#whether that's active transphobia from staff or passive transphobia from a flagging system that still sees us as inherently pornographic

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the whole crab day thing was kinda cringe to begin with but tumblr advertising and selling shirts about it is, kinda weird ngl. like i get it, tumblr desperately needs money to stick around, and people want it to stick around. i do too! but i'm gonna need a bit more proof of good faith from automatic.

proof that they still care about this being a blogging platform rather than just trying to make all the same mistakes twitter did. having a unique website isn't bad! like obviously things need to change over time and god knows this site has always needed work, i've been here a decade i know how bad it can be. but the changes i'm seeing feel less about keeping what makes tumblr interesting and more in the direction of what makes facebook and twitter miserable to use.

proof that they care about trans people and aren't throwing community labels at us constantly on purpose, and even if it's not on purpose that's a pretty egregious accident. like, i'm a trans girl with selfies somewhere on this blog (selfies from a long time ago but still), am i gonna get sniped for daring to exist as a trans person too?

like, i get that we love this place, i've met so many people here who changed my life forever. but you can't let that get in the way of common sense yknow. i know there's at least one staff member who follows me (hi!) and i know plenty of staff care about this place too and want the best for tumblr.

but, i dunno, trying to christen a holiday where we all Give A Corporation Three Dollars Because We Love Them is just a really fucking weird thing to do in general, and especially with everything else going on. no corporation should get your money out of love, they need to earn it.