#Saving the Light sh*tposting

[flashthescalesian-art]

Thorn: Where are you going? Fox: To throw myself into the nearest star. Thorn: Cool, can I come?

#How I’ve been feeling at work for the past week #Commander Fox #Commander Thorn #coruscant guard #star wars #the clone wars #clone trooper #saving the light sh*tposting

[heywriters]

how to make a tumblr post (and get notes!)

Have never seen any post discuss these exact things, so i'm sharing my insights with y'all*

Use images. They don't have to be good or spectacular like this extremely coherent thing I just made. They just need to catch the eye break up dashboard monotony.

The gif search feature is an unreliable wild card at best and a NSFW eye gouge at worst, but it gives credit to the op of the gif

If you're an artist your whole post is your images, so skip to the links and tags section of this post because the rest won't help much.

-> Image Descriptions

When making a post that contains images, hover over an image and click the meatballs icon in the lower right corner of the image. Click "update description" to add a description. It isn't always necessary, but it is very courteous for a variety of accessibility reasons.

-> Text

Break up your text. Run-on sentences are standard here, lack of punctuation too, you can really do whatever you want, but avoid massive blocks of text. unless you've got a really incendiary opening line and the entire center of that granite chunk of text is actually comedy gold, hard-hitting tumblr journalism, or one of those zany confessional posts that can be followed up by the drive thru meme

break up

your text.

and go light on the ALL CAPS. save it for emphasis or when you're feeling very unhinged or saRcAStiC y'know how that goes, i don't need to explain it. this site has a very dry tone to its posts so caps are rare. also periods

Bullet points and numbered posts are good and fine. The "Chat" post option is used less often these days, but different groups found uses for it so it sticks around.

Titles Matter

they help break up text and put people at ease. they are best for informative, mature posts but can make you look like a square in more relaxed conversations. sometimes they are also great for emphasis in a comedic sh*tpost (censorship is entirely up to you, btw. you don't have to censor much on tumblr except titties and genitals).

Tumblr automatically shortens long posts now, but etiquette asks that you tag #long post if you want to avoid clogging up someone's dash. It don't matter too much though, this is the "color of the sky" site, so get used to posts being too long

That being said "READ MORE" is a fantastic feature. Use it when you want some level of privacy like "hey, only click below if you want to hear about my problems" or "click below to read my 18+ fanfic." Read more is also great in case you want to delete something forever. If a reblogged post has a read more, but op deleted the og post, that content is gone (readmore has to be on the og post at time of posting for this to work, btw; edits to og post do not span all reblogs)

the other bells and whistles like colored font or italics are helpful in improving text, but we don't really rely on them. every mode of looking at this site alters those aspects somehow so we often ignore them

-> Links

Hint: People don't want to click links. We don't know where they're taking us. Most of us are on our phone and don't want to open another tab or leave the app to go on the browser. We're cozy here on Tumblr and do not wish to be whisked away (unless it's a rickroll)

Don't leave the link thumbnail to do all the work, like so

add a little sneak peak info, maybe your favorite line from the article or a reason why it's important for people to know the info on the other side of that link. Sell it!

When you're adding a link into a list, i.e. no large thumbnail just a line of text leading you to another site, try not to copy/paste the link as is

"https://......"

No one wants to click on that it's gross and scary. It's screams "meh, i'll click later if i feel like it." If the build up to the link is too good to resist ("if you want to save the orphaned puppies here's the link") then that http mess is sufficient.

Otherwise, dress your links up a little by including the title or a description of what the link goes to:

Or, if it's an informal post where you're just popping info in to back up whatever insane thing you just said, just write something like "link here" or "(x)" and hyperlink it.

-> Tags

artists, writers, and other creators: leave a tag on your creative content that makes it easy for blog visitors to see it all at once. e.g. "My work" and we click on that while on your blog and see only your works

You can have up to thirty tags on any post. All will make your post show up in searches and followed tags (it used to be only the first five tags that got you traction). However,

Please. Do not tag everything you can possibly imagine being relevant to your post because

It's called tag spam and it's against TOS

Everyone here hates that

No one is going to check all those tags ever. Someone might search one five years from now and accidentally find your post hanging out in the ether and they'll still ignore it.

