A better, more positive Tumblr
Since its founding in 2007, Tumblr has always been a place for wide open, creative self-expression at the heart of community and culture. To borrow from our founder David Karp, we’re proud to have inspired a generation of artists, writers, creators, curators, and crusaders to redefine our culture and to help empower individuality.
Over the past several months, and inspired by our storied past, we’ve given serious thought to who we want to be to our community moving forward and have been hard at work laying the foundation for a better Tumblr. We’ve realized that in order to continue to fulfill our promise and place in culture, especially as it evolves, we must change. Some of that change began with fostering more constructive dialogue among our community members. Today, we’re taking another step by no longer allowing adult content, including explicit sexual content and nudity (with some exceptions).
Let’s first be unequivocal about something that should not be confused with today’s policy change: posting anything that is harmful to minors, including child pornography, is abhorrent and has no place in our community. We’ve always had and always will have a zero tolerance policy for this type of content. To this end, we continuously invest in the enforcement of this policy, including industry-standard machine monitoring, a growing team of human moderators, and user tools that make it easy to report abuse. We also closely partner with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Internet Watch Foundation, two invaluable organizations at the forefront of protecting our children from abuse, and through these partnerships we report violations of this policy to law enforcement authorities. We can never prevent all bad actors from attempting to abuse our platform, but we make it our highest priority to keep the community as safe as possible.
So what is changing?
Posts that contain adult content will no longer be allowed on Tumblr, and we’ve updated our Community Guidelines to reflect this policy change. We recognize Tumblr is also a place to speak freely about topics like art, sex positivity, your relationships, your sexuality, and your personal journey. We want to make sure that we continue to foster this type of diversity of expression in the community, so our new policy strives to strike a balance.
Why are we doing this?
It is our continued, humble aspiration that Tumblr be a safe place for creative expression, self-discovery, and a deep sense of community. As Tumblr continues to grow and evolve, and our understanding of our impact on our world becomes clearer, we have a responsibility to consider that impact across different age groups, demographics, cultures, and mindsets. We spent considerable time weighing the pros and cons of expression in the community that includes adult content. In doing so, it became clear that without this content we have the opportunity to create a place where more people feel comfortable expressing themselves.
Bottom line: There are no shortage of sites on the internet that feature adult content. We will leave it to them and focus our efforts on creating the most welcoming environment possible for our community.
So what’s next?
Starting December 17, 2018, we will begin enforcing this new policy. Community members with content that is no longer permitted on Tumblr will get a heads up from us in advance and steps they can take to appeal or preserve their content outside the community if they so choose. All changes won’t happen overnight as something of this complexity takes time.
Another thing, filtering this type of content versus say, a political protest with nudity or the statue of David, is not simple at scale. We’re relying on automated tools to identify adult content and humans to help train and keep our systems in check. We know there will be mistakes, but we’ve done our best to create and enforce a policy that acknowledges the breadth of expression we see in the community.
Most importantly, we’re going to be as transparent as possible with you about the decisions we’re making and resources available to you, including more detailed information, product enhancements, and more content moderators to interface directly with the community and content.
Like you, we love Tumblr and what it’s come to mean for millions of people around the world. Our actions are out of love and hope for our community. We won’t always get this right, especially in the beginning, but we are determined to make your experience a positive one.
