there’s a post that’s like “its amazing how much you can get done if you just sit down and focus” with a second comment thats like “imagine being nt” and it has like thousands of notes but the op has adhd and was talking about how their meds were working really well there’s another post that’s like “how do you block gay men on okcupid” or something with a reply like “have you tried christianmingle” and it has thousands of notes but the op was a trans girl who wanted to avoid chasers there’s another post that’s like “date a quiet boy who will bring you a glass of water in the middle of the night” with a reply making fun of her “low standards” that has thousands of notes but the op was a teenage girl who was in an abusive relationship at the time that she made that post (and the reply was made by a grown man who had to apparently had to dig through months of this girl’s posts to find that one post & make fun of her for it so: yuck) point is, can we please stop making these assumptions about total strangers on this site, harassing them over innocuous posts theyve made that have been misinterpreted by literal hordes of random people and unless somebodys being outright hateful and disrespectful can we leave each other alone and mind our own business lmao

k but kstew’s mom?? didn’t talk to reporters about this?? she’s literally said the mirror embellished what she said and she never brought up her daughter or her “girlfriend” once?? don’t fucking ruin this woman’s life over something made up by gross reporters

*chanting* KSTEW’S MOM DIDN’T OUT HER THE MIRROR IS LYING FOR ATTENTION AND POTENTIALLY RUINING A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP

i just realised its 12/13/14 today aka the last sequential date of this century god damn 

Its 13/12/14 americans please stop

our country is shit can y’all just enjoy your free tuition and healthcare and let us have one fun thing for a day

um ok but what about the second of january 2034? the third of february 2045? there's a lot of century left . . .

i am getting kind of scared by the tumblr collective slowly creeping into the mentality that doxxing is something that should be practised regularly no matter the scale of the grievance like can we not go down that road

i mean doxxing the KKK is one thing but im seeing a lot of stuff like “someone dox this guy” over comparably tiny internet based things and thats actually really scary. i really hate this kind of gang mentality thats starting to flourish

It needs to be mentioned that too many abusive assholes frame people they hate and photoshop their facebook statues, tweets, etc. to make it say something extremely disgusting. And considering not too many people check their facts on that until it’s too late, it’s scary.

The context of this infographic and more all in my conclusion to the Some Alternatives article, out today on BDCwire!

Pro tip: when you go to bed, mute Spotify (or whatever streaming service floats your boat) and stream your fave small bands on loop. Throw a few extra fractions of a cent in their direction! Alternatively, streaming services could <a href=”http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/8993-the-cloud/”>pay musicians more</a>, but that’s haaaard.

so while streaming currently is not a super great financial model, i am like, 74% sure that there are more than 83,333,333 people in the world right now...

A few things that aren't true.

I mentioned this before, but I truly believe that maintaining credibility is important. I think spreading misinformation, exaggerations, and falsehoods does not help any cause. Sometimes it is very tempting to just hit that reblog button and share that terrible thing people are outraged about. And sometimes it feels nice to have stuff that reaffirms our position. But we need to be more careful and we need to stick to the truth. 

I just want to say that I am not defending anyone here. I am just saying this stuff is not true or cannot be proven at this time. 

The picture of the KKK marching in Ferguson was from Maryland in 2013. There is no evidence that they have marched in hoods during the protests. There is evidence that some members may have passed out leaflets and there is evidence that they helped raise money for Wilson. 

While the police have done plenty of disgraceful things that we can prove during all of this, SWAT did not set a car on fire. The video doesn’t even show them setting anything on fire. They were shining a flashlight into the back of an El Camino. There is currently no reliable proof I can find that police have set fires. 

There is only one source saying that Darren Wilson got paid for his television interview. “Got News” is a very sensationalist website and they do not seem trustworthy at all. Their story was the equivalent of gossip. “An unnamed source from NBC” said there was a bidding war. However, ABC news told multiple sources on record that they “do not pay for interviews. Period.” Darren Wilson did have several online fundraisers that raised a lot of money for him, but he most likely was not paid for the interview. 

The only evidence that Darren Wilson had ties to the KKK was generated by Anonymous. They claim they cannot release any details because their source would be in great danger. I’m not saying it isn’t possible, but that is so far from reliable that I wouldn’t feel comfortable stating it as fact. 

Wal-mart never donated to Darren Wilson. Marissa Mayer did not donate. She is not affiliated with any known Darren Wilson supporters. Neither is Tumblr. 

Tumblr staff never cleared the Ferguson tag. They have removed posts with personal information because it is against their terms of service. I agree it is troubling that they removed personal info of the KKK very quickly and seem to be super slow on removing other problematic content, but I don’t think they intended to censor anything. You cannot post people’s credit card info and expect it to stay up. You can read more about what they have done in this Daily Dot article. 

Also, please be extra careful about doxxing posts. There have been several people who have created fake tweets and hacked accounts to make someone look like they are a giant racist. This was done as a revenge tactic by ex-boyfriends and whatnot. Revealing personal information can literally put people in danger. Please be very very very sure that you have the right person and that they did what you are accusing them of.