Tumblr users launch petition to have fellow publisher removed as tag editor

Tumblr users are asking 1,000 bloggers to sign an online petition that calls for a controversial publisher to be removed as an editor of an enhanced tag on the site.

The petition targets user “Ryking,” with the claim that the blogger has defended “rapists, calling women who disagree with him ‘feminazis,’ using gendered slurs against women, and repeatedly heaping praise upon men who have threatened to beat and rape women.”

The author of the petition says “Ryking” is not “a positive representation of the [Tumblr] community and should not be in a leadership/editorial position.”

The petition had close to 700 electronic signatures as of 6pm ET Thursday. “Ryking,” whose actual name is Alexander Ryking, is listed as the “Top Editor” on the site.

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    Tumblr users are asking 1,000 bloggers to sign an online petition that calls for a controversial publisher to be removed...
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    This is necessary.
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    How does that only have 700 signatures when tumblr hundreds of that. Edit: Just looked and it’s over 4k. That’s more...
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    (edit: he’s gone!)
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    I disagree with this. A good cause of course, but the petition states that he is not a positive role for the tumblr...
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    This person’s comments seem highly inappropriate...someone curating
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    Currently 4,321. Not even a lie.
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    I was so surprised and amazed that a man started this
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    People like this shouldn’t be in power anywhere.