As you can see it wont happen now but “over the next couple of weeks”. The reason for that is simple. They want you to forget about that change and leave it on forever allowing them to hide content they deem “unsafe”.
Why turn that setting off?
The so called “Safe mode” will give tumblr full control over what you see and what you dont. They will just use that setting to unofficially ban people off the platform by cutting their followers from the content.
There is absolutely no reason for that setting to even exist! Tumblr displays only posts and reblogs from people you follow so you see only what you want to see.
What if I actually want to filter my tumblr dashboard?
Oh look here is your Safe mode button
Oh wait whats that thing under it? :O
Doesnt that make you wonder why that Safe mode button exists in the first place when you can just write tags in that menu? Tumblr just wants to gain full control over your dashboard.
If you are in tumblr just for porn then make sure to disable Safe mode once it’s out!!!
Even 2d/3d porn will most likely get censored
Haha this is absolutely NOT JUST FOR NSFW STUFF.
I have several tumblr blogs. One for fan art, one for school work, etc.
And on all of them I’ve had comics, illustrations, other artwork, hell YOU NAME IT, flagged RANDOMLY, without ANY NOTICE as NSFW. Costing an artist like me both exposure and money.
So please, review your safe mode to make sure that tumblr isn’t controlling what you are seeing on your dash.
I remember seeing a post a while back talking about how speaker didn’t like being seen as a woman when around men or straight people in general, but wanted to be seen as a woman around other wlw, and that, as opposed to reflecting non binary identity, it had more to do with the fact that their womanhood was defined in relation to loving other women and had absolutely nothing to do with men at all, and that when men and straight people looked at her and saw her as a woman, they were imposing the wrong definition of womanhood on her, and it felt subtly like a misgendering. I don’t remember who wrote it, but I’ve been thinking about it a bit since then, and I kind of feel like that’s how I relate to butchness. It’s one of those signifiers of gender where, when I present butch, it’s to attempt to ensure that no one can separate my womanhood from my being a lesbian. It’s weaving those facets of identity tightly enough that they can’t be forcibly divorced from each other. I think that’s why it feels right to me.
also I have had straight female friends, totally divorced from any kind of queer culture at all, literally describe dysphoria to me without having the language or framework to name it. a straight friend and I once agreed in high school- when I wasn’t even calling myself a lesbian let alone understanding dysphoric feelings!- that our lives would be so much better and our happiness so much more achievable if we were just sexless, no breasts, no hips, no genitals. illegible and unknowable. it’s not that all of us are Non Women, it’s that womanhood is by its nature traumatic and alienating. why would your gender feel coherent with your body when your body is literally not yours, by definition
anyway now that we’re on the topic i just wanna say all my love goes to wlw who are terrified of having sex with girls bc they think their bodies are gross or not attractive enough and who always feel like they gotta compare to their partner aesthetically (esp us fatties)! you’re sexy and your girl will love every single inch of you!
Moving from tumblr to greener pastures 