The Great Tumblr Apocalypse

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unwrapping:

If the email address on your Tumblr account is from AT&T, change it before June 30, 2017. That includes email addresses from att.net, ameritech.net, bellsouth.net, flash.net, nvbell.net, pacbell.net, prodigy.net, sbcglobal.net, snet.net, swbell.net and wans.net. If you don’t make the switch to a different email address, you will lose access to your Tumblr account.

See Tumblr Help and AT&T Support for details.

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#I checked the source links and they appear to be legit #I *hope* that they’re competent enough to at least notify directly the people who are using these addresses #(and that the only reason I haven’t seen anything about this is because I’m not using an affected address) #but I don’t *trust* that they are #so here’s a #PSA #The Great Tumblr Apocalypse

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ilzolende:

The update to the default Tumblr theme seems to break readmores.

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#The Great Tumblr Apocalypse #my theme *was* the default when I joined in 2011 #but it isn’t anymore and isn’t the theme in question #but some of you might want to see this

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brin-bellway:

brin-bellway:

What the fuck.

Why did the posts from after 5 PM (current time: 6:59 PM) just disappear from my dash?

I can see the notes for “brin-bellway reblogged your post: porous” and “somnilogical liked your post: porous”, but I can’t see either version of the post itself. (They do show up if I go to my blog directly.)

It wasn’t like this a few minutes ago.

The soft-refreshed dash I get after creating a new post from the dash shows newer posts. The dash that appears in the background of this reblog-drafting screen shows newer posts.

…and now properly loading/refreshing a dashboard window is showing them too.

???

¯_(ツ)_/¯

They vanished again, so I tried control-F5 and now they’re back.

Leaning towards some kind of cache issue.

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#oh look an update #The Great Tumblr Apocalypse

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brin-bellway:

What the fuck.

Why did the posts from after 5 PM (current time: 6:59 PM) just disappear from my dash?

I can see the notes for “brin-bellway reblogged your post: porous” and “somnilogical liked your post: porous”, but I can’t see either version of the post itself. (They do show up if I go to my blog directly.)

It wasn’t like this a few minutes ago.

The soft-refreshed dash I get after creating a new post from the dash shows newer posts. The dash that appears in the background of this reblog-drafting screen shows newer posts.

…and now properly loading/refreshing a dashboard window is showing them too.

???

¯_(ツ)_/¯

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#oh look an update #The Great Tumblr Apocalypse #some sort of cache issue maybe?

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What the fuck.

Why did the posts from after 5 PM (current time: 6:59 PM) just disappear from my dash?

I can see the notes for “brin-bellway reblogged your post: porous” and “somnilogical liked your post: porous”, but I can’t see either version of the post itself. (They do show up if I go to my blog directly.)

It wasn’t like this a few minutes ago.

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#oh look an original post #The Great Tumblr Apocalypse

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support:

For several years, the Tumblr help docs have mirrored the Tumblr experience: clean and simple. And that was fine. But as we’ve added features and choices and compatibility and complexity, the whole Tumblr experience has gotten richer and it feels like our documentation should reflect that too.

Introducing the new Tumblr help center. At tumblr.com/help, you’ll find

  • Better, more thorough search results
  • An improved, much-more-Tumblry look and feel
  • An announcements section at the top of the page for recent changes and news
  • All the same helpful content you know and love

Thanks for using the site and for giving us something to write help center articles about, Tumblr. 💗

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#Tumblr: a User’s Guide #The Great Tumblr Apocalypse

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local-goblin:

misanthropicdanskjavel:

local-goblin:

when tumblr’s weekly malfunction kicks in and you’re not sure if posts aren’t loading correctly or if there’s a new wave of nihilism memes circulating around so you get stuff like this

Nihilist Memes 1
Nihilist Memes 2

this is the funniest thing i’ve ever seen

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#oh my god #recursion #The Great Tumblr Apocalypse #(although–*knocks on wood*–I don’t tend to encounter this problem?) #(I was under the impression it was a mobile thing) #(but that screenshot doesn’t look very mobile)

YO REALLY BIG ANNOUNCEMENT AND WARNING TO YALL

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the-man-who-sold-za-warudo:

sheepmommy:

Staff did a really stupid and stealthy hotfix to the messaging system, where the new IM noises are incredibly loud, annoying screaming, laughing, ‘creepy’ noises in “””Halloween Spirit”””

if you don’t want to be harassed by these god-awful panic inducing noises then just go to your Settings >

Stupid Halloween Messaging Noises 1

Dashboard tab > 

Stupid Halloween Messaging Noises 2

and make sure that your messaging sounds are turned OFF, to the LEFT

Stupid Halloween Messaging Noises 3

y’all should probably spread this post to avoid causing anyone panic attacks from random, loud BWAHAHAHAs.

there was a guy screaming NO NOOOO every message and I thought I was going insane.

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#The Great Tumblr Apocalypse #Tumblr: a User’s Guide #PSA #bluespace

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So for a moment there I thought they’d put “undefined” on purpose, like one of those Mastercard “priceless” ads.

Then it flipped, and revealed another “undefined”.

Also, the fact that they’re reminding me to vote for American president means they’re either extremely competent (they noticed me talking about how I’m an American citizen, and recognised that this supersedes my geographical location in Canada when determining my American voting eligibility) or extremely incompetent (they didn’t notice I’m in Canada). I know which one I’m guessing.

I’m not even considering putting a voting-registration button on my Tumblr until they have demonstrated to my satisfaction that it will not completely fuck up my blog in a cascade of horrific bugs.

P.S. Also, the “Learn More” button just opens another tab of my dashboard, exactly the same as the original tab. No “learn more” information on it.

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#also go vote or something #my absentee ballot arrived recently I should really deal with it soon #The Great Tumblr Apocalypse #oh look an original post #home of the brave #bluespace

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support:

Small change to settings: Starting today, the default setting for Tumblrs will let anyone reply to your posts. Previously, it was “only people you follow and people who follow you for a week.”

If you’ve ever changed your reply preferences, what you have now will stay that way. If you’re not sure what your preferences are, you can check them in the app (account tab > settings > replies) or on the web.

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#PSA #Tumblr: a User’s Guide