Jeff D’Onofrio
CEO
Get to Know Me Uncomfortably Well
| 1. What is you middle name? |
| 2. How old are you? |
| 3. What is your birthday? |
| 4. What is your zodiac sign? |
| 5. What is your favorite color? |
| 6. What's your lucky number? |
| 7. Do you have any pets? |
| 8. Where are you from? |
| 9. How tall are you? |
| 10. What shoe size are you? |
| 11. How many pairs of shoes do you own? |
| 12. What was your last dream about? |
| 13. What talents do you have? |
| 14. Are you psychic in any way? |
| 15. Favorite song? |
| 16. Favorite movie? |
| 17. Who would be your ideal partner? |
| 18. Do you want children? |
| 19. Do you want a church wedding? |
| 20. Are you religious? |
| 21. Have you ever been to the hospital? |
| 22. Have you ever got in trouble with the law? |
| 23. Have you ever met any celebrities? |
| 24. Baths or showers? |
| 25. What color socks are you wearing? |
| 26. Have you ever been famous? |
| 27. Would you like to be a big celebrity? |
| 28. What type of music do you like? |
| 29. Have you ever been skinny dipping? |
| 30. How many pillows do you sleep with? |
| 31. What position do you usually sleep in? |
| 32. How big is your house? |
| 33. What do you typically have for breakfast? |
| 34. Have you ever fired a gun? |
| 35. Have you ever tried archery? |
| 36. Favorite clean word? |
| 37. Favorite swear word? |
| 38. What's the longest you've ever gone without sleep? |
| 39. Do you have any scars? |
| 40. Have you ever had a secret admirer? |
| 41. Are you a good liar? |
| 42. Are you a good judge of character? |
| 43. Can you do any other accents other than your own? |
| 44. Do you have a strong accent? |
| 45. What is your favorite accent? |
| 46. What is your personality type? |
| 47. What is your most expensive piece of clothing? |
| 48. Can you curl your tongue? |
| 49. Are you an innie or an outie? |
| 50. Left or right handed? |
| 51. Are you scared of spiders? |
| 52. Favorite food? |
| 53. Favorite foreign food? |
| 54. Are you a clean or messy person? |
| 55. Most used phrased? |
| 56. Most used word? |
| 57. How long does it take for you to get ready? |
| 58. Do you have much of an ego? |
| 59. Do you suck or bite lollipops? |
| 60. Do you talk to yourself? |
| 61. Do you sing to yourself? |
| 62. Are you a good singer? |
| 63. Biggest Fear? |
| 64. Are you a gossip? |
| 65. Best dramatic movie you've seen? |
| 66. Do you like long or short hair? |
| 67. Can you name all 50 states of America? |
| 68. Favorite school subject? |
| 69. Extrovert or Introvert? |
| 70. Have you ever been scuba diving? |
| 71. What makes you nervous? |
| 72. Are you scared of the dark? |
| 73. Do you correct people when they make mistakes? |
| 74. Are you ticklish? |
| 75. Have you ever started a rumor? |
| 76. Have you ever been in a position of authority? |
| 77. Have you ever drank underage? |
| 78. Have you ever done drugs? |
| 79. Who was your first real crush? |
| 80. How many piercings do you have? |
| 81. Can you roll your Rs?" |
| 82. How fast can you type? |
| 83. How fast can you run? |
| 84. What color is your hair? |
| 85. What color is your eyes? |
| 86. What are you allergic to? |
| 87. Do you keep a journal? |
| 88. What do your parents do? |
| 89. Do you like your age? |
| 90. What makes you angry? |
| 91. Do you like your own name? |
| 92. Have you already thought of baby names, and if so what are they? |
| 93. Do you want a boy a girl for a child? |
| 94. What are you strengths? |
| 95. What are your weaknesses? |
| 96. How did you get your name? |
| 97. Were your ancestors royalty? |
| 98. Do you have any scars? |
| 99. Color of your bedspread? |
| 100. Color of your room? |
From this day on until my twenty fifth birthday, I will do all the things I didn’t do when I was younger.
9417) After a period of restricting I often fall into excessive binging behaviour. I eat to the point where I get extremely physically ill. When I reach that point I usually stop. I’m pretty sure I’ve completey destroyed my digestive system at this point. Saying that I feel horrible doesn’t even come close to what it’s like. I’m not only an emotional wreck, I’m physically a wreck as well. I feel like dying.
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how do people eat without regretting it after or over thinking it or purging or crying
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I saw a few masterposts going around tumblr and decided to make one. A lot of these links are helpful for High School as well! Enjoy and please tell me if you have problems with any link.
