A small PSA to all those new to dealing with the porn bots that Tumblr now has a fresh wave of – I understand that when you go to report them, you want to report them as "[containing] sexually explicit material", but don't do that. Report them as spam instead.
These are spam bots flooding tags and the website in general with spam links. They often do not have anything sexually explicit on their blog (although they often have implicit material). Plus, these two reports get very different results. Reporting explicit material gets the bot slapped behind an 18+ wall, so minors can't check if they're a bot or not. Reporting spam gets the bot taken down.
Remember, folks: when dealing with a bot, report spam, not smut!
#tumblr#tumblr issues#tumblr psa#spambots#r18 bots#r18 mention#psa#signal boost#not dgmn#not fandom#(Maybe Relevant)#(Every single day I log on and find a completely new blank blog w no info following this blog + all the same blog types by now lmao)#(Every Single One is Getting Reported for SPAM)#(Yes I know people cant immediately change their info anymore and I *sympathize* with That)#(But if youre going to follow people to build up your brand new totally empty sideblog follow people *NOT ME PLEASE*)#(Because I WILL BE REPORTING YOU FOR SPAM if you have NO way of identifying yourself as a person)#(Like even then EVERY SINGLE DAY???)#(EVERY SINGLE DAY I LOG ON)#(By the way having a username with plain 'digimon' and random numbers in isnt gonna save you from people reporting you)#(Ive had bots followed me THAT HAD DIGIMON NAMES IN and STILL TURNED OUT TO BE OBVIOUS BOTS CRAWLING THE TAGS)