Clint: I’m bored, let’s play 2 truths and 1 lie.
Thor: What’s that?
Bruce: It’s a game, where you tell 2 truths and 1 lie.
Tony: I’ll go first.
Tony: A moon was once thrown at me, My eyes are blue and I don’t like to be handed things.
Steve: Come on it’s got to be harder than that-
Natasha: His eyes are brown.
Steve: A moon-whAT?
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“Best Stuff First” is the Worst
@incorrectavengersquotes now has more than 12,300 followers and averages about 1,000 notes per three days (which is how Tumblr’s activity graph tracks things). We post twice a day and have an archive of nearly 3,000 posts for newcomers to peruse. I’m not sure if this is still the case, but we were the #3 Avengers blog on the entire site a few months ago.
So, just to be clear, we do a pretty good job of promoting the blog and its content...at least through Tumblr’s previous algorithms and methodologies.
But with the “Best Stuff First” rollout, this is what our activity looks like as of Tuesday. It’s gone down to about a fifth of what it’s generally been, which means our great and faithful followers aren’t even seeing our stuff in the first place.
Our new-followers activity looks similar; we’ve gone from about 15–30 new followers every three days to just a couple. So, new people aren’t finding us, either—which means that being a top-ranked blog for a very, very popular fandom doesn’t qualify our “stuff” as the site’s “best.”
I say all of this not to promote my beloved sideblog—an often-silly fandom venture from which I derive nothing but personal satisfaction—but rather to emphasize just how big and immediate the effect of this “feature” is.
As things stand, it looks mostly like IAQ has lost the opportunity to capitalize on the recent and well-received release of a big movie in the franchise we’re built around. That’s not the end of the world, but it’s certainly a bummer, as people seem to enjoy the blog and we do usually get a fun burst of activity after another MCU film comes out. (The blog turned 3 in August, so we’ve had that experience about half a dozen times already.)
But if I needed to increase traffic or followers for my livelihood, if I’d designed a business around the old model for gaining traction, if those thousands of followers were relying on the blog for important or timely information...I would be totally screwed right now.
It doesn’t help that the only result in the Help Center for this feature is instructions for how to turn it off. I of course encourage everyone to do that—it’s quick and easy—but the fact remains that most users simply aren’t going to see those instructions in the first place.
So, @staff, please undo this feature, make it opt-in rather than default, or at least give your content creators and your users some guidelines for how to navigate it. We follow blogs because we want to see what they post, plain and simple, and “Best Stuff First” takes that away from everyone.
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Clint: I forgot to charge my phone last night, sometimes I think I’m stupid.
Natasha: Dont worry, I do that too
Clint: Forget to charge your phone?
Natasha: No, think you’re stupid
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Luke: I forgot to charge my phone last night, sometimes I think I’m stupid.
Garcia: Dont worry, I do that too
Luke: Forget to charge your phone?
Garcia: No, think you’re stupid
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*Bucky and Natasha texting*
Bucky *send Natasha a picture of a puppy* - : WE HAVE TO
Natasha: no, we don’t
Bucky: but I found her
Natasha: Where?
Bucky: in the street
Natasha: are you at the shelter?
Bucky: No…
Maybe…
Okay, yes. But I still found her!
Natasha: You went there TO find her. Remember last Christmas when you conveniently found Alpine sleeping in your car? How that cat got into your car I'll never understand.
Bucky: I told you. I left the window open and he jumped in!
Natasha: James, a four-week-old kitten can’t jump that high…
Bucky: Tasha, don’t you dare underestimate our baby, he has many skills!
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[Killian sighs heavily]
Granny: Let me guess, relationship trouble?
Killian: Yeah. I hate when we fight.
Granny: I'm sure she feels the same way.
Killian: I'm not talking about Emma, I'm talking about David.
Granny: So am I.
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Loki: I’m going to fill Thor’s room with rubber ducks
Frigga: No you’re not
Loki: Aww, c’mon you’re no fun
Frigga: You’re going to fill his room with REAL ducks. And geese, maybe some chickens too-
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Nicole: Hey are you a 9? Because I'm the 1 for you.
Waverly: But you're a 10.
Nicole: No it's a pickup lin-
Waverly: BUT YOU'RE A 10. And low key so am I.
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