………….we knew this shit was an issue that staff has been ignoring for ages but it finally came to bite them in the ass
hey general psa that in the notes theres a bunch of really stupid misinformation bullshit (as i should have expected) abt how this is a fandom thing, about fanart/fanfiction, and i would just like to clarify for as many people as i can that this is not a fandom thing at all, it is an issue targeting IRL minors.
minors have been running “sex work” blogs, selling private snapchats, et cetera, using tumblr as their platforms. there are also adult rings of CP (photographs and videos of IRL minors) distributors on tumblr that have managed to slip by filters. this is the issue being looked into by law enforcement, this is the issue being pursued by tumblr, and it is the reason the purge is being done so hastily and messily (protection of minors being sexually trafficked is generally more important than avoiding Jane Doe #193′s doctor who blog being nuked by accident). reporting fandom blogs to tumblr for written content and fanart is only going to confuse the matter further and make it more likely that minors will be put at greater risk (if fake reports come in massive quantities and drown out the real reports or make alarm fatigue likely).
please don’t spread misinformation y’all!
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protection of minors being sexually trafficked is generally more important than avoiding Jane Doe #193′s doctor who blog being nuked by accident). reporting fandom blogs to tumblr for written content and fanart is only going to confuse the matter further and make it more likely that minors will be put at greater risk
I cannot emphasize enough that this not about fandom right now, it’s not about your witchhunt against Ao3, it’s not about your blog going away (ps. if your blog accidentally gets deleted in the purge it seems like you can contact Tumblr and they will restore it), it’s about Tumblr ignoring a VERY REAL PROBLEM for a VERY LONG TIME (when we told them and told them and told them) and finally being forced to do something about it THANK GOD.
as a victim of actual pedophiles it makes me pretty uncomfortable when people claim a two year age difference is pedophilia. it is an insult to survivors.
if you’re 19 and dating a 17 year old, that does not make you a predator.
if you’re creeped out by a couple years age difference, fine, whatever, but accusing someone of pedophilia is serious and claiming someone is a pedophile because “they turn 18 first” or whatever is so ridiculous. it’s like people expect 18 year olds to be grown ass adults with a mortgage and a house.
learn the definition of certain words before you say it.
Y’know I reblogged this a bit ago and was saved from financial probation and getting kicked out of school because of it, just mere months from graduation. Got a call from the financial aid advisor telling me that they made a mistake with filing my account (or some other sort of clerical error) and said that, basically, they owe me money. Welp.
Last time I reblogged the money cat, I won two $100 gift cards at work.
We are William Afton stans first and humans second 