#piece of shit website

[lttm]

ok how do i change this. 2 for size

#dont worry tumblr i will add tags so ppl can find my post! #tumblr #tumblr update #stupid shit ass ugly tumblr #piece of shit website #worst shit ive ever seen core #why are you trying to replicate the website everyone hates #keep yourself safe tumblr update #the we want our users to go to hell tumblr update #the we hate our users so so so so so so so much update #IT SUCKS SO BAD ITS SO UGLY ITS SO CLUTTERED WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS #GOOD FUCKING LORD #STUPID SHIT ASS UGLIEST THING WE COULD MAKE (SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN) #THE IM GOING TO RENOUNCE WEBSITES AND BECOME A HERMIT IN THE WOODS IF THEY KEEP THIS UP UPDATE #the this better be a late april fools joke update #im mad im mad im mad im mad im mad im mad im mad #GRRRRRRRR GRRRRRRRRRRR GRRRRRRRRR GRRRRRRRRR

[flourescencia]

I've had a Palestine tag that according to my archive dates back to September 2021 but for the past few days whenever I try to tag anything as such it appears as if I've never before used this tag so it doesn't show up in my suggestions of past frequent tags even if I've employed it over 60 times in the past two years

#piece of shit website #txt.me

[dolciume]

these aren’t real people and they’re fucking ugly and i actually really hate them. fuck tumblr i hate this horrible update so much. literally the worst in a while. the app is also non functional anymore since we started getting ads. i’d be surprised if this post even loads to post and doesn’t crash the app

#piece of shit website

[pearwaldorf]

I hate that you can't see a tweet thread anymore if you're not logged into Twitter (as a gesture of disrespect I refuse to call it by its rebranded name). Here is a copypasta of a thread from Dan Olson, a Canadian documentary filmmaker, expanding upon camera quality, the guilt trips Somerton used to goose his Patreon subscriptions, and how the best tools will never make up for lack of dedication or patience. I have added clarifications in [[double brackets]] where I feel it is necessary.

START OF THREAD

Okay, so, back in April I snapped at James in reply to a tweet that was linking to this video (which James has since delisted but not deleted) and I want to talk about the full context of that but I don't want to make a video, put your beatdown memes away. [[The video has since been deleted. I can see the title of the video is "Maybe the end (not an April Fool's Day thing".]]

The first bit of context is that I initially got keyed into James to fact-check his claims about indie filmmaking in Canada. As a filmmaker the entire Telos venture was immediately obvious as a juvenile fantasy dreamed up by someone with no idea how to make a movie.

Just wild claims about their plans that weren't worth debunking because they bordered Not Even Wrong. But in watching one of these pitch videos I noticed that he had a $4000 current-gen camera in the background as a prop, and that seemed both pretentious and weird.

You don't use your best camera as a prop, you use your second best camera as a prop. So being an obsessive weirdo I needed to know, and I watched his BTS stuff until I spotted his main rig, a $6000 camera with about $1000 in accessories.

Now, these in isolation are unremarkable because his Patreon at the time was bringing in ~$8000 per month, his channel was a full on Business business, and so investing in some professional equipment of that level is maybe a bit indulgent but justifiable.

What was weird is that he doesn't shoot multi-cam, doesn't shoot outdoors, doesn't shoot on location, and in a studio the two cameras kinda really step on each others' toes. Basically if you already have one and don't need a B cam there's no reason to get the other.

Again, on its own, this says nothing, it's just indicative of poor financial decisions, maybe impulsive purchasing, Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Biblical sins, but not crimes.

Paired with the constantly inflating fantasy scope of the Telos films it was clearly an expression of a very, very common bad filmmaker habit of "if I just get the right gear then my movie will basically make itself" Buying stuff because it feels like progress.

At the end of February he tweets "I want to start shooting anamorphic" and then three weeks later in March he posts the worst, out of focus, under-exposed "I just got a new lens!" video I've ever seen, showing off his trash-covered bedroom.

