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Finland
1 review
3 helpful votes
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They keep downgrading their dashboard and overall user experience. No matter how much the majority of users give feedback to the staff, they simply force these downgrades. Tumblr used to be an amazing and exceptional social media website, but the recent trend makes them seem to want throw away their uniqueness. At this point, if you're fleeing Twitter, it might be best to look into other options than tumblr - its future isn't looking bright.

Date of experience: August 22, 2023
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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After having data removed, they leave your name in their server, so the brand can be searched still off the back of your name. Delete means delete, or it does in certain parts of the world where brand piggybacking isn't consider good. Once you as them to delete, they should remove all data, morally and done without question. I now see why the customer service gets a low mark. Why do brands like to claim your data as their property, weird... and bit creepy.

Date of experience: November 8, 2021
GB
1 review
19 helpful votes
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Customer service gives you cut and paste replies, on the rare occasion they reply. They will not help you. I've just lost an account I've had for over a decade because I lost the phone number associated with it and even though there are dozens of methods of verifying my ownership (including me talking to them via the verified email address) their response is essentially that I'm out of luck. They want to keep your private information and sell it to advertisers. Never seen a tech company that have no backup methods that don't require you to be logged in to fix LOG IN ISSUES. Absolute nightmare.

Date of experience: February 2, 2021
Lebanon
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Weird behavior
March 27, 2025

One year ago, I subscribed to Tumblr. A few days later, my account was terminated. I didn't know why. I contacted the support, but no answer.
A few days ago, they sent me an email asking me to update my payment. Because I didn't have access to my account, I contacted them again. Still no answer

Date of experience: March 28, 2024
Utah
1 review
11 helpful votes
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Under Staffed
November 2, 2020

I honestly think this site and all is very under staffed.
I know there are a lot of people who use the site, but to not be able
To help someone that it'll take literal years for a reply is just downright sad.
Not to mention many people have been getting away with cyberbullying people.
Unless something changes, I don't recommend this website.

Date of experience: November 2, 2020
California
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Compared to twitter you can say so much more on tumblr. A lot of trans and non-binary and all those other people have really ruined twitter. I appreciate being able to follow people on tumblr who educated me on things I can't learn on twitter because of all the crazy censorship. It's a good site for microblogging.

Date of experience: July 27, 2021
California
7 reviews
15 helpful votes
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Craigslist 2.0
February 26, 2023

Expect 40+ spam bot notifications a day. If you report them, Tumblr management laughs in your face and does nothing to ban them. So you have 90% of the activity on the site literal spam bots and 10% snarky content farmers. It's not really much of an interactive community at all. Then there's the whole secondary blog thing with zero ability to comment as your secondary blog or follow others as your secondary blog. What's the point. The platform is rubbish. The management is rubbish. I wouldn't be shocked if all Tumblr was at this point in time is a laundering racket like Craigslist clearly is. This website and their trash phone app are a complete scam.

Date of experience: February 26, 2023
GB
1 review
9 helpful votes
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HORRIBLE
August 2, 2020

They are a horrible company unwilling to help their users. My email got deleted and they refuse to send me a password link to a new email address. There are blogs online which i have created ages ago and are associated with my name.
They're keeping my information public against my will.

They are a disgusting company.

Date of experience: August 2, 2020
India
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Nestled amidst the bustling cityscape of Chandigarh lies a sanctuary for those battling one of society's most formidable foes: addiction. Nasha Mukti Kendra stands as a testament to resilience, offering a haven of healing and hope for individuals seeking to break free from the shackles of substance abuse.

Date of experience: April 8, 2024
Illinois
50 reviews
119 helpful votes
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Wow!
May 13, 2022

I didn't want to use their site, but I was trying to follow some content that applies to my career. So to follow, they asked me to register. Fair enough, but then they asked my age. Like that's any of their business? I tried to input that my age was negative six, but they saw through that and gave me the boot. Maybe they should try to make a better first impression. Geez.

Date of experience: May 13, 2022
Colorado
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Dangerous to its users
August 12, 2023

Mullenweg and his subordinates like to claim that it's a 'free speech' zone that's friendly to oppressed groups, while spending an outrageous amount of time and company resources on policing, threatening, disparaging, silencing, and OPPRESSING those very groups. From calling all Black users "russian troll farm agents" to repeatedly and assiduously tracking, stalking, and silencing anyone who brings attention to this habit, Tumblr is an enemy of anyone who signs on. Responding to the deaths of more prestigious networks by *copying the behaviors that ruined them* demonstrates that Mullenweg's & Tumblr's ability to harm its users is more important than turning any sort of profit for once! Shame on the entire staff and their pathetic boss.

