#targeting art and censoring it is always the first step in authoritarianism

[moondrops-and-ink]

Don't ban porn or sex workers.

That's it @photomatt

This was a safe place for nsfw exploration and now it's gone. A majority of users are adults.

I know we want to protect minors

But it is not OUR job and it is not YOUR job to be a parent to these kids. They know the fucking rules.

Their parents know the fucking rules.

We have systems in place.

If a minor sees something they don't like that is sexual it is because they are in a place they shouldn't be. That does not me we are the bad guys.

I promise that if this tumblr becomes a safe place for nsfw artists again the site will monetize again. I don't even mind the ads on the site. I know it helps.

The internet has adult spaces and social media is a place where adults can and should exist.

Minors are already seeing much worse on the news via genocide, their rights being taken away, and politicians actively saying they want to implement nazi level policies.

As a minor who grew up on pre 2018 tumblr and is now 27, I'll tell you what scarred me most.

It wasn't porn.

It was the real world and the bigots in it.

Art must be free to express for all even if it is Art we don't like or agree with.

remembering the time i made an innocuous comment when tipping was introduced, about how tumblr would never be monetizeable, and photoshatt himself came into my (at the time 17yo) DMs and going "i hope you dont mean that :( that really hurts to hear you say :( you know i really need to find a way to make this site profitable :(" like bro not my fucking job. stop fishing for financial advice