Im ngl im lowkey glad that tumblr is banning nsfw content because now i can browse tags without seeing hardcore untagged porn. I can see why you are upset, but acting as if fandoms are going to die because porn isnt allowed on the site anymore is a bit dramatic.
You sound like a fandom pearl-clutcher who hasn’t been through one of these purges. I have been through SEVERAL.
Each time this happens, we split up–some may go to pillowfort, some may go to twitter, some may go to dreamwidth, some may go to discord, some will stay right here, and some will leave us forever.
What you don’t seem to understand is that we’re being divided. People will lose long-lasting relationships over this, having their blogs deleted and losing any ability to find each other again. I had loads of friends during the more livelier times of LiveJournal, and I couldn’t find them ever again, no matter how hard I tried.
These kind of events harm people, turn off countless creators who can and will lose the content they have worked tirelessly over because it’s not saved elsewhere. Have you ever lost a laptop to a crash? It’s this, but in WIDE SCALE. I have thousands upon thousands of words and drawings forever lost to LiveJournal and FFnet’s banishments, things I worked so hard on, and I know countless others have experienced the same.
It’s also not just porn being affected. It’s everything that isn’t squeaky fucking clean for little children. The female nipple, consensual sex, ART IN GENERAL. Censorship is a slippery fucking slope, even on a private website like this, and you’re supporting the silence of people who have worked hard through their lifetimes on the things they love.
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