WARNING: If you have a Tumblr watch out!

I have been noticing, over the past few months, a very quiet slow strangling of the Tumblr site. 

Sites are disappearing, or getting put behind the sign in wall. 

I have even noticed some artists starting to have their sites being censored. I am not totally sure how it is being done.

But I think there are two particular ways it happens if its locked behind. "This Tumblr Contains Sensitive Material. Please Sign In"

One is something reposted has been flagged as either copyrighted, or offensive. 

The other is the new censorship bots that I have actually gotten to see in action. [You cant even watch youtube news anymore they live action slap images over film sections now!] 

If one item is flagged as offensive. The bots will lock down any material that has been flagged even in reposts. 

This concerns me, because already Tumblr was what I liked to call "Trashcan" of the internet. Where if you posted it there, anyone could snap it up and repost it a million times without any repercussions. But this same reposting makes Tumblr dangerously vulnerable to censorship. You might have posted a photo or a drawing or some material you liked. It has been flagged for Offensive "Sensitive" Material or Copyright Infringement. Now the bots begin to lock it all down. And the cascading lock out spreads like a virus through Tumblr sites who have reposted even old materials. 

I am also concerned this maybe a move just like Youtube and its massive ad spamming outside of channels. We might be seeing Tumblr going to a Pay to Play model like Youtube. [Youtube gives you Pay to Play so you can stop the ads.] Also if you are well aware Youtube has even monetized very very old films that should be public domain. 

So if you have a Tumblr Account, do not be surprised if your views and visitor stats drop off precipitously, you have been warned.

If you have a Deviant Art Account spruce it up and update ASAP. Because you might be forced to find alternative posting sites very soon. Or go scrubbing your Tumblr of all Reposts; which is a severe chore. Or just play in a severely shrunk pool of visible visitors and like travel on Tumblr.