"This is Tumblr. You’re never the only anything."
— zenodotus5 (via thisgingersnapsback)
For example, our notes-to-posts ratio is 113:1, based on an early sample. Also, we have over 12,000 posts on Tumblr. Which is a pretty useful to know, right?
It takes a long time to load, so be prepared for a wait.
I can’t get it to work, I always get a screen with read text that says, “We’re sorry, but something went wrong.”
:(
Of note/concern: Early this morning, we spotted a Tumblr user who was unknowingly having spyware injected onto their reblogs. We could tell this because of code added at the bottom of their pages. No word of how widespread this is, but doing a search shows that multiple Tumblrs are affected by the code injection. Suffice it to say: Be careful what you reblog.
-_- This is why we can’t have nice things.
Last week I saw a video put out by a girl who was outed to her parents by someone who found her address and sent them a letter. I looked at her YouTube channel and saw that she had a P.O. box listed for her fans to send her things, but her home address was not listed….
Although I agree these things SHOULDN’T happen, this isn’t a perfect world. You choose to go on the internet and reveal things, and you know that theses types of things COULD happen. The world isn’t all good, as much as everyone wants to believe it is.
That’s victim blaming and in no way constructive.
It’s not. You know the consequences of idiot people on the internet. It’s like saying that a drunk driver isn’t to blame when he drinks then gets in a car. He knew what could happen, he chose to do it.
This is in no way related to victim blaming in a rape situation, btw. It’s not even close.
You take risks everyday when you choose to place personal information on a public place. I’m not saying it’s right at all for people to do this, and I’ve seen the video with the girl and it’s terribly sad, and what that person did was horrific and out of line completely, but when you post an address, whether it’s your personal one or not, you should realize they can be traced.
I’m not saying anyone deserves it in anyway. But you should be ready to deal with the consequences. Just like if you decide to drive in a car every day, you should know that you could get in a car accident. You take risks every day, just because it works out 99.9% of the time, doesn’t mean you should trust every person to be good.
I’ve been in the same situation as this girl. I posted inappropriate pictures, and someone found them and threatened to post them on my facebook. That was completely my fault, I knew something like that could happen with those picture.
I’m not for victim blaming at all, but people need to learn to take a little precaution when dealing with complete strangers who can hide behind anonymity on the internet.
First off, no one comparing anything to rape, victim blaming happens in bullying and several other violent crimes.
Second, one tumblr user posted another user’s IP address and used geolocation to find an aerial photo of their home and then posted that on the internet. This goes above and beyond using information someone posted up online for everyone to see and using it against them.
It’s not too difficult to obtain someone’s personal details on-line if one is dedicated enough, and that’s even with “being careful”.
There was not a whole lot this user could have done to prevent this from happening aside from connecting to the offender’s website through a proxy.
I understand that case, but in the case of posting certain information, you have to half expect that people are going to be idiots about it. There are a lot of people in the world that based on one thing will try to destroy your life. The internet isn’t a safe place, but people want to assume it is. I’m not saying anything that happened was right. I don’t BLAME them, I feel for them. I just wish people would be more careful with things that they wouldn’t want to found, but I understand there are extreme cases where the perpetrator was just downright set on destroying that person’s life.
nonplussedbyreligion’s response to your first comment on this is pretty much how I feel about the subject.
Last week I saw a video put out by a girl who was outed to her parents by someone who found her address and sent them a letter. I looked at her YouTube channel and saw that she had a P.O. box listed for her fans to send her things, but her home address was not listed….
Although I agree these things SHOULDN’T happen, this isn’t a perfect world. You choose to go on the internet and reveal things, and you know that theses types of things COULD happen. The world isn’t all good, as much as everyone wants to believe it is.
That’s victim blaming and in no way constructive.
It’s not. You know the consequences of idiot people on the internet. It’s like saying that a drunk driver isn’t to blame when he drinks then gets in a car. He knew what could happen, he chose to do it.
This is in no way related to victim blaming in a rape situation, btw. It’s not even close.
You take risks everyday when you choose to place personal information on a public place. I’m not saying it’s right at all for people to do this, and I’ve seen the video with the girl and it’s terribly sad, and what that person did was horrific and out of line completely, but when you post an address, whether it’s your personal one or not, you should realize they can be traced.
I’m not saying anyone deserves it in anyway. But you should be ready to deal with the consequences. Just like if you decide to drive in a car every day, you should know that you could get in a car accident. You take risks every day, just because it works out 99.9% of the time, doesn’t mean you should trust every person to be good.
I’ve been in the same situation as this girl. I posted inappropriate pictures, and someone found them and threatened to post them on my facebook. That was completely my fault, I knew something like that could happen with those picture.
