Okay, folks. So. Tumblr’s jumped the shark in a big way, and I’m not even just talking about indiscriminately blocking all “adult” content on a platform that IS, in fact, primarily 18+.
Many blogs, like the wonderful @blackkatmagic , that are not especially NSFW have vanished.
(And I for one LIKE being able to go to curated porn blogs run by actual people and have a chance of finding stuff to my taste, it was one of the things that kept me on this hellsite, but that’s another issue entirely.)
I know lots of people are talking about migrating, but none of us are sure to where yet. Pillowfort seems to be an option, some people are talking about Twitter. But for now, it’s a mess, and even if we knew where we were going, it’s often a huge process, and a lot of us have stuff on tumblr that ONLY exists there.
One possible quick solution to save your blogs, both NSFW and personal, is to import it to WordPress. I found this solution through from frantic googling on how to save an entire blog, text posts an all. There are several apps for downloading all the pictures from a tumblr, (Plently for Windows, but only a few paid ones for mac, of which Tumbelog Picture Downloader is working for me so far) but this is the only solution I’ve seen so far that allows you to save EVERYTHING. I downloaded my NSFW blog in like 10 min. My regular blog, which is significantly larger, is in the process of importing, but I don’t anticipate any problems. I will, of course, update you if I have any.
This tutorial I found worked really easily. http://quickguide (.) tumblr (.) com/post/39780378703/backing-up-your-tumblr-blog-to-wordpress
I put parenthesis around the .’s like we’re back in FF-Hell, just in case tumblr’s new thing about outgoing links kicks in. You know what to do.
To break it down, just in case:
Sign up for a WordPress.com account at wordpress (.) com/start
You’ll have to create an account, with your email, a username, and a password. They should send you a confirmation email immediately, check it, activate it, and you’re good to go.
On the site, it will ask you for a site name. That page asks you a bunch of other information too, but you only have to fill out the site name.
Then you have to give your site a URL. If you’re lucky, your tumblr URL is still available, if not you’ll have to come up with another one, sorry.
It will tell you if that option is still available for free.
Then it will ask you to pick a plan. Free is really good enough, I swear.
Now you’re set up! You can import your tumblr!
The only differences from the linked tutorial are that the Import button is now on the first level menu, not in tools.
Hit Import, then you have to follow the link for “other importers” at the bottom, to find the option for Tumblr.
Then you’ll have to sign in with tumblr, using your normal tumblr credentials. You’ll be redirected there automatically.
You’ll have to allow WordPress permissions on your blog.
Then your blogs, including all your sideblogs, will show up in wordpress.
Hit import, wait a WHILE depending on the size of your blog, and you’re done!
ALSO!!
I made my NSFW blog private for now, since I don’t know WP’s policy on NSFW.
This means that to access it, someone has to have an account and request access. But hey, part of our problem on this hellsite has been people going places they aren’t wanted, so I don’t personally see this as a bad thing. They can send a request from the landing site on your blog, you get an email, click a link in the email, and PRESTO, they have access.
To make it private, go to Settings > Reading > Site Visibility. Go back and check, it took me changing the setting twice for it to actually stick.
tl;dr, you can import your entire blog to wordpress in just a few steps.
I’m going to tag the hell out of this, in no particular order. PLEASE reblog this and spread the word so people know it’s an option. If you’re having trouble, PM me, and I’m happy to help.
I personally don’t have a Pillowfort account yet, but my partner does and she has let me look at her account fully to see what it is like. I’ve also viewed Pillowfort’s demo account which is linked to on their Kickstarter. I am waiting with anticipation when I can make my own account, but right now Pillowfort is in a closed beta which means the only people who have access to the site are ones who have been given special registration links. They were doing waves of free beta accounts a bit ago (which is how my partner got her account), but right now for every $5 you pledge to their Kickstarter you will receive a registration key if the Kickstarter gets fully funded (they are as of today 40% of the way to their $39,900 goal).
Here is why I’m excited for Pillowfort:
If you delete your original posts, every reblogged version will be deleted too. Edit your original post and the changes will appear on every reblog,
The ability to make posts visible to everyone, just followers, just mutuals, or just yourself.
A functional blacklist where you can blacklist a post body & tags or just tags.
A terms of service that explicitly states you hold all rights to your own intellectual property. It also states clearly that it forbids callout posts, doxxing, degradation, harassing, hate groups, spamming of tags with unrelated or offensive material, and slurs against minorities. If there is a user that is doing anything offensive or hateful, it is encouraged and mandated you don’t make posts about it and instead flag it and let the site moderators take care of it. This sort of system cuts down on “dashboard drama” and harassment that sites like Tumblr are known for.
They have threaded comments which means discussions or praise no longer clog up your posts and your blog, keeping things much more organized and clean. We can also use tags for their ACTUAL purpose, tagging of posts for ease of search and organization instead of talking.
They have communities and a more connected user-based and user-led environment.
