#similarly with my RD blog- I wasnt able to secure the name w/o a hyphen for whatever reason- despite the url not showing up

[yveshasu]

In response to this post.

alright I’m never mentioning this story again but here we go- your lengthy ridiculous post as promised:

So back in early 2014- for a couple weeks or so- I was almost obsessively hoarding urls. Most of them were SPN, Hannibal, or WTNV related bc those were my main fandoms at the time. I ended up giving many of them away to people who were in those fandoms. However, I really was hoarding just abt everything I could think of, and that included a certain url.

At this point, Ylvis’ shoot to tumblr meme fame was somehow still around (for about 6 months) for whatever reason. Like, besides that one song, can you really think of anything else notable that they’ve done that’s gotten to the same level of infamy outside of their home country? I don’t really think so. But the song was somehow still funny to me (and my grandmother)- and at the time ‘Xofficial’ fandom-type blogs that had almost nothing to do with ‘X’ were still around and popular- so I went on a halfhearted whim and within a couple of seconds ylvisofficial was mine. No one would’ve really wanted that url right? But I thought it could be fun to use later on.

Anyway, around May I suddenly found that I could not queue posts or essentially do anything regarding my main blog. Slightly annoyed but thinking it was a tumblr glitch, I just left it alone and idly checked my email. There were two emails from Tumblr Support sent within the same timeframe. They went something like this:

“'Regarding Ylvisofficial.tumblr.com’ ‘Hello, We have received a request from the comedy duo, Ylvis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ylvis), that they be given the web address ylvisofficial.tumblr.com. In order to respect their professional name, and because you have never posted to the web address, we have changed your blog’s web address to [temp blog w numbers]  If you feel that this URL claim has been made unfairly, you can email us at abuse@tumblr.com and detail your objection.  If we do not hear from you within 48 hours, the web address will be permanently given to them.’”

Like….. okay, sure tumblr you can take it. I hope they enjoy their “”“official”“” url or whatever. I love that they included a wikipedia page instead of maybe like their actual website or something. Like I’m not going to fight them for their own url obviously- no one really cares at this point. But there was also that other email:

“'ACTION REQUIRED: Release All Unused Urls’ 'Hello, We recently determined that you have registered, but aren’t using, an unusually large number of Tumblr blog URLs. As you know, URL hoarding is against Tumblr’s Community Guidelines ( X ), as it’s important for URLs to be available equally to all of Tumblr’s users.  Because of this policy violation, we have suspended access to your primary blog. Please release all saved and unused URLs from your Tumblr account(s) by visiting [ X ] Then, let us know when that’s been done so we can restore your access. We won’t consider posting or reblogging material to your saved URLs after receiving this notice as a valid “use.” In addition, please do not move URLs to other accounts or create new accounts for these URLs. It’s very important that URL real estate be available for the beneficial and fair use of all Tumblr community members, and we appreciate your help in making sure that happens.’“

Which is unusual? How often does this email combo actually happen to anyone? I think they just do random checks regularly, but since Ylvis sent a request to tumblr for that blog url, tumblr must’ve also- in the process of retrieving that url- realized that I had far too many urls hoarded. This all could have been resolved very quickly….. except I didn’t have access to a computer or consistent internet access for a week. So, I waited a week, agonizing over not being able to supply my ~dedicated~ followers w/ whatever fandom posts crossed my dash, and actually not being able to see my dash at all. Let me tell you, deleting 150+ blogs when you have to input your lengthy password every time gets exhausting. I think within two hours I was done, and they restored my account. 150+ mediocre to slightly good urls gone, but at least I had my blog back. After about a week all was well and done, and Tumblr Support, Ylvis, and I went on our separate ways. We haven’t interacted since.

This story sounds very boring as I’m retelling it so I’m sorry if you were expecting something more riveting anon, but what’s also sorta interesting is- that if you really do go to ylvisofficial- you will find nothing. They haven’t posted anything on their blog. On their official site they list their twitters, sure, but no mention of their tumblr. There could be several reasons for this: Maybe they thought their following was bigger on tumblr, but once the fad passed they weren’t interested in catering to that kind of audience anymore? Maybe they realized their official website would most likely be getting more traffic than a silly tumblr blog? Maybe they just didn’t want anyone defaming their respected reputation by posting memes and fan art under their good name?

I would have thought, perhaps, that if they cared so much to contact tumblr directly to acquire (I would assume monetarily) an ”“"official”“” url so that they could have an “”“official”“” blog where they would hypothetically post “”“official”“” news, that they would have actually done something with the url but no, it’s just floating around collecting dust. Much like it would have been if I still had it in my posession, honestly.

So I do wonder: How often has this happened to anyone? Did anyone know or care that Ylvis has an official tumblr blog? Has Ylvis and their particular brand of humor even been remotely relevant since that dark time of late 2013? What would the fox say, if they actually used their tumblr platform to say it?

Your guess is as good as mine, but if you wanted to know from the fox’s mouth themselves their Instant Messaging box seems to be open at this time.