#dashboard problems

[hjbender]

Is anyone else noticing

Users you definitely did not nor would ever follow suddenly on your dash (i.e., you're following them)?

Suddenly seeing content whose tags you KNOW you've blocked and/or filtered?

#why tf would i follow a cottagecore blog? that's not my scene #i'm also not into dr who but suddenly i'm following a dr who fanart blog?? #and i KNOW i blocked the tag of a certain tv show bc i don't care about it but suddenly there it is #tumblr issues #tumblr problems #dashboard problems #content filtering #tag blocking #tumblr get your shit together challenge

[stormesandshowersparttwo]

I feel like such a boomer asking this, but so far my few mutuals haven't been able to help fix this. This is for anyone but I'll take help from @staff @support. i made a new account after losing mine sometime ago. This app is different. my "following" tab is full of accounts/posts I don't follow and it appears my settings are correct. Can anyone help so I only see people I'm following in my "following" tab?

Here's a screenshot of my dashboard preferences. Don't know where else to change my settings to make it so suggested posts quit appearing. Isn't that was the "for you" and "your tags" be for?

#tumblr #feed #posting #i need assistance #tumblr dashboard #dashboard #dashboard problems #dashboard preferences

[louisthiccsexyglitteryass]

i love it when my Tumblr takes a minute to get its bearings like yes hellsite take your time i believe in you

#tumblr #hellsite #dashboard problems #take your time doll #you're ok #you can do this

[couldyoujusttrustmethisonce]

Dashboard problems

So for a few days now my dashboard won't show more than like 10 posts/an hour of posts and THAT'S IT. I also don't seem to be the only one having this problem WORLDWIDE. So what @staff? Emails get answered with the usually 'delete cookies/try other browser/disable XKIT...' which OF COURSE does not work... seriously?

#@staff #dashboard problems #no more posts loading

[cozylittleartblog]

@staff if you [change] the [design] of the fucking [dashboard] i will kill you

edit. i want it on the actual post that i am not actually making a de-th threat against the staff. that's shitty. the caption quotes the fucking costco hot dog meme, which i originally said in the tags. if any staff member sees this please do Not take it personally

#dashboard #staff #tumblr update #comic #art #doodles #costco ceo about the price of a hot dog.png #i refuse to believe this is a real problem that site owners think people have #frankly i refuse to believe people had this issue with deviantart before eclipse #i am sorry you have to put about 15 minutes of effort into understanding a new website. feel better soon #my main blog doesn't have it yet but i logged into here to make this post and. i have it #this is fucking terrible. it would ahve been really really funny for april fools day but not as a permanent change #i hate it a Lot. i hate it so fucking much. oh . my god. #edit - guys i amnot actually sending de*th threats to staff it's the costco hot dog meme

[arttrampbelle]

Tumblr has been eating my posts wtaf?!

#vent #dashboard problems #tumblr is broke rn

[threewaysdivided]

New Desktop Dash, No Bueno

Okay so, new dash layout on desktop.

As seems to be a common reaction: not a fan.

Let's talk about some of the issues:

1. Really visually cluttered

The new sidebar crowds out the dashboard content and the bright blue popup notifications (now at the side AND top) and create-post bar pull your eyes in different directions. There is no space for the eye to rest on anymore - it's all noise. The end result is that everything flattens - there's no focal point anymore.

It's also pretty overwhelming - even for someone like me - so I can't imagine it would be very user-friendly to someone who was photosensitive or struggled with visual overload (especially when paired with the high-contrast 'true blue' default site palette and animated icons for the changes-on-tumblr/staff-picks/trending buttons).

2. The activity pop-up now covers dashboard content

This is really bad from a usability standpoint. In the old layout the activity pop-up used to drop down over the recommended blogs sidebar. Now it actively gets in the way of looking at core content. The dash is why we are here, burying it like this is baffling.

The search bar now drops down over the recommended blogs banner instead, but where the old design had non-critical space on each side of the dashboard to visually allow both features to pop in, this new layout is way worse for efficiency. And for what? Having a rarely-used former drop-down menu now permanently active? The old banner with quick-links for the key use-features (notes, messages, askbox) made much more design sense.

It also means that the activity pop-up gets now completely covered by the blog pop-up that opens when you click the notification, so double demerit there. 0/10.

