Well, well, well...
You certainly know this all, but for the sake of keeping things orderly, let’s sum them up:
Phase 1
On December 3rd, Tumblr announced it’s kicking porn out. Yes, in the middle of December, just before Christmas, out into the freezing night, with no clothes at all. Which is only half of the drama yet, because:
A. they set the rules stricter than anything outside Saudi Arabia’s official domain; ‘female presenting nipples’ became a meme within hours.
B. instead of doing it by hand (frankly impossible at this stage, and besides, rumor has it the staff is severely underman... underwo... underpersoned these days) they sicced bots; bots went flagging frenzy right and left, the staff’s own announcement got flagged.
Next days were lots of fun, because of all the people trying to find porn in whatever they had flagged.
# skin tones, probably; well, as if anyone doubted before that desert is hot;
# the guess was hands in the crotch, either that or the bot went Victorian about that *le gasp* ankle;
# a church tower... okay, I really didn’t need that thought; admittedly it was a very, em, upright tower.
The staff promised every flag could have been appealed to be checked by a human mod. Since it (mostly?) worked, I call bullshit: no way they’d have people for checking appeals if they lacked people for flagging in the first place. My guess is the review request feature was set to accept by default, on an assumption no one would appeal for an actual porn. (Which totally means people should. :> )
Phase 2
The December 17th Doomsday came and went. On December 18th, the first new follower on one of my tumblrs was a pornbot. :3 Ahem, let's be merciful and refrain from commenting. (no, not really XD)
Now, between phase 1 and 2, people jumped Tumbtanic from all sides, or at least talked about where to swim. Contact databases are being put up, in case you’re interested:
# copperbadge’s multifandom sheet; here you can check it out, and here you can add yourself;
# Captain America
# SPN general: the sheet, the form
# SPN Destiel
# Teen Wolf
# HP Drarry
# Star Wars Reylo artists: the sheet, the form
# Star Wars Reylo writers: the sheet, the form
# Star Wars Reylo general: the sheet, the form
# Sheith/Voltron
Pillowfort is the name most often tossed around, and yeah, unless something goes seriously sideways, my private prediction is this will be the next hot place. Not even because of its ability, but because it’s most often tossed around, which makes it a self-fulfilling prophecy. At the same time I won’t be very surprised if something else takes over in the end, because right now competitors for the userbase of Tumblr’s carcass-in-becoming are sprouting out there like fungi in a dank corner. Still, none seems as popular as Pillowfort already is, not counting old players like Dreamwidth. Hence I decided, why not to be one of the first on the bandwagon for once, instead one of the last, as my usual. I’m on Pillowfort here, feel invited. For the record, I’m not going from LJ anywhere for - probably - long time yet; I’m not even shutting down my tumblr(s).
Future maybe-maybe-not popularity notwithstanding, huge factor for my decision was that Pillowfort indeed fuses what LJ has and the disaster called Tumblr has been lacking (comments and communities) with what Tumblr has and the fandom apparently cannot live without anymore (likes and reblogs). However, the site is still in dire need of development in basically every department, from the layout to speed to FAQ. It’s also an urgent need; seems like the staff is currently a little bit overwhelmed with the sudden general interest, together with the servers. Right now, the self-organizing userbase is doing half of the work. Which I find very promising, btw. The fandom in the “Okay, guys, all hands aboard” mode is one of the best sights to behold in the Net, right next to kittens.
For now, Pillowfort has already made at least one own native creation - “hitching post”. A regular (or not) collection of “discussions I recently participated in and/or recommend”. We should have thought of this on LJ long ago.
Phase 1
On December 3rd, Tumblr announced it’s kicking porn out. Yes, in the middle of December, just before Christmas, out into the freezing night, with no clothes at all. Which is only half of the drama yet, because:
A. they set the rules stricter than anything outside Saudi Arabia’s official domain; ‘female presenting nipples’ became a meme within hours.
B. instead of doing it by hand (frankly impossible at this stage, and besides, rumor has it the staff is severely underman... underwo... underpersoned these days) they sicced bots; bots went flagging frenzy right and left, the staff’s own announcement got flagged.
Next days were lots of fun, because of all the people trying to find porn in whatever they had flagged.
# skin tones, probably; well, as if anyone doubted before that desert is hot;
# the guess was hands in the crotch, either that or the bot went Victorian about that *le gasp* ankle;
# a church tower... okay, I really didn’t need that thought; admittedly it was a very, em, upright tower.
The staff promised every flag could have been appealed to be checked by a human mod. Since it (mostly?) worked, I call bullshit: no way they’d have people for checking appeals if they lacked people for flagging in the first place. My guess is the review request feature was set to accept by default, on an assumption no one would appeal for an actual porn. (Which totally means people should. :> )
Phase 2
The December 17th Doomsday came and went. On December 18th, the first new follower on one of my tumblrs was a pornbot. :3 Ahem, let's be merciful and refrain from commenting. (no, not really XD)
Now, between phase 1 and 2, people jumped Tumbtanic from all sides, or at least talked about where to swim. Contact databases are being put up, in case you’re interested:
# copperbadge’s multifandom sheet; here you can check it out, and here you can add yourself;
# Captain America
# SPN general: the sheet, the form
# SPN Destiel
# Teen Wolf
# HP Drarry
# Star Wars Reylo artists: the sheet, the form
# Star Wars Reylo writers: the sheet, the form
# Star Wars Reylo general: the sheet, the form
# Sheith/Voltron
Pillowfort is the name most often tossed around, and yeah, unless something goes seriously sideways, my private prediction is this will be the next hot place. Not even because of its ability, but because it’s most often tossed around, which makes it a self-fulfilling prophecy. At the same time I won’t be very surprised if something else takes over in the end, because right now competitors for the userbase of Tumblr’s carcass-in-becoming are sprouting out there like fungi in a dank corner. Still, none seems as popular as Pillowfort already is, not counting old players like Dreamwidth. Hence I decided, why not to be one of the first on the bandwagon for once, instead one of the last, as my usual. I’m on Pillowfort here, feel invited. For the record, I’m not going from LJ anywhere for - probably - long time yet; I’m not even shutting down my tumblr(s).
Future maybe-maybe-not popularity notwithstanding, huge factor for my decision was that Pillowfort indeed fuses what LJ has and the disaster called Tumblr has been lacking (comments and communities) with what Tumblr has and the fandom apparently cannot live without anymore (likes and reblogs). However, the site is still in dire need of development in basically every department, from the layout to speed to FAQ. It’s also an urgent need; seems like the staff is currently a little bit overwhelmed with the sudden general interest, together with the servers. Right now, the self-organizing userbase is doing half of the work. Which I find very promising, btw. The fandom in the “Okay, guys, all hands aboard” mode is one of the best sights to behold in the Net, right next to kittens.
For now, Pillowfort has already made at least one own native creation - “hitching post”. A regular (or not) collection of “discussions I recently participated in and/or recommend”. We should have thought of this on LJ long ago.