#i'm so burned out with writing right now

[galaxythreads]

Hello! I’ve liked your fics for a long time, and was wondering if you would write something with fem- presenting Loki? There are some gender-fluid Loki fics on ao3, but I Need More To Live. I would write one, but I wouldn’t ever finish it.

I really want Loki to join the avengers in 2012 so that the other stuff doesn’t happen. sometimes I want Loki and Natasha to make fun of the rest of the avengers.

Idk I just really like the idea that Loki and Natasha would be friends. Or Loki and Wanda. (Except for all of the aforementioned characters got done so dirty by MCU. Isn’t that like a trope? Kill off the girl so the guy has a motivation to defeat the bad guy? Like from Green Lantern or something?

And Loki and Wanda got rewritten.). Whatever. I’m PERFECTLY OKAY! *eye twitches*

That kind of turned into a rant. Sorry.

Here are more of my headcanons, because I’d rather dm someone on tumblr instead of actually making a post on my blog. I’m weird.

-Loki was friends with Tchaikovsky and Mozart and Shakespeare. Maybe even Paganini, or like Ada Lovelace. Or Albert Einstein. Basically a lot of historical figures and also musicians from the 1980s.

-Loki is an honorary gay, because he’s an alien and aliens don’t have human concepts of gender and sexuality. But also you saw that 🏳️‍🌈hand flip🏳️‍🌈 he did in the 1602 episode. I mean, he was just being so gay in that 1602 episode. It was beautiful.

-Loki is a sad little boi. 🥺🥺

-Loki is a good little boi who got did dirty by MCU and Odin. (🥺🥺)

-Loki isn’t always a boy.🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️(unfortunately no gender-fluid flag emojis so 💕🤍💜🖤💙)

-Loki knows all the languages.

-Loki would watch anime and Kdramas if HE WASN’T DEAD.

-Loki is a theater kid.

-Loki is cat

-Loki knows how to play ALL the instruments. He likes cello the best though. Also he has perfect pitch.

-Loki needs therapy. Like two blue whales worth of therapy.

-If Tony and Loki ever had a long conversation, they would figure out how to solve world hunger and climate change and overpopulation AND THEIR MOTHERS. (It doesn’t make sense but just roll with it)

-Loki is a Major Fucking Nerd About Everything.

-Loki likes calculus as a hobby.

-Loki is, (un?)fortunately, a British stereotype.

-Loki ships appledash and narusasu.

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk. Bye, and thanks for letting me dump headcanons on you.

Hi! Thank you so much for sharing all of these with me, it's so fun to see other people's headcanons about Loki and their excitement about his character. I love discussing this blorbo and cracking him open like an onion to peal away layers of trauma and reveal the nerd beneath.

Lol, the amount of times I've thought about doing an MCU rewrite post a1 to fix everything is insane. If I did do this, I'd actually probably start at civil war, because personally, I feel like everything was (generally) actually okay and enjoyable until infinity war. Civil war is just a good place to kick around the fix-its because everything is such a mess.

As far as your request goes, it might surprise you, but you're actually NOT the first person to approach me about a genderfluid, fem-presenting Loki. More like the....4th? or maybe 5th? Idk. I've definitely been approached by multiple people over the years about this. Firstly, thank you for trusting me with your idea and your headcanons, I'm humbled and honored that you would approach me about this because you believed I would be able to write the story in a way that you would find meaningful and enjoyable <3

Second - I really just don't know. My first inclination is to say no, not because I'm not interested or don't care, but mostly because I'm so busy right now I really don't know when I'll be able to get to the story. Plus, I'm really not sure how to go about this. I'd need to figure out what direction I wanted to take the story, because Loki being genderfluid wouldn't change that much except their outward appearance. Loki + genderfluid + Natasha friendship is an amazing concept, but it's not a...plot, if that makes sense? "Fixing" a1 could be 50,000,000 separate things, and if it goes out as a fix-it for mcu, that would be an enormous project. Easily 200k-400k+, which would take me like...uh 1-3 years to write.

Loki being genderfluid IS something I've thought about just adding to my fics in general now (i'm really not sure, because I love cis male Loki, and I know it's canon that he's genderfluid, but I kind of disregard most things from the series anyway?) but Idk?