Date of experience: August 12, 2023
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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It was once great
May 19, 2023

Once upon a time it was actually excellent. Then Yahoo was bought by evangelical halfwits who bought Tumblr to evangelicize the hell out of it, slamming art pages, lifestyle pages and destroying the entire site. Then other halfwits bought the site and were deathly afraid of the Bud Light style backlash that would happen if they were less evangelical than the oppressors that destroyed the site in the first place. Compared to what it was, it's no more than 1/5 as great, shocking no one. What's the point in buying a site that you're afraid to let become good?

Date of experience: May 19, 2023
Kentucky
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Tumblr is currently trying to become a copy of reddit, twitter, and instagram by shortening posts and reblog chains. A fundamental cornerstone of their platform. As well as other $#*!ty recent decisions (tumblr live, trying to make the platform more like tiktok, etc)

Date of experience: July 14, 2023
Alabama
39 reviews
136 helpful votes
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Probably the worst and least safest social media sites that I know of; this website seems to allow some users to freely post and display pornographic content despite like any other social media website, you can be as young as 12 years of age to create a profile and use it, which I find to be a bit disturbing. Additionally, when I addressed this concern to the admin or people who run and monitor this website, I was met with perhaps the most unprofessional response and attitude I've ever encountered from just about any business. I'm honestly not even sure how this website did not get shut down yet, as it seems it would be a paradise for those who like to sexually prey on underage consumers.

Date of experience: March 15, 2018
GB
1 review
12 helpful votes
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A LAZY FRAUDSTER!
March 6, 2019

I commissioned this 'journalist' who apparently has marketing experience and it was the worst mistake I've ever made. He clearly has no problem stealing and thieving so be warned. I would steer clear unless you want him to disappear straight after receiving payment. He demands all payments upfront and straight after he will stop answering all correspondence. Stay away from Jamie Newsroom Lewis.

Date of experience: March 6, 2019
New York
11 reviews
24 helpful votes
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Violators and lawless
December 16, 2017

They are some of the most incompetent and unprofessional of all social media sites customer service. They make you jump through hoops for copy right issues. Very ignorant childish responses and approach. Definitely avoid having to deal with them at all. I showed the proof that my business name is being missed used and submitted documents yet they still fail to remedy the issue and keep demanding more documents.

Date of experience: December 16, 2017
Austria
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Tumblr tries to "look good" but has the worst treatment of customers. They trap you with campaigns you need to pay to get more "likes" for your works. But you won't get many. They send you messages that you campaign was "full impact" with many views and hood-lookung statistics. But you don't have the "likes". You try to contact them -which is really difficult - but you won't get any (senseful) response. Tumblr is just blablabla... won't recommend it for any artist!

Date of experience: April 16, 2023
California
3 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Adult Content
December 7, 2018

"Bottom line: There are no shortage of sites on the internet that
Feature adult content." (Tumblr CEO)... And even more sites are available to block
Content at "their" discretion. Tumblr will now be one of those communities. You might consider better sites (instagram, pinterest, facebook etc.) that function under restrictions. If you like the Puritan movement, these sites have strong communities already. "Adult content" is meant for "Adults". If you consider yourself an "Adult" you will have to go
Somewhere else.

Date of experience: December 7, 2018
South Carolina
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Struggling
December 28, 2018

Would have a 4 or 5 star rating, but the latest ban kills the blogs of artists and even general users for no reason. But I still have porn bots following me! I've been on the site for almost 2 years now, and the updates have been "meh". This is the last kick in the face though. As soon as another site like Tumblr pops up, I'm moving.

Date of experience: December 28, 2018
California
5 reviews
35 helpful votes
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I've had a tremendous experience with Tumblr so far! After creating your profile you obtain endless creative control. The website receives five stars from me due to the fact that it is reliable, easy to use with plenty of interesting features to learn, and provides hours of creative fun. I have thoroughly enjoyed using Tumblr so far and I'm happy to continue in the future.

Date of experience: March 2, 2014

Overview

Tumblr has a rating of 2.1 stars from 110 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Tumblr most frequently mention social media and customer service. Tumblr ranks 476th among Blog sites.

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