Your imagination is wicked tiny because I guarantee the perfect tag is going to be something indecipherable and seemingly niche.

Follow popular tags (or at least be aware of them)

If yours is an off-the-cuff post and you don't have time to find out what a niche group is into then wing it, sure, idc. this is also the shitposting site do whatever you want

Don't put your hate in the fan tags. This is the unapologetically-like-dumb-things site and your negativity is not wanted. You can still complain, just avoid tagging to get the attention of the fans of whatever you're complaining about. That enables pvp and even nonfans will know you deserve the backlash

-> Audio & Video

clickable by nature because we all love noise and moving images so there's no special way to share posts like this. just post them with good tags and maybe a one-liner, and they'll sell themselves

Tip: it's nice to add descriptions to these too but it isn't common

Protip: if the audio is the best part of the video (e.g. a baby burps REALLY loudly and it's hilarious) please caption or tag "Unmute!"

-> mkay bye

that's all i can think of right now. will update later if i remember something

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*this is year eleven of my time on tumbles and i studied marketing in college for like six of those years and have been applying that bupkis to tumblr ever since. every post i see that gets no traction and every lovely artist that goes nowhere on here bothers me so deeply and i sincerely want y'all to succeed <3 <3

+ If you find this helpful and want to support my blog, I have a ko-fi!

+ If you're concerned about my mental health from being on Tumblr so long and want to contribute to my "get better" fund, I have a ko-fi!

#writing #tumblr guide #tumblr etiquette #marketing #writeblr #authorblr #artists of tumblr #og #tongue in cheek #long post

[whyhellosims]

“You f*cking kidding me? Not this again!”

Otherwise known as:  I’m not updating my mods until I install University, so I put Felix and Felicia in their own squeaky clean save to go light as*holes on fire. Except it didn’t work out that way because spellcasters lose their spellbook completion when you put them in game from the gallery. But hey, bonus, he kept all his familiars! So partial win!

FELIX SH*TPOST #1 ➨ NEXT

#clean save #felix aldrich #felicia aldrich #vanilla save #sims 4 vanilla #simblr #the sims 4 #ts4 #sims 4 #ts4 gameplay #sims 4 gameplay #sims 4 legacy #ts4 legacy #aldrich #queue #FELIX SHITPOST #felix outfits #felix shit post

[flashthescalesian-art]

Thorn: Tomorrow's garbage day. Fox: I can't believe they made a whole day dedicated to you.

#commander fox #commander thorn #star wars #the clone wars #clone trooper #coruscant guard #corrie guard #saving the light sh*tposting

[flashthescalesian-art]

Thorn: BWWAAAAAAAAAA! Oh, you hear that? That's the wrong opinion alarm.

Fox: That is not something you actually have installed.

Thorn: Sorry, say again? I couldn't hear you over my alarm that YOU SET OFF with your WRONG OPINION.

#star wars #the clone wars #commander fox #commander thorn #clone trooper #coruscant guard #corrie guard #saving the light sh*tposting

[flashthescalesian-art]

Fox, to Xana: If you see Thorn, give him this message *makes a neutral face* He’ll know what it means.

*later*

Xana: oh, and Fox said to give you a message.

Xana: *makes a neutral face*

Thorn: Oh no. The neutral face of displeasure.

#star wars #the clone wars #commander fox #commander thorn #clone trooper #Xanathe Tess #Padawan Xanathe Tess #jedi padawan #jedi oc #jedi #padawan #star wars oc #coruscant guard #corrie guard #saving the light sh*tposting

[flashthescalesian-art]

Bones: Hey, vod, what do you want to eat? Joker: THE SOULS OF THE INNOCENT! Pulse: A bagel. Joker: N O! Pulse: Two bagels.

