apparently, this is an issue for quite a few people dealing with the “potentially mature content” flag on their blogs, which is…. incredible, given the battalion of literal porn blogs that don’t get censored whatsoever….
i digress. if this is happening to you:
1.) submit a support ticket using the “something else” option from the drop down menu.
do not bother with the “my blog was incorrectly marked explicit” or whatever because that’s an entirely different issue, and it won’t work for this (your blog isn’t marked as “explicit”.)
2.) explain what the issue is and why you’d like staff to fix it. i’ll include what i sent below (issue resolved within hours) that has also worked for others. feel free to copy/paste, tweak, ignore, whatever!
Hi,
My blog has suddenly been labeled with a “may contain mature content” flag, which I wasn’t notified about (and I think that’s supposed to have occurred.) I don’t agree with this outcome and would like this issue to be reconsidered.
Any NSFW content I post or share is appropriately tagged, hidden under a read-more cut, and has already been hit with your community labels. My blog itself is not inherently explicit or “mature.” This additional shield is, in my opinion, excessive.
Overall, I disagree with the recent censorship efforts on Tumblr. They feel arbitrary and are, more often than not, weaponized by users with petty grievances against creators. They use this reporting feature to tank creators’ engagement for personal reasons. It’s very frustrating, especially when the content is already clearly labeled, tagged, and cut.
Please let me know what, if anything, can/will be done about this.
ETA: the response you get might look something like this:
don’t panic. they sent this and still removed my flag, even though this sounds like a “hell no, brother.”
xoxo jade
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