"I'm Fine"

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!

nora sakavic really went from “one: the number of drafts in which jean does not commit suicide” to “this time i said no, you have to live, and i never asked him if he actually wanted to” and expected me to be normal about it huh?

is there anybody who got over aftg?? like, ever??? moved on???

anybody???

CAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO UNDO THE CURSE YA'LL IT'S BEEN YEARS

it's just like it's not an obsession anymore it's just in my veins. like a complete normal part of my life. like my leg or something. it's just there i am not even doing anything. it's just growing up with me

GOD he was such a windup i LOVE HIM

most neil moments of all time collection:

calling kevin a deadweight has been and immediately running way

"whatd you do, run here?" "walked. 😐"

you know, i get it

telling bee the rest of the team is mental... baby girl look in the mirror

getting a pair of nice new boots from andrew and immediately imagining what it would be like to kick his face in

upending a glass of water on the floor and then throwing it at aaron

paying a bus boy $100 to knock him out

being told to keep his phone on and immediately turning it off after hanging up

shoving andrews hand up his shirt in front of like half a dozen people

learning andrew is afraid of heights and being like well if it makes you feel better it's more likely you'll die in a car accident than a plane crash :)

in the middle of getting kidnapped and telling lola she looks like a strung out whore

"are you stupid?" "yeah."

when the girl asks for his number and he's like what for 😐.

i have a bit of an attitude problem.

you're going to eat those words and you're going to choke on them.

"you plan on wearing the same six outfits over and over again this year?" "eight. and yes. 😑"

picking up andrews old cigarette and taking a drag while making eye contact with him on the roof from the ground and doing his two finger salute. HUGE fag moment.

Neil as a conversation i had with my friends

Andrew, amused: and where does the pope live?

Neil immediately: Venice.

Aaron wheezing: Fucking WHAT?

Neil: No no wait... the VatiCAN

Kevin, visibly distraught: Neil... can you not pronounce the Vatican??

Neil: ....sure.

Andrew literally helped Matt because watching Matt be scared of his addiction could have hurt his brother. Because he saw Aaron in Matt's inability to fight his addiction. Because if there's one thing Andrew understands, it's helplessness. And i think it's unbelievable that Matt's trip to Eden's was revealed straight after Andrew was visited by Officer Higgins about Drake.

I’m convinced this is the moment Crowley fell in love.

why does nora exist to hurt our feelings.

In case you’ve missed it. Bombs Nora has dropped on AFTG Twitter in the last 48 hours:

- Katelyn’s last name is Mackenzie (and her role is being Aaron’s queen)

- Marissa’s last name is Baker and she used to be a Fox striker (how did this not come up before??)

- she has 1,584 files (84 folders) just filled with details about the characters and the plot of aftg (and she won’t let us see 😔)

- she said she didn’t give exact descriptions of the upperclassmen because they were meant to be mere personalities and the backbone of the fox line (however she did say she adores black Dan & Matt)

it’s aftg o’clock for my brain again

Hey man you okay?

NO. In Foxhole Court when Neil finished his first session with Betsy he goes out and talks to Aaron, he tells him he just spoke to Betsy about exy facts and Aaron tells him he just sat there in silence. AND NEILS REACTION IS "damn...I wish I thought of that. Thats good"

Please why isn't anyone talking about this.