaphorically he's an abusive parent, and one of his children talked back so he hit her. the justification isn't for us; it's for transphobes. it's for people who have already learned a predisposition against trans people, who will listen and agree that it's justified. she broke the rules! anyone who breaks the rules gets banned, duh. it's for people who won't think twice about how many trans women have been banned, censored, etc., who won't realize that this is just the latest in a pattern of attacks because, because anyone who got censored is just an individual who broke the rules. he's telling them what to think. his words are targeted at the people who will listen to him without second guessing them. the rules are not there to protect us. the purpose of a system is what it does. the words of the rules are not there as an explanation of their purpose; the words are the language and justification that the oppressor uses to keep their followers loyal. the rules themselves exist to keep us in line. the explanation is not for us; the rule is. (this post was written by a trans woman/girlthing/whatever.)

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How is saying you want your job to be "liquidating f-ggots like you two” not against hate speech rul...

transfem-juice Hey so if "I hope you get exploded with hammers" or whatever is enough to get not only get just one account permanently deleted but to get every new account you make permanently deleted, wiping an entire person past present and future off of the site, does that mean that all harrassment meeting and surpassing the same comically low level is now retroactively a permabanable offense, and therefore every f------ terf on this god damn site that's ever left even a single hate message should have their entire existence past present and future wiped from tumblr? Just checking if there's a transphobic (and transmisogynistic) double standard or not @photomatt, since you're so convinced that tumblrs transphobia is just misinformation self-loving-vampire On July 10th of 2023 I got an email on tumblr regarding a neo-nazi I randomly spotted and reported was not violating community guidelines with his comments towards another user and therefore no action would be taken. This led to me asking this in reply, including a direct quote of what the neo-nazi said. How is saying you want your job to be "liquidating f------ like you two" not agaisnt the hate speech rules or community guidelines? Like, can you explain that to me please? [Image reads: "How is saying you want your job to be "liquidating f------ like you two" not against hate speech rules or community guidelines? Like, can you explain that to me please?"] I never got an answer.
transfem-juice Hey so if "I hope you get exploded with hammers" or whatever is enough to get not only get just one account permanently deleted but to get every new account you make permanently deleted, wiping an entire person past present and future off of the site, does that mean that all harrassment meeting and surpassing the same comically low level is now retroactively a permabanable offense, and therefore every f------ terf on this god damn site that's ever left even a single hate message should have their entire existence past present and future wiped from tumblr? Just checking if there's a transphobic (and transmisogynistic) double standard or not @photomatt, since you're so convinced that tumblrs transphobia is just misinformation self-loving-vampire On July 10th of 2023 I got an email on tumblr regarding a neo-nazi I randomly spotted and reported was not violating community guidelines with his comments towards another user and therefore no action would be taken. This led to me asking this in reply, including a direct quote of what the neo-nazi said. How is saying you want your job to be "liquidating f------ like you two" not agaisnt the hate speech rules or community guidelines? Like, can you explain that to me please? [Image reads: "How is saying you want your job to be "liquidating f------ like you two" not against hate speech rules or community guidelines? Like, can you explain that to me please?"] I never got an answer.

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tubapun Follow ALT A CAR COVERED IN HAMMERS THAT EXPLODES AND THE HAMMMERS KILLED MY GO FLYING EVERYWHERE BECAUSE GRANDMA, OKAY?
tubapun Follow ALT A CAR COVERED IN HAMMERS THAT EXPLODES AND THE HAMMMERS KILLED MY GO FLYING EVERYWHERE BECAUSE GRANDMA, OKAY?

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И OR WHAT? YOU'LL RELEASE THE CARS COVERED IN HAMMERS THAT EXPLODES MORE THAN A FEW TIMES AND HAMMERS GO FLYING EVERYWHERE?!
И OR WHAT? YOU'LL RELEASE THE CARS COVERED IN HAMMERS THAT EXPLODES MORE THAN A FEW TIMES AND HAMMERS GO FLYING EVERYWHERE?!

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3 T AUSTIM TEXT POST MOR Tik Tok @mr_bean..0 18 130 G 18 HOURS AGO ON FEBRUARY 20, 2024 AT 10:38 AM 150 17 19 21 CARS, EXPLOSIONS, & HAMMERS STIMBOARD FOR @PHOTOMATT (UNREQUESTED) DISCLAIMER: This post is intended to be a joke (noun; something said or done to provoke laughter) and is NOT a death threat directed to anyone at all, including any Tumblr staff.
3 T AUSTIM TEXT POST MOR Tik Tok @mr_bean..0 18 130 G 18 HOURS AGO ON FEBRUARY 20, 2024 AT 10:38 AM 150 17 19 21 CARS, EXPLOSIONS, & HAMMERS STIMBOARD FOR @PHOTOMATT (UNREQUESTED) DISCLAIMER: This post is intended to be a joke (noun; something said or done to provoke laughter) and is NOT a death threat directed to anyone at all, including any Tumblr staff.

