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He/him | 23 | goth-adjacent | mostly comic books, video games, and political discourse. (Cover photo credit: me )

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How to Backup your Tumblr

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I was just semi-complaining that I was still looking for a decent way to backup my +6k posts without having to use paid services or even just wordpress (which has an import from tumblr tool that asks for permission to access your blog and also make posts), when I decided to actually put some effort into my google search.

Results were positive: I have successfully backed up my blog*

*By which I mean: everything that I have ever posted.
Not included: drafts, queue, likes, followers, following, comments, notes, chat.

I followed this method (word by word), and now have a 450 MB folder on my computer with the name of my blog on it containing:

1. Folder “Archive” (contains .html files listed by month)
2. Folder “Media” (contains gifs and images, mine has +1k files in it; might contain also audios but I have no way of confirming that because I’ve never reblogged an audio post from this blog)
3. Folder “Posts” (contains single .html files, each one a post; I have +4k files in it)
4. Folder “Theme” (contains only my avatar, but it might be a matter of if you have personalized themes or not)
5. .html file “Index” (by opening it it will give you the archive of your blog organized by month; clicking on a month will open up the archive for that month, and you’ll be able to read all the posts for that month as if you were on your blog**, except sans your theme graphic, with each page containing 50 posts)

**I can see gifs, links, embedded videos, tags, number of notes (but I can’t open up the notes, clearly), text is also correctly formatted.

So yeah, in case anyone wants a very quick way to back up their blog, it took me less than 10 minutes.

P.S. I didn’t have any issue, but to be on the safe side always check for spyware and virus threats before and after downloading anything.

thepirateking

this is actually really useful if you have an art blog full of years of work that you otherwise no longer have access to the original files. A lot of the art I have in the early days of my art blog are in that boat. I did this process JUST for that reason and I was pretty astonished at just how many pieces of media it backs up! (literally all of it) Drawings I didn’t even realize were sitting in my archive due to having been posted to text posts or undercuts, or untagged for years! It’s worth it if just for that, even if tumblr isn’t shutting down or deleting your blog.

livinginthequestion

reference.

mockingbirdie

This is just for windows users, but just in case some of my followers can use it!

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Why we’re upset about the purge

krypti

If the purge only hit child porn and porn bots we would be perfectly fine with it. But that’s not the case.

We’re upset that after years of us complaining to Staff about the bots and child porn that it took Apple removing the app from the store for them to take action.

We’re upset that many artists, both safe and not safe for work, were purged. Many of them make their livelihoods through their art.

We’re upset Staff continues to lie to us and avoid our questions. It shouldn’t be that hard to tell us the truth.

We’re upset Staff made it impossible to search for NSFW content and the subjects they’ve deemed NSFW even if our settings allow it. For example “Yaoi” is currently one such search that now shows nothing.

We’re upset that despite this all the bots are still here. Many people are saying they’re actually getting worse.

We’re upset that Staff continues to make changes to how the site functions without informing us until it’s too late.

We’re upset that we still don’t know all the details about what blogs get purged and what ones don’t. Some say any blog marked NSFW is a target, others say it only takes an external link in the bio, others say it’s only artists, others say it’s anyone.

We’re not upset they’re trying to get rid of kid porn. We’re upset they’re failing at it in every way possible!

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salty-blue-mage

Everyone on Tumblr rn

In the event that my blog gets flagged for something and taken down (I’ve always thought I was pretty chill, but ya never know) I’m on other social media (insta, Twitter, Facebook, discord. If you want to keep in contact shoot me a message to get accounts. ♥️

malevolentmango

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arkadycosplay

From someone who’s survived MySpace, livejournal, deviantart, and fanfiction.nets’ content purges and bad policy updates, here’s some advice on how to get through tumblr’s recent bullshit:

- don’t knee jerk delete. I know it’s tempting to peace out immediately but hang on and do the other steps first. Out right ghosting and erasing everything is how fandoms die.

- archive everything on your blog you want to keep

- tell your followers how they can archive and keep your work too. A lot of fic and art were only saved from ff.net and lj because other people saved it first. If you’re cool with other people saving your work for them to personally keep, let them know this. You can absolutely discourage reposting but I really do highly recommend you allow people to personally save fic and art they like and are worried will disappear forever. Digital Dark Ages are a real thing.

- tell people where you’re jumping ship to. Give links. Keep that info up, even if you’ve left the site.

- go through who you follow and find out where else you can follow them. Save their work if they’ll allow it. It’s tedious as hell but if you want to keep up with people on here clicking on their page to check in is the best way to do it.

- support places like ao3. This is exactly why ao3 asks for donations a few times a year. They are a 100% anti-purging, judgement free, ad free non profit run by an elected board and protected by lawyers. Places like ao3 literally save fandom so please continue to support them and other similar archives. This is exactly why ao3 is so important.

suzirya

For example, here’s a post that explains and links for how to back up your blog

Also, go read the source policies and official Tumblr statements in addition to user analyses and reactions. It’s important to keep abreast of developments over time; staying informed is your power in this situation. Memes and reaction posts are funny and are a useful way to vent / provide commentary, but some of them create an inaccurate picture of what’s happening and should not be taken as evidence on their own of what developments have happened.

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Piss off ghost!

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