Dear 80′s kids and other rad people following my blog ...

mastersofthe80s:

As you are probably all aware by now Tumblr will not allow any nudity anymore after 17 december and though there is no porn on my blog anywhere, I just noticed that the movie poster of ‘Checking Out’ that I posted recently, which has Jeff Daniels on the cover in his boxershorts, is now flagged. 

Tons of 80′s action movies had shirtless guys on the cover, that was just a popular thing back then. There’s nothing sexual about it. Lots of my other posts, like for instance a photo from Heather Locklear in a typical 80′s aerobic outfit and even a gif I made from the movie Troll are now flagged. Seriously? This  is absolutely ridiculous!

I currently have 57.244 followers and generally get between 10 and 20 new followers each day, but in the last 2 days I actually lost 44, which is the most ever and are obviously just people ending their accounts because of this new rule, not because they don’t like my blog anymore. So it even affects non-sexual blogs. And that’s not all, my front page is a mess. Suddenly Tumblr puts posters I posted years ago at the top of my page. Why? No idea!

I have run this blog for almost 5 years now come january and have done so with all the fond memories and love I have for my childhood and that amazing decade. Eventhough I rarely receive a message, I do get a lot of reblogs and I love reading all your comments of the memories you have of certain films, toys, cartoons or video games from the 80′s that I post. That’s what kept me going, but if I just keep losing posts and followers from now on that doesn’t really stimulate me to keep going. 

Tumblr is digging it’s own grave.