+ and this is just a personal one for me, but I don't know how to include Loki being genderfluid as a major part of the plot/story right now. Like, for example, I've been in the process of dumping all of my religious lgbtq+ trauma on peter parker in a (massive) one-shot that revolves around Peter learning to accept himself as being gay, but the point of the story is that Peter doesn't accept himself at first and the conclusion is when he does. (I don't know if I'm ever going to share or finish that fic by the way, so don't look for it) I don't know how to take the concept of this story, turn it into a fix-it for Avengers 1 with Natasha, and have a meaningful story about being genderfluid at the same time?

Like to me there's two different ways to go about lgbtq+ stories: a story about being gay that is intended to talk about lgbtq+ experiences and focus heavily on that, vs a story where the character is lgbtq+ and it's just part of their character and not something we spend a lot of time talking about because we don't need to. The story isn't about them being lgbtq+ specifically, it's about the character. Recently, a lot more media has started doing the latter, which is really, really nice because I don't feel like being lgbtq+ has to be justified every 20 lines.

The story I'm writing about Peter Parker is the former. It's about being gay. The entire story revolves around it. What I can tell from what you're saying is that you want something where Loki just IS genderfluid, but it's not something we spend a whole lot of time discussing because the story isn't ABOUT being genderfluid, it's about fixing mcu with genderfluid Loki as the main character, if I'm understanding this correctly? Which is fine and I absolutely support it because there is nothing wrong with writing genderfluid Loki and I wholeheartedly support those authors.

So i guess to shorten this - because this isn't just like a ~5-15k one-shot (which are about the only length of requests I can successfully complete right now), as respectfully as I can, I'm going to have to lovingly turn you down. I'm not saying no, I'll never write about genderfluid Loki, because I'm like 90% sure I will eventually, but I just don't know about a fix-it for MCU from the first Avengers. One suggestion I have is maybe, if you really really need to see this come to fruition, is to just write a bunch of one-shots that are interconnected based on each of your headcanons and then publish it as an interconnected series, not so much a full length novel like I would write. I can easily see this being a really enjoyable series. Best of luck

~galaxy <3

#loki #fic request #lgbtq #galaxy's writing #i'm so sorry really #i can tell that you have SO MUCH passion for this 'verse and I wish that I had the energy to bring this to life for you #but I'm just so busy and so mentally ill and I just wish I could pick this out of my brain and gift it to you instead #but i just... #ghusdghsd #i'm sorry #:/ #i'm so burned out with writing right now #i think rewriting my og novel 4 times and the second book twice on top of all the fic projects I've been doing #kind of left me a very burnt out husk

[mattodore]

messing with hair strands again…

#river dipping #ts4 #ts4 edit #theodore doe #matthias evanoff #a burning house to live in #echthroi #haven’t touched hair strands since may when i first started editing i think… or april? whenever i posted that first bitey edit #but hmmm... i think they look really nice here? this was just meant to be me messing around in photoshop but. #well it's such a sweet screenshot i ended up doing a full edit but like can you blame me.......... i'm eating them #but i finished writing my reply to that ask i got right before i got sick </3 so i just need to pick a screenshot out now and edit it a bit #you might be thinking..... river there's one right here?? #and true.................................... i did just do this one...... but i kinda wanted to use one w/ theo's face visible too #..........so i'm off to the photoshop mines again #see you in five hours kfjgjhdjnfh

[klanced]

katie your lawyer au tags have me on my knees I never thought guys in suits doing stuff would seem interesting but wow…wow. your mind

Thank u Anon this AU is incredibly indulgent for me.......... ok time 4 more world-building.

I think @heynhay's original idea of Keith & Lance working together at the same firm is best. For both plot reasons but also for my own morale LOL

So everyone works at a fairly large private firm that splits its practice and has some of its associates doing profit-driven law (i.e. corporate or finance) which subsidizes the public interest/service work that the other associates do.

The firm is like "Altea & Daibazaal LLP" or something. Yes I am implying that the firm was started by Alfor and Zarkon. Yes I am implying that Allura and Lotor are nepo babies.

