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coquelicoq · 7 months
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i just saw someone say that "the vast majority of the userbase is complaining" about tumblr's recent layout change. i see this a lot after a change: people complaining about it (sometimes without saying what about it is bad, making it sound like either it's self-evident (it usually is not) or just that it's bad because it's change and change is always bad) and saying that everyone else is complaining about it too. i don't know how to tell you this but a) you don't follow every user on tumblr so how can you possibly know what "everyone" or "the majority of users" thinks about anything and b) ONLY THE PEOPLE WHO FEEL VERY STRONGLY ARE TALKING ABOUT IT!! people who are not bothered are not spending time posting about how unbothered they are! please look up "selection bias" and stop making me read this nonsense with my own eyeballs.
#i don't get what's so bad abt this change bc it doesn't bother me & no one is explaining it! the most i've seen is it's 'like twitter'#which people don't like i guess bc this might imply that tumblr could be taking more cues from twitter than just the layout?#which is also fallacious reasoning#some changes i do hate. like for instance the change that made it so i can no longer click to the version that someone rbed from#which breaks the prev tag culture :(#but some changes are whatever! and some changes are good even!!#it's fine if it takes time to get used to something being different of course but it seems like the reaction on here can be so extreme#so fast. 'bombard the app with 1-star reviews!!!!' how about you give it a couple weeks and maybe you'll calm down.#i think there's a sense of 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' but it is broke though! tumblr is unsustainable and they gotta do stuff to make#the site more attractive and easier to use for new users. they can do that without losing what makes tumblr tumblr#the layout is not what makes tumblr tumblr! the functionality is. and sometimes that does change for the worse#and i get having complaints about that. but not really about moving the location of some buttons#anyway i haven't said anything before because i don't have strong feelings about this UX change but i DO have strong feelings about#the vague yet very forceful complaints about the UX change that i keep seeing lol#tumblr#fallacies#anyway don't get distracted by my tags. this post is not really about me not understanding what's so bad about this specific change#it's about people who hate a change assuming that everyone agrees with them because they're only seeing the reactions from#a biased subset of the userbase#(by biased i don't mean the users are biased. i mean the sample is biased...it's highly likely to include people who feel strongly#and unlikely to include people who are neutral or feel less strongly)
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astraltrickster · 1 year
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So here's a little tumblr demographics poll!
Note: yes, self-diagnosis or community diagnosis counts for neurodivergence.
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angryteapott · 1 year
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Please don’t make these “oh my god nobody is reblogging polls just REBLOG you horrible people, it’s a statistic that shows what people aren’t doing their DUTY” posts, they make blogging stuff like bug race feel less like a friendly game and more like a moral quandary. Obviously people scrolling through many polls very fast don’t mean any harm, and it’s possible to say “hey things would be more fun if you showed the thing to other people” and /or “it makes me sad no one is showing my thing” without acting like these people have burned down half of Chicago.
You feeling unpleasant does not mean all of society is being harmed, and you aren’t entitled to angrily guilting people whenever you don’t like something. If you really need to go on a rant for emotional release, don’t tag it? I just think it’s crazy I see people talking about not reblogging things enough the same way they talk about stuff like transphobia.
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bizarrelittlemew · 2 months
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Hi I just wanted to say that as someone who made about a dozen or so gifs before I decided it just wasn't for me, some of the stuff you've posted looks like actual magic to me. (I literally gasped out loud when I realized that the Ed in the kitty basket was moving!!) Thank you so much for all the effort you put into creating things for this fandom <3
🥹🥹🥹 thank you so much!!
