guys, i emailed support and a few days later they sent me this somewhat personalised response–which leads me to believe that they are at least skimming over these emails (hopefully)

therefore, i encourage you to email them as well and let them know, as politely as possible, why you think this change is bad for the website 

if enough of us voice our opinions, maybe they’ll at least consider making these changes a little less drastic. even if you don’t run a n/s/f/w blog, please think of all of your favourite artists and all the sex workers that will be losing a platform as of dec 17. and set aside 2 minutes of your day to tell tumblr support staff that you’re not happy with the changes they’re making!