I’m not for victim blaming at all, but people need to learn to take a little precaution when dealing with complete strangers who can hide behind anonymity on the internet.
First off, no one comparing anything to rape, victim blaming happens in bullying and several other violent crimes.
Second, one tumblr user posted another user’s IP address and used geolocation to find an aerial photo of their home and then posted that on the internet. This goes above and beyond using information someone posted up online for everyone to see and using it against them.
It’s not too difficult to obtain someone’s personal details on-line if one is dedicated enough, and that’s even with “being careful”.
There was not a whole lot this user could have done to prevent this from happening aside from connecting to the offender’s website through a proxy.
Last week I saw a video put out by a girl who was outed to her parents by someone who found her address and sent them a letter. I looked at her YouTube channel and saw that she had a P.O. box listed for her fans to send her things, but her home address was not listed….
Although I agree these things SHOULDN’T happen, this isn’t a perfect world. You choose to go on the internet and reveal things, and you know that theses types of things COULD happen. The world isn’t all good, as much as everyone wants to believe it is.
That’s victim blaming and in no way constructive.
Tumblr Boundaries: Would You Like Your Personal Information On Display?
Last week I saw a video put out by a girl who was outed to her parents by someone who found her address and sent them a letter. I looked at her YouTube channel and saw that she had a P.O. box listed for her fans to send her things, but her home address was not listed. Someone took the time to search out the address of her parents and wrote a vile letter outing her, making her terrified about what would happen to her. I don’t know how that ended, someone suggested that it may not have really happened and she made it up. I don’t know her or all the circumstances, but regardless of the details, this is not something that has not happened to others.
Last night I was shocked to see that a Tumblr blogger not only tracked someone’s IP information and posted it, but they took it one step further and posted an aerial map image of the person’s home. This all happened because they believed the other blogger had sent them an nasty anonymous message. Knowing this other blogger well, I can assure you that anon is not her style. Again, the reason this was done is irrelevant, the FACT that it happened is inexcusable.
This is the internet, many of us share a lot of personal things on here, but we choose what we put out. If you want to attack someone for something they post, go for it, we know the risk we take when we put things up on our blog. If someone is threatening, or taking things past the boundaries of appropriate that make you fearful, track them if you must, but then report them to whoever you think needs to know about it, be it the Tumblr Admins, or a higher level of authority if necessary.
What you should NEVER do is publish anyone’s personal information, no matter how vile they may be or you may think them to be. This is how people get hurt. You never know what your followers will do. You don’t know who lives down the street from the person you’ve just exposed that will confront them in person and possibly harm them or their family. You need to think beyond the moment when you do something like this, because there can be repercussions.
So argue all you want. Call people on what you perceive to be their bullshit. But DO NOT publish their personal information. Stop and consider if you’d like your information available to everyone. There are people here who blog about their sexuality, atheism, or politics in secret. They are are not open to their friends and family. What really shocked me last night was that the blogger who posted the personal information was a gay blogger! Outing people like that, and the possible implications of that outing should have been evident to them, but clearly it was not.
I know I’m probably talking to the air with this post, but it’s just something that had to be said. ~ Kim
What the bloody hell happened on tumblr last night???
(via brashblacknonbeliever)
I hope, that one day, Tumblr adds a “Religion” or “Atheist” section to the Tumblr Directory.
-Ty
(Source: faqueers)
Welp, probably never gonna get featured again.
(reblogged from abaldwin360)
Adam:
I intended to unfollow you temporarily until you were done participating in the sanctimonious cyberbullying of a guy who has repeatedly apologized for what he said. He has offered no excuses, only one explanation (the heat of an 8-hour flame war) for his actions. But since you decided to
make a public thingbe a prick about it, I won’t be re-following you after all. I will, however, tell you that if you post something good and I come across it, I’ll promote it. I promote plenty of posts that I don’t 100% agree with, and I post things from people I don’t 100% agree with or who have subjected me to the same cyberbullying that TAA is being subjected to now, simply because their post was too good not to promote. — Ryking
I am being a prick about it, I’ve come to a level of comfort with pricki-ness.
(via diadoumenos)
reblog with how many people you’re following compared to how many you’re followed by
: nolite :
following: 91
followed by: 1,170: i h8 religion :
following: same as above
followed by: 7,856
Damnit Tyler, you and your humongous follower dick!!!
(Source: the3ofclubs)
The Future!!!
Reddit user dummystupid came up with this originally, I just edited it to apply to tumblr.
"It’s not the arrests that convinced me that “Occupy Wall Street” was worth covering seriously. Nor was it their press strategy, which largely consisted of tweeting journalists to cover a small protest that couldn’t say what, exactly, it hoped to achieve. It was a Tumblr called, “We Are The 99 Percent,” and all it’s doing is posting grainy pictures of people holding handwritten signs telling their stories, one after the other…These are not rants against the system. They’re not anarchist manifestos. They’re not calls for a revolution. They’re small stories of people who played by the rules, did what they were told, and now have nothing to show for it. Or, worse, they have tens of thousands in debt to show for it."