it is definitely time-consuming and i am always looking to try new techniques and improve my skills (only recently learned rotoscoping which is what i used for kitty basket Ed and it required me to learn a whole different software skdjfhdjsk) it means so much to have all the effort appreciated!! 💗💗💗
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an-emo-trashbag · 1 year
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even tumblrs own twitter account is aiding the mission of scaring away the absolute normie FREAKS
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#twitter migration#for the record i dont mind people from twitter coming over here in general#i myself was a pretty avid twitter for quote some time#until the space i occipied that was mostly free of what is considered classic twitter behaviour was equally corrupted#and pointless discourse and arguments became impossible to find#and i was forced to leave pretty much entirely because it got to a point where merely opening the app became mentally draining#i still have fond memories of my early time on there where everyone i came across was kind and there wasnt arguments everywhere you turned#so because of that i dont mind twitter users coming here in general#so long as they dont bring with them the awful twitter culture that made me and many others have to leave that platform for our well being#im not afraid of the influx of people fron there. im afraid of what they may bring with them#and i do think the being insufferable with a the destialgate and glup shitti and everything (when its not even insufferable at all imo)#i do think it helps weed out some of the people who could bring those negative things to this platform#any of them who come here anyways though if they try and start anything as if its twitter#i do hope that we all remember to treat them the same as corporations#no kpp or anything#just straight up no attention#they cannot be allowed to survive the ecosystem here and the best way to do that i think is to block them and move on#not a lick of attention#i totally fucked up an earlier tag really badly#pointless discourse and arguments became impossible to AVOID not find...#i truly domt know how i managed to fuck that so bad
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a-god-in-ruins-rises · 3 months
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there is this idea that crime is caused by poverty. it's so popular that people state it as fact. and i think there might be some truth to it. but honestly, i think it's overstated and the relationship between crime and poverty is a lot more complex than people think.
just anecdotally speaking, it never sat well with me because my personal experience has been that criminals tend to be opportunistic predators not people acting out of desperation. i knew lots of people who shoplifted or robbed people and almost none of them were so desperately impoverished that they needed to resort to crime.
they chose crime because it was easy money. there was nothing preventing them from getting a job. they just didn't want to work a 9 to 5. the bandit lifestyle was just a lot more convenient. let those other suckers work their asses off and then you can just rob them. i knew people who were living comfortable middle class lifestyles from boosting and drug dealing.
and the irony is, this sort of behavior actually impoverished our community in a lot of ways. it seemed to me like the crime came first. when my parents group here this area was really nice. then in the 90s and 00s crime became rampant and the entire community went to shit for a variety of reasons (luckily things have turned around in recent years thanks to some tough-on-crime policies). my own family (which was below the poverty line for most of my childhood) has been stolen from multiple times (including our car one time which really fucked us over). these people weren't robin hoods stealing from the rich and giving to the poor and they also weren't impoverished victims just trying to survive. these people were just straight up predators without a conscience.
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keyofjetwolf · 2 years
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SabMako is “the smart one” in this, I guess? So they’ve taken all the most basic standard group character types, shuffled them together, and randomly dealt them to the Saban versions. SabMako’s got “the smart one”, SabRei’s got “the tomboy one”, SabAmi’s got ... uhhh ... And SabMinako’s got 
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“the sexy bitchy one”.
HEY 25% SUCCESS RATE
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meowonhao · 4 months
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soo crazy to me how in the last year with minghao, dokyeom, hoshi, joshua, junhui, and now woozi (idk if i'm missing someone) y'all are way too ready and eager to automatically throw them under the bus over something some random person (usually antis) said online and then like a day or two later when everyone comes to the consensus that it wasn't actually that big of a deal or even wrong/bad in the first place (which you could've figured out yourself from the beginning by just doing like. 30 seconds of research and exercising your critical thinking skills) everyone just moves on like nothing happened and goes back to being a fan/stanning them or whatever like you weren't just going with the crowd and shit-talking them 12 hours ago
