wtf tumblr?

[ratcreature]

Tumblr forcibly logged me out, and refuses to let me log in via a webbrowser unless I change my password. Though it doesn't seem to have any problem to let me log into my account via the Android app.

Admittedly I haven't changed my password in a while, but still this is obnoxious behavior, in particular since they did not bother to sent me an email or such to explain or alert me to anything.

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[ratcreature]

Urgh. Okay I've had mine since 2007, so I guess that counts as "older" in Tumblr time. I have no idea why they are still okay with me logging in via app though in this case, or why they couldn't bother to explain it with an email to me.

[lilacsigil]

Well, I can't speak as to their manners or user friendliness!

[ratcreature]

I guess that's typical Tumblr for you. I looked around a little bit and found posts by people who had been locked out because they forgot to keep the associated email current, and Tumblr didn't allow you to just log in and then demanded a password change, but forced you into the "forgotten password" reset via email. Those users were irritated quite a bit more than me.

Thankfully while I'm not good about frequently changing my passwords, I don't loose track which email I used where and removed old addresses in the few instances I changed email.