Yes the relationships I have built here are important. I am in the process of letting everyone I know and have built friendships with how to keep in contact with me on various platforms, etc.
“Reblog if You are still going to be here after the change. If your characters
and relationships you’ve made on this shit storm of a site, is too
important to abandon.”
I am not abandoning anyone. I would never think of asking or expecting anyone to stay in a place where they do not feel comfortable being their true selves. To hold back their creative abilities to stay where those abilities are no longer wanted. To be afraid that a picture of them simply kissing the one they love could be flagged.
I have had friends leave tumblr long before this debacle. And those friendships have held fast in other places while I stayed here.
True connections stay, no matter where.
I am leaving because I will no longer be able to freely express myself. NOT BECAUSE I DO NOT CARE.