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ape attack survivor @pissvortex CEO of Tumblr is currently having a SomethingAwful-mod-level public meltdown trying to flame war his own users. it's incredible, they really are not sending their best exception and comment on predstrogen. First, Tumblr has a number of LGBT+ including trans people on staff, and they see things from the inside fully, and they're not protesting this case. Why do we wrongly have a transphobe reputation? We did have an external contract moderator last year that was making transphobic moderation (and also calling madaration criminally) An non no photomatt 46m ago I'm not going to post every single violation or make any more exceptions in this case. You asked for one example, I gave one example. I don't think we're going to change any minds at this point, so if you truly believe myself or the entire staff to be guilty of transphobic misogyny, you are free to export your blog and find another free or paid service. I would not patronize a business I thought was 1:03 AM Feb 20, 2024 790.1K Views Original Poster photomatt 1h ago Legal action is totally fine, please go ahead if that's what you need to settle this misinformation. We have receipts, logs, : everything. Do you not believe there were threats of violence, that we just made that up? Original Poster photomatt 42m ago Ah sorry, I missed the first part of the post, where it says it hopes I die forever a painful death involving a car covered in hammers that explodes more than a few times and the hammers go flying everywhere. https://cloudup.com/clduJPd7Xhw
ape attack survivor @pissvortex CEO of Tumblr is currently having a SomethingAwful-mod-level public meltdown trying to flame war his own users. it's incredible, they really are not sending their best exception and comment on predstrogen. First, Tumblr has a number of LGBT+ including trans people on staff, and they see things from the inside fully, and they're not protesting this case. Why do we wrongly have a transphobe reputation? We did have an external contract moderator last year that was making transphobic moderation (and also calling madaration criminally) An non no photomatt 46m ago I'm not going to post every single violation or make any more exceptions in this case. You asked for one example, I gave one example. I don't think we're going to change any minds at this point, so if you truly believe myself or the entire staff to be guilty of transphobic misogyny, you are free to export your blog and find another free or paid service. I would not patronize a business I thought was 1:03 AM Feb 20, 2024 790.1K Views Original Poster photomatt 1h ago Legal action is totally fine, please go ahead if that's what you need to settle this misinformation. We have receipts, logs, : everything. Do you not believe there were threats of violence, that we just made that up? Original Poster photomatt 42m ago Ah sorry, I missed the first part of the post, where it says it hopes I die forever a painful death involving a car covered in hammers that explodes more than a few times and the hammers go flying everywhere. https://cloudup.com/clduJPd7Xhw

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the maia @awawawhoami people getting banned from tumblr for mentioning cars in combination with hammers feels like such an extremely 2014 thing but is happening right now as we speak with the CEO having a public meltdown on there because trans people are angry at his website 4:45 AM Feb 20, 2024 142.6K Views :
the maia @awawawhoami people getting banned from tumblr for mentioning cars in combination with hammers feels like such an extremely 2014 thing but is happening right now as we speak with the CEO having a public meltdown on there because trans people are angry at his website 4:45 AM Feb 20, 2024 142.6K Views :

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you're laughing, the hammers go flying everywhere and you're Laughing
you're laughing, the hammers go flying everywhere and you're Laughing

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Lull xenosagaepisodeone Follow tumblr's current ceo is really setting his reputation in stone here because when this site inevitably gets sold again everyone's just going to start saying that the new owner took over after the last one died in a hammer car explosion
Lull xenosagaepisodeone Follow tumblr's current ceo is really setting his reputation in stone here because when this site inevitably gets sold again everyone's just going to start saying that the new owner took over after the last one died in a hammer car explosion

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oh thats thats the ceo of tumblr banning several trans women from the platform for and threatening them with violence and legal action for complaining about the complete lack of effort or moderation to try and stop the targeted harrassment campaigns on tumblr and misgendering the trans woman who he banned for life twice in the process
oh thats thats the ceo of tumblr banning several trans women from the platform for and threatening them with violence and legal action for complaining about the complete lack of effort or moderation to try and stop the targeted harrassment campaigns on tumblr and misgendering the trans woman who he banned for life twice in the process

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3 with We used to kill people hammers.. for saying things like that so do I send this to photomatt 3 Posted 1 day ago 12,239 notes
3 with We used to kill people hammers.. for saying things like that so do I send this to photomatt 3 Posted 1 day ago 12,239 notes

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