#saving the light sh*tposting #introducing some medics I haven’t introduced yet #well two of them #I think I’ve introduced Pulse before but it’s been forever #Pulse the medic #Bones the medic #Joker the medic #clone trooper #clone medic oc #clone medic #star wars #the clone wars #clone trooper oc #14th medic battalion #source: vine

[flashthescalesian-art]

Jax: If you were to vacuum up jello through a metal tube, well I think that'd be a neat noise

Cody: I beg to differ

Jax: Then Beg

#Commander Jax #342nd battalion #clone commander oc #commander cody #212th attack battalion #clone trooper oc #star wars #the clone wars #Saving the Light sh*tposting #Jax just casually being the unhinged baby brother

[flashthescalesian-art]

Pulse: What is wrong with my face?! Joker: Would you like the list in alphabetical order or in descending order of grossness?

#Clone medic Pulse #Clone medic Joker #Medic captain Pulse #clone medic oc #clone trooper oc #star wars #the clone wars #star wars oc #clone trooper #Saving the Light sh*tposting #source: TMNT 2012 #14th medical battalion

[flashthescalesian-art]

Jax: Don't worry, I know exactly what I'm doing. Everything is going to be fine!

Blazer: How can you still say that?

Jax: Because sometimes, when things get tough, denial is all we have.

#Commander Jax #captain blazer #clone trooper oc #clone commander oc #clone captain oc #clone trooper #star wars #the clone wars #342nd battalion #Saving the Light sh*tposting

[flashthescalesian-art]

Jax: This is either gonna be really cool or really painful. *flies a ship through a Separatist lookout tower and crashes* Jax: Okay, it was both.

#Commander Jax #342nd battalion #Saving the Light sh*tposting #source: TMNT 2012 #clone trooper oc #star wars #the clone wars #star wars oc #clone trooper

[flashthescalesian-art]

Bones: Something tells me Joker's going to be a bit more unhinged today...

Joker: *holding a lit match and a bag of cheetos* Leave me be, Pulse isn't home to stop me, l'm going feral.

#saving the light sh*tposting #back with another one because this is the tiny sliver of serotonin keeping me going right now #Pulse the medic #Bones the medic #Joker the medic #14th medic battalion #clone trooper #clone trooper oc #star wars #the clone wars #clone medic oc #clone medic #source: ???

[flashthescalesian-art]

Fox: Maybe caffeine will make me work better.

Fox: Or I'll just be stressed faster.

Fox:

Fox: I'll take my chances.

#Commander Fox #Coruscant Guard #star wars #the clone wars #clone trooper #saving the light sh*tposting #incorrect star wars quotes #incorrect clone wars quotes #incorrect star wars #incorrect clone wars #also this is my mood today #I don't drink caffeine but maybe it'll help today #or not idk

[flashthescalesian-art]

Thorn: What does the fox say?

Fox: *screams*

Thorn:

Fox:

Thorn: ...Are you okay?

#Commander Fox #Commander Thorn #Coruscant Guard #incorrect star wars quotes #incorrect clone wars quotes #clone trooper #star wars #the clone wars #Saving the Light sh*tposting

[flashthescalesian-art]

Thorn: I'm an idiot.

Fox:

Thire:

Stone:

Fox: If you're waiting for us to disagree, it's going to be a very long day.

#I love Thorn #I just see this as the others picking on him because they can #They do love him he's just fun to pick on #Commander Thorn #Commander Fox #Commander Thire #Commander Stone #Coruscant Guard #incorrect star wars quotes #incorrect clone wars quotes #Saving the Light sh*tposting #source: ???

[flashthescalesian-art]

Obi-Wan: Has anyone seen Cody?

Boil: No?

Waxer: I got this. *climbs onto a crate* GENERAL KENOBI DROPPED HIS LIGHTSABER!

Cody, his helmet appearing in the crowd of clones: DAMMIT, GENERAL, I’M GONNA GLUE THAT THING TO YOU, I SWEAR-

Waxer: Found him.

#incorrect star wars quotes #incorrect Star wars #Obi-Wan Kenobi #waxer and boil #clone trooper waxer #clone trooper boil #Commander Cody #star wars #the clone wars #Saving the Light sh*tposting #do not tag as Codywan