Something that i’ve seen happening in my notifications this week is a new kind of porn blog interacting with my posts, and i want to explain WHY its so important to block them.
In the past all that would happen if a porn blog would follow you is just that, they’d follow you. It was all to do with google algorithyms where if a porn blog was shown as ‘linked’ or following a legitimate site/blog then it increased the place they came in the google searches. Great if you are one of those scam websites that gets people to click on links that either plant malware or are just shady as fuck. Porn blogs were also sometimes shut down without warning so all the scammers hard work was over and gone. Good for us, not good for them. Most of these blogs were just stolen gifs/videos from other porn blogs anyway. If you thought gif stealing was bad/rife in the geek/nerd fandoms, just have a peep at the porn blogs.
Well a lot of the search engines etc caught onto this and built controls into their software, so they found a new way of getting (or at least trying to get) people to click on links to take them off of the tumblr site. This is by finding a random post from a legitimate blogger, which could be about anything, and either deleting the entire content of the post and adding in some ridiculous comment like ‘For more fun follow this link’ with a hyperlink off of tumblr, or if its a photo that in any way is either fun/a meme/or a little nsfw, they keep that in place and just add their link like above. Scroll down their blog and literally every single post will be a reblog and have exactly the same comment on, getting you to click and take you off site.
What does this matter i hear you ask? Well, when it comes to reporting a post, it helps to confuse the tumblr bots/staff as to what’s being reported… the comment or the original post? This means that when a bunch of posts are reported, they are all coming from different originators, this will make tumblr staff’s life even harder, and legitimate blogs are at risk of someone hitting ‘deactivate blog’ in the admin settings, meaning YOU COULD LOOSE YOUR ENTIRE BLOG BECAUSE SOME ASSHOLE PORN BOT REBLOGGED FROM YOU.
So don’t ignore this kind of thing, if you see one of these stupid reblogs (the bots very rarely actually follow you anymore), BLOCK THEM RIGHT THERE AND THEN.
Signal boost. I’ve seen some posts with 100.000 or 200.000 notes and the latest 5 to 7 reblog comments have been nothing but these porn bot phrases!
Report those blogs, it’s 1 more click compared to blocking them (and it blocks them automatically) and it hopefully helps to get rid of them.
Shimmer winced slightly as she heard the poor girl vomit. ‘Ok, time for a touchdown…’
Seeing a small clearing in the forest, she took a smooth dive in and aimed at the ground, running soflty as she hit the grass. Slowing to a jog, and finally a walk, she squatted down on her knees so that Savannah could get off. “Uh… Sorry about that Sav…”
Savanna slowly slid off of the demon when she landed, stumbling about like a frightened deer before falling onto her back.
“Ngh.. just gimme a.. minute…”
Shimmer still knelt down on the heels of her feet, waiting for Savannah to catch her breath. “Uh… You need some water?”
Here’s the thing: I’m an asshole. Even if I’m nicer to you than anyone ever has been. Even if I fucking love the shit out of you. Even if you’re my favorite person ever. I am still an asshole. Forever and always
“Whoa! Turn your head and do it from behind!” Shimmer said. Before their altitude got to low, Shimmer called out, “Brace yourself!” Before extending her wing open, causing a suddenly lurch. Soon, Shimmer had gone into a smooth glide, giving her wings the occasional flap. “You ok squirt?!” She called out over the wind.
“Oh gosh.. oh.. gosh..” Savanna felt dizzy at this point, her head reeling away from Shimmer’s neck as she nearly let go with her arms. “Is.. is, uh.. this what dying feels like..? Aaah… can we.. can we take a.. urk–”
She forced herself to turn, and felt herself lose the breakfast she ate that morning. “GAAAH…!”
Shimmer winced slightly as she heard the poor girl vomit. ‘Ok, time for a touchdown…’
Seeing a small clearing in the forest, she took a smooth dive in and aimed at the ground, running soflty as she hit the grass. Slowing to a jog, and finally a walk, she squatted down on her knees so that Savannah could get off. “Uh… Sorry about that Sav…”
Shimmer let out a hearty laugh as she said, “Relax kid! You don’t gotta pray because I don’t plan on letting anything happen to you! Just don’t let go! And hold on for this next part!” With a mischievous grin, she suddenly stopped, folded her wings in and… And let gravity take her down.
“Amen, and– AAAAH–!” She screamed all over again, feeling her stomach drop as they lost altitude. And then – oh no.
“I’M GONNA THROW UP.”
“Whoa! Turn your head and do it from behind!” Shimmer said. Before their altitude got to low, Shimmer called out, “Brace yourself!” Before extending her wing open, causing a suddenly lurch. Soon, Shimmer had gone into a smooth glide, giving her wings the occasional flap. “You ok squirt?!” She called out over the wind.
“Heh, glad ya think so squirt. Now hold on!” And with that, Shimmer dug her heels slightly into the dirt, before giving her wings a strong powerful flap. She shot up into the air like a rocket, gripping Savannah’s legs tightly so that she wouldn’t fall off.
“So cool, so cool, so– AAAAHH!!” Savanna screamed once they got up too high. It was cool up until the point where everything started to look like tiny dollhouses…
Crying out, she fearfully buried her face against Shimmer’s neck and forced her eyes shut. “Sparda, h-hear my prayer, please p-protect me from, from falling and c-continue to protect the rest of- humanity-!”
Shimmer let out a hearty laugh as she said, “Relax kid! You don’t gotta pray because I don’t plan on letting anything happen to you! Just don’t let go! And hold on for this next part!” With a mischievous grin, she suddenly stopped, folded her wings in and… And let gravity take her down.
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