I know I originally said that Keith and Lance were law school rivals but I've changed my mind... (RIP to the law school rivalry dynamics

Instead I'm making it so that Keith and Lance are the same age but Lance has been practicing longer because he went straight into law school after college. Whereas Keith started working after college and got like a Master's degree in Social Work or something before deciding on law school at 26. (I just think Keith is the kind of person who goes to law school later in life.)

Okay onto the specific Klance dynamics... Keith and Lance are both pushing 30 and are also literally lawyers so they are professional and serious about their work... But there is wiggle room for them to still be rivals :p

Lance and Keith are both junior associates at the firm. Lance has seniority because he's been at the firm longer but he's still a year or so away from formally becoming a senior associate.

Lance really, REALLY wants to make partner and he sees Keith as his biggest threat/rival because Keith is Shiro's little brother, and Shiro recently made partner at the firm, so Lance thinks Keith might be a nepo hire. Also some of the senior associates recently left the firm so now Lance is stuck showing Keith the ropes and he's lowkey super bitter about it.

Basically TLDR Lance starts off Not Liking Keith at all for various real or imagined reasons and begins a work rivalry with him. Keith doesn't actually GAF about making partner because he's only planning on working at the firm for a few years to help pay off his student loans, but Lance doesn't know that. However, Keith is a naturally very competitive person, and he also likes having Lance's attention, so Keith immediately goes all in on the rivalry.

Lance, internally: "This Fucking Guy."

Keith, internally: "I am so good at flirting."

The first few months are rough between them. However both are also incredibly productive in their work.

The romcom part of the AU kicks in once the two of them have to start working together on a huge high stakes civil case and they're both like wow.... *twirls hair* he's so competent.............. <3

Anyway misc. things:

TBH I have no idea what kind of law Keith and Lance might private practice... I'm also really torn on what Shiro, Allura, and Hunk would practice hdjsksdhedf

Pidge is hired on a fellowship for either environmental law or data security/privacy law.

Coran does employment law.

Keith went into law school planning on going into public interest/not-for-profit legal aid and swore he would never, ever do corporate law but then he saw his student loans and was like. Hm. Okay maybe some Biglaw is okay. And that's how he ended up at the firm.

Keith:

#lawyer au #voltron #klance #keith #lance #otp: we are a good team #ask #anonymous #katiecanons #the thing is is that like. i want to write them as public interest lawyers soooo bad because that's what i plan on doing. #but the reality is that public interest work is incredibly stressful and depressing and time-consuming #and i genuinely cannot imagine klance having the time/energy to start a relationship if they were both doing civil legal aid #like ngl. i am feeling very discouraged after my first month of law school. i feel very disillusioned by the whole process and the field. #hopefully it's just because i'm stressed and burned out right now and things will become more manageable soon #anyway sorry for not elaborating more on the plot of the au but i have SO much reading left to do

[allthegoodusernamesaretakenagain]

me, giggling and kicking my feet as i write the next chapter, knowing the slow burn is finally burning, we have hit the Will They/Won't They Era, and the geurdo desert segment is coming up.

49 chapters and 185,101 words later.

#sometimes i will be writing and will be like 'hang on is this going too quick now?' #like my perception of slow burn is so effed up #THIS IS FINE FOR SLOW BURN UR ALLOWED TO SPEED IT UP A BIT IN PLACES IF U WANT #WE ARE 185000 WORDS IN #heres me thinking a hair tuck is going crazy pace #i'm just going to try and not overthink it too much anymore #ill do what feels right #and what feels right is letting the romance begin #it has to happen at some point #doesn't mean they will be macking out in the next chapter mind don't get ur hopes up #legend of zelda fanfiction #zelda fanfiction #the legend of zelda #botw link #botw #tloz #botw fanfic #zelda #the curious minds

[carolinanadeau]

something I love about fiction is that you can have characters that are perfect for each other and soulmates and destined to be happily together for all time and have this be an objective fact

#idk the TTPD discussions have me feeling some type of way #fictional characters my beloved... I'm so happy you can always be happy #this is also why I don't understand people writing dark difficult things happening to characters who come from a happy idealistic canon #there's literally enough of that in the world why would you inflict it into this fictional world where everything is meant to be BETTER? #it's shitty to be a person... in OUR world. it doesn't have to be that way in fiction! everything can be perfect! #people always insinuated that I would grow out of this as I got older #well I'm over 30 now and actually I will just keep doubling and tripling down on this into infinity #(to make another TTPD reference... this post is very I Hate It Here isn't it) #my original post #fanfic #I'll tell you something right now! I'd rather burn my whole life down!...

