*taking out the trash at night* what if there was a monster. lol *walking faster*
I love opening up this website first thing like the morning paper and immediately seeing multiple posts like "how to get rid of the evil clown on the dashboard". like oh is this what we're doing today
ok, so my other account has finally been unbanned, so I will say this again, one more time:
if you are using a vpn on tumblr, stop.
yes, vpns are a fundamental of internet security, I use one daily myself, however:
if you use a vpn on tumblr, it is not a matter of if you will get shadowbanned, but when.
if you go look at r/tumblracctterminated nearly every single user was innocently using a vpn while using tumblr.
my theory is that they are using a autoblock on ips when banning the pornbots and spambots, which are going onto an internal list, so that theoretically any other bot accounts from the same user/ip are also caught in the net. it's a lot quicker to automatically feature-block (shadowban) an account, which prevents it from appearing in tags, in people's notes, or be able to DM, than it is for the account to be time-consumingly and expensively manually checked by a human.
which is all fine and good, but obviously, those bot accounts are also using vpns and so when you, innocent person using a vpn, make a post, it checks your ip against the banned list, and oh would you look at that, a spambot used your ip! and so it shadowbans you. it always happens right after you make a post, which is the trigger - I believe the only safe time to use a vpn is when browsing the dash but not interacting with anything (replies, dms, reblogs) but it's not worth the risk.
and once it happens to you once, it will keep happening to you because your account is now flagged - my previous account got shadowbanned twice in one month, and it took 15 days+ to get unbanned both times, and in the interim, my account was also completely deleted for 3 hours at one stage. when this happens the only recourse is to email support and wait for them to unblock you, and they never offer an explanation or solution when they do ("just a glitch" they say) - and in the meantime, none of your posts appear in tags and you cannot interact with any of your friends' posts, send/receive messages or asks. for upwards of two weeks.
I have had to completely abandon that entire account and start over to avoid this happening again, losing everything I built up on that account, which sucks ass. I do not want this to happen to any of you.
please stop using a vpn on tumblr!
Hey, don't cry. Five thousand fanfic daydream scenarios inside your head about the super-obscure fictional character you've latched onto like an orphaned duckling, okay?
when you are done with a tab you can close it. every browser in the world has a feature that lets you open recently closed tabs. also there is browsing history. need to visit a webpage often? may i introduce you to the bookmarks feature. there’s no reason to leave your tabs open. hoarder behavior.
OP I’m hitting you with a shovel
Anyway tag this with however many browser tabs you currently have. I have 40.
Thanks in part to you I now have a comprehensive categorization of types of people based on number of tabs they have open:
1-9: Kindred spirit. I am kissing you on the mouth
~10-25: Normal. This is more tabs than I would have open in most situations but it is not an unreasonable number.
~26-70: Woah there, partner. I don’t agree with this lifestyle but I understand it is normal for many people. Are you sure you need that many open though? Right at this very moment? Surely you can prune a few here.
~71-99: Okay calm down. You definitely don’t need that many open. When’s the last time you actually opened half of these, really?
100+: Official freak. This is too many. There’s no way you even remember which ones you have open. How are you supposed to find any of them?
1000+: Listen, I know I made a joke up there, I said “hoarder behavior,” but I think you may actually have a problem. With your browser tabs. You might as well have a maze of 50-year-old newspapers to navigate through to get to a youtube video. It’s time to re-evaluate the way you use the internet. I’m serious on this one.
wait isnt gender over today
buh-bye now
Don't know why you're all worried about losing icons, I feel that there's an easy way to tell. Your friends apart.
What if we all make our text and individual colour to us ans maybe mix up the way we type in an way to really make us stand out
If I had a nickel for every amnesiac blond boy who was actually a black haired "boy" in the wrong body and the host of the body they're inhabiting is out for some sort of twisted revenge I'd have two nickels.
milf (myself i’d like to forgive) and dilf (despair i’d like to forget)