So, I deleted my Tumblr account, and I have some thoughts
About a month ago, I deleted my Tumblr.
At one point, I had 3 accounts: one for just me and my interests/ art, one for fashion/ street fashions, and one for my music. All three accounts were under the same login.
I logged in for the last time, and terminated my account.
I love so many of the friends I met on Tumblr. I am still friends with many of them. Thankfully, we can all find each other on other places on the internet.
I did not delete my Tumblr to run away from trouble of the potential "accountability" (whatever that means, but more on that in a bit). I deleted it because it stood as a lasting reminder: By and large, Tumblr was some of the worst the internet had to offer.
And when I say, 'some of the worst the internet had to offer," I mean that literally.
I will not miss the art theft that got my chased off the internet and that person a big internship at an animation studio. I won't miss the DMs to unalive myself, or the constant hate I received because I REFUSED to back down in re: this person's theft. I will not miss the "gentle reminders" from people commenting on ethnic in-jokes that they didn't understand. I will not miss people re-blogging and sharing my posts as "cultural appropriation" when it was MY CULTURE I WAS TALKING ABOUT. (I'll give you a hint about those latter two ⚪). (I also see a lot of this still on Twitter, and I wonder if it's the same people/ same accounts.) I will not miss my art being reblogged in "this character ugly art blogs," will not miss being roped into fandoms I wasn't actually part of just because I drew some characters, will not miss self-righteous people who had no idea what they were talking about grandstanding and using my entries or blogs to do it (even though I still see a lot of this on Twitter, and yes, the exact same accounts). I can always spot a lot of former Tumblr users by their level of misinformed self-righteousness, and the sheer ratio of that self-righteousness to speaking both incorrectly and out of their leagues. I will not miss the expl!c!t content, especially that which constantly made its way to my inbox, even though it was supposed to be banned.
I will miss the nice picture blogs, the aesthetic photos, the niche fandom blogs, the adorable gif sets, the supportive reblogging and sharing of other people's art. I will miss the rare audio and photos. I will miss posts from people who actually knew what they were talking about. I will miss the baby artists and creatives who were finding a safe community to understood them. I Will miss blogs like Animated Minds, MedievalPOC, Art of Marc Davis,-- etc. etc. etc.
Goodbye, Tumblr, you miserable waste of space. Your dormancy now is your own fault. You destroyed yourself. No one did that to you but you.
At one point, I had 3 accounts: one for just me and my interests/ art, one for fashion/ street fashions, and one for my music. All three accounts were under the same login.
I logged in for the last time, and terminated my account.
I love so many of the friends I met on Tumblr. I am still friends with many of them. Thankfully, we can all find each other on other places on the internet.
I did not delete my Tumblr to run away from trouble of the potential "accountability" (whatever that means, but more on that in a bit). I deleted it because it stood as a lasting reminder: By and large, Tumblr was some of the worst the internet had to offer.
And when I say, 'some of the worst the internet had to offer," I mean that literally.
I will not miss the art theft that got my chased off the internet and that person a big internship at an animation studio. I won't miss the DMs to unalive myself, or the constant hate I received because I REFUSED to back down in re: this person's theft. I will not miss the "gentle reminders" from people commenting on ethnic in-jokes that they didn't understand. I will not miss people re-blogging and sharing my posts as "cultural appropriation" when it was MY CULTURE I WAS TALKING ABOUT. (I'll give you a hint about those latter two ⚪). (I also see a lot of this still on Twitter, and I wonder if it's the same people/ same accounts.) I will not miss my art being reblogged in "this character ugly art blogs," will not miss being roped into fandoms I wasn't actually part of just because I drew some characters, will not miss self-righteous people who had no idea what they were talking about grandstanding and using my entries or blogs to do it (even though I still see a lot of this on Twitter, and yes, the exact same accounts). I can always spot a lot of former Tumblr users by their level of misinformed self-righteousness, and the sheer ratio of that self-righteousness to speaking both incorrectly and out of their leagues. I will not miss the expl!c!t content, especially that which constantly made its way to my inbox, even though it was supposed to be banned.
I will miss the nice picture blogs, the aesthetic photos, the niche fandom blogs, the adorable gif sets, the supportive reblogging and sharing of other people's art. I will miss the rare audio and photos. I will miss posts from people who actually knew what they were talking about. I will miss the baby artists and creatives who were finding a safe community to understood them. I Will miss blogs like Animated Minds, MedievalPOC, Art of Marc Davis,-- etc. etc. etc.
Goodbye, Tumblr, you miserable waste of space. Your dormancy now is your own fault. You destroyed yourself. No one did that to you but you.