[stereax]

woohoo spiraling out of control right now (what else is new really I've been fucked up and spiraling for weeks now) and trying to figure out reasons not to delete my tumblr and discord and myself along the way

but you know. talking about myself on my blog automatically means I'm attention seeking and fishing for pity right? should just shut up and stick to the news eh, it's all I'm good for :D

anyway if you need me I'll be in the corner reliving the past, coming to terms with reality, and trying to convince myself I'm not the problem despite every indication to the contrary ✌︎︎

#sterechats :) #09:58 pm - this is a bad idea but scheduling it anyway #what's the worst that can happen really? everyone leaves again? nobody talks to me again? #probably gonna delete this in the morning so. meh. not like it matters not like I matter :D #10:29 pm - wow it feels like my head is on fire #like my brain is actually burning and I can't do a damn thing about it #I should be happy right now! the devils are winning! my favorite guys are scoring! #but no! I'm barely keeping it together around my family and praying I don't wake up tomorrow <3 #11:00 pm - I need to get out of here #I need to get out of here out of here out of here I can't stay here any more this is killing me #everyone hates me and I need to chew my arms open maybe then everything will make sense #why am I even writing these tags what does it matter #I was so much more in control of myself when I was sh-ing #maybe I should get back to that maybe it'll help I don't know anymore #I just want my friends back but they hate me hahahaha #11:24 pm - wonder how many people are gonna block me after this one #how many people will finally be fed up and leave for good #everyone leaves and I should be used to this by now #here's a truck stop instead of saint peter's (yeah yeah yeah yeah) #11:41 pm - it's friday afternoon/there goes antigone to be buried alive #in the next world I want to be something useful/like a staple gun/or in love #I would fall off a cliff for you/a thousand times and call it a good day #maybe I'm just incapable of being human! maybe that's it! #maybe I'm not even human at all... but something worse instead... #1:22 am - moving the posting of this back from 3 to 6 am #not that that matters and not that I matter but I don't think I'll sleep #and I don't want this to post when I'm awake #I know I'm just going to get unfollowed and blocked and left behind as always #because happiness and good things and friendships just aren't things I get to have really #I just wish people would stop lying and telling me they're different and they'll stay when they're not different and won't stay

[etinarcadiabayego]

Hey, it's me the anon from last night, and I just finished re reading everything + the new chapters, and OH MY GOD AGXGAGZGA the kiss-

It's been 5 years since I read it and oh my god! I love it! You're writing is as good as I could remember!

Just wanted to say that! Hope you'r ehaving a good day/night!

It never ceases to amaze me how FAST y'all read my literal almost 400,000 word UNFINISHED fic @_@ Thank you so, so, SO much! ಥ_ಥ I'm having an infinitely better day now! 💖💖💖

Thanks so much again, anon! I hope you're having a good day/night yourself! Take care! 😊

#i do apologize that i'm so slow to update though #still burned out a bit on life is strange content so i'm writing other things #and really haven't had too much time to write outside of life right now anyway...which is a bummer but...life is life #still thank you so much for taking the time and reading again anon #it means more than you know #asks

[see-arcane]

is this everything you've written so far in the book or a teaser of it?

They are but wee little snippets, friend. Also, sneakily, they are not concurrent chapters--just sections I pried out of the WIP that don't reveal the Major spoilers I've piled up so far. Those 300 and change pages up there ^^^ are still all rising action.

...Leading to other, higher rising action.