#not even going to get into how so many problems arise from no understanding of korean/asian culture#and relying on half-assed and sometimes just straight up wrong translations#like cool you don't have to know everything about a culture or be fluent in a language but#that also means you probably shouldn't be speaking on certain things at all much less without even trying to look into it a bit more#anyways..yeah i'm sorry maybe i'm delusional but i definitely am going to default to trusting my idols#and then figuring out for myself if i really think they did something that bad or “cancel” worthy#before i'm about to believe some random twitter/tumblr/tiktok user and just go with whatever they tell me to think about something#and most of y'all don't apologize or clarify anything. just move on right after hurling the most abhorrent accusations against these people#who are people too in case anyone forgot#but then an idol kills themselves and everybody boohoo's and cries and acts like they just can't believe how this happened again#like it's you. you're why#and i can only speak on the last year of course bc that's how long i've been an actual carat and kept up with them to this extent#i'm sure other stupid stuff has happened before that too with other members#i just think if you're so ready to toss away your idols without giving them like any benefit of the doubt whatsoever you just need to go#i hate when i see this stuff too bc i'm usually only seeing the korean side of stuff and most of these things are such a non-issue here#bc people know better (not saying there aren't some crazy fans everywhere but)#then i see some dumb shit on tumblr dot com that either only has links to some dumb twitter thread#or i have to search for on twitter because again. i do not see stuff from int'l fans unless i am forced to or look it up intentionally#and just saying the timing of these things is always so calculated by antis and y'all fall for it every single time#this is all i have to say bc i just remembered the whole thing abt ppl trying to say hao was being fatphobic or something dumb#and then i remembered everything else and it just made me mad all over again lol#if anyone disagrees with any of this feel free to block me🥰
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gayfeatherfiend · 2 years
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cannot stress enough how much I hate "aging user base" humor. your 20s and 30s are not old. Hell, your 40s are not old. You don't feel like shit because you're not a teen anymore, you feel like shit because an induced lifestyle of having to sit down and be still everyday for school and work for decades of the most formative years for your bones has taken a toll on your very existence. Because watching horror after horror rapidly unfold in the world has degraded your soul.
You're not "old", you're not that lucky yet.
You're just tired and in pain.
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Neopronoun user culture is constantly feeling the need to explain that neopronouns date back to the 1700's, even though you tell others that they don't need to justify their pronouns to transphobes
Neopronoun user culture
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sirenthestone · 1 year
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Friendly reminders to new users!
Make your likes and following tabs private
Reblogging is the best (and really only) way to improve a post's visibility on the site. If you like a post, reblogging is the best way to show that
Replace the default profile pic! It doesn't have to be a photo of real you (and probably shouldn't be, tbh), just something to prove you're not a bot. You will get blocked by ppl you follow if they think you're a bot.
Report bots that follow you as spam, not inappropriate content. This helps them get removed rather than put behind an 18+ restriction.
You can mute tumblr live for 7 days in your settings under the "content you see" section (this helps prevent tumblr from tracking your location through the tumblr live feature). Here, you can also filter out any tags and content you don't like. This is much more effective than posting dnis or asking ppl not to post things. (Also, most ppl are chill with tagging content if you ask them, but if they aren't, that doesn't make them a bad person)
If you don't like someone's stuff, you can block them at any time for any reason! Same with unfollowing. Curate your experience!
You can follow tags, but make sure to follow blogs, too. You'll have a much better experience this way.
Whether or not a person reblogs a post is not an indicator of moral quality. Don't feel pressured to reblog a post that claims that ppl who don't reblog are bad ppl. That's just not true.
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sammydem0n64 · 7 months
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Me and the familial parasocial relationship I have with this autistic 13-14 year old deviantart artist whose art gets reposted and joked on because she draws characters as werewolves and draws gay art of garten of banban characters is very strong you'd never understand
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fishtish · 1 year
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honestly idrc if other people move to tumblr. i don’t really think it’s a big deal if tumblr does get more users
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waybrightgender · 8 months
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google how to get someone to stop reading about crypto and using degenerate
