#leave social media for a while

[bizarrobrain]

#Tim Robinson #I Think You Should Leave #Me whenever I stumble upon someone talking about internet drama/social media celeb drama while searching for something else #tumblr

[a-s-levynn]

I was gone for a few hours and feels like i came back to a housefire after half the building burnt down

#i want to stay out of stuff for a while but this.. this is genuinly fucked up #we'll be lucky if the only thing that comes out of it is iii leaving social media and all of them deleting further old and unrelated media #very fucking lucky #there was plenty for the curious without actual digging.. #why.. why isn't what's there ever enough.. why try to go over the line so far the line isn't even visible anymore.. #sleep token

[dxringred]

as in, officially?

#stranger things #ronance #robin buckley #nancy wheeler #ty photoshop for making this take longer than necessary #~the colors of the rainbow shine so bright #every time i look into your eyes~ #that song actually really fits them #how gay #also yes i did all the little doodles myself #with a mouse so leave me alone #big sad that my quick meme shitpost has 3k notes #while this might not even hit 100 #i hate the social media economy

[hard--headed--woman]

i'm sorry but if you stop being a radfem because radblr disappointed you, you were never a radfem in the first place

#saying this because i saw someone saying that there were a lot of former radfems #and that many of them stopped being radfems because of radblr bullshit #like radblr racism or lesbophobia etc #and like. yeah there are many many fucked up things on radblr. racism and lesbophobia and a lot of other things #but if that makes you leave radical feminism then you were never really a radfem #because radical feminism isn’t only radblr. #if tomorrow i decided to leave radblr because of the fucked up things there i would still be a radfem and support radical feminism b #because radical feminism isn’t only radblr to me. there are books and events and docs #if you leave radical feminism at the same time you leave radblr because radblr disappointed you well you were never a radfem #because you did not support radical feminism or know radical feminism outside of radblr #and had no real convictions. #i don't know if it is clear lol. but you can still be a radfem while not being on radblr and radblr disappointing you doesn't mean the #feminism in itself is bad... if you really believed in radfem ideology you would not leave it just because of social medias

[captainbasch]

Oh look, Commission time! :o

Contact me here or [email protected] for questions and orders! TOS Here ---> Read me please! Taking 4 slots > If I get more than four orders, I will do a lottery since that is the fairest thing I can think of and contact you if you get a slot!

I'm finally opening regular slots for you guys! I am so sorry for the wait T v T; Prices and color samples are listed above. If you want a piece in a style I have posted before, or are interested in an illustration project, let me know and I will work with you on pricing c: I specialize in: Original Characters, FFXIV, D&D, Fantasy, Magical, Classical, Historical, Nouveau, Kemonomimi, Botanicals, I enjoy: (but don't have too much to show for) Western, Steampunk, Furry/Anthro, Horror, Suggestive pieces or soft nsfw ->You must be a mutual or previous customer of mine to order anything of this nature

Anything else is probably not my cup of tea or something I don't have experience in! If you have any questions about a character or idea let me know and I would love to work with you!

#commissions #open commissions #ffxiv #d&d #ocs #I will leave this open for a while! c: #SORRY I CHOOSE THE MOST RANDOM TIMES LOL i am so bad at social media!!

[cinna-bunnie]

so like..

is the idea that as a compromise to only having to toggle off tumblr live once a month, you now have this permanent tumblr live icon regardless of ur setting choice stuck to the bottom in the middle of everything in the hopes that i click on it accidentally anyways even though it's clear i don't want it or? where is the NO 100% STOP GIVING ME THIS SHIT I DON'T ACCEPT YOUR POLICIES AND LITERALLY COULD NOT CARE LESS ABOUT TUMBLR LIVE AND WILL NEVER BE INTERESTED IN THIS TYPE OF FEATURE OR FORMAT.

