A couple days ago, I saw a post going around about how one should be careful to not post on tumblr from behind a VPN, because apparently this is Distinctive Spambot Behavior which will get one’s blog shadowbanned.
This afternoon, I discovered that the replies I’d made on two different posts in the last ~week hadn’t actually gone through. On further examination, this happened because I made them from behind my usual VPN; when I disabled the VPN and pasted the replies back in (having, fortunately, backed up their text at the original times-of-posting, thanks @brin-bellway for getting me into that habit), they went through without issue that time.
So, apparently, it’s advisable to turn off one’s VPN on tumblr even when not posting, if one is replying, for fear that the replies might otherwise not go through. In retrospect I suppose this makes sense and my failure to read it into the post-a-couple-days-ago was probably a mistake on my end; but I hereby declare it explicitly, for the benefit of those who share my not-having-made-that-connection.
Hmmm. *whitelists Tumblr in VPN, grudgingly*
Other notes that seem like they might be relevant:
(1) I have received no notification of any kind that you pinged me on this post.
(2) I have been unable to DM anyone on Tumblr for several months. (In the “share” popup, no usernames come up in the list of people I might message; in the message tab, only my sideblogs appear in the list of blogs I might message *from*. Admittedly I haven’t actually tried messaging someone from the username-camping “brinbellway” sideblog…and apparently that works, huh.)
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#Tumblr: a User’s Guide #PSA #reply via reblog #I have been wavering on whether I should bother trying to file a complaint
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