On Thursday, we’re going to introduce ads on Tumblrs, so that later this year people can start making money from their blogs.
Tumblr is a place where brilliant, creative, funny, impossible people shape culture. Some of you have even turned your passions into jobs: book deals, music careers, paid gigs with the Creatrs program. Now, (soon!) that opportunity will be available to any eligible Tumblr—poet, musician, fan artist, and misfit weirdo memelord alike.
Some things you’re probably wondering:
Do you have to? Good question. No, you can turn off on-blog advertising in settings if you’re not comfortable with it.
When? Who? How? How much? Also good questions! We’re still working out the details of the partner program but as soon as we have details to share, we’ll make announcements right here on trusty Staff. Just so you know: You won’t be able to make money until you register for the program—which is coming soon.
Okay, cool. Ta ta for now!
Got questions? We’ve got some answers now, and we’ll have many more in the weeks to come. Here’s where we’re starting:
Where ads will appear:
For now, the three instances of your Tumblr blog:
Your main page (cheezbort.tumblr.com) if you’re using the Optica (default) theme
You’ll be able to do it from the mobile apps soon.
When you can start getting paid:
We’re still figuring out all the details of the partner program and working on the payment system. All we can say right now is we plan to launch a partner program sometime in 2016. It’s worth noting that you can’t make money until you register with the partner program—which is coming.
OH MY GOSH ITS AN ACTUAL VIRUS ON TUMBLR THIS TIME
What you should know:
Many people claim virus’s on tumblr all the time, and most of the time its just phishing attempts to get your tumblr password.
This could mean actual virus.
Don’t click the link, and if you do, don’t download anything.
What it is:
There are many posts going around at the moment which is leading people in with everyone’s favourite MBTI Test, which connects to your tumblr, “analyzes” your tumblr account, and then posts your result to your blog.
It doesn’t actually analyze your blog, it’s completely random.
After posting the result to your blog, it redirects to one of many virus infested websites.
This leads to other people falling for it, clicking on the link, spreading it, and then possibly giving many people a virus.
What you should do:
Ignore any of the posts, but inform the people who post them.
Do not connect this website to your Tumblr.
If you’ve already connected, do not download anything, go to your settings, click on apps, and disconnect from “Personality Tests,” and finally delete the post from your blog. Also run your virus software.
Please signal boost this because I just saw about 20 of these on my dash and I’m worried for my fellow bloggers ;-;
I just reblogged that like 20 minutes ago without knowing so yeah, sorry about that guys
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