So I guess I’m not doing a giveaway anymore. I apologize to the people who were looking forward to it. Someone reported my post. I do hope it makes whoever reported it feels warm and fuzzy that you ‘got your vengeance.’ But, in truth, you’re not punishing me, you’re punishing the 422 people who choose to follow me for my art. It wasn’t something I was doing to ‘get more followers’ or ‘get a bunch of notes’. It was a thank you to the people who support my art. I have never been one of the artists in this community that gets a lot of notes on my art or had fanboys. I have slowly but surely gained followers. And because of that, I appreciate all of you.
As I am now aware that giveaways are against the ToS, (I’m pretty sure it wasn’t when I signed up for tumblr however many years ago, but I digress) I won’t be doing another one. I will however continue to post my art and do commissions. I apologize again to all of my followers, but this is out of my hands. I’m so sorry guys.
Guess I won’t be planning on doing anymore of these, myself. Unfortunate, considering a vast number of artists on this site actually do use things like giveaways to increase their follower base, which in turn helps promote their work and potential commissions.
Update:
Okay, so looking over Tumblr’s guidelines for contests, sweepstakes, and giveaways, these are some important points to follow in order to “legally” maintain an event:
- Disclose all rules for your event, including entry methods, prizes, etc,
- Formally release Tumblr of any association/accountability/liability when it comes to your event,
- Entrants must be 18+,
- Participants must reside in the event’s country of origin.
MOST IMPORTANT since most tumblr art giveaways tend operate this way, and are most likely what gets Tumblr officials’ attention:
- Entries cannot be made or considered via follows, likes, and/or reblogs.
- A possible method around this is to create and link to something like a GoogleDocs form. There, people can formally enter their information, and have those entries collate into a private spreadsheet of yours. From there, you can carry out your selection process for winners.
Important information!
Attention tumblr artists!
I’ll be thinking of ways to abide by tumblr’s ToS for future giveaways.
Alright. Who taught tumblr how to Facebook?! BLAH.