I never paid money to have any of my posts sponsored on your platform. Why are you sponsoring one of my posts without my permission? I have received zero communication about this. I am not okay with this. Some comments are: ‘Pride Knights gone corporate’ or ’I don’t know how I feel about this…’
You never asked for my permission, so I assume sponsoring this post is in your own interest rather than that of the Pride Knights because this is seriously damaging the community we are trying to build here.
We sometimes promote posts on Instagram (a very different platform than Tumblr) with our savings because we want to encourage and empower people struggling with their sexuality and orientation. That’s literally why the Pride Knights exist. So if for $5, I can make someone’s day a bit brighter by sponsoring a post of me holding up a cardboard sign saying that everything will be alright and that you are strong, well, I consider that money well-spent.
During the three years I have been running this blog, I have rarely seen a hateful comment. Our community is a safe space and a place for happy vibes and empowerment, and I do my best to keep it that way. But right now, due to this post being promoted all over Tumblr, there is a bunch of homophobes in the comment section. This upsets me because I am afraid it affects people who like and frequent this blog.
I am not 100% against this post being sponsored on Tumblr by Tumblr if at least there had been communication with us and an agreement reached.
With them featuring our post (featured by Tumblr i/o sponsored. Since, again, this isn’t technically a sponsor on our part), at least Tumblr is sharing LGBTQ+ positivity. Execution could have been better.
