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48hr tumblr blackout proposal

tumblr mobile has seadily become near unusable these past few updates. not just from a user experience perspective (which is important enough in itself) but also from an accessibility perspective.

examples include the new way the image viewer works (if you can call it "working"), the tumblr live button replacing the profile button, and that newly created blogs will be forced to have their main dashboard tab be the 'for you' page.

the demands of the protest would be along the lines of:

reverse the recent image viewer update

scrap the new users 'for you' page default setting

let us turn off tumblr live indefinitely

increase efforts against spam / porn bots

make reporting abuse and hate speech as easy as reporting as reporting spam

let us go nuts show nuts again... for real this time

commit to improving usability and accessibility, and listening to users!

(suggestions welcome!)

to protest against these usability issues, and inspired by the recent reddit blackout, i propose a 48 hour blackout (where you don't use tumblr at all). preferably of both mobile and web (since web has problems too) but mobile is the focus here.

I suggest the 48 hours between the 30th of June to the end of the 1st of July.

this marks the end of pride month (for the "queerest place on the internet") and the start of disability month (since accessibility is a massive issue here).

tumblr office is in San Francisco, USA, so the times and dates will be calculated using their time zone (PDT).

you can find out the times and dates for your timezone here.

i can't afford to blaze this post so please spread it around as much as possible! protests only work if significant numbers show up!

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Where are the “Jimmy will not die first” posts, we need to get them going now before it’s too late

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Can I vent a little?

I’m aroallo and a minor. I am also above the age of consent for my country. I feel so weird about expressing my aroallo pride online because so much discussion involving sex and sexual experiences is 18+ only.

I have so many mixed feelings regarding discussing my sexual attraction here. My sexual attraction is so important to me! I also feel like I’ve finally found a place for myself in the aroallo community! 

But I feel like I’ve internalised the rule of ‘minors should never ever talk about sex’ despite the fact that I can legally have sex in my country (and have done). I feel awkward mentioning that I experience sexual attraction at all.

I don’t even want to talk about sex that I have had/want to have, I just want to be comfortable talking about the fact that I experience sexual attraction and that I’m aroallo.

I don’t know where I was going with this. Thank you for reading :)

Hi anon, thanks for confiding in me! ✨️

Isn't it crazy how allosexuality (esp. in the context of aromanticism) and asexuality are both respectively dubbed as "adult identities"?

If you say you're asexual being a minor, most people would say shit like, "you're too young to know that", "you're probably just a late bloomer", "give it a year or three" and the like.

In the same token, if you say you're alloaro, all of a sudden it's deemed inappropriate. Again, most people, would say that you're simply too young.

I remember back in 9th grade, most people my age were talking about sex and stuff, so then my question to alloallos becomes... are minors allowed to acknowledge their (lack of) sexual attraction to others, or are only the cishet ones allowed to do that?

Being alloaro is not exclusive to adults; it's by no means an adult identity. We're arospec, and we only experience sexual attraction, but that's it. People really need to stop sexualizing queer identities.

Alloaro minors should be allowed to talk about the fact that they experience sexual attraction in a safe manner.

Do I think alloaro minors should interact with alloaros that post 18+ NSFT content/media? Absolutely not.

Do I think they should be able to enter alloaro subspaces that are specifically meant for adults to discuss 18+ topics? Hell no.

Otherwise, they are, and should be 100% welcome. Navigating the alloaro tags? Public <18 alloaro subreddits and such? 100% okay! ☘️

You know how parents educate their children about sex without going into a horrific amount of explicit detail? as an alloaro adult running an alloaro blog that doesn't post 18+ content, I like to put in place the same kind of boundaries. You guys are allowed to vent, ask for advice and talk about your alloaro pride safely and comfortably! ✨️

The alloaro community is not an 18+ space. Being alloaro is not exclusive to those above the age of 18.

I kind of went on a tangent myself, but hopefully I got my message across. You're welcome here, anon <3

-Y.

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