#prev tags

[wip]

is there any chance of prev tags returning anytime soon? everyone i know is really unhappy that they were removed, and the site just doesnt feel the same :/

Answer: Hey there, @cowboybreakdowns!

We have good news for you here. 

Yes! As it happens, we are indeed working on adding a way to get to the previous parent post when viewing a reblog.

We hope to have more updates with you soon on this one. Keep an eye out on @changes for the latest, and thanks for your question!

#feature #prev tags #backend #tags #posting #your suggestions

[tubapun]

Prev tags are back!!

Here's how to access em!!

1) click on the "meatball menu" by the name of the reblogger"

2) Hit "View Previous Reblog"

3) Voila!! You can view the tags!!

It's an extra click than it used to be, but hey!! It's more explicit in its function!! Hooray!!

#psa #prev tags #tumblr

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[kimdokjas]

wait wait, what’s the change tumblr did to the reblog chains ? 🥲🥲🥲 I’m so lost

okay so basically, let's say you see a post on your dash

before the update, if you clicked on a url, you could do 3 things:

view that specific reblog on the blog you follow (A)

view the previous reblog on the blog A reblogged it from (B)

view the original post on op's blog (C)

however, staff recently implemented an update where clicking on a url no longer takes you to that specific post. now, clicking on a url just takes you to the blog itself.

this means that you now get 5 things:

view ONLY that specific reblog on the blog you follow (A) -> changed location near header. also, you will now ONLY see that post and nothing else

view ONLY the original post on op's blog (C) -> changed location near header. you will only see that post and nothing else. and ONLY if the op hasn't deleted it, otherwise it just shows an error

view the blog of the person you follow (D)

view the blog of the person D reblogged it from (F) -> option B no longer exists

view the blog of the op (E)

you might be thinking: "cool! i get more options so that's good, right?" well, no.

there are SEVERAL things wrong with this and it goes beyond the prev tags issue

1) first of all, it's counterintuitive that A and C changed locations to the area near the header, especially if your userbase was already used to the previous functions. it just seems like horrible UX design to me but let's put that aside for now.

2) as you can see, option B which allowed you to see the previous reblog of a post no longer exists.

now, if you click on the previous url, you will just be taken to their entire blog. you can no longer view the post itself.

someone asked staff about this, and they replied in this post that the change was INTENTIONAL and if you want to view the previous reblog you would have to "go through the notes view".

to borrow what someone else said:

basically, this update just killed the prev tags culture in one fell swoop.

(sure, you can still use it to reply directly to the person you're reblogging from, but it's now literally useless to use "prev tags" for everyone else involved. sure, you can choose to copy tags or peer review them, but again, if people will have to copy them then the less people are likely to use them, and not every prev lends itself to peer-reviewing imo)

now, listen. i know not everyone likes the prev tags culture, but it just seems like such a poorly-thought decision to kill a culture that like... half of your entire userbase uses (see this poll as a quick reference) and that's UNIQUE to your site and sets you apart from other social media.

but it's also not even just prev tags. let's say you want to remove an annoying addition on a post's reblog chain? you can no longer do that.

however, i feel like this is the most important point:

regardless of how you may feel about the prev tags culture, the pure UI aspect of it should remain

what i mean by this is: even if you don't like prev tags, simply 1) being able to access the reblog chain, and 2) clicking on a post and actually have it take you to their BLOG (and not just a page with that one single post) is literally essential navigation.

this update threatens to drive down user engagement (which is already critically low) by making it harder to navigate. which is actually another point:

3) even if you click on A and C now to view those specific posts, it's NOT the same as it used to be.

before, you could view the reblog directly on the blog. so you could just scroll down and see the other posts leading up to it. now, you will be taken to a page where you will ONLY see that post and nothing else.

but also, you can no longer easily navigate other people's blogs.

you know how sometimes you would see like 50 notifications of someone going through an entire tag on your blog? that's going to happen a lot less, i'm afraid.

let's suppose you want to go to op's blog because they're an artist and you want to see more of their art. so you click on C and see that the tag they use for posts with their art is "#my art"

cool! before, you could just click on that tag and immediately view ALL of their art as long as the posts have that tag.

but now, if you click on that tag, it will take you to the ENTIRE tumblr tag with literally all the posts that everyone in the history of time has tagged with that specific tag.

now, to do the same thing that just took 2 clicks before, you would have to: click on C to view the post -> look for the tag you want to navigate -> click E to view their whole blog -> scroll and look for a post that just so happens to have that tag (the search function is literally useless) and hope to god that there's a recent one or you'll have to scroll for ages or simply give up -> if you happen to find it, click on that tag to navigate their posts.

you see how this is counterproductive, right? you see how this can literally drive down engagement with content creators, right?

if you make people's blogs harder to navigate, you will literally drive down the number of likes and reblogs on their posts, which have already been steadily declining for years now.

4) options D and E to view the blogs and not the posts are literally useless because you could already access other people's blogs before. you just had to click on their url to view their blogs starting from that specific post AND you could choose to just refresh it to view their newest posts.

either way, the change just seems completely unnecessary. and again, it's not just about the prev tags culture but about basic UI.

so what can we do about it?

i normally don't advocate for flooding staff with messages but i do feel like this is one of the worst updates staff has ever done (and that's saying something) and something needs to change.

even if they don't retcon the entire update, that's fine, but staff could at least add the option to view the reblog chain as a different feature (maybe even opt-in) for example. there are better ways to go about this than just axing an entire existing feature.

also, this same issue that makes it harder to navigate blogs needs to change. i feel like content creators will be especially affected by this unless this changes because you can no longer easily navigate their tags, so it will inevitably drive down engagement.

so please, contact staff and let them know we want a change.

you can contact support here!

here's a template for a possible message you could send, but feel free to edit it. (under category you can choose "Feedback")

Hi, I would like to politely request a change to the recent update that affects the reblog chain of posts. Regardless of the "prev tags" culture itself, the UI aspect of being able to view the reblog chain of a post is essential for navigation on this website. Even adding it as a separate, opt-in feature would be a huge help. Additionally, clicking on a post and then on one of the tags now takes you to the entire tumblr tag instead of the tag on that blog, which makes it harder to navigate blogs. Both of these issues have the potential to drive down user engagement by actively making it harder to navigate Tumblr, but especially for content creators. I hope you can do something to address these issues as soon as possible. Thanks in advance and have a nice day.

also, if you can and/or want, reblogs are appreciated to help spread the word!

that's pretty much the gist of the issue from what i've seen, but if anyone else has anything to add or a different way we could contact staff to make ourselves heard, please feel free to let me know!

TLDR: it's not just about prev tags, this update affects basic functionality and content creators as well

#pls reblog if u can to help spread the word!! #@anon this turned out a lot longer than i expected omg #i hope u don't mind me hijacking this ask to make a general informative post about this issue!! #ask #anonymous #tumblr #tumblr update #prev tags #signal boost #supportcontentcreators #evansyhelp #staff #long post for ts #196

[janmisali]

#jan misali #polls #pronunciation #prev tags

[wolf-tail]

Space Marines: Mutant abomination supersoldiers, surgically enhanced living weapons of a fascist empire, made from mutilated kidnapped children, implanted with the DNA of a demigod, live for war and no other purpose

Me: They are little baby boys who need their Daddy and lots of attention or they will cry

#prev tags #warhammer 40k #warhammer 40000 #space marines

[inamagicalhallucination]

akutagawa is like i dont like atsushi and then knows the exact temperature atsushi drinks his tea; the exact grams of sugar atsushi adds to various drinks; the type of fabric atsushi prefers to wear (when he realizes he can have preferences now jdskf) etc