It's not impossible that this thing may wind up having to break into a series rather than one (1) book. If I keep going at this rate my doorstopper is going to turn into a full wall. w h o o p s

#I'm also working on other projects concurrently #not just Penclosa or the stuff for LXGF either #I just have So Many Words and I need to get them OUT #right now I'm taking a break off BH to keep from burning out on it #juggling WIPs is the only way to keep any kind of progress going without just dropping them outright (at least for me) #speaking of #back to scribbling #my writing #barking harker

[macherkissed]

2:41 ADHD Moment; I'm doing crafts and burning shit. I almost set my bed on fire

#adhd #not writing #If anyone wonders why it takes so long for me to finish requests #this is why #I go on random bursts of inspiration to Do Stuff but it's never the right stuff #Also I am only burning shit because I don't have long matches or a long lighter and my candle is almost totally burnt out #so I needed to reach the wick so I set fire to a bit of cardboard to reach it because I can't find the toothpicks I usually use #Stupid idea but it worked and now my room smells like mangos #I am also writing however; I'm flitting between making pop tab chainmail and writing about getting dicked down by Leatherface #And getting dicked down by Pagan Min but that's a personal project

[despairforme]

     The apartment was looking a little better now. He had bought a large bed. It had been a huge struggle when the delivery guys came. Nnoitra had done most of the carrying. The bed now took up almost the entire bedroom, leaving just a bit of room on the floor ( well, there was no room now, because Nnoitra had flooded it with dirty clothes ). The second thing he had needed to buy was a fridge. Considering how gluttonous Nnoitra was, one would think that he’d buy a fridge first and foremost. But nah, he’d been fine living off take-away. The different boxes were stacked on the kitchen counter. The fridge was on the smaller side. No point in having a big fridge when he always ate the content anyway. He till needed to get a table and a couple of chairs. Yeah, IN CASE he had a friend come over, he’d want someplace for them to sit. Just the fact that he was considering having visitors was proof that he was feeling better. Being busy with getting the apartment habitable had actually improved his mood. He had feared it would have the opposite effect, and just drain him, but nah. He felt better.

#[ slowly coming out of his depression for a bit ] #[ i mean it's chronic so it's always gonna be there but he's heading into a good period i think!! ] #[ i'm glad omg please stay in a good mood nnoi ] #[ it's sO refreshing ] #[ anyways! i gotta write on my book now! ] #[ my daily 1k needs to happen ] #[ but i always prioritize writing ONE thing on nnoitra first <5 ] #[ want him to know he's the most important thing to me <5<5<5<5 ] #[ also my day just doesn't start out right if i don't spend it with HIM ] #[ him him him him him my light my inspo i love him so muchhhh ] #[ OKAY enough gushing about nnoitra ] #[ hope you're all doing good guys! i'll be back to write here later i hope! just gotta work on my book first! ] #despair for me. ╱ in character. #burn the city. ╱ main verse. #slice of life.

[irisbaggins]

I've heard other folks with ADHD, when they're off their meds, they get hyper or distracted and so on. Me, however... I get so fucking tired it's not even funny. I will just proceed to sleep all day, without fail.

So guess who forgot their meds most of this morning and now has to deal with extreme exhaustion until their meds kick in :/

#text_iris #I am an IDIOT y'all #I have an exam to write and yet here I am nearly asleep on my couch-bed despite my mum making a racket with the sanding machine #And yes I did test the 'what happens when I go off my meds' when I forgot my meds when going to my grandparents #Going off my antidepressants for a day leaves no effect - this has happened loads of times and I have no effects with one missed days #But my ADHD meds? Oh going off that for a day leaves me so exhausted and tired that I will just pass out at a moments notice #I was so boring for my cousin since I could barely keep my eyes open #How the FUCK did I survive without my meds before how did I even FUNCTION #And like!! In hindsight! I was WORSE before I got diagnosed! #I would sleep for HOURS during the day because I was constantly exhausted and distracted #I was always tired and always sleepy! #I would often nearly fall asleep in class!! #Now even with early classes I'm awake! I've never fallen asleep on the bus home since! #Like no joke during High School I would more or less ALWAYS fall asleep on the bus and then jerk awake right before my stop #Now though? No matter how tired I am I'll always be awake #No 'my eyes are forced closed I am that exhausted' #Like my ADHD manifests as extreme exhaustion off meds. Because my body simply cannot function. My brain is overworked #It's also why I have a second dose; because my body burns through the Ritalin at extreme speeds #It'a frankly exhausting in and of itself #Which is maybe why I should consider finding something energy giving to consume #But also I'm worried it can spike my anxiety? 'Cos my meds can sometimes do that #I'd buy GamerSupps caffeine version iF THEY HAD BLUE IN STOCK #I am very skeptical to taste but Blue Rasberry is my fav thing #But of course they're sold out 😔 #Anyway basically I am now suffering from exhaustion and also rising heart rate and anxiety because I took my meds late 👍 #The life of me an idiot and my absolute dumbass forgetting meds and only realising 'cos I'm still absolutely wiped at 10am

