REBLOG TO SAVE BLOGS
As most of you already know, on May 13th Tumblr has decided to lock us all out of the site and make us change our passwords for safety reasons, without as much as letting us know about the overhaul in advance.
Now while for most this was no more of an issue than the minute lost on changing the password, many of us have stayed locked out. The problem here is that these blogs are tied to defunct e-mail addresses we no longer have access to, therefore changing the password is out of the question and so is logging in for, as it seems right now, ever.
Addressing the issue I have written to tumblr spport and got this reply:
How considerate, we are now supposed to throw away years of work on our blogs (MAIN BLOG AND ALL SIDEBLOGS), thousands of posts, original content, url and its reputation and of course ALL OF OUR FOLLOWERS, simply because Tumblr @staff failed to notify us on the matter.
However, there is still a possible solution.
As we can still use the Tumblr app, this hideous failure could be fixed by updating the Tumblr app with the option to change the e-mail address on mobile.
I shared this idea with Tumblr support as well but I was met with the answer that, i cite, ‘’the changes aren’t up to our department’’.
PLEASE REBLOG THIS WITH TAGS LIKE #STAFF AND #TUMBLR STAFF TO SPREAD THE WORD AND REACH THE MAKERS.
You fucked up big this time fellas, are you seriously letting it slide?
@staff fucked up big time! So glad this did not happen to me but I will signal boost
Adding: If the password reset hasn’t hit you yet (like me), and you think you don’t have access to your registered email, check and change it NOW. Don’t wait. Don’t scroll down another post, go change it right now.
@staff Take notice of your users instead of blatantly fucking ignoring them?
@staff i’ve had this account for five years im not about to drop everything and remake bc of this
@staff Seriously stop telling us there’s nothing we can do when we can provide you with SO MUCH INFORMATION and still be turned down because you’re concerned for our safety.
It’s our own blogs we want to access again.
It’s your own fault so many people are locked out of their accounts because you failed to warn us about this shit before locking us out.
I want to add to this, actually.
If the @staff were so concerned for our safety in the first place, then why did such a SECURITY breach happen in the first place?
If they really cared about our safety, they would have upped the security of their servers instead of providing us with useless updates.