3. It's harder to navigate to the activity page, and the new page-stretch means you can't see new notes without scrolling down

That first bit is kind of a nitpick but cramming the 'See everything' link down at the bottom of a browser window isn't a great navigation choice. (Again, the visual signifiers and eye-direction in this new design are incredibly poor.)

That the main activity page now requires you to scroll to even see the top note due to the new display ratio is really egregious. It makes another key site feature just slightly less convenient and accessible in a very irritating way. Bad choice.

4. The new ratio pushes the Radar and Main Sponsored slot completely off-screen

This one is directed the tumblr staff: that's also a bad choice, guys. That's your main ad-slot for people loading into Tumblr so hiding it is going to hurt both your ad-impressions and your ability to promote the ad-free option. The new layout ratio also means that the in-dash ads are going to be a lot more invasively screen-filling - and let's be real most users will either add-block or leave before purchasing ad-free. I have no idea what the new layout is trying to achieve but if ad optimisation is the goal then this ain't it, chief.

To be honest I cannot comprehend the rationale for this change. I guess it's visually a bit more like Twitter... but that site is currently being demolished from the inside by poor management decisions so maybe it's not the best aesthetic to be aping.

Well then, what do?

Okay so, new dash bad. And so, in true Tumblr spirit: we complain. However, to get results we must deploy the art of kvetching productively.

If you want the old dash back (or at least, a better new-dash design that corrects some of these big weaknesses) what you should do is head over to https://www.tumblr.com/support and lodge a feedback ticket pointing out the problems. The more users who do that, the more likely you are to see an effective response.

Remember, tagging @staff and @support in posts won't fix this. There's no guarantee they'll see it among the notes barrage.

Also: please don't be rude or abusive when you lodge tickets. Whoever is manning those blogs and inboxes probably isn't the person who forced through this change. Save an intern, be polite.

Go forth in disgruntlement to keep this hellhole a hellhome.

#tumblr #tumblr problems #new dashboard #yes it's bad #but there is a way #I've already lodged tickets about it

[rapidhighway]

this is relevant again.

#im so sad all the screenshots are with my old username my legacyyyy TOT #i went to the doctor btw i got told i dont have it but the problems havent stopped so maybe i do got it idk #dashboard friends stop adhd blogging im trying to fake it til i make it or whatever the fuck #this is a joke jokeee post about whatever

[noballoonsinspace]

@staff @support much appreciation for all you do but listen

do yall not understand that a vast majority of your user base is either autistic af or otherwise hella neurotic for any number of reasons, and we have a profoundly hard time (neurologically emotionally or otherwise) processing change that is frivolous, unsolicited, and ineffectual.

I don't mean "we don't like it" or "we reserve the right to whine about it" I legitimately mean that significant changes in interface make it extremely difficult to take in and process any or all of the visual information and this renders the website effectively unusable.

Annoyed and overstimulated in unfamiliar surroundings is the exact opposite of the experience I'm looking for on this website.

Please be inclusive of all disabilities all neurotypes by changing it back or giving us the option to do so. Thanks so so much

#actually autistic #new dashboard #I thought I would come back from hiatus and start fresh with a new blog but fucking ew gross disgusting nevermind #asd problems #neurodiversity #accessibility #inclusivity #disability accessibility #disabled community #neurological disability #disability advocacy #autistic advocacy #asd stuff #autistic things #autistic community #old dashboard #tumblr changes #tumblr staff

[azuremist]

Whyyyyy are we making it normaaaal to be transphobic to transmaaaascs

#someone who i thought was chill just rbed a post onto MY good christian dashboard abt how #‘transandrodorks’ are just ‘weird transmasc turned incels’ who think that all women are BITCHES #oh my god fucking PLEASE BE NORMAL about transmascs talking about the transphobia they face for FIVE SECONDS please please please #‘transphobia against trans men is a problem’ ‘so you think all women are bitches?’ AGHHHHGGG IM GOING TO SET ALL YOUR HOUSES ON FIRE #THIS IS LIKE THE WAY YALL TREATED AROACES AT THE PEAK OF THAT DISCOURSE BE NORMAL BE NORMAL BE NORMAL #anyway i hardblocked that mutual lmao #azure does a thing

[mdpthatsme]

You know, tumblr, after all your recoding and remixing the dashboard, adding new gadgets and tools no one will ever use, you could have done something to fix this issue. It has been around for a long time. Is there a message or is it just a ghost message? A lot of people have this problem and has been widely publicized and reported, yet nothing has been done about it.

