Hey everyone! So with the panic, I want to spread some positivity & tools to be proactive about a lot of the worries users have regardless of what’s coming down the absurd Tumblr pipeline.
There’s 3 great ways to save/download your content; the first will be one you can use to save online (great esp. for those who don’t have ‘spare room’ on their computer), and the latter two will save things locally:
1) save online by exporting to WordPress
saves “online” by copying your content to a WordPress blog. requires signing up there.
downloads into a ZIP folder. may include messages & inbox content too.
As wary as you might be of Tumblr (and for fair reason), they actually have a way to export your blog already. Follow the simple instructions here; really, it boils down to “go to Settings”, “choose which blog from the right”, “scroll to the bottom and click export”!
Personally, I’d use this one, especially if you want a bit more clarity in what & where you’re downloading. You can find the application & instructions here, but some of the immediately obvious perks include being able to queue download times (eg, set to download when you’re sleeping/away), the ability to throttle bandwidth (so it only takes up so much at a time, in case you need to be working online in the meantime), and options to download only a set list of URLs or only original content (so it skips reblogs/in case you only want certain things downloaded).
Hopefully this helps! I know not everyone’s been through a mass shift in fandom homing before, and even if you have, it can be an exhausting and/or daunting process. Take a deep breath, don’t panic, and look out for resources to make it easier!
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