neotoymaker

transmascanine

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!

transmascanine

tumblr rejected the blaze campaigns for this post because they know it would hurt them. let's make this an indefinite blackout - it's the best way to get results.

(so the blackout would be from June 30th onwards)

drew-dopamine

@one-time-i-dreamt @i-am-a-fish @lizluvscupcakes tagging some larger blogs to hopefully get the word out more

pissedabouthumidity

@natalieironside @wizardpotions @keepcalmandcarriefischer @wizard-email

@turing-tested @gallusrostromegalus

notyouiguess

@christs-cock @neil-gaiman

christs-cock

@fifiibibii @sexygaywizard @professionalchaoticdumbass

chaosrising451

@biggest-gaudiest-patronuses @madphantom @thesmegalodon @manywinged

thesmegalodon

yeah ok fuck it. vive la révolution.

a-dinosaur-a-day

sure, why not

neotoymaker

soberscientistlife

neotoymaker

sizeable-nuts

ruh roh, it gets worse

nuclei

I’m not a Redditor so I could be wrong. But this looks pretty fucking bad

neotoymaker

neotoymaker

hempkitty

can someone please be proud of me like fuck I’m trying

gremlin-pattie

reblog to let prev know you’re proud of them

neotoymaker

memewhore

neotoymaker

millennial-review

softpastelqueer

For reference, the federal minimum wage would have you earning roughly on average $1,256.66 a month

It’s recommended your rent only be 30% of your total budget, so with an average monthly rent of $1,827 that would mean your average renter’s monthly income should ideally be $6,090

That would be roughly $35.13 hourly or $73,080 annually

However, the average renter’s household income is only $42,500 annually or $20.43 hourly (as of 2019 according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey)

This means either rent prices are too unsustainably high and price gouging or wages are too unsustainably low and predatory

Or both

mini-wrants

(Hint: it’s both)

thatdiabolicalfeminist

Reminder, too, that the MAXIMUM payment disabled people on SSI can receive in 2023 is $914 for an individual.

The MAXIMUM two married SSI recipients receive, TOTAL, is $1371 for them both to try to survive on.

neotoymaker

zoethebitch

this is absolutely fucking pathetic now every single fucking streaming service is gonna start doing this shit. all y'all had to do was not watch Netflix and let it flop for a few months and they would have given up

thehollowprince

This is very misleading, and that's on purpose.

The data they're using, at least the data that I saw, was from a four day period (May 23rd - 27th) before the account sharing ban went into effect on the 1st of June. They're doing this to try and convince people there's no real means to fight back against them.

thehollowprince

Here is the data I was talking about.

And a close-up so y'all can see what I'm talking about.

Notice the sharp drop that came immediately after the spike in new subscribers? Also, notice how they had to cut it off almost immediately?

Don't let them fool you into thinking it's futile to fight back.

neotoymaker

michaelblume

This is your annual warning that *there will be no warning* when fire season is about to start. Nobody’s going to post “Hey everyone, remember, fire season starts next Friday!”. The state will just catch fire. You will wake up and the sky will be orange. It could be tomorrow, it could be July, it could be August, we could get incredibly lucky and skip it altogether. If you hope to buy an indoor air purifier before fire season, if you want to ensure everyone in your home has a P100 for going outside, if you want to stockpile water and you haven’t already, the time to do it is today.

michaelblume

Oh right this is getting notes again. Fuck.

jenlog

this post is why i got a p100 last year

marlynnofmany

Yearly reminder to check your go-bags and evacuation plans

a-krogan-skald-and-bearsark

When I was fourteen I got ten minutes notice of evacuation from the McLure fire in B.C.

Literally got told “you have ten minutes. Fill your laundry basket with anything you want to take with you. We might not be coming back.”

You want to be prepared BEFORE that point.

a-krogan-skald-and-bearsark

Of all the fucking notifications to get. Tantallon is on fire. Next town over from me. 800+ Hectares. There’s another 1000 or so burning down by Barrington and a smaller fire in Bedford.

That first and that last are suburbs of Halifax. So if you was thinking it can’t happen to you, it damn well fucking can.

a-krogan-skald-and-bearsark

Oh. Yeah. The Tantallon Fire started on Sunday. It hit 100 Hectares and destroyed 10 homes within 12 hours. Within 24 hours it was 780 Hectares. It’s now over 800 with 200 structures destroyed.

YOU WILL NOT HAVE TIME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE.

So. Go Bag. Important documents. Couple changes clothes. Any medication. Any stuff you need for your pets. Keepsakes.

Keep it somewhere accessible.

Get it in the car first. Then if you have time you can add to it. I have a few bags prepped. They’ll go in the car in order of importance as circumstances permit.