#jesus christ. i tried to move them over to tumblr to get them off reddit but they just go back to the tumblr subreddit every time.#if i tell them to do something they do it but then they put a new and fascinating /neg spin on it#like i told them to follow more ppl on here and they followed about 50 ppl that seemingly never post and i told them to make their cute#little project a sideblog so they can rb stuff but they made it their main and cant rb anything now#i tell them to be vague about the details of homestuck so that their mom doesnt stop trusting me and they decide its a better idea to keep#calling it a cringey bad old webcomic that i really love because i have bad taste#i tell them to stop using degenarate because its a nazi dogwhistle but they decide thats just stupid i guess and keep using it#i think theyre gonna become a crypto bro they have like 5 books about it#they've been on reddit since they were like 10 i dont think i can get them out of there but they should at least go on better subreddits#instead of r/iam14andthisisdeep and r/tumblr and r/whitepeopletwitter and r/nonpoliticaltwitter and who knows what else#its especially the r/tumblr part that i dont get. because they literally have a tumblr account#if theres a specific user that you see making posts you like on the subreddit go follow them! scroll thru tags of things you like and follo#all the blogs! be annoying and put out a post asking for mutuals tagged with fandoms you like!#oh and they rlly like r/nosleep i wish i could get them to go on the creepypasta wiki instead because at least thatll give them some shared#references with the wider internet and ppl their age. their mom has literally no pop culture references whatsoever so im trying to help the#but its honestly really hard when they dont do what i tell them to do. jesus i sound awful dont i#real sasha waybright moment. “you are going to follow 100 more blogs and turn off algorithm stuff now. end of discussion.”#it's not like they have a community and friends on reddit they dont even have an account theyve been lurking for years#they dont even have the app they use the mobile website. ugh im being so bitchy rn ill just shut up#maybw if yall see that this is how i think then youll realize that im not exactly worth interacting with#sorry for spiraling on ya. im pmsing.#and i have a whole disorder about that so
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That hate anon i got is still really funny to me lmao
#I deleted the post but still it was so funny#*points* TWITTER USER#I would post it but I don’t want it to get attention plus I talked about it some last night#But I deleted it but most of y’all saw it anyway#But it was so funny I could just TELL they where a Twitter user from the race in bio part and thinking I was cultural appropriating#Btw I think everyone should watch OctoberrKs video on it bc they have a really good channel and videos go support them#They go over the topic well#Tldr anon said I was doing cultural appropriation with basing pogo on WELL KNOWN mythology with care and thought put into it-#-just because I didn’t have my race in my bio#Like?? Do kids now just NOT know Internet safety like I swear to god#But yeah it was funny lmao me and some friends had a good laugh about it#Like by the anons logic any kind of god of lighting or god of the underworld is cultural appropriation of Greek mythology#Also nyakuza metro is like RIGHT there just saying like bestie idk how to explain it but Ahit in canon has Japanese influences right there#Just wanted to make a new post considering the one I did last night was a bit messy and now I have a chance to organize my thoughts#Diversity win I got my first hate anon and they weren’t even correct about what they where talking about!!!🥳🥳🥳#Lmaoooo#grace post#Might delete this post too later? Idk I don’t wanna stir up anything even if the anon was in the wrong still I don’t like drama#I can see where they got the idea from but like??? Bro that’s not what the word means#Having a character based on another culture with care thought and research put into them is different then being intentionally malicious#Like I said *points* TWITTER USER
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neverendingford · 1 year
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#color says shit#this is about the twitterpocalypse and tumblr getting weird about it#do y'all realize that these communities have existed on tumblr already. it's not all superwholock and quirky tumblr U#Christians exist on tumblr. Maga-heads exist on tumblr. alt-right exist on tumblr.#it's just that there's no algorithm pushing it in front of you.#without that unifying algorithm tumblr remains disparate social circles that are very clear and easy to map out#which is what I love about it. you can see the web of social dynamics so clearly because there's no hand of god pushing anyone forward#but to condescend and try to get Twitter users to go through Tumblr U orientation so they know about your ten year old memes is blind#unless you're following tags. you won't see any of the new people until people you follow reblog that shit.#entire groups and cultures can live and die next door and you won't notice shit because their posts simply do not circulate to you#anyway not that any of you care. and that's alright. maybe I just need to curate my feed so I stop seeing people be dumb about it#our glorious hellsite. their hideous tweetbook. you know the drill#saw someone try and throw in that classic opinion that reddit is the worst. like 'at least it's not redditors immigrating' like bruh stfu#internet xenophobia is fucking hilarious but I'm kinda tired of laughing#tumblr isn't the only goddamned place that has inside jokes#it's just tumblr nationalism#this feels like one of those posts that I could make actual text and then use the appropriate tags to get some traction but idgaf#I don't need a bunch of people agreeing with me. I just want to complain#I would absolutely love to hear opinions though. other people's experiences are cool as shit#that 'not that any of you care' wasn't meant to be passive aggressive it was a 'I don't expect you to feel strongly about this'
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