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[reallybadblackoutpoems]

meditations on first philosophy (1641) - rene descartes

"who give a shit"

#rene descartes #ok #so this is a reference to that post #bc i cant stop saying it #sorry i havent been active #ive been working on an opera #and have been having like p bad health issues #but its ok #learning to crochet a minecraft frog #idk if itll be like any good #whatever life is love anyway #blackout poem #blackout poetry #author #book #poetry

[seawaveleo]

lovin the dichotomy here

anyway tumblr número 1 campeão do mundo staff stop changing the mobile layout and get rid of tumblr live

#reddit blackout #196 #twitter #reddit #tumblr #reddit migration #twitter migration #(why has the tag button moved AND Y’ALL MOVED THE GOTDAMN POST BUTTON why) #(please it was a good layout you don’t need to change it for spice) #comic #digital art #art #waveleoart #tw gun #cw gun

[nightmare-chaser]

Ive seen multiple posts from reddit refuges that go like "im queer and its so welcoming here!" Or "im nonbinary and dont get quized on my gender here!" Or "im autistic and i can be weird here and yall like it!" And its so fuckin cute its like yes hi hello welcome this is the gay ass autistic website we love special interests we love weird genders we love just saying random shit and the just happy surprised tone of those posts is so wholesome to me like yes! hi! you are in fact the target audience! welcome home

#196 #reddit blackout #theres also been multiple posts that compares them to endangered birds raised in captivity being released into the wild #and yeah i can see it #god but the joy in those posts at being met not just with welcoming arms but delighted ones #like yeah! you can say just random shit! we love thag here! #we dont just allow random special interedt rants we adore them we actively encourage them #theres posts about loving seeing your mutual flood your dash suddenly with some random thing and realising they have a new hyperfixation #its just really cute and sweet

[fixing-bad-posts]

[Image description: A tumblr text-post, edited blackout-poetry style to read, "This is your gentle encouragement: give in to sin. feel good for a moment. I love you. okay?"]

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incorrect unreal unearth quotes

#fixingbadposts #fixing-bad-posts #blackout poetry #unreal unearth #hozier #indulgence #miscellaneous

[cosette-s]

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A screenshot of tumblr showing that supernatural is among the trending topics of the day, followed by another picture with the "Dead dove: do not eat" meme from Arrested Development but on the bag there is written "welcome back to tumblr". The text on the bag changes to "supernatural" when Michael is pictured opening the bag. The meme ends with Michael looking at the camera with the subtitles reading "I don't know what I expected" END ID]

ah yes, same old hellsite

#supernatural #reddit blackout #you can't escape supernatural™️ #blue hellsite of death #my posts

[greetings-inferiors]

Yes, hi, what's happening to reddit? I usually check some fandom news there but everything is private/blocked now? I have an account and not even that allows me to enter?

Reddit is changing their policy so they every thousand api requests they charge money. This means that third party apps, moderation tools, and other various things just won’t work anymore, since these things rack up thousands of requests very quickly, they’d just be unsustainable to run.

This cost would be average out to a dollar per month per person using third party applications, like an alternative app, text to speech, moderation tools, etc. Reddit has millions and million of users, most of which would be affected.

For example, Apollo for Reddit, a popular third party alternative to the Reddit app (which I used myself, seriously the Reddit app is abysmal) would cost $20MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR TO RUN. Given the app is developed by one guy, that legitimately puts him out of business.

Moderation would get even worse than it already is, as moderation tools use the api to effectively moderate, but now it’s at a cost.

The reason why this change is happening, is because the API can be used to collect data for AI, and, to quote the CEO, “the Reddit corpus of data is really valuable” and he doesn't want to “need to give all of that value to some of the largest companies in the world for free.”

So, once again, AI and capitalism is ruining things for everyone else.

This is a change that is created solely to make money without thinking for a second about the millions of people it would effect. This lead to 7000 of the most popular subreddits blacking out for 48 hours in protest, and I’m pretty sure it crashed the whole site. The voice of the people has definitely been heard, now it’s just time to see if it’s done anything.

Edit: I got something wrong! Thanks to all who corrected me! No thanks to the anon who was an asshole about it lmao

It’s not that Reddit is charging that’s the problem, it’s that it’s charging way too much, is way too short of a deadline to change it, and spez is just an asshole lying about the Apollo dev. Still a shit situation! Just not exactly for the reasons I said. Look into the reblogs for people who know more!!