Based on what's available for his cameras and the lead time, that's enough time to get a Laowa Nanomorph or Sirui Saturn from B&H but not enough time to get a Great Joy from the UK or a Vazen from China. And with the flaring blah blah blah, $1300 lens.

Again, [gear acquisition syndrome] is not a crime and these lenses are budget options. Bit of a pointless impulse purchase since he only used it for the Showgirls video. But this is what he was doing just a few weeks before that above video came out: effortlessly impulse purchasing lenses.

James has (had?) a habit of regularly, aggressively driving viewers to Patreon by claiming that videos were getting demonetized. While tacky, it is something a lot of queer YouTubers have dealt with, so there's precedent there. But people were noticing he did it a lot.

Mid-March he humble brags about needing to work so hard to make 6 videos in April because he has over-booked sponsorships.

Then March 29th James posts this whole incel screed on Twitter about how sex work should be "subsidized as a mental health service."

[two image descriptions.

1. "For the majority of people sex (and human contact) can be imperative to a healthy state of mind. A kind and talented sex worker can make someone feel wanted for the first time in their life. I know sex workers who have pulled people back from suicide just by being there for them." 2. "Not only should (sex work) be legal, but it should be subsidized as a mental health service."]

He spends several days getting absolutely *roasted* for this, just dragged across the pavement and read for filth, and doubles down in the replies the whole way.

So this is the context immediately surrounding James waking up on Friday, and posts the above video and the below tweet.

[image description: "We just got the lowest Patreon payout we've gotten in well over a year. Like, a "maybe we need to rethink things" kind of amount... NOT an April Fools Day thing btw. But I don't know if we'll be making videos much longer."]

Now, this unfolds in kinda two directions. The first is that I'm convinced he was just lying about this income shock in the first place.

There's a million theoretical edge cases about what maybe happened and if maybe he just misunderstood the data or saw a glitch and panicked, maybe one of those happened, I don't believe it, I think he just lied because he was salty about getting dragged and felt owed a win.

A big tell to me is that he doesn't blame Patreon. He says he doesn't know what happened, but let's be real, Patreon screws up all the time, they're the first people anyone blames if anything confusing happens, just as a reflex action, even if it's completely not their fault.

The only reason to not blame Patreon is if you already know that it's not their fault and that any investigation on their part might reveal embarrassing details.

Instead he indirectly blames his viewers for not watching enough, not sharing enough, and not turning on auto-renew.

So regardless of the unknowable truth, this segues into the second, far more offensive direction of the messaging itself. "I don't know if we'll be making videos much longer." "Maybe the end" He explicitly framed this as an immediate existential threat to his channel.

In the video he is vague about everything, leaves a ton of hazy room for plausible deniability on how long the channel can keep going, but the messaging is "I need more patrons right this minute or my YouTube channel is over."

He repeatedly evokes all the "fun stuff" they had planned that would never see the light of day if this didn't turn around right away.

And his audience received this message loud and clear. Tons of people making far, far, far less than him left very heartfelt messages about digging a little deeper to subscribe or up their pledge or unsubscribe from other channels to move their pledge to his.

1200 new patrons in one day.

Since I simply don't believe the income shock was real in the first place that would put his post-"Maybe the end" Patreon income at around $10,000 per month. US. Add YouTube income, he's spent the last seven months making around $18,000 per month.

I have seen creators scale back their capabilities to the bone purely to keep making videos for the love of just, like, making stuff even as their funding evaporated and they needed to go back to a desk job to cover their bills.

You'd have to be so outstandingly reckless with your finances as a channel that a one month spook leads immediately to "channel over, sorry about all the fun stuff we won't get to do with you, our patrons, specifically because you, our patrons, aren't giving us enough money"

And not a spook where you then spend a couple weeks crunching numbers. Oh no. A shock so violent where less than two hours later you're weeping on camera about the channel being over.

Three weeks later he brought a brand new Sony FX6v for $8000 CAD to add to his pile of cinema cameras despite the fact that he was, but scant moments earlier, in such a precarious position that a single bad month would kill his channel.

He stole your money, and for that I'm profoundly sad and angry. That's why I snapped at him in April. I'm sorry I couldn't give you the full context then, and I'm sorry if that anger upset you.

