kaiasky:

dragonhoardingwips-deactivated2:

I NEED YOUR HELP TO SPREAD THIS

This blog in the photo accompaninstuo91 does not have a proper blog. When you click on their blog, an image pops up asking you if you’re 18 and if you say yes or no, it directs you to a virus/porn site that isnt on tumblr

The bots are evolving to actively redirect you/ give viruses to you

Please reblog this so you dont fall victim. Do not click follow or try to go onto their blog, instead the only way to report them is to click the little three dots and click report

@staff please stop shit like this

Hi everybody. I know this sounds super scary, but

ALT

1. This blog doesn’t do anything special. It uses the custom theme feature of tumblr to have a link out to an external site. You can see I’m highlighting the link here, and it’s telling me what link it’ll take me to. (a useful tip for knowing what a link leads to! use this to detect rickrolls!)
2. That’s the same as if I linked to fakepornographywebsite.gov in my post, except much harder to accidentally click on. If you don’t click the link, you’re perfectly safe.
3. Even if you do click the link, you’re still safe. Web browsers are designed to be reasonably idiot-proof. Keep your browser up-to-date and don’t run anything you download from untrusted sites.
4. Download uBlock Origin to automatically block sites like this (with an optional override if there’s a false positive on a site that’s actually fine).
5. This account (@accompanincestuo91) been around since 2018 and hasn’t done anything since then. pretty harmless as bots go.
6. @‘ing staff (or humans, wip, changes, or god forbid, staff member’s personal blogs) isn’t the right way to report issues with tumblr. Make a support ticket or report a blog. These will get you noticed faster, and I’m sure they’re easier to track and much less annoying for staff.

Thanks! Please remember, when somebody tells you it’s important that you take action (including reblogging) without thinking, that’s your signal to stop and think.