hey guys so i get asked a lot on my posts whether or not it’s okay to reblog something and the answer is of course if I don’t specifically state to not reblog something, then it’s fine.
but this worries me bc I now realize there’s a culture of people believing it’s like…….reasonable to put in their about page “don’t reblog anything without asking, don’t follow without asking.”
and I know in a perfect world everyone would respect that. I certainly respect that. And I don’t want to sound like some jerk “just tellin’ it like it is,” or a paranoid mom when chat rooms were first invented but,
this is a public blogging site. it’s not social media. it wasn’t designed to be social media. it was deigned for public presentation and consumption. it’s why we JUST got a dm feature after years of people complaining. and why your site can’t be private unless it’s locked. things like blocking features etc. are useless because, well, this isn’t a private space, for anyone.
even if the blocking feature actually kept a user from your blog, they could just log out to read it. or if only logged-in users can see your blog, they can make another tumblr. they can make 50 new emails and 50 new tumblrs.
it won’t matter. because this space is Not Private.
I don’t want to upset anyone, but any regular person with FIVE minutes of spare time can bypass ANYTHING but a locked, truly private blog, and like. That’s not going to change any time soon or probably at all.
So while I wish nobody had to worry about stuff? This is a public site.
Don’t post things you don’t want people to have access to.
ESPECIALLY if these things put you in danger (from abusers, from stalkers, from some jerk you know reads your stuff).
I really wish this weren’t an issue, but y’all NEED to think before you post! I sound like a 1999 computer class teacher, but don’t put all your personal lives and business out there!
i took a group into one of our rooms, and while i was briefing them, they asked me about one of the doors to the side. since our official policy is to never be direct about whether our doors do or do not lead somewhere else, i went to explain that to them
except instead of giving a normal explanation, like a person and not a walking meme, i told them “it’s a surprise door that might help you later!”
“our official policy is to never be direct about whether our doors do or do not lead somewhere else“
I’ve been reading this post over and over a number of times, trying to figure out what the hell kind of a job OP has where they have a door policy like that.
Like, their blog desc says “ranger” but I think that might mean like a DnD ranger, and not… like a real world park ranger or something…
i almost don’t want to destroy the mystery and leave you in confusion, but just for posterity, i work at an escape room — where secret doors are kind of like, half our thing
said escape room is in a very old and supposedly haunted building though, so every day i come into work i feel like i’m in an episode of scooby-doo
i am a grown ass woman, an academic, a published researcher, a criminologist, i even pay taxes and have a lease on a comfortable but reasonably priced sedan, but the second i see the number “69″ in any context its like i’m being possessed by the spirit of every 13 year old boy worldwide simultaneously. the lizard brain frantically slams the shutdown button on my reasonable mental processes with manic glee and the word ‘nice’ is out of my mouth quicker than a wildfire during a drought