@zingring @photomatt @humans idk how many feedback requests people have to cut tumblr for "no" to just be a valid response here. ppl aren't dumb and see u inching over the line trying to force this on them despite the snooze choice.

what, are there so many ppl snoozing and such a low adoption rate that you know you need to trick users into using it so you can "make number go up" or? 🙄

#snoozing tumblr live for a month but perpetually having a big centered button that will take you there immediately at all #times while also inherently meaning that you've accepted the privacy policies and TOS for using a third party service #tumblr is so fucking annoying is2g i should just pester my mutuals repeatedly about getting onto cohost and being active instead #of talking to a fucking brick wall because obviously NO ONE at tumblr gives a shit that NO ONE wants to use their shitty third #party live stream feature. for the millionth time leave me alooooone #my patience and grace for this site is almost entirely spent y'all ngl (⁠´⁠-⁠﹏⁠-⁠`⁠；⁠) tumblr is like one or two annoying updates away from #me bugging y'all to get on cohost. was hoping there'd be a few more good updates before we got back to the annoying enraging ones. #like.. seeing if ppl r mutuals or followers on mobile? 👍 snoozing going from 7 to 30 days? 👍 live being there despite snoozing? 👎🔫 #I'm STILL not over this whole twitter UI too in the browser too. tumblr's trying sooo hard to be a blogging platform in a twitter trenchcoat #u ARE a blogging platform and are functionally different than a typical social media site in multiple key ways. why r u downgrading urself #it's bc matt thinks elon's sooooo cute and wants to kiss him so bad he'd do anything to get his attention #even crash the popularity of his site and burn his good grace he had w the platforms community. #y'all rich mf need some hobbies i swear to god (⁠´⁠-⁠﹏⁠-⁠`⁠；⁠) y'all get bored or divorced n start tryna fix shit that ain't broken. pests. #now it's everyone else's problem too 🙄

[icekirbys]

Like even when kirby games get difficult its like poyo sparkles yippe and smooth deftful controls against colourful neon grimdark horror but the second you stop paying attention in pikmin half the squad audibly drowns in front of you one guy is stuck up on a cliff everyone is on fire and being munched up and screaming and crying and

#hours after I finished playing pikmin yesterday I was just idly scrolling social media. #and I kept thinking. aa did I leave some pikmin behind me while I was scrolling? and then remembering i wasn't in pikmin game any more #journal

[softpadawan]

Where's the nsfw stuff?

Sigh.

I was going to ignore this ask, but then I decided this is a perfect opportunity to unpack one of the bigger problems creators are facing in fandom today, namely entitled consumers (not fans) of their work, who expect a constant stream of new content without giving anything in return. 

Let’s begin with this simple formula: if you like something an artist has created and want to see more of it, then you should:

Comment on and publicly bookmark the content (AO3)

Reblog the content (Tumblr)

In other words, anon, you have to support them. You’re going to have to put in a little effort, which isn’t asking much considering the much greater effort it takes authors and artists to make the content you enjoy so much. 

Likes on Tumblr don’t do shit; reblogging is the only way to be seen. Private bookmarks on AO3 don’t do shit. Comments make an author’s day, even one liners like “I really loved this” or a keyboard smash with a little heart on the end. A simple “thank you for writing and sharing” is a great way to endear yourself to an author. 

How long does it take to leave a 4-word comment? A few seconds? Reblogging a post takes literally one second, maybe a few more if you add some nice tags (yes, we see those too). To compare, how long does it take an author to plot, draft, write, edit, and post a 5000-word story? Or an artist to draw a fully colored and rendered piece of art? NSFW art can take even longer, because finding the right pose and drawing anatomy is more challenging. 

Almost all of us creators have jobs or education or health issues or real life obligations that prevent us from being able to devote all our free time to writing or drawing. They are our hobbies, the things we do to unwind and give our lives a little zazz. Many fan authors and fan artists receive no financial compensation for their work. They make it for free and share it with others in the hopes that their creations will be enjoyed by others and people will send them a little feedback about how much they liked them. That is the only payment some of us get. 

Do you know the difference between a consumer and a fan, anon? A consumer is someone who takes and takes and never gives back, someone who follows an artist on social media without ever interacting with them, who never reblogs or retweets that artist’s work, never comments, but only clicks the “like” button and moves on, and then later wonders why that artist has stopped making art for X thing.

A fan is someone who is enthusiastic and supportive, who will leave a few positive words when they can, who reblogs and comments. A fan is thankful, and so are we creators when we find people like this—we’ve got a live one, boys! Many of them become our friends, and we go on to have epic chats and brainstorming sessions and share ideas, which in turn generates more art than there would have been without this friendship. 

This is the heart and guts of fandom itself. This mingling and sharing, this love fest between artists and authors and gifmakers and photoeditors and fans who can’t do any of that but love to see the stuff their friends make, and they hit that reblog button and leave comments and click that little heart when they’re making a bookmark on AO3 to show just how much they loved it.

We creators see that. And it validates us. We’re not alone! Someone out there enjoys this thing as much as I do, and holy shit they reblogged it too! And now other people are seeing it! Asdf;lkjs;ljdf;lsajd

If creators never receive feedback or have their work shared, then they have no idea if their audience is enjoying their work. Or if they even have an audience. If you don’t engage and interact with creators, very few of them are going to create more stuff. Why should they? They have no incentive beyond whatever love compelled them to create in the first place.

If you want writers and artists to keep creating the content you enjoy, SUPPORT them. Reblog. Comment. Bookmark. You never know if you’re going to make someone’s day—or a new friend.

#fandom #support creators #reblog #comment #ao3 #long post #reblogging #how to participate in fandom #content creators #if you like something REBLOG IT ffs #social media mentality is killing fandom #too afraid to reblog prolematique content? #make an anonymous sideblog #don't treat creators like factories for free content #esp if you're not even commenting on their work #i haven't received any comments on ao3 in a while #i have no idea what's being enjoyed #the kudos bot killed the likes system #guest kudos are worthless now #LEAVE A COMMENT #it's the only way an author will truly know

[mastersoftheair]

from appletv's instagram story

#heh. they don't even know about callum turner's secret instagram account #(in complete fairness tho it's private and it's pretty funny slash weird that i even know the damn thing exists) #also- obsessed with how they're highlighting all these 6 main guys like they're the Hottest shit #while knowing Damn Well nate mann doesn't have Any social media!! #all the behind the scenes pics and videos i combed through and Anything rosie rosenthal has literally been within the last few months! #oh how i Struggled! the Pain!! #also follow them or not. do what you want. all i can say is that in My experience- #austin butler posts less than nothing about MotA. ig his account is 'too professional' (all of 5 posts rn) but Give It A Rest my guy! #the most i've ever seen of MotA barry has been Exclusively through cary fukunaga's videos from 2021. zilch since then so idk #anthony is a very light Sometimes. like it Might happen. if anything he leaves a Bunch of funny comments on the posts of other guys lol #now Mr. Rafferty Law?? undying respect. go forth and follow him. he's posted So Much MotA shit for Years- esp in stories. so real for that! #masters of the air #hbo war

[katnissgirlsmakedo]

i don’t mean this to sound homophobic or whatever but some queer people literally cannot conceptualize that they actively look down on things they consider “basic” or “straight” with an insane level of contempt no matter how much they say they support everyone and everything. like. if i tell you i love riverdale because it’s campy and fun and you give me that look of disgust because you perceive riverdale as some basic lame straight people show. that’s not very like. nice. and then you refuse to hear me out in my show’s defense… and you just wave me off with a “whatever like whatever you like” but you’re still looking at me like i’ve just ordered a pumpkin spice latte while wearing ugg boots and listening to taylor swift. like at a certain point when will you admit you’re not actually very nice about people’s interests that don’t align with yours.

#i just brought up wonka to my friend and she immediately went into how much she doesn’t like timothee chalamet and she would never see this #stupid movie because she thinks he’s so annoying and da da da. #and i was like. well actually i love timothee chalamet i think he’s funny and i’d love to see him in a bad musical… #and i brought this up. because i was GOING to lead into asking her to see it with me so we could laugh at all the stupid parts together #and i didn’t even get there because she was frankly just such a hater #this is the real life friend who just followed me on letterboxd btw #i’m considering blocking her honestly because like. i do not vibe with the way she uses that website and i do not think it needs to be a #social media thing for us. it’s a little insane actually that she would actively want to follow me on there and then her own profile is so. #like it’s mean to say her profile sucks but she doesn’t have a picture or favorites and she doesn’t leave reviews and like. what am i #following you for!!!! why do you use this website!!!! #and i literally said to her girl your profile is a bit lame at least add a picture #and she got so mad at me for this as if i’d just suggested killing her boyfriend #which frankly i do want to do but that’s neither here nor there #like what do you think is going to happen to you if you pick four movies to represent your taste on the movie website. #if you put a little jpeg of a character you enjoy as your pfp. if you maybe express an opinion on something you saw #what fo you think will happen to you if you do those things. #and why. if you’re not going to do those things. did you need to follow ME. who does!!! #and get all up in MY movies and MY opinions and MY head while giving me nothing back…. #like. i say some shit on there ok why does she get to read that but all i get is. ‘watched some czech film from 1965 on december 14th’ #like hello. hi. hello.