#tumblr #dumblr #small 1st world problem #not really a big deal but just annoying #random is random #literally like the first thing I checked when I got the new dashboard though

[moonsidesong]

friendly reminder to new users that you need to change your icon and customize your blog even a little bit if you dont want to get blocked and reported by half of the people you want to follow

#sometimes im more lenient if i glance at their likes and follows and it looks legit but sometimes i do not bother doing that #lots of others are the same #bri talks #also the dashboard fix script thing is still not working for me Help :( #im updated to 3.6.3 i do not know what the problem is :((( #it just makes the dashboard not load at all #i tried the alternate version too but it just makes it so i get an access error when i try clicking on anything

[illputdownmyrootswhenimdead]

the mariana snailfish is. an alternate form of the axolotl

#i once described them as a rubber axolotl that you left on your car dashboard in the summer #and that’s what they are. #anyway the mariana snailfish has weird bones (notably it’s skull) with incomplete ossification all over the place #they’re top predators in the hadal zone and eat pretty much anything smaller than it #it’s a contender for the deepest living fish along with another species of snailfish that has only briefly been caught on video #dove talks #ocean #axolotl #i woke up wanting to talk about the snailfish. sorry #this is a goof. theyre very different species #they just look similar due to somewhat similar environments #the axolotls native habitat is an underground lake which can require some of the same adaptations as the deep sea #i could make this comparison with cave olms as well. they’re even more like snailfish! #snailfish 🤝 olms: no eyes no problems #fun fact about axolotls as well. they have teeth!

[jizzlords]

𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾?

Love as a Choice

You choose to love. Love does not come to you easily, but every day you wake up and choose it. It would be so easy, wouldn't it, to grow cold and callous and grim. But you rise to greet the world, making the conscious effort to find something, anything to love.

When you fall for someone, you do not kid yourself of their flaws. Instead, you resolve to see them for who they are, mistakes and all and you love them all the same. Your love is work, and it does not come easy. Your love sweats and toils. It is calloused and sunburned; it bears scars and comes with stories. Your love is worn, but it is no less valuable for it. Being loved by you is like being loved by a gardener, a mother, a teacher. Your love may not always be the simplest, but it is worth the effort.

Love as a Performance

Your love is a masquerade, a dance, a work of art. You love with a veil across your face, unable to allow anyone to see the real you. Can that be considered love, you wonder? As a performer, you have all your lines prepared, and you know exactly what to say and when to say it. You’re charismatic and bold, seductive and hypnotic.

Your love is a snake’s melody, the siren song of the sea. Your love is enchanting. Your love is melodic. Your love is afraid and fearful and longing. You ache to tear the veil off, you ache to cast poetry aside for the sake of something real and gritty. You’re terrified of the very thought. Being loved by you is to be loved by an artist; it is to be a muse. It reflects others beautifully, but never, ever yourself. Not really. Not truly.

tagged by: @wonderful-balan thanks for the pain xoxo tagging: @videoaux, @prnkill, @clwngasm, @spiderslvts + anyone else because i can only tag 5 people without tumblr freaking out :(

#── ♡ ❝ love game. ( dashboard prompts ) #someone tag alastor jack. my kid. ty. assuming jack didnt do this lol #i did it three times. the results were choice; performance; and flaw. #flaw goes in hand with performance. being a deadly sin. #shit stung ozzie he didnt know what to do for a sec gg #'You didn’t ask for this. You didn’t want this. It’s a problem–– your problem' ooooo fallen ozz code

[echthr0s]

all this fuckin around gave me a peek into the code of this website and. what the actual fuck

#the people who learn to wrangle it in order to make shit like xkit and dashboard unfucker are wizards. this is... fucking gibberish #jabberwocky ass site #lol now i'm having site loading problems. i'm being punished

[angeltannis]

My dad not letting me store my 22-year-old truck in his giant garage the last 7 years and then being Shocked Pikachu face when it starts to rot from being left out in the elements 24/7

#Big Mac has now blown every brake line he has #my dad fixed two of them recently but tonight the pedal went to the floor on the drive home #and a bright red ( ! ) BRAKE warning light came on the dashboard #idk it seems like this problem might not be fixable. it keeps happening #my dad’s started giving me the ‘start looking around for a new vehicle’ speech #🥺 #truck tag