END OF THREAD

#james somerton #dan olson #hbomberguy #jesus christ tumblr #it won't let me format things the way i want #because this website is sometimes a piece of shit

[aleshakills]

I've always known that existing as a trans woman on the internet carries some inherent risk, but I don't think I've ever seen the CEO of a whole ass company have such direct and personal beef with a woman just for posting jokes

You know what, I think I will

#Fuck tumblr staff #fuck this piece of shit website #fuck transmisogyny #Free my girl predstrogen

[zytes]

weird anthropology exhibit

#I don’t have much to say abt the piece this time — it’s a wacky one. still working through some ideas that came before / after; #don’t @ me bro I’m trying new things #jk I know my tumblr homies seem to like the extra-weird stuff I make sometimes #and of all places - this fucky lil website is the only one to put up with my shit and not Algorithm me into a lonely corner #my art #glitch art #aesthetic #art #artwork #webcore #internetcore #glitchcore #abstract #artists on tumblr #pattern #glitch aesthetic #glitch #abstract expressionism #abstract art #weird aesthetic #weirdcore #thanks for being encouraging! in the past; when anyone has left me words of inspiration and support - I have remembered each!

[cursedtboyswag]

winslow leach from phantom of the paradise has cursed trans swag!

#I don't think he has tboy swag per say but there is a transsexual flavour #submission #winslow leach #phantom of the paradise #submitted #<- bc this piece of shit website apparently won't let me tag as submission

[godbirdart]

quite surreal watching my work go from receiving a Decent crumb of reach on twitter to flat-lining because i keep speaking words like Patreon and Commissions and getting nerfed by the algorithm there

#i mean it could also be The Content too #because i draw a wide range of things and Not Everything Vibes With Everyone and that's okay!! #but i fully blame the twitter algo for being a huge piece of shit #me over here strangling website algorithms with my gay little mitts #also on the other side of this: stop hiding my mutuals work!! #i keep seeing friend art 88934579 days after it's posted there!!!!! #FUCK

[firstfullmoon]

what i love the most is stumbling upon a poem by a previously unknown (to me) poet & loving the style so much i look them up & end up devouring their poetry published online & falling in love right then

#i don’t think it’s enough to read the one poem that got popular all of a sudden it’s also important to look more deeply into their work #it’s what happened with noor hindi i loved fuck your lecture of craft & by looking her up stumbled upon Theee poem (ode to friendship) #same with sanna wani (tomorrow is a place led me to look up her website and now we are besties) #love when contemporary young poets have a list of their published pieces on their website my god i eat that shit up

[femboy-genius]

Disco Elysium is not a tumblr darling ass game, this website became a damn graveyard by the time it was out.

#but holy fuck im so glad I was not on this piece of shit website when it came out I was too busy going through life to do that shit

[siyi-draws]

New obsession

#siyidraws #my art #digital art #screenshot redraw #scissor seven #killer seven #cike wu liuqi #刺客伍六七 #伍六七 #梅花十三 #wu liuqi #meihua shisan #holy shit I am in love with this show #it has been a while since a piece of media has been able to captivate me like scissor seven #it's so good the show needs more english-speaking fans #alot of fan work seems to be on chinese social media and websites #fanart

[dentpx]

i hope o am not just a tumblr mutual to you all. but someone who you check the blog of from time to time and go "hmmmm. she's not doing so well"

#no i dont want to ADD TAGS tumblr fucl OFF #ive been here for 8 YEARS i know how the WEBSITE WORKS piece of shit #zoeposting

[m1d-45]

Let it be known that I love writing fluff, and I listen to character audios sometimes. SO! I came up with a cute idea for sagau imposter au. I heard somewhere that Xiao's adeptus form is a bird, so I wonder, what kind of bird? And that got me thinking. Xiao being a little song bird, or perhaps even a cardinal.

Now imagine: while looking for the imposter, Xiao stumbles upon them sitting beneath a tree, just feeding some birds. Said birds are absolutely loving the attention since the creator of Teyvat is giving them food and love!

