#those were my comments for today

[ninja-knox-ur-sox-off]

Ngl some days I'm like writing crackships and ships and rarepairs is so silly goofy and fun and then OTHER days I'm like wow I wish I'd never written or drawn a ship ever in my life how do I erase this and OTHER days I just go about forgetting ships exist entirely and I swing WILDLY between those three options with no chill whatsoever

#knox rambles #is this part of my aroaceness??? #not really a vent im just thinking #today its the second one #saw somebody comment they were looking away from one of my fics and i got really self-concious its wild #cause low-key most if not all my fics could just be platonic dynamics #usually id only add the more shippy stuff because i felt like i needed to so i fullfilled some sorta checklist to make it romantic or somth #hmhm thinking i dunno #one of those nights folks o7 #its a weird like... thats not me dont think thats me i feel the need to explain or excuse it?? #weird! #hope y'alls night is going good!

[mishapen-dear]

genuine question but is there any fandom where a character is well written by the majority. im thinking about fandom culture and the spread of frustration when people dont write characters well but. honestly in all the fandoms ive been in there's only like, a Select number of authors who i trust to write Well, let alone write Well AND In Character. character analysis and writing and getting inside characters' heads are all separate skills (all of which are trained by roleplaying fyi can CONFIRM playing pretend with your friends is good for you). there's been more than once where I've disagreed with an interpretation that others agreed with, and then I turned out wrong. or i turned out right. like it doesnt matter WHO is right it just matters that differences in character analysis exist, so even if you DO write well AND write in character, your in character is still going to be someone else's out of character

there's this sort of. vibe. that to play in the sandbox you Need to be able to make a castle, and if you can't make a castle then you shouldn't bother, and it completely dismisses the idea that youre in that sandbox to PLAY in the first place. there's this Weight of disappointing someone if you can't build something that they like, but that forgets that you aren't there to build them a castle. like, be KIND. if you disagree with someone then please make an effort to do so kindