{"id":7651,"date":"2018-12-04T00:33:38","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T07:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/rhube-the-sad-thing-about-this-is-that-tumblr\/"},"modified":"2018-12-08T17:22:50","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T00:22:50","slug":"rhube-the-sad-thing-about-this-is-that-tumblr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/rhube-the-sad-thing-about-this-is-that-tumblr\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhube eulogizes tumblr"},"content":{"rendered":"

rhube<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The sad thing about this is that Tumblr had a unique platform that fostered a kind of inclusiveness not seen anywhere else. It\u2019s interactions happened a different way. A way that encouraged sharing and inhibited dog-piling. The changes to increase interaction (without adequate blocking protections) in recent years had been leading to predictable increases in drama and harassment, but the original ethos still went a long way.<\/p>\n

Without Tumblr I never would have continued to live with a bunch of ill-conceived misunderstandings about trans people. I probably would have continued to struggle with understanding my own identity, and alienated my cis friends, too, as I failed to understand that they weren\u2019t non-binary either.<\/p>\n

Without Tumblr I would have continued with a number of unfortunate misconceptions about race and other marginalised groups. I would not have understood about cultural appropriation. I would not have understood nearly so well the living plight of Native Americans or the Roma and Romani.<\/p>\n

Without Tumblr I would have missed out on, just, ACRES of women\u2019s history and queer history. ACRES.<\/p>\n

Without Tumblr I never would have realised that I could actually attract more readers saying what I really thought than by smothering my anger. There\u2019s no other platform I could have expressed myself so freely on without fear of dogpiling.<\/p>\n

Without Tumblr I would never have written my most successful published work: \u201cRemembering Margaret Cavendish<\/a>\u201d – I didn\u2019t write it on Tumblr, but it was written up from a number of Tumblr posts and prompted by Tumblr posts. It was then published in Speculative Fiction 2012<\/i>, which went on to be nominated for a Hugo and won the BFS Award for Best Non-Fiction.<\/p>\n

Without Tumblr my output in the last 6 years of sickness would have been far, far less.<\/p>\n

Without Tumblr my Twitter account would not have grown the way it has, even though I have been very lazy about changing the auto-tweets into something intelligible.<\/p>\n

Without Tumblr I would not have made so many amazing friends.<\/p>\n

Without Tumblr, I never would have played Dragon Age. Seriously, the nipple-demons put me off; all your artwork and squeeing and memes made me give it a go.<\/p>\n

And\u2026 I have serious concerns that Pillowfort will not be sufficiently similar. It\u2019s going to have a comment system very similar to LiveJournal, and I remember only too well how that bred drama and stress.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want to go. This place did a lot for me. But it doesn\u2019t look like we have much choice. @staff<\/a> don\u2019t want to have users anymore.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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