Tumblr’s violating your privacy by default again

Hey guys, a quick note (as of 7/19/17). Tumblr now shows your online status by putting a colored icon over part of your avatar. The only place I see it right now is in the messenger, though it might be elsewhere. If you don’t see it yet, it’s because tumblr rolls out updates in waves. You’ll see it soon!

There’s a place to turn it off in account settings. There’s a section called “Availability” where you can toggle off the functionality.

On mobile, go to Account -> General Settings -> Privacy and toggle off “Let people see that you’re active.” It’s not under Account -> Visibility, which is probably the more intuitive spot.

Safe browsing, folks.

it will forever confuse me that the german tumblr app now says “… hat deinen Eintrag gelikt” and not “… hat deinen Eintrag als Favorit markiert” which is just shortened and very nice but I don’t read gelikt as [gelaikd] but as [gelikt] and that sounds as if someone licked my post and i really wish i could unread/unhear that

Man nennt mich Kuh In tiefster Nacht Liegt all zur Ruh Ich trapse sacht Auf deinen Blog Den Hals gestreckt Und habe schon Den post geleckt

@amandavonpanda

my name’s tumblr and when you peek upon your blog where stuff you keep I’ll tell you what you like the most - a friend came by

and licked your post

Two li’l changes to the dashboard rolling out right now…

…Yes, there was a reason not to.

there definitely was a reason not to.