Tumblr Features - Tumblr Posts

HOW DID I NOT NOTICE THIS????

tumblr should a reasons menu to the report post feature just so i dont keep fucking accidentally reporting posts. its happened twice now tumblr please

Suggestions for new features to Tumblr (as if they will listen)

Being able to search through the section which has all the posts you have liked. This will be helpful af for finding long lost posts.

A filter other alongside latest and top which will remove all the posts you have hearted previously if you are searching through a particular tag or topic. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SCROOL THROUGH 200 POSTS ON THAT TOPIC TO FIND A NEW ONE.

What does a Tumblr "Like" mean to you?

I'm just very personally curious. I'd love some sweet reblog action to get a good sample size, Eddie! P-p-p-p-please!

Thanks for your insight, pals!

Ok if you say so! 🫡

Hey folks, if you want to fight back against the twitterfication of tumblr USE IT LIKE IT'S TUMBLR!!!!!! REBLOG THINGS!!!!!! USE THE TAGS TO SCREAM AT YOUR FRIENDS!!!!!!!

simple things that would dramatically improve this website

content label specifically for flashing

ability to see the image you’re describing when writing alt text

permanent “keep tumblr live off my dash” button

ability to add closed captions on videos

blocking someone filters their posts from ur dash

mutuals only posts

filtered tags filtering blazed posts

switching a blog from sideblog to main blog

sending asks/replies/etc from sideblogs

while blocking someone’s main blog you have the option to also block their sideblogs

not slapping mature labels on sfw queer posts

keep “following” the default tab

get rid of the spambots (not simple but by god would it improve the website)

get rid of the t.rfs/nazis/other bigots (not simple but they could start by actually acting on the reports they get)

noooo!! 😭 theyre ded

also u can go fishing yay

🎣 🌊💧💧💧🐟

OP disabled reblogs but it needs to be known

dont u love that moment when u realise u have, lets say for the sake of example, oh i dont know... 143 posts in your drafts... and u start just posting a bunch of em all in a row that u meant to do ages ago

yeah couldnt be me lmao

Friendly reminder to take advantage of Tumblr Filters!!

Keep in mind: Filters don't remove a post from your dash, you still have the choice to look at the content, it just shows up like this:

Why would you not take advantage of this feature?! Go block some tags right now! Here are some ideas:

Tw and Cw for phobias and triggers

#tw politics #political

Topics that make you uncomfortable

#MAP friendly, #MAP, #TERF friendly #terf, #radfem

Artists / series you don't wanna hear about

#sui mention, Any Self h*rm or s**cidal ideation

#gore #body horror #eye injury

#tw ed, #pro ana, #thinspo,

#Long post (makes it easier to scroll past)

Depression and negativity

#gifset #gifs (if your device has trouble loading gifs / to save your data)

Seizure warnings, #eyestrain #eye sore

Reblog to improve someone's Tumblr experience

DO NOT USE TUMBLR LIVE

So I've been warning people to not use the tumblr live feature and i had this discussion in the notes of one of the people i warned

said person already used live themselves and was not aware of what all TumblrLive's partner MEETME collects with its feature and i wanted to take the time to make a post going over the privacy policy for anyone who is interested

for the first part here MEETME talks about how creating an account (downloading) (or having a tumblr account that auto updated to include the tumblr live feature (which is a vast majority of the tumblr mobile population in the US rn)) automatically makes any information they collect visible to any of the partners they have

the three partners mentioned there Skout Flurv and Boy Ahoy are all dating sites that promote primarily their location tracking fuck all knows what they want with your live data most likely they want to advertise singles near you??? but MEETME's other current partners are apps like PlentyfFish Zoosk Chispa and Badoo which is Match.com and Bumble

the main important parts to notice from section ii of the privacy policy is the location information limit mobile ad tracking and do not track signals the rest of the section mainly puts the onus of revealing private information that can be used maliciously on the user ie. don't share your password say your full name in a live video where you live etc.

as far as the location information goes what its saying here is that they collect the location information when you first register for tumblr live when you first log in and whenever your phone is on even if youre not using tumblr live

what does it use this information for??? well advertising purposes of course!!!

now they try to get around saying they dont track your location or share it with other users by using this word precise several times now what that means is they have a rough geotag of your location

(your ip address they dont say here its your ip address but in later parts of the document they do in fact say they collect your ip address and if you want an idea how close an ip address can get to your exact location enter your ip address in google maps sometime)

theyre being intentionally vague about that so when you see on the live tab something that says near you you could probably not follow that exactly to said persons house but you can damn well be you will at the very least find their city

heres a reminder to all of you who havent most phones now bury in the settings an option to disable adID do it now!!! but remember that TumblrLive can still use all other information they gather they do not at all process do not track signals so you arent safe there and what data would that be that they can collect other than your location and adID??? glad you asked!!!

this is a non exhaustive list which means there is DEFINITELY other data they collect about and from you

so they collect:

your email and phone number

any info in your tumblr bio

any metadata connected to any photo youve ever uploaded

adID

ip address

cookies and beacon

which devices you use

which features you use

which pages you visit

which chats you use

anything in your private chats or posts

anything from any connected social media accounts

how well ads are doing

what youre interested in

and in some cases even your biometric information

and what do they do with this information???

ads of course

and to give anything they want to cops :)

i dont make this post in order to like ruin peoples fun when it comes to this new feature or to try to talk down to anyone or make anyone feel stupid or anything im not here to make fun of people or belittle anyone but i think its real fucking important people know what privacy rights they are forfeiting by having their phone on right now with this new feature

also everyone please feel free to give a kind fuck you to tumblrs current ceo @photomatt

opening tumblr now like:

me: so how many bots have unfollowed me today