There’s a bug going round (though I have my doubts as to how much of a ‘bug’ it actually is) that prevents people from accessing their blogs if they go to the blogname.tumblr.com address. Any attempt to access blogs this way (ours, those of others or any kinds of links on the web that lead back to Tumblr posts) results in us being redirected to the main Dashboard page (tumblr.com/dashboard). The only way to access a blog, for those of us affected by this bug, is to go to the Dashboard pop-up view (tumblr.com/dashboard/blog/blognamehere). Of course, the Tumblr mobile app is wholly unaffected. Of course.
Here’s where it gets very fucking sketchy for me:
so far, every single user I’ve seen affected by this bug is located in Europe, like myself;
when I tried to access several blogs (my own among them) through a US proxy, I was able to do so, without being redirected to the Dashboard
I repeat, this ‘bug’ affects European users and I was able to access blog-pages by using AN AMERICAN IP ADDRESS. What in the ever-loving hell, @staff?
In light of GDPR (and Tumblr being singled out as one of the sites that made it as onerous as possible to opt-out of your data being shared with a ludicrous number of third-parties), I really wouldn’t be surprised if they’re trying to kick European users to the curb in this way / trying to force us to use the mobile app instead. Just the thought of having to pay for a VPN so I can keep this fucking site even remotely functional (remember – no Tumblr content link from the web is accessible anymore – if I click on a link that’s blogname.tumblr.com/post/postnumber, I’m always redirected to the first page of the dashboard) makes my blood boil.
EDIT: Several users in the notes saying that they’re in the US / on US IPs and also having similar problems
It remains to be seen exactly how many American users affected, versus how many European ones.
NEW INFORMATION: It seems that when a European user tries to access a blog page, Tumblr redirects them to the /privacy/consent
path. Problem is, this path doesn’t actually FUNCTION, so the user is instead redirected to the root path (/). Which on Tumblr means the Dashboard.
Malice… or abject incompetence? I’m leaning far more toward the latter, at this point.
NEW INFORMATION:Tumblr’s engineers are apparently aware of the problem and working on a fix.
Thanks
for letting us know about the issue with blog URLs and archives
redirecting to the dashboard! Our engineers are aware and are currently
working on a fix. I appreciate your patience as they get to the bottom
of it. Tess Tumblr Community Support
Don’t go and spam Aleksander Piskorz, he’s just a regular user who is quoting the reply he got from Tumblr support, when he sent an e-mail complaining about all of the above.
