masterpost of tumblr alternatives ardreamlife:
olderglow:
this post will be updated as I find more websites to add! please check with the original before reblogging to see if there’s an updated version, and message me with corrections or more suggestions if you have them!!
websites in red have explicitly forbidden the posting of NSFW content. websites in orange allow certain types of NSFW content or have questionable / unclear guidelines.
for general use
joinmastodon.org - basically like if twitter and discord had a child??
mewe.com - privacy-focused, has groups and private messages
myspace.com - yes, it still exists, i’m just as surprised as you
nibblebit.com - similar to tumblr with reblogging / liking / customization of blogs
swarmr.com - looks like a clone of tumblr, though i haven’t tested
twitter.com - allows posting both text and photos in sets, allows retweets
geared towards writers and bloggers
archiveofourown.org - specializes in hosting fic, excellent tagging system
dreamwidth.org - a blogging site similar to livejournal or wordpress
fanfiction.net - another big name in fanfic posting
livejournal.com - still an option, but questionably safe for fandom
mibba.com - for creative writers, centered around community feedback
wordpress.com - old and well-established, often considered the default
geared towards artists and photographers
deviantart.com - huge community, allows posting art + sorting into folders
flickr.com - great community for photographers, can join groups
furaffinity.net - similar to DA but for furries, easy to display commish info
instagram.com - photo and video posts, excellent tag search
newgrounds.com - an oldie but a goodie, allows a ton of media types
piczel.tv - allows both streaming and posting art / photosets to a gallery
pixiv.net - huge anime art community, allows livestreaming
chat or forum based
aminoapps.com - community-based, has blogs + chat, custom themes
discordapp.com - great chat app, text + voice, can join infinite servers
reddit.com - literally a community for everything, SO MANY CAT PHOTOS
18+ only
bdsmlr.com - microblogging + social media for people into kink
blogr.xxx - a tumblr clone created specifically for sharing porn
libertine.center - beautiful + modern site for posting irl nsfw and kinks
thefetlibrary.com - for posting of erotic stories, replaces bdsmlibrary
paid platforms
patreon.com - subscription-based access to many diff types of content
pillowfort.io - still in beta, but should function almost identically to tumblr
typepad.com - similar to wordpress but with reblogging and a dash
defunct platforms
(so people will stop telling me i forgot them)
jux.com - shut down in 2014 due to lack of funds
shoandtell.me - now redirects to someone’s personal blog
soup.io - more or less closed down this year due to GDPR issues
ways to save your current tumblr posts
use the wayback machine! you do have to archive each page of your blog individually but once you do all the content, including media, will be saved exactly as it was at the moment you archived it.
wordpress allows you to directly import whole tumblr blogs, and if i recall correctly it’s something both dreamwidth and pillowfort have said they are working on.
if you have some knowledge of computers you can try this github solution which uses a python script to download your whole blog to your computer. even if you don’t know anything about programming or the command line they give a very good beginners tutorial on how to use it so you should still give it a shot!
if that’s still a little daunting you can try soarcodes’ tumblr post that also has a decent tutorial!
some notes
please note that every site on this list will have pros and cons, and i haven’t listed them here since this post would be a mile long otherwise. please do your research before moving completely over to another site in case they have policies you disagree with.
also, because I see a lot of misinformed people ranting about this: deviantart does not own the art you post. some years ago hot topic stole a ton of art from DA and sold it on merchandise and people assumed that DA gave them permission to do it despite there being literally zero evidence for that claim. DA explictly states in their TOS that you retain copyright and sole license of the art you post.
post version 4.5, 2018-12-04 14:50 AST
libertine.center listed as modern site! Thank you and see you all there ;)
olderglow:
this post will be updated as I find more websites to add! please check with the original before reblogging to see if there’s an updated version, and message me with corrections or more suggestions if you have them!!
websites in red have explicitly forbidden the posting of NSFW content. websites in orange allow certain types of NSFW content or have questionable / unclear guidelines.
for general use
joinmastodon.org - basically like if twitter and discord had a child??
mewe.com - privacy-focused, has groups and private messages
myspace.com - yes, it still exists, i’m just as surprised as you
nibblebit.com - similar to tumblr with reblogging / liking / customization of blogs
swarmr.com - looks like a clone of tumblr, though i haven’t tested
twitter.com - allows posting both text and photos in sets, allows retweets
geared towards writers and bloggers
archiveofourown.org - specializes in hosting fic, excellent tagging system
dreamwidth.org - a blogging site similar to livejournal or wordpress
fanfiction.net - another big name in fanfic posting
livejournal.com - still an option, but questionably safe for fandom
mibba.com - for creative writers, centered around community feedback
wordpress.com - old and well-established, often considered the default
geared towards artists and photographers
deviantart.com - huge community, allows posting art + sorting into folders
flickr.com - great community for photographers, can join groups
furaffinity.net - similar to DA but for furries, easy to display commish info
instagram.com - photo and video posts, excellent tag search
newgrounds.com - an oldie but a goodie, allows a ton of media types
piczel.tv - allows both streaming and posting art / photosets to a gallery
pixiv.net - huge anime art community, allows livestreaming
chat or forum based
aminoapps.com - community-based, has blogs + chat, custom themes
discordapp.com - great chat app, text + voice, can join infinite servers
reddit.com - literally a community for everything, SO MANY CAT PHOTOS
18+ only
bdsmlr.com - microblogging + social media for people into kink
blogr.xxx - a tumblr clone created specifically for sharing porn
libertine.center - beautiful + modern site for posting irl nsfw and kinks
thefetlibrary.com - for posting of erotic stories, replaces bdsmlibrary
paid platforms
patreon.com - subscription-based access to many diff types of content
pillowfort.io - still in beta, but should function almost identically to tumblr
typepad.com - similar to wordpress but with reblogging and a dash
defunct platforms
(so people will stop telling me i forgot them)
jux.com - shut down in 2014 due to lack of funds
shoandtell.me - now redirects to someone’s personal blog
soup.io - more or less closed down this year due to GDPR issues
ways to save your current tumblr posts
use the wayback machine! you do have to archive each page of your blog individually but once you do all the content, including media, will be saved exactly as it was at the moment you archived it.
wordpress allows you to directly import whole tumblr blogs, and if i recall correctly it’s something both dreamwidth and pillowfort have said they are working on.
if you have some knowledge of computers you can try this github solution which uses a python script to download your whole blog to your computer. even if you don’t know anything about programming or the command line they give a very good beginners tutorial on how to use it so you should still give it a shot!
if that’s still a little daunting you can try soarcodes’ tumblr post that also has a decent tutorial!
some notes
please note that every site on this list will have pros and cons, and i haven’t listed them here since this post would be a mile long otherwise. please do your research before moving completely over to another site in case they have policies you disagree with.
also, because I see a lot of misinformed people ranting about this: deviantart does not own the art you post. some years ago hot topic stole a ton of art from DA and sold it on merchandise and people assumed that DA gave them permission to do it despite there being literally zero evidence for that claim. DA explictly states in their TOS that you retain copyright and sole license of the art you post.
post version 4.5, 2018-12-04 14:50 AST
libertine.center listed as modern site! Thank you and see you all there ;)
