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Rule 8 suggestion

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I think calling anything "Tumblr" as an insult is slightly political as it is very much stooped in culture war/gamergate type rhetoric. Thus I think using the term as an insult should be intractable as it ties the line of rule 8.
 
...Who's using "Tumblr" as an insult?! What? Just... What? I Know it's used as a Descriptor but that's more because some things sound like they would be on Tumblr. Or at least the perception of Tumblr. Only way I can figure it would be is if it was queued up in a line of insults.
 
Given "Tumblr" (and variant forms) being used as an insult, I do think it's reasonable to want the mods to know about the rule 8 related implications. It's obviously not worth editing the rules, but it's worth making some notes in whatever backend moderating materials they use.

That said, if you know of an instance of someone on QQ using "tumblr" as an insult, for fuck's sake report them instead of vagueposting about it.

D'znn-Xy'lll MetaChthonia said:
...Who's using "Tumblr" as an insult?! What? Just... What? I Know it's used as a Descriptor but that's more because some things sound like they would be on Tumblr. Or at least the perception of Tumblr. Only way I can figure it would be is if it was queued up in a line of insults.
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I'm sure I could find instances on reddit if I felt like looking. Then again, as a Tumblr user, I am also primed to be aware of its possible use as an insult. (It would be somewhat like how "SJW" can be framed as a positive descriptor or as an insult depending on who says it and how.)

EDIT:
Also thank you both for prompting me to reread the rules.
 
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