Xiao watches, rather curious. The creator he knows hates birds, because they always dive and cause problems for them. But now... these little birds have completely abandoned any fear they may hold for human beings, happily landing on the hands and shoulders of this supposed imposter.

So he decides to test something.

Xiao turns into a small bird and approaches cautiously. In his smaller form, he's vulnerable to attack. But the person before him doesn't try to hurt him. Rather, they smile and call him "little friend" as they offer food to him. In his distrust, he bites them with his sharp beak.

His heart shatters when he sees divine blood spilling from the wound.

He's about to fly away, get as far away from here as he can. He found the true creator, and instead of worshipping them, he bit them! He caused them to bleed, he shouldn't even be near them-!

His mind stills when they pet his feathered head.

They murmur kind words to him, apologizing to him. They believed that they had startled him, that he bit to protect himself. They forgave him, they felt no hatred towards him, no anger or disappointment. Instead, they offered some chopped almonds, hoping he'd prefer that over bird seed.

He sang for them as he perched on their shoulder.

After that, he did his best to secretly protect the creator he'd harmed. He would adopt his smaller form and sing for them when they felt sad, and he'd use his human form to guard them from a distance. Yes, it made his chest ache whenever they looked at him with fear when they saw his more human form, but the yaksha only shook it off. It only made sense that you'd be scared. He was a frightening person, one that had tried to harm you before. He refused to try and change your feelings towards him. He didn't have the right.

He would be content to sing for you as a harmless bird.

-sibling anon (sorry if this is out of character for him I just like the idea)

oh….. he’s so soft…..

xiao hovering near the edge of the crowd, at first, drawing your attention since he doesn’t seem to be eating any of the seed you’d passed out.

when he finally hops within arms reach, you reach to nudge some of the food next to him closer, only to quickly whip your hand back. the birds around (on) you all flutter at the sudden movement, but you inspect your finger, the blue blood of teyvat welling up. your instinct is to stick it in your mouth, but that doesn’t seem safe considering a bird bit it, so you dab at it with a napkin.

the bird cries and flaps his wings, distraught, and your heart hurts. poor guy, you probably scared him, moving so quickly.

you pull out some chopped almonds from your pocket. the plan was to have them as a snack, but now… you put a few in your palm and close your hand around it, reaching forward to gently run two fingers over the birds back.

the other birds in the area seemed receptive to that, and this one does too, calming down considerably.

you take your hand back, opening your palm to drop the almonds on the floor, nudging them close before backing off.

“there you go,” you murmur, as the bird dips down to inspect the food. “i won’t hurt you.”

you allow yourself a silent cheer when it eats one of the almond pieces.

you see the small bird fluttering around you often, always on the edge of your vision. it’s easy to identify, the purple patch of feathers on its forehead easily standing out, and you’re always certain to push some food over to it. almonds, not birdseed.

the bird is a dark blue-teal, the underside of its wings a softer blue. it’s like no other bird you’ve seen in liyue, something that quickly catches your attention.

you brush some dirt off you as you stand, noting the way the bird immediately looks up from its food, unlike the others, to flap up into the tree you were sitting under.

you crack a smile, carefully reaching a finger for it. you’re slower this time, cautious of its skittish nature, but it lets you approach. when you carefully pet over its head, the birds eyes close.

your smile grows, and you try not to laugh at how confused the bird seems when you pull your hand away.

“i have to go,” you explain. “the millelith… they’re getting too close again. i won’t be able to see you again, little friend.”

the bird chirps, nearly indignant, and you do laugh this time. putting a small piece of almond on the branch in front of it, you wave goodbye to the other birds, seeing the blue one hadn’t touched the almond.

you frown. hopefully it’ll be alright….

xiao watches you until you’re out of sight, and even then, he stays on the branch.

you…. he’d forgotten you were being hunted by the millelith. he’d forgotten the order to look out for you. he’d forgotten the qixing called you a criminal.