[ashdash2417]

I’m sorry for the lack of original posts… it will continue to happen. 😔

#ash rambles #shut up ash! #i am fully aware of my lack of original posts #or lack of art thereof #lately ive kind been focusing a bit on my original content #while also taking a few steps back from social media #or… fandom stuff anyways #i don’t think i can keep a consistent schedule of art #cause then it starts turning into a chore and then i’ll no longer wanna work on it #(kinda why i haven’t been doing much requests honestly…) #i’ll most likely get back into doing fanart when i’m back in the mood i guess #😅 #anyways #some new episodes of stuff to look forward to #new camp camp episodes~ 👀 #last two episodes of murder drones coming some time after that im guessing… #so yeeeee #anyways i’ll leave ye be for now hehe

[gla55t33th]

#dev.draw() #yeah I’m going to leave social media’s for a lil while

[girldaddragon]

Is it just me or is engagement a lot lower than months before?

#if it is then it's either because my art is being mediocre #or because social media is collapsing in real time and people leave the old ones while the new ones don't have too many people on them yet

[moodr1ng]

i think its so annoying whenever ppl r reposting "aesthetic" pics of dainty thin lined pastel colors little tattoos and someone says "this would not hold up after healing/in a few years" and everyone goes "oh so youre the fun police!! who cares!! its what they want!! dont be a hater!" etc etc like.. its called information? sure the tattoo is already on the person and thats a done thing and maybe they know its gonna fade and the whites are gonna look yellow-grey and the colors are gonna blur together and its gonna be an unreadable mess and maybe theyre fine w that. but the thing is youre posting all types of pics of these brand new tattoos that still look fresh saturated and perfect and that makes ppl think its gonna actually look like that, and we know very well many ppl dont do enough research before getting a tattoo to know that it wont stay like that. its perfectly fair to point out "this style of tattoo looks good at first but it does not stay like this long term" and people should probably do it more so that those getting them dont do it under the impression that the quality is gonna remain..

#97 #yea it is ultimately ones responsibility to do their own research #but i also dont think having a shit tattoo on you for the rest of your life should be like. punishment for not doing that #we could just inform ppl more where theyre likely to see it. #now GRANTED if you are doing that its better to say 'if youre considering this style of tattoo please do your research' #'as these usually heal very differently and you will not get this as a result within a few years or even months of having it' #and not just 'its gonna look bad after a while' yeah. #tho also i think on most social media ppl do not take the time to leave lengthy & nuanced comments anyway #at least when it gets to black fine line tattoos some of them heal well and dont blow out and smudge to hell tho its not the default #but the ones that are just like. the tiniest little flower in only light colors no black ink? #sorry but theres a reason you NEVER see healed pictures of those like properly several months/years healed..

[baerryjj]

Me when I find out I have to actually write for my fic to continue

#ive been sat for like 2 hours like WOOO YEA WRITING TIME #while skipping from instagram to twitter to tumblr to twitter again #social media and adhd are a recipe for disaster #and here i am #posting about it #INSTEAD OF OPENING THE DAMN WORD DOC LMAOOOOO #im pathetic leave me alone #evening rambles with baerry

[galoosreblogger]

I think rich people should not be allowed to participate in "normal people social media"

#their values and struggles do not align with mine #and there's more normal people than rich people #so they should shut the fuck up and leave us alone #they can make their own rich people social media where they shit on us I don't even care #just leave us normal people alone #I'm a firm believer of rich people should enjoy their wealth while also shutting the fuck up #if I was rich you wouldn't hear a peep outta me #mostly because I think being rich is kind of shameful but that's a detail #anyway let's get this bread or something #personal #text