Okay, folks. So. Tumblr’s jumped the shark in a big way, and I’m not even just talking about indiscriminately blocking all “adult” content on a platform that IS, in fact, primarily 18+.
Many blogs, like the wonderful @blackkatmagic , that are not especially NSFW have vanished.
(And I for one LIKE being able to go to curated porn blogs run by actual people and have a chance of finding stuff to my taste, it was one of the things that kept me on this hellsite, but that’s another issue entirely.)
I know lots of people are talking about migrating, but none of us are sure to where yet. Pillowfort seems to be an option, some people are talking about Twitter. But for now, it’s a mess, and even if we knew where we were going, it’s often a huge process, and a lot of us have stuff on tumblr that ONLY exists there.
One possible quick solution to save your blogs, both NSFW and personal, is to import it to WordPress. I found this solution through from frantic googling on how to save an entire blog, text posts an all. There are several apps for downloading all the pictures from a tumblr, (Plently for Windows, but only a few paid ones for mac, of which Tumbelog Picture Downloader is working for me so far) but this is the only solution I’ve seen so far that allows you to save EVERYTHING. I downloaded my NSFW blog in like 10 min. My regular blog, which is significantly larger, is in the process of importing, but I don’t anticipate any problems. I will, of course, update you if I have any.
This tutorial I found worked really easily. http://quickguide (.) tumblr (.) com/post/39780378703/backing-up-your-tumblr-blog-to-wordpress
I put parenthesis around the .’s like we’re back in FF-Hell, just in case tumblr’s new thing about outgoing links kicks in. You know what to do.
To break it down, just in case:
Sign up for a WordPress.com account at wordpress (.) com/start
You’ll have to create an account, with your email, a username, and a password. They should send you a confirmation email immediately, check it, activate it, and you’re good to go.
On the site, it will ask you for a site name. That page asks you a bunch of other information too, but you only have to fill out the site name.
Then you have to give your site a URL. If you’re lucky, your tumblr URL is still available, if not you’ll have to come up with another one, sorry.
It will tell you if that option is still available for free.
Then it will ask you to pick a plan. Free is really good enough, I swear.
Now you’re set up! You can import your tumblr!
The only differences from the linked tutorial are that the Import button is now on the first level menu, not in tools.
Hit Import, then you have to follow the link for “other importers” at the bottom, to find the option for Tumblr.
Then you’ll have to sign in with tumblr, using your normal tumblr credentials. You’ll be redirected there automatically.
You’ll have to allow WordPress permissions on your blog.
Then your blogs, including all your sideblogs, will show up in wordpress.
Hit import, wait a WHILE depending on the size of your blog, and you’re done!
ALSO!!
I made my NSFW blog private for now, since I don’t know WP’s policy on NSFW.
This means that to access it, someone has to have an account and request access. But hey, part of our problem on this hellsite has been people going places they aren’t wanted, so I don’t personally see this as a bad thing. They can send a request from the landing site on your blog, you get an email, click a link in the email, and PRESTO, they have access.
To make it private, go to Settings > Reading > Site Visibility. Go back and check, it took me changing the setting twice for it to actually stick.
tl;dr, you can import your entire blog to wordpress in just a few steps.
I’m going to tag the hell out of this, in no particular order. PLEASE reblog this and spread the word so people know it’s an option. If you’re having trouble, PM me, and I’m happy to help.
WHILE FANDOMS FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY’RE GOING NEXT, LET’S START A FOLLOW FANNIBAL THREAD FOR THOSE MIGRATING TO TWITTER/INSTA/ETC.!!!!! JUST SO WE CAN ALL STAY TOGETHER AS THINGS EVOLVE!
My twitter is sfw only (I’m looking into a nsfw one, I will link it from there if I manage it) and my patreon doesn’t contain my oldest nsfw works, like the OTP challenge or other older johnlock works.
I don’t have a lot of nsfw on this blog anymore, so I hope most of it will survive, but my sideblog will likely be purged, as well as older posts on here; this blog has also been marked as adult content for years now, so I will likely be even more heavily filtered in the future.
I’m… at a bit of a loss really. I’ve become comfortable here. I took it for granted. I’m not sure where to go from here, quite literally. I’m looking into some other sites and ways to preserve my nsfw work but I’m not sure I will have the heart to replicate my entire blog somewhere else.
I’d encourage everyone to go back and save any posts and artworks which you enjoyed, since I’m not sure if I’ll be able to bring them back if they go.
Lol imagine being Peter’s social worker kneeling in the barn while Hannibal is fondling Will’s neck and talking some weird shit about knowledge and intrusion and whispering to a chrysalis like he’s some kind of I dunno horny entomologist, and you know what he’s thinking? You know what Peter’s social worker is thinking? “I thought being inside a horse’s belly would be the weirdest thing I experienced today, but I was wrong.”
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Holy shit, why have I never thought of that scene from Peter’s social worker perspective? It’s fucking hilarious. Also horny entomologist.
Also, how long did that cuddling go on? How long did Hannibal and Will stare at each other’s eyes and lips? Did Hannibal say anything else? Did Will? Did Peter’s social worker whose name I can’t recall right now eventually clear his throat to remind them he was there?
I’m pretty sure Will was the one who broke that eyefuck. Hannibal would have stood there soaking Will in for days.
List of innocent bystanders subjected to Awkward Hannigram Eye Sex ™ – Peter’s Social Worker – Randall Tier’s corpse – those ortolans – Francis – Tobias’s corpse – Mason
"Technically, you killed him." 