[the-everqueen]

morning after a breakdown is so weird. in this meeting for my part-time job, my boss is bragging about my co-worker getting a tenure-track position at the top institution in her field. i'm waiting to hear back from my advisor about whether or not i should drop out last minute. i have to send emails to potential caterers. i technically still only have a week to finish my dissertation.

#welcome to academia #the email i sent my advisor was ''should i drop out of this conference and more importantly should i drop out of school?'' #''since i am not employable apparently'' #which is worse...having a phd that discourages ppl from hiring you #or having a two year gap in your resume that will discourage ppl from hiring you #i have an insane desire to just. burn all bridges RIGHT NOW. #destroy SOMETHING so i feel in control of how badly i'm failing #i won't. i barely managed to write an honest email to my advisor where i articulated maybe i should cut my losses and leave. #it's unfortunately ingrained in me to be as polite and unobtrusive as possible #i can't do dramatic gestures that cause maximum damage #i'm like a cat that crawls away to some private hole to die

[that-was-anticlimactic]

i have been trying to write for a WEEK but keep getting stuck UGH

#the writer's block is so bad right now ugh #i can't even work on stuff i already have Started #i may have burned myself out aGAIN but like i'm just trying to write as much as i can before classes start again and then i have No Time #:((( #wanna write something for i.tadori week but every time i think of an idea the words just won't come out #and then i'm volunteering at camp next week so i will be pretty busy then but WOW am i excited haha #ahhhhhhhhhh #please send me good writing vibes

[allsassnoclass]

guys i’m going to try so hard to have a fic out by the end of june i just need to edit it

#personal #the goal was to post a fic a month during the summer #and i have two that are done with the draft and just need to be edited #but it turns out that i didn't even have time to edit this weekend lol #went to go see a musical i quit insteaad #it was a good production! but i'm going to have more fun with newsies for sure #their technical elements were super impressive though #anyway. i am starting to miss writing a bit but i'm honestly too busy right now #8 hours at work a day plus 2-3 hours of rehearsal plus the long commute really does not leave much time lol #we'll see what happens but i have a fic i've been holding on to since february so i'll get that out #i'm just out of town next weekend so once again i won't have a lot of time #i'm managing my lack of time very well all things considering. we'll see how long it takes me to burn out!

[umbracirrus]

I am laughing at my optimistic self from a week ago who was saying that she'd be updating her fic again imminently.

#meg is rambling #this chapter is already at nearly 6000 words and there is so much i still need to add. it's mostly bridging gaps but even so. a lot. for me #and this chapter is one of the few chapters which I NEED to have perfect. it's been a brain worm since the conceptualisation of this fic. #i will write it and i will write it right!!! #plus i've now got work (and a bad back) to work around when it comes to writing. #and my focus is just. all over the place. my attention span is so short. i'm worried i'm going to burn myself out soon.

[getvalentined]

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.

Response to the Update

Under the cut for readability, because everything said above still applies.

I already said this in a reblog on the post itself, but I'm adding it to this one for easy access: people read it that way because that's what you said.

Staff considers the main feed as it exists to be "outdated," to the point that you literally used that word to describe it, and the main goals expressed in this announcement is to figure out what makes "high-quality content" and serve that to users moving forward.

People read it that way because that is what you said.

*The final results of the poll, after 24 hours:

136,635 votes breaks down thusly:

An algorithm based feed where I get "the best of tumblr." @ 1.3% (roughly 1,776 votes)

Chronological feed that only features blogs I follow. @ 95.2% (roughly 130,077 votes)

This doesn't affect me personally. @ 3.5% (roughly 4,782 votes)

#tumblr dot com #tumblr staff