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Okay, I'm a little confused by the Tumblr Post Plus kerfuffle. Like, I understand that tumblr is disingenuously implying that fan content can be monetized, while at the same time ready to throw said fan creator to the wolves if the lawyers do come knocking. But ...
(a) Isn't that what most such services do? Does Patreon actually have terms of service that would protect the fan creator? I know when I got some fan work printed at a print shop, they had a similar "it's not our obligation to check fair use/licensing, so if lawyers come it's your problem not ours" sort of stipulation.
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(b) Isn't it opt-in? Like, the Tumblr policy change around nsfw images and female presenting nipples was a mandatory removal/ban of content that applied to the entire site. Fan creators were losing blogs and losing content and audiences. Tumblr is not automatically putting all art behind a paywall here. Creators can choose to opt in. It's like Patreon, except that the content would show up on the audience's dashboard during their daily scroll, and allow you to format things as tumblr posts. Like, if I were to use Post Plus, I'd probably just make a separate sideblog and have that be subscription. I mean, I like Patreon just fine and don't intend to use Post Plus, but I'm also not quite understanding the degree of handwringing that seems to be going on, people talking about boycotts and dusting off their pillowfort accounts...
What aspect of this am I missing?
(a) Isn't that what most such services do? Does Patreon actually have terms of service that would protect the fan creator? I know when I got some fan work printed at a print shop, they had a similar "it's not our obligation to check fair use/licensing, so if lawyers come it's your problem not ours" sort of stipulation.
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(b) Isn't it opt-in? Like, the Tumblr policy change around nsfw images and female presenting nipples was a mandatory removal/ban of content that applied to the entire site. Fan creators were losing blogs and losing content and audiences. Tumblr is not automatically putting all art behind a paywall here. Creators can choose to opt in. It's like Patreon, except that the content would show up on the audience's dashboard during their daily scroll, and allow you to format things as tumblr posts. Like, if I were to use Post Plus, I'd probably just make a separate sideblog and have that be subscription. I mean, I like Patreon just fine and don't intend to use Post Plus, but I'm also not quite understanding the degree of handwringing that seems to be going on, people talking about boycotts and dusting off their pillowfort accounts...
What aspect of this am I missing?
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I saw an official tumblr post that said they walked back the blocking thing, so you'll be able to block a user. And it's like ... I'm perfectly fine with tumblr introducing this and no one using it???
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Oh thank goodness.
Then we are all enjoying a festival of complaining. :D Want some popcorn?
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https://bomberqueen17.tumblr.com/post/657591409541513216
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mmm yes, this seems like a fair shake -- things are still at status quo for the time being, and really it's going to come down to whether Disney decides to use a platform as a test case
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haha, sure? It's just weird to me how everyone's like "we're going to do a 24 hr logoff protest"
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Someone always wants to call a strike, it's traditional. :)