—
Ezra Klein, Who are the 99 percent? “We Are The 99 Percent” Tumblr here. (via ilyagerner)
Well, well… Tumblr FTW.
(via nefariousnewt)
And this is EXACTLY what occupy wall street is all about!
(via unquietmindofamy)
Atheists irk* me. Even Satan knows God exists…
This is why I love Tumblr.
Even Greyface knows Eris exists.
Even Krampus knows Santa Claus exists…
Even children know the boogie man exists.… . .Even Pierre Bezukhov knows The Doctor exists…
Even the Master knows the Doctor exists.
Even Team Rocket knows Pikachu exists.
Even Voldemort knows Harry Potter exists.
Even Megatron knows Optimus Prime exists.
As many of you may have read, Aaron wrote a beautiful post explaining the story of how we’ve met. I’ve had a few people ask me to tell my side of the story… so while it may not be nearly as eloquent, here goes!
A few months ago, I was lurking through Tumblr and found an incredibly well-written personal post explaining how the most attractive woman he had ever met was a size 18. It made me smile, as any body-positive post would do, and I decided to follow this insightful man. I really liked the way he thought, and told him that his post had gained him a new follower!
Shortly thereafter he followed me back, and we began reading, replying and reblogging one another’s material from time to time. I would like to express that at the initial time he and I “discovered” one another, I was seeing someone, and there was absolutely nothing but platonic interest towards Aaron. It was like any of the other people I follow whom are brilliant and insightful and amazing.
I went through a pretty rough break-up shortly after Aaron and I e-met, and planned on remaining single for quite some time. I really wanted to do some heavily me-focused things for a while, and I was bound and determined not to lose sight of myself ever again.
Well, as the world often goes, things didn’t go exactly according to plan. Aaron had friended me on Facebook and I learned, to my surprise, that he lived in the same city as me. I was excited, because I love meeting like-minded people. And that was the insane thing, even from me just kind of creeping on his blog I was realizing that there was very little he and I disagreed on! To keep in-line with my ever-creepy self, one night on an ih8religion TinyChat I decided to ask him where he lived.
As luck would have it, he lived up the street from me. I was surprised, needless to say!
I began growing more and more active on TinyChat, and I was beginning to realize that I was slowly beginning to develop an.. interest in this fascinating man. Shortly after this realization, he gave me his number over Facebook, and we have honestly been in constant communication since then. One night I proposed that he and I meet up for coffee—to my delight, he was interested!
Later that week we decided upon a Starbucks near my apartment, and I arrived extra early because that’s pretty much how I roll. I was a strange mixture of excited and nervous—this guy seemed really awesome, and I really wanted to get to know him.
As I began my vicious battle with a package of mango sweets, I noticed out of the corner of my eye a man approaching. I instinctively looked over, and immediately recognized him. I’m amazed I remained as calm as I was, to be honest, because let me tell you what, Aaron is an incredibly handsome man! He has this air of absolute confidence about him that I picked up on immediately, and I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that I was instantly attracted. I played it off pretty well though, if I do say so myself—a confident personality in another person tends to bring out my own confidence.
We wound up talking forever. I could’ve sat there for the rest of the night and talked to him. We talked about anything and everything, and I couldn’t get enough of him. Throughout the entire evening I was battling with my brain, because call me crazy, but there was a very definite spark between the two of us—physically and mentally.
The night drew to a close, and we parted with a simple shake of the hand.
I could not get him out of my head.
Our texts slowly turned from general conversation to getting to better know one another, then ever-so slowly to flirty. I woke up each morning excited because I knew I had this amazing person to talk to. I knew what I wanted and where I wanted this to go, but I had some baggage I didn’t want to bring to the table, and I simply enjoyed having him in my life in any way.
We both got a bit more brazen with one another, until the incredibly romantic night we decided that we both liked “Us.” We were sitting on a blanket in the park, a comfortable night with the stars above us, and he had me cradled in his arms. I was leaning against his chest, and it dawned on me, I really like this. This is what I want.
So I told him.
This has been one of the most exciting, intimate, and passionate experiences of my life. I may be young, but I have a good idea about just what love is, and I am 100% sure we have it. In fact, I have never been so sure of anything in my life as I am about how madly in love with this man I am. He is brilliant, kind, and considerate. He is confident and I love this about him. He is very sure of his place in the world, and I tell you what, standing beside him in it has made me an incredibly happy woman.
Uhm… I’m speechless.
I feel so very lucky, I’m so happy I met you.
