Goodbye Tumblr

So here goes. As many of you know, Tumblr did a change to their terms of service. Now if you've been living under a rock they decided to ban adult content on their platform. In consequence, it's pushing artists, sex workers, and creatives types to other platforms. As they're now scrambling to other sights like Twitter, Pillowfort just to name a few.

Now because of these ban communities like they had won't be easily replicated that it was on Tumblr. Not only that, they eliminated a safe space for sex workers to develop adult content so they could flourish. For a time it was a social media platform that allowed space for LGBTQ and sex-positive bloggers, artists and creators, self-proclaimed nerds and those in need of support.

"The thing that is so upsetting to me is that I see all of these people, most of them young people, who are trying to find a place where they can be themselves, where they can find people who are like themselves," said Wil Wheaton, a writer, and actor. "And Tumblr is kind of taking that away by de-listing and hiding these things."

Now as someone that isn't a sex-worker or LGBTQ, I found this distressing since a good number of them rely on Tumblr to sell themselves. I'm a creative type with my photography. I use Society6 and Fine Art America to sell my photography. I was hoping to use my Tumblr account to network my work. But that all changed when they changed their terms of service. I felt that the same thing could happen to me.

I decided to delete ten years of posts because I felt it was the right to do with my content. Like everyone that did their exodus from Tumblr, I've gone elsewhere to promote my work. I have started an account with Deviant Art for the purpose of getting my work out there for anyone that would be interested in seeing it, and leave them with the decision as consumers if they want to purchase my work.

Now if you're interested in seeing my work I'll post my links to my pages where I have them. I'll also leave a link for my deviant art page.

Society6 HTTPS://SOCIETY6.COM/MR_ELEGANZA?M=WELCOME

Fine Art America HTTPS://FINEARTAMERICA.COM/PROFILES/LOUIS-PERZIA.HTML

Deviant Art HTTPS://WWW.DEVIANTART.COM/MR-ELEGANZA

If you have pages with any of these platforms feel free to share it and post on the comments section. I'll support anyone that I feel is a creative type.