#it’s a really shit situation and I feel bad for the redditors #ask #ask answered #text post #Reddit #Reddit blackout #tumblr #hellsite #not this hellsite for once #Reddit refugee #long post #AI #capitalism #grrrr #196

[iamat0m]

#i don't remember the source for this #but i did inflict it on y'all #tumblr blaze #in honor of the reddit blackout i am blazing this a second time #1k notes #5k notes #more than half of my blogs total reblogs are just this post #you know what fuck it I'm blazing this a third time

[faytelumos]

It's been brought to my attention that the proposed Tumblr blackout is actually going to be harmful for disabled folks, as it removes the ability to have users fix improperly tagged content and will decrease the reach of Disability Pride Month content.

So I'm not going to be stepping away this week.

This is an issue that several people have tried to mention to the one who proposed the blackout, and the message has been repeatedly ignored. Though the blackout had an impact on Reddit, the truth of it is that Tumblr is not Reddit and so we likely need to use different methods.

Please do not join the blackout. It will actually harm those with disabilities, because it will prevent many people from seeing and spreading disability awareness content.

Sorry for the confusion, and thank you for the understanding.

#Tumblr blackout #Disability Pride Month #accessability #🕸️ #edit: not my dumb ass using a deaf metaphor in a post about helping people with disabilities #(I'm sorry)

[panevanbuckley]

a small note for the incoming 'reddit refugees' because i've seen multiple posts contradicting this:

reblogs are wonderful things. especially when it comes to work people have created because it's the most effective way to share it amongst this site. absolutely reblog posts. but LIKE them too!

when someone likes one of my dumb shitposts it's like receiving a pat on the back for my insanity. it's a subtle nod of appreciation as you pass each other on the street. i love it.

and i keep seeing people saying "don't like posts, that's annoying and serves no purpose to the non-existent algorithm" but that just dismisses all the people on here that love getting likes too? i have a handful of followers that spam like things i've posted/reblogged daily and i treasure those people dearly ✨️

#not everybody on here is posting fanart or fics or wanting to get 'popular' with loads of notes from random blogs #sometimes we want to post something stupid and have our followers be like ''we see you sweetie and we still love you'' #y'know?? #reddit blackout #reddit refugee #maybe this is just me though idk 🤷

[exhaustedbadger]

Hey, so I’d like to say thank you to all who are accepting us Reddit refugees. As someone who’s always wanted to get into Tumblr, I guess I never officially did, until the Reddit blackout. I mean I created an account a while back to lurk at awesome and lovely fanart but this recent controversy made me flee here.

Been kinda sad, disappointed, but not surprised that Reddit is heading towards the direction thanks to spez.

So, I’d like to say thank you once more for accepting us :)

Oh and I absolutely love how you’re all just unapologetically outspoken on your burning and fierce hatred of capitalism lol please never stop the momentum

#reddit refugee #reddit migration #reddit #reddit blackout #been obsessed with reblogging and liking posts #I absolutely love how we can reblog old posts and support artists

[reallybadblackoutpoems]

the crucible (1953) - arthur miller

“ough”

#ough #ok #i know i literally never fucking post #but um #i will not be as active #i am genuinely very sorry #idk #im just kind of having a rough time #who isnt tbh #but anyway #this is my warning and also my apology for this #sorry #blackout poetry

[larks-birdhouse]

some blackout poetry from a homophobic christian post <3 the last one is what was left if i turned on all the layers at once

please do not try to find or harass this person. they are likely just uneducated and do not deserve to be dogpiled

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top to bottom, left to right

transcript 1: “Please pay for transgender top surgery. We are poor”

transcript 2: “transgender gay blasphemers slay pop off”

transcript 3: “transgender gays are cool We are all swag”

transcript 4: “transgender”

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(tagging @fixing-bad-posts because their blog inspired this! thank you for your work <3)

#lark’s posts #tw religious mention #blackout poetry #joke poetry #transgender #transgender pride #religious trauma #fixing bad posts

[theblvcksupreme]

#Ixshxwn #melanin #theblvcksupreme #body #my posts #posts #art #gay #lgbt #photography #blackboyjoy #blackout #hairy #chest #hair

[aromanticduck]

@fixing-bad-posts Here's one I made!

#fixing bad posts #aromantic #aro #loveless aro #loveless aromantic #aro things #blackout poetry #organic home grown content #100 tier

[fixing-bad-posts]

but in all seriousness, please watch my favourite performance of this monologue of all time

#fixing-bad-posts #blackout poetry #...sort of #shitposting #shitpost #julius caesar #ides of march

[aromantic-goldfishdeactivated202]

Tumblr’s vibe is like a fever. Sure we’re burning ourselves alive and generally making a mess of ourselves, but the trade off is that we’re also setting advertisers on fire and making this place so inhospitable that nobody is bothering to colonize us. Reddit just got cancer and the chemotherapy is actively killing off the userbase so they’re fleeing to our dumpster fire which is mild in comparison.

#mads posts #Reddit blackout #Reddit #tumblr