I'm transfem. I avoid discourse and argumentative posts on tumblr for my own mental health, and I made a side blog to uplift trans, nonbinary, and intersex folks: mutual aid, fun memes, positivity/reassurances, guides/tips for transition, and so on. I stayed in my lane and wanted to make people happy with my little zen garden of a blog.

My blog then got marked as red and I started getting non-stop harassment and doxxing in my asks and messages. I received messages telling me I was a danger to trans women, that I was faking my gender and that I'm secretly a "filthy theyfab tme MRA", that I was a psyop infiltrating the community, and so on. And of course, plenty of death threats, suicide bait, and slurs that I cannot in good conscience list here.

The reason? Because I had been reblogging posts uplifting transmascs and intersex people. I even responded to some of the asks stating where I even posted anything that could be seen as remotely harmful to trans women, and the *only* response I ever got was linking to a post saying "love your local trans men". That was it. That was the only 'proof' I ever got. After years of running that positivity blog, it was me sharing a post saying trans men deserve love that got me marked as red. I was forced to deactivate. And now I'm glad I never linked my main account to that alt account of mine, or else I'd probably have lost that one too. All because I, a transfem, wanted to show some love to my other trans siblings.

From time to time, I'll see screenshots of tumblr users who have been marked green with this plugin. Users that I have seen say the most vile transphobic and intersexist stuff ever (and also, often, pretty blatantly racist too, but that's not the scope of this plugin). And yet these people are marked green, despite their blogs being full of BLATANT transphobia against anyone who isn't transfem (and the "right" kind of transfem, as I can personally attest to now).

So to the users marking this 5 stars defensively, saying "ummm maybe you wouldn't be marked red if you cared about transfems :) after all this plugin is for us, not for you :) you're all just terfs who are mad at us for wanting to be safe :)"

Yeah, I guess so. I guess this plugin *is* for you, now. It used to be for all trans people, for marking transphobia of any kind, no matter what. Now the devs have rewritten the rules to exclude certain anti-transmasc slurs as being considered transphobic, constantly mark transmascs, enbies, and intersex folks as red for just existing, and let actual bigots run around rampant with a lil green box around their name. Transfems that uplift their transmasc siblings, even if they don't engage in the discourse, get marked as red and chased out of the community.

This plugin, way back in the day, used to simply mark transphobes. A flawed system, perhaps (having a plugin that simply shows 'good' or 'bad' people is going to be abused in some way), but I can't say the goal wasn't noble. Now when I see a screenshot of a tumblr user and they're marked green, I check their blog, and 80% of the time they're engaging in harassment against anyone who isn't in their little circle of trans radfems. And I do not say 'radfem' lightly -- I'm seeing actual radfem rhetoric being used to silence anyone they think is the 'enemy' to them. It is a disgusting reversal. Y'all literally harassed punkitt for MONTHS for saying basic, tame, milquetoast shit like "Hey maybe being mean to trans men is wrong, actually", because you've become so steeped in this ridiculous infighting discourse. And this plugin is just the right hand of the law to you.

So thanks, shinigami eyes and the fanatics that support it: you've made an infighting tool that lets you destroy anyone you want by marking them red for the pettiest reasons ever. You've made a plugin that allows you to ostracize whichever queer people personally piss you off.

"Safe for transfems" my ass.

Signed, a transfem that y'all decided to make un-safe.

Reinstalled after a few years to double check some stuff on tumblr and WOW every single flagged blog I found was flagged for the crime of having it/its pronouns in bio. Incredible work devs and reporters, totally what this app was made for.

Used to be a decent add-on, but with little to no moderation, has turned into a means of targeting trans people who do not fit the standards of others, and has become harmful instead to a community it claims to uplift.

It was great a few years ago, but now all it really is good for is encouraging infighting in gender diverse spaces and misflagging transmen as being anti-trans simply because they are men. I'd rather navigate blindly through the internet and block/move on as needed when I find harmful people online than deal with this one any more.

extension marks trans men red all the time because the extension is ran by transmasc hating devs

Not worth it.

