There’s a lot of things I wanted to do in my 20s but “mentally grappling with the reality of living through a worldwide fascist insurgency” wasn’t one of them
So this happened to me a few days ago, and I thought maybe sharing my experience could help someone if this happens to them in the future.
I was checking my Tumblr when suddenly I was logged out from it and given the usual Log In page. When I entered the details to access my blog, this appeared:
My heart skipped a bit. I tried to re-enter the details (maybe I got them wrong the first time), but no, the same message about Termination was shown. I typed my blog URL and got the
ominous
:
Same thing with my sideblogs.
So obviously I was very worried. I contacted the Tumblr support but didn’t get an answer for 48 hours, only an automated reply. I already started mentally saying goodbye to my blogs, my posts and all my followers, when finally I recieved their answer:
(In case you can’t see the picture, it says:
Hello, We’ve restored your account. Thank you for bringing this problem to our attention. We’re sorry that it occurred, and we’ll do our best to make sure that it doesn’t happen again. You should now be able to log in just fine with your email address and password. Please let me know if there’s anything else I can help you with.
My blog was restored and working normally. All my sideblogs were intact , and so were my posts and my followers. The only thing that was lost, is all the conversations by Messages. The people with whom you talked are still there, but all the history of the conversation is gone.
Alright so here is what you should do if this happens to you. Don’t panick like I did Click on the “contact support” link provided in the terminated window. Alternatively, go on Tumblr.com/support.
Politely explain your situation – give your blog URL, your mail, tell what happened exactly. I understand that the situation can be upsetting, but the person who will read the message and try to help you isn’t directly responsible for the termination of your blog. And sending an angry message with insults isn’t the best way to get your blog back either.
Wait for the reply of the team. If you feel like it takes too much time (more than few days for example), try to fill the Help/Support form again.
Once the team is in contact with you, keep the polite tone. Normally if your blog didn’t go againt the Tumblr rules and policies, you should getit back like I did.
Voila 🙂
@monstersandmaw heres something that may help if they come for you
Thank you!! Reblogging for others’ reference. (I saved the info elsewhere)
These are a few of the weird and wonderful things I learnt writing my first fic, The Real Great Perfumers.
Please feel free to add your own revelations …
#1. You can change your mind
Just like any other run of the mill consulting criminal, you can decide to change your mind about killing a character. Yes. No. Yes. In fact, it’s much more important (if you are going to kill them) to do so when it makes sense as the story progresses rather than when/where you originally thought you would.
#2. There are consequences to incapacitation
If you are planning on incapacitating one of your characters, seriously consider how this will affect their subsequent physical activities before you do it. A large amount of alcohol (or in my case, a catheter to the penis) is not particularly conducive to vigorous sexual activity … or any activity really …
#3. Inconvenient lube can provide a very convenient plot twist
Unless your characters are superheroes and can conjure the snip of a lube cap opening out of thin air, they are going to face the same logistical challenges as regular people. Rather than magically solve their problems for them, see if they can find a way through the sticky situation themselves (yes, pun intended 🤗).
#4. Reader input is awesome
Your readers trying to guess what happens next or telling you what they thought was going to happen can lead to some truly wonderful plot inclusions (cue entrance of a warm, cuddly Detective Inspector on vacation).
#5. Remember to have fun
Finally, the more fun you have, the more fun everyone will have. Write when you feel like writing, be that 5K words without editing at 3am in the morning, or a single hastily scribbled line of dialogue in a notebook. Allow yourself to daydream about your characters just as you did BEFORE you self-inflicted the paralyzing pressure of writing a multi-chapter fic. And always remember why you are doing it – coz you fucking love these characters, their story, and this awesome fandom!
WILL BE BLOCKED BECAUSE of SOME OLD POLITICIANS “that know the youth and the internet the best then anyone else” IN THE SENATE THINKING THEY KNOW BETTER SHUTTING DOWN YOUTUBE AND OTHER SOCIAL PLATFORMS FOR ME AND PEOPLE LIVING IN THE EU FOREVER!
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PLEASE SIGN UP IN THIS PETITION IF WE DON´T HIT 5 MILLION GERMANY AND SO MANY EUROPE COUNTRIES WILL LOSE THEIR SOCIAL AND MORE!
SHARE THIS POST AND SIGN UP AND VOTE THE MORE THAN BETTER! Let’s SHOW THESE OLD PEOPLE THAT YOUTUBE, TUMBLR, INSTAGRAM AND ALL THESE GREAT OTHER SITES AREN´T FUCKING USELESS AND SHET BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA IS! INSTEAD OF TAKING THESE PRECIOUS THINGS THEY SHOULD WORRY ABOUT OTHER.STUFF ( Migrants, new school system) BUT NAH THEY WANT TO TAKE AWAY OUR SOCIAL MEDIAS
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Tumblr was deemed too full of inappropriate content to be allowed to be downloaded from the app store.
It has this “inappropriate” problem because of rampant porn ad bot accounts. The old solutions were bots to detect image sets with nsfw content, the automatically enabled safe mode, tag filtering for mobile, and wide takedowns of nsfw bots based on words used (that’s why their messages are full of numbers and symbols, to evade this)
Tumblr released their own bot supposedly capable of wiping the ad bots, but it’s taking down many popular blogs, possibly due to sheer amounts of posting or sheer amounts of ad bots in their notes. This bot was likely rushed to be put out.
You are more likely to be accidentally flagged if you post external links, as well. If your acct is taken down you CAN get it back, but it’s a pain. E-mail tumblr support for help with this. It takes down side blogs with the main ones.
I’ll be halting posts for about a week or until this problem is fixed.
Consulting Witch 