Posts in chronological order like they should be!
A staff that actually cares about the input of their members and is driven to listen and collaborate with their members to create a site that the users actually want instead of being led by a corporation that has their own agendas in mind.
A staff that wants to avoid corporate involvement, unwanted ads, and selling of user info to fund Pillowfort.
The future possibilities of what the staff can do with the site that we didn’t dream could be possible to have all in one place including accessibility and a functional mobile app.
So far, I’ve seen a lot of good things and I’ve been really impressed with how the staff is handling the site and how they have explained their plans for the future of Pillowfort.
If you say you really want a social media site that actually cares about their users, this is it. This is your chance to have what pretty much all of us want. This new blogging platform is all the best parts of Tumblr (and for those who miss Livejournal this is like a wedding between Tumblr and Livejournal) with all the parts we hate and loathe about the site scraped out of it.
If you can’t support Pillowfort monetarily, then please, please reblog, tweet, share, and spread it about everywhere you can.
This is our chance to have a social media made with us in mind and it’s already starting out so well with 10,000 users in the closed beta. Let’s bring it to the next stage of its life!
Soup.io – well-known alternative to Tumblr. Reblogging, post types, themes, collab blogs, dashboard, artsy, great community already there. Soup can auto-import everything you’ve posted on Tumblr.
TypePad – Includes reblogging. Dashboard and post types similar to Tumblr.
I have a lot of call center experience, with a lot of that coming in some managerial capacity. While a great deal of management is scheduling, paperwork, reports based on the schedules and paperwork, and paperwork based on the reports and the scheduling, you do occasionally need to deal with disciplinary matters. One instance in particular comes to mind.
A very tenured agent had a particularly difficult call. The customer had a very complicated issue, and they were being extremely verbally abusive. The agent was having a very bad day to begin with, and after a few minutes of being berated, the agent stood, shouted, “You can NOT talk to me like that!” and threw her headset down before storming off the call floor.
This was absolutely NOT okay. Not only was she not allowed to speak to the customer that way, but her behavior was disruptive to the agents seated around her. This was something that had to be dealt with, but my first priority was to make sure that she was okay. Everything else could be dealt with afterwards.
When I found her, she was sitting outside, head down, sobbing into her arms. I sat with her until she was ready to talk without saying a word. When she was able to speak, she told me about her husband’s health problems, her daughter’s boyfriend drama, and about the abusive caller that sent her over the edge. I listened to it all without comment until she was finished, and then expressed my sympathy for her situation. I was in a position to be able to send her home for the remainder of the day so she could relax.
The next day, I pulled her into a conference room with my manager and an HR representative. The first thing we did was to review her past performance, including attendance. We talked about her past successes and the progress she’s made as an agent. Finally, we discussed the incident.
We allowed her to tell her side of the story completely and without interruption. We played the call, so that everyone could hear exactly what transpired. At the end, we decided to place her on a final written notice, knowing that this was such a rare occurrence that it would probably fall off without consequence. She went on to have a solid career without further incident.
So, what can we learn from this incident that applies to our D/s life?
1. People First – Before you address the infraction, talk to your sub. Make sure everything is okay with them. Give them a chance to speak their mind and say what’s been going on with them before you even begin to discuss punishments.
2. Time – Sometimes you need to allow time for tempers to cool and emotions to settle. Do not enter into punishments in anger or when either you or your sub are extremely emotional.
3. Recap – Sometimes when people get punished, they feel like none of their accomplishments and successes matter once they slip up. If you review everything and celebrate their achievements, you’re acknowledging that they have made progress and that they have achieved things worthy of praise. After going over their overall record, then you can look at the specific infraction in relation to their track record.
4. Review – Fully discuss any pertinent information related to the infraction. Look at the evidence, talk about the motivations and what was going on, and why this infraction matters. Once you have a clear and understood agreement on exactly what transpired, you can consider the best course of action regarding discipline.
5. Administration – Be unapologetic in your administration of the punishment. There was an infraction that occurred, and you’ve taken ever measure to ensure that you have a full understanding of the incident. You’ve discussed what happened and taken the time to decide upon a just and fair punishment for what occurred. The fulfillment of this duty is every bit as necessary as the more fun duties, even if you personally find it distasteful to have to do so.
6. Redemption – Once the punishment has been handed out, the matter is done. You both put the matter behind you and move forward, hopefully on a more successful path. If patterns of violations emerge, you can reference the patterns and address those in future violations, but if there are no recurrences, the matter need not be discussed further.
REMEMBER – It is NEVER okay to punish from a place of anger or to take out your feelings on your submissive. Your submissive is NOT your punching bag or your scape goat. They are responsible for their actions, not for your feelings. Make sure the punishment fits the crime, and make sure that it is a just and fair punishment. End things with proper aftercare and absolution from their guilt and let the matter be finished.
Mr Brown's Life as the Leader 