Pardon our dust
Hey, you know the reply feature? That little speech bubble icon at the bottom of some posts?
That’s going away for a little while. We’re making room for something bigger and better coming down the pike. Stay tuned.
[Edit: our boss-man confirmed that replies are indeed coming back at some point.]
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#tumblr update #tumblr supportYou might have heard that Tumblr became part of Automattic awhile back. Well, tomorrow we’re moving a bunch of our stuff over to their place (it’s getting pretty serious!), so if you notice anything wonky, that might be why.
…A better way of saying this is that we’ve been conducting some maintenance recently to migrate Tumblr (aka our servers, and all the other hardware that runs Tumblr) over to Automattic’s data centers. Automattic even bought us a bunch of new servers of our very own.
We’re flipping the switch on the final stage of this migration at 3am EST tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 13th. We’ll update you once we’re finished.
You shouldn’t notice any disruptions during this migration, but there’s a small chance that things might act up during this short time period. If so, we’ll update our Help Center with additional info–and if you have questions or see something weird, please let us know.
Update (2:30am EST, Feb. 13): The migration is underway! Stay tuned.
Update (4:04pm EST, Feb. 20): We have now finished all of our residual migration tasks. Migration is complete. Onward and upward, Tumblr :)
Today we announced some big updates to our Community Guidelines and what kind of content is permitted on Tumblr. Adult content will no longer be allowed here. While we do not judge anyone for their desire to post, engage with, or view this stuff, it is time for us to change our relationship with it.
We expect you may have some questions on how this will affect you, and we’re here to make sure those questions get answered.
Our new Community Guidelines will go into effect on December 17, 2018.
Newly uploaded content flagged as adult will no longer be allowed on Tumblr. We’ll also begin flagging and removing existing adult content with the ultimate goal of removing as much of it as we can.
Adult content primarily includes photos, videos, or GIFs that show real-life human genitals or female-presenting nipples, and any content—including photos, videos, GIFs and illustrations—that depicts sex acts.
Examples of exceptions that are still permitted are exposed female-presenting nipples in connection with breastfeeding, birth or after-birth moments, and health-related situations, such as post-mastectomy or gender confirmation surgery. Written content such as erotica, nudity related to political or newsworthy speech, and nudity found in art, such as sculptures and illustrations, are also stuff that can be freely posted on Tumblr.
(art with permission from @adamosgood)
In our ongoing effort to help you all determine your own experience here on Tumblr, we’re launching one of our most requested features: the ability to filter out posts from your dashboard based on their tags.
Trying to avoid #Star Wars spoilers? Filter them out. Need a break from all the #holiday excitement this month? Sheesh, fine. Filter it out. It’s your dashboard. Groom it well.
Where do I set up a tag filter?
In your settings! You’ll find it in your general settings on mobile, under “Filtering.” On the web, you’ll find it in your account settings, also under “Filtering.”
That makes sense. Will I know when stuff is being filtered out?
Yup. Just like with Safe Mode, you’ll see a placeholder in your dashboard wherever something is being hidden. If you actually do want to see it, you can click/tap on it, and it’ll appear.
I follow some real nimrods. How can I stop seeing their posts?
Unfollow them! And if they’re really being a jerk, block them. And if they’re truly being hateful, report them.
Anything else I should know?
Sure. There are lots of other tools for making Tumblr the Tumblr you want to see. You can read about them all in our help center.
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One thing to note: As its name implies, tag filtering relies on a post’s tags to tell it what’s what. It can’t filter based on the full text used in a post, or sense subtle references or sarcasm. So be a good neighbor and tag accurately and often. 🏷
Extremely handy if you follow a lot of people and hate missing anything good.
Best Stuff First moves the best stuff on your dashboard—mhm!—right up to the top.
It’s rolling out this week on iOS and Android, and comes with this Help Center article.
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This was the problem: You’d be searching for Field of Dreams, the critical standout film of 1989. But instead of Kevin Costner, you’d get rolling hills and wildflowers. That’s because we’re giving you the best stuff tagged #field or #dreams (or #of).
Here’s the solution: Choosing #tagged in the app bundles the whole phrase together. You just search for something and tap #tagged at the top of the screen to show posts tagged with that exact phrase.
And hey, slugger. Learn about the tons of other ways you can filter a search in our help center, here.
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Announcing…
First, you can add images to reblogs. You asked for it, you got it.
Second, new text styles for your new text posts. Headers, lists, serifs, fancy cursive, serious typewriter. Look:
Lastly, intriguingly, you can drag paragraphs and images around to reorder them. Witness it:
Have fun with all this, Tumblr 😘
Want to take a deeper dive into the new text poster? Hit up our help center for everything you need to know.