#atsushi nakajima #bungou stray dogs atsushi #bungo stray dogs #shin soukoku #sskk #bsd atsushi #bungou stray dogs #akuatsu #bsd #prev tags

[nirrvana]

god i love the masterpieces y'all leave under my posts sometimes

#like leaving cheap beer on a loved one's gravestone this is real this is pure #ace attorney #mine #prev tags

[owlmylove]

stop fucking say prev tags you annoying tiktoking fucking dumb cunt. fuck off.

this is. this is incredible. 11 years i've been on this site. 11 years i've spent painstakingly dodging any kind of fandom whump, controversial take, or ill-advised hill to die upon. do you have any idea the amounts of nuclear fallout i have delicately skirted around. the blogs i've seen deactivate, the sprawling call-outs written in google docs. i was raised in the bitter heart of this website and made a garden of it. and the thing that finally gets me cyber-bullied by teens is prev tags

#prev tags #i don't even have a tiktok! #are you going to every single person who says and sending these messages bc oh honey. that is not what you were put here for #do not waste your one wild and precious life on tumblr!!!! let alone sowing hate!!!! #may you go smoke some weed & find a joyful purpose<33 #owl post

[the-riddler-that-can-riddle]

The collection.

#cool art #scary art #artwork #artists on tumblr #digital art #my art #art #how else do i tag this #funny #funny content #prev tags #collection

[destieldisaster]

Did I just miss it or is nobody talking about this? (x)

#PREV TAGS IS BACK BABY #prev tags #tumblr #destiel meme

[barrewithme]

shoes and tights that match my skin 🥹🤎🩰✨

shoes: capezio hanami in light suntan size 12.5

tights: capezio ultra soft self knit waistband transition tights in caramel size 1x/2x

#balletcore #ballet #ballet aesthetic #ballet core #coquette #ballerina #prev tags #ballerina aesthetic #girlblogging #ballet photography #black ballet #black dancers #black femininity #black girls rule #black women in leisure #black women in dance #black women in ballet #black women in femininity #black women in luxury #soft black women #soft black girls #black girl blogger #plus size feminity #plus size dancer #plus size ballerina #plus sized ballet #ballet pink #ballet shoes #ballet tights #ballet costumes

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Vote for whichever is closest to what you do even if you don't refer to the last person as "prev."

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[thefaultinourchickennuggets]

I don't find 'prev tags' useful in a 'go look at those previous tags!' kind of way, because if I wanted that I would just screenshot them. But I do find it useful in a 'carrying on a convo' type of way. If I say 'prev tags' I am speaking to the person I reblogged from. I want them to know I liked their tags, or that I have something to say about them. But it's not so urgent that I send them a message. It's like a smoke signal, but in the tags. You get it.

#mbop #personal #prev tags

[cyarskj52]

#nicki is a weird tired evil ass bitch #like omg i could really go on a rant fuck her fuck the barbs #them miserble bitches have no life harassing ppl over nicki minaj youre a goner hoe! #and my girl meg sitting pretty ik thats right miss stallion she that girl <3 #nicki has been online for over 48 hours straight meanwhile megan has been out minding her own business #it’s crazy how badly nicki has WILLINGLY tarnished her own legacy #this is the same woman who wrote the verse in monster???? #🫢 #didn’t Nicki help silence the woman who was SA by her now husband? #megan thee stallion #Tina Snow #it girl #worrying about the wrong foot Nicki #pack it up #prev tags #I mean… #Nicki it’s not funny anymore that man should be still serving time #I’m so happy Megan didn’t fold and I hope she gets all the happiness in the world #that girl went through enough #A HOMELESS MAN SHE PICKED UP AT A TURKEY RAFFLE #PLEASE!!!! #now Nicki hyping up a new release called ‘Bigfoot’ and claiming it’s not a diss track #the barbs are out in force I’m tired #the Megan’s law line was a slay tho honestly who can deny

[ivy-meshle]

#my polls #tumblr polls #prev tags #how do you pronounce it #please reblog