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An open letter to @staff

I already submitted this to Support under "Feedback," but I'm sharing it here too as I don't expect it to get a response, and I feel like putting in out in public may be more effective than sending it off into the void.

The recent post on the Staff blog about changing tumblr to an algorithmic feed features a large amount of misinformation that I feel staff needs to address, openly and honestly, with information on where this data was sourced at the very least.

Claim 1: Algorithms help small creators.

This is false, as algorithms are designed to push content that gets engagement in order to get it more engagement, thereby assuring that the popular remain popular and the small remain small except in instances of extreme luck.

This can already be seen on the tumblr radar, which is a combination of staff picks (usually the same half-dozen fandoms or niche special interests like Lego photography) which already have a ton of engagement, or posts that are getting enough engagement to hit the radar organically. Tumblr has an algorithm that runs like every other socmed algorithm on the planet, and it will decimate the reach of small creators just like every other platform before it.

Claim 2: Only a small portion of users utilize the chronological feed.

You can find a poll by user @darkwood-sleddog here that at the time of writing this, sits at over 40 THOUSAND responses showing that over 96 percent of them use the chronological feed. Claiming otherwise isn't just a misstatement, it's a lie. You are lying to your core userbase and expecting them to accept it as fact. It's not just unethical, it's insulting to people who have been supporting your platform for over a decade.

Claim 3: Tumblr is not easy to use.

This is also 100% false and you ABSOLUTELY know it. Tumblr is EXTREMELY easy to use, the issue is that the documentation, the explanations of features, and often even the stability of the service is subpar. All of this would be very easy for staff to fix, if they would invest in the creation of walkthroughs and clear explanations of how various site features work, as well as finally fixing the search function. Your inability to explain how your service works should not result in completely ignoring the needs and wants of your core long-term userbase. The fact that you're more willing to invest in the very systems that have made every other form of social media so horrifically toxic than in trying to make it easier for people to use the service AS IT WORKS NOW and fixing the parts that don't work as well speaks volumes toward what tumblr staff actually cares about.

You will not get a paycheck if your platform becomes defunct, and the thing that makes it special right now is that it is the ONLY large-scale socmed platform on THE ENTIRE INTERNET with a true chronological feed and no aggressive algorithmic content serving. The recent post from staff indicates that you are going to kill that, and are insisting that it's what we want. It is not. I'd hazard to guess that most of the dev team knows it isn't what we want, but I assume the money people don't care. The user base isn't relevant, just how much money they can bring in.

The CEO stated he wanted this to remain as sort of the last bastion of the Old Internet, and yet here we are, watching you declare you intend to burn it to the ground.

You can do so much better than this.

#Tumblr

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so much hate on the dash rb to hug the person you reblogged this from <3

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PSA to New Tumblr Users

DON'T CENSOR YOUR TAGS. DON'T.

Write out 'Suicide' Write out 'Rape' Write out 'Abuse' & 'Assault' & 'Gore'

If you don't use the real words in your tags? People won't be able to filter those out and stay SAFE.

You need to tag properly to keep everyone safe.

Don't water down warnings just because social media has trained you to water them down.

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Fantastic art

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gods, we wish we could paint this.

A sunset will color your dreams

Photos by Mauro Scalabroni

#photos #sunset #ocean #pastel #beaches #the shore #blue #pink #purple #other's works #lovely #absolutely beautiful

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#December Doodles #Flowers #Tulip #Sunflower #Daffodil #Sketches

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Inktober • Day Thirty-One • Ripe

Last day of Inktober, I hope everyone had a wonderful month!

Happy Halloween!

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Inktober • Day Thirty • Catch

One more day folks; keep up the good fight!

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Inktober • Day Twenty-Nine • Injured

When you drawings slowly take dark turns when thinking about the spoopy season.

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Inktober • Day Twenty-Eight • Ride

Inspired more on the expression than just the word but I like so take my ink.

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Inktober • Day Twenty-Seven • Coat

Inscription reads, "Condita eat pace in adagnito."

Can be translated as "Peace founded in Knowledge."

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Inktober • Day Twenty-Six • Dark

There's a weird mark and the light was a little strong but don't take your eyes off the them for too long.

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Inktober • Day Twenty-Five • Tasty

My first late night edition; not too bad though the vision was warped on the way.

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Inktober • Day Twenty-Four • Dizzy

When you wanted to draw the dizzy thingy without drawing a whole person; I don't care if it doesn't look exactly right, it's my ink.

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Inktober • Day Twenty-Three • Ancient

I don't know but this just looks ancient; has probably been keeping watch since the beginning of it all.

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