Blogs
Studying
Pull an All Nighter & Do Well On Your Exam
Writing Help
Free Microsoft Word Equivalent
Earn A Cute Picture Of A Kitten For Writing
Want To Know Who You Write Like?
Books
Alternatives To Expensive Textbooks
Sad/Stressed
Food
Miscellaneous
Check The Safety Of Any Website
Is This Website Down For Me Or Everyone?
Upload Anything From Your Smartphone To You Laptop
Chrome Extension Tells You Which Tab Is Playing Music
All The Audios You’ve Ever Reblogged
WHERE WAS THIS POST LAST SEMESTER WHEN I ACTUALLY NEEDED IT DANG IT
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“Our 14-year-old dog Abbey died last month. The day after she passed away my 4-year-old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that when Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I told her that I thought we could so, and she dictated these words:
Dear God,
Will you please take care of my dog? She died yesterday and is with you in heaven. I miss her very much. I am happy that you let me have her as my dog even though she got sick.I hope you will play with her. She likes to swim and play with balls. I am sending a picture of her so when you see her you will know that she is my dog. I really miss her.
Love, Meredith
We put the letter in an envelope with a picture of Abbey and Meredith and addressed it to God/Heaven. We put our return address on it. Then Meredith pasted several stamps on the front of the envelope because she said it would take lots of stamps to get the letter all the way to heaven. That afternoon she dropped it into the letter box at the post office. A few days later, she asked if God had gotten the letter yet. I told her that I thought He had.
Yesterday, there was a package wrapped in gold paper on our front porch addressed, ‘To Meredith’ in an unfamiliar hand. Meredith opened it. Inside was a book by Mr. Rogers called, ‘When a Pet Dies.’ Taped to the inside front cover was the letter we had written to God in its opened envelope. On the opposite page was the picture of Abbey & Meredith and this note:
Dear Meredith,
Abbey arrived safely in heaven. Having the picture was a big help and I recognized her right away.
Abbey isn’t sick anymore. Her spirit is here with me just like it stays in your heart. Abbey loved being your dog. Since we don’t need our bodies in heaven, I don’t have any pockets to keep your picture in so I am sending it back to you in this little book for you to keep and have something to remember Abbey by.
Thank you for the beautiful letter and thank your mother for helping you write it and sending it to me. What a wonderful mother you have. I picked her especially for you. I send my blessings every day and remember that I love you very much. By the way, I’m easy to find. I am wherever there is love.
Love, God”FUCKING SOBBING
Bless whoever did that for this little girl.
I’m not crying. Nope.
My eyes are just a little sweaty.
I gotta say, the Christians are really on to something with the whole “God is love” thing. I’m a fan.
I’m not a big religious person but this warmed my heart!
This hurts.
I’m crying help.
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Last night I was looking for my $200 textbook for free online and i thought i’d share this list with you so you don’t have to spend huge amounts of money on textbooks either!!! Click here
♡
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I just watched a kid break down in the bookstore because his books for the semester totaled $600 and that’s the american university system in a nutshell
I was on the verge of tears when I got to the cashier so yeah, that’s messed up
YES. I FOUND THE THING, IF ANYONE DOESN’T HAVE MONEY FOR COLLEGE TEXT BOOKS LIKE ME, THEN GO HERE OKAY?
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My deepest conviction…
would be not to hurt any innocent creature, human or animal and to treat the Earth with utmost respect, other than that I don’t feel too strongly about anything.
Sad, male run, black and white, advice blog. I follow back similar. Trigger warning.
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I understand spirituality but when people say a person died because that’s what god wanted I get mad as hell. I mean especially if it was a tragic accident. You mean to tell me “God” killed that innocent person in such an undeserving manner? We die because we die, unpredictably and inevitably,…
Someone on the Internet consolidated this list and sent it to me. So so helpful! GOOD LUCK everyone!
Art History
Smarthistory: a multimedia web-book about art and art history
Course-notes
Barrons pdfs
Biology
AP…
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