This isn't useful anymore, there are too many false positives for it to be helpful. You have to go to each account and individually verify whether they were marked as red/green correctly, which defeats the entire point of the extension.

For example, there are many pro-trans advocates and allies are marked red, despite no wrongdoing, by people with personal grudges against them. And there are transphobic people who are marked green purely on the basis of being trans. Who gets marked as red or green isn't supposed to be dictated by one's identity, or by differing opinions on smaller matters within the LGBT+ community (like disagreements over using neopronouns or micro-labels).

The system is supposed to be: red=unsafe (dangerous transphobic accounts), and green=safe (vocal, proactive supporters of trans rights). Because this extension is being misused and poorly moderated, that system doesn't function anymore.

A lot of trans rights supporters, many of whom are trans themselves, are marked red because they talk positively about intersex people, non-binary people (including non-binary transfemmes and transmascs), trans men, or trans people of color. Many Black trans people specifically are reporting that they've been falsely flagged as red because they critique racial disparities within the broader queer and trans communities; this is an unacceptable misuse of the SE extension to isolate or discredit Black transgender people.

I used to rely on SE to quickly block transphobes like TERFs to keep myself safe online, but these days the TERFs are hardly getting flagged as red at all, and too many times I've checked a red account and realized it's just somebody who discussed intersexism, with no evidence to any instances of transphobia in their account history.

This is wrong and demonstrates biases in the team moderating the extension and the dwindling userbase. This needs to be fixed and the rules clarified (and enforced better by the SE curators) to make this extension safe to use again.

This stopped being useful about a year ago. It still marks many known transphobes as red, but unfortunately it also marks A LOT of gnc, transmasc, intersex and other folks as red. Someone out there is deliberately targeting these kinds of users, and unfortunately it seems like whoever runs this extension either doesn't care to actively take appeals to un-mark targeted queer folks, or doesn't have the time or means to change anything for the positive. Neither of which are remotely acceptable excuses.

Don't listen to all the hate. If someone is marked red and they think that's wrong, look into their views on "transandrophobia". Being trans does not stop someone from being transphobic, and many of them will witchhunt and dogpile trans women on places like tumblr. Use Shinigami Eyes and keep your wits about you.

Would be great if there's a version that highlights AIslop creators as well!

got marked red as a trans woman for asking someone to provide a source regarding interpersonal drama in my city. literally can't make this shit up. used to only mark transphobes, now they mark trans people (and especially masculine trans people) red for petty bullshit. i've been active and vocal for trans rights my entire life. what a joke

I am transfem, and despite this I was marked red by an ex-mutual for petty interpersonal drama, and have been unable to reverse this. I have also seen so many others have similar experiences. I personally believe going into an account or link with your own judgment and eyes is a more consistent and wise thing to do to make your space online feel safest for you.

The one star reviews are (mostly) because transmisogynists are upset they got marked red for their transmisogyny, and can be ignored. In most cases, the extension functions as intended. Particularly so for people marked red, being marked green is a little more iffy.

Largely overrun by weird tumblr trans women who hate anyone AFAB these days. Considering how just being transmasc or thinking pedophilia is bad will get you flagged red.

Immensely racist and transandrophobic. Also loves to defend pedos, for some reason.

I am a gender nonconforming trans individual who is outspoken about my support for queer rights, but I found myself marked red on shinigami eyes after someone I got into a petty online disagreement with had all of their friends to mark me as unsafe. This is an issue I've seen repeat over the last multiple years, and it's only gotten worse with time. This used to be a really useful extension, but it's been warped and weaponized against the very community that built it. I can't say I recommend it anymore because it does not accurately identify transphobia/queerphobia as it used to.

Genuinely does not serve its intended purpose anymore. People that make threats against trans men and transmascs are marked green but anyone who speaks out against anti transmasculinity, exorsexism, or intersexism is marked red. Trans men and transmascs speaking about their experiences and putting a name to that experience isn't a threat to trans women or transfems.