#progressive veneer. that refuses accountability & makes the website more unsafe for marginalized users. it is wrong.

[nicorobinphd]

also not to be a bitch, but there is no bigger self-report regarding being incredibly insulated from the experiences of marginalized people on this website than thinking we do not have shadowbans. like all you have to do is be in very loose proximity to a handful of users who talk about their experience surviving various axis of oppression to see how common false shadowbans are, let alone that the function exists in general. like, come on now. we don’t have to lie/misrepresent things to acknowledge the way that tumblr has some benefits compared to other social media, & we certainly don’t have to provide cover for the weaponization of protective functions against the groups most in need of protection.