who could blame him? it was easy to forget everything at your side, when you carefully ran your fingers over his feathers, scratching at his jaw with the edge of your nail. yes, he was vulnerable as a bird, but it was easy to be vulnerable with you. it was easy to be open, to sing as best he could in this form, to allow himself close enough to see the way your eyes lit up whenever another bird landed on your outstretched finger.

xiao dropped to the ground, morphing back into his human form. predictably, the birds cawed and flew away quickly. he watched them go, his mind contrasting it with how readily they flocked to you.

you…

he turned to the branch he was on, to the small almond piece left behind. the small symbol of your care, of how you recognized that he didn’t touch the birdseed and instead offered him your own food to eat. normally he wouldn’t lower himself to eating off the ground at all, let along bird food, but almonds weren’t awful and you seemed so happy when he ate..

xiao looked back to where you’d gone, to the sandbearer trees swaying in a soft wind.

he allowed his form to fall away and spread his wings, taking flight on the same breeze that urged you along.

perhaps he’d forget his orders for a little while longer, if it meant he could spend that time with you.

perhaps he’d forget his orders for a little longer, if it meant he’d get to spend that time with you.

#m1d : [chats] #m1d : [secrets] #sibling anon #bird!xiao shenanigans #btw he’s pretty in character #you can add a dash of a ‘mysterious calm in the air’ if you wanna be certain but he’s oretty pretty good as is #also! let it be known that i too like fluff!! #< been meaning to write a piece based on hugs ppl would give for a while now #dilucs near the top of the list which is kinda funny considering the shit i’m (hopefully) gonna pot tonight #post* whoop #post-valentines day sadness #this got WAY too long #forgive the old format i wasn’t gonna try n find more photos of liyue than i already have #writing this was hell. thanks tumblr. i really appreciate you glitching out my drafts. #i’m trying to save my writer energy to wrap up dilucs piece COME ON I DONT NEED THIS #had to write this on the website version of tumblr ugh. dislike. #anyway debating adding this to the masterlist bc it’s… so nice… #the vibes….. immaculate…. #TUMBLR DELETED HALF MY FUCKING WRITING WHEN IT HIT POST WHAT THE FUCK #THIS IS WHY I WRITE ELSEWHERE THEN COPY PASTE TO THIS HELL #FUCK. IT WAS SO GOOD. WHY. #the last half of xiao’s part at the end is the bad shittier version of what i had written originally #i am bitter. but i guess i’ll have to die mad abt it. #ugh. #it cut off the last paragraph AGAIN WHY #hate. >:( #also mushroom anon send help one of my mutuals is doing a letter event in celebration of his 1k what do i do #ok it’s his 800 celebration but STILL HELP #whatever fuck it i’m done trying to get this to work #fuck it we ball

[mymarifae]

you have got to be fucking kidding me......................

#i don't even wanna know how much money that would have been......... #like. seriously ? do you feel fucking fulfilled now. with your - i stopped counting after 30 because what the fuck #your 30+ meaningless checkmarks on tumblr.com. was this a good use of your money. paying for a meaningless ''''''clout'''''' symbol #and lining the wallets of the pieces of shit that run this website #yeah good fucking job buddy you are soooooooooo cool lol

[llatimeria]

JUST WATCHED ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS GET FUCKING ARRESTED???

#don't feel too bad for him i'm pretty sure he's a piece of shit #his truck has a giant edgy second amendment sticker on it etc etc #i missed his name tho and theres nothing on the police-to-citizen website for my city #I'll have to check back tomorrow ig because this like. JUST happened. #IM SO FUCKING NOSY WTF IS GOING ONNNNNNN #i have a theory but it's 100% unsubstantiated so i don't want to say it until/unless i find out for sure #but i was like. man i hope this doesnt have anything to do with 2nd amendment truck guy. and then it was 2nd amendment truck guy. #so my intuition cant be.... completely baseless?

[nnugatoryextravagance]

Eugh I'm gonna go hunting for ao3 alternatives wish me luck chat im so tired

#sludgetalkz #im so sick and tired of having to fuckin tiptoe around the website trying not to find the most vile shit ive ever seen #also because its run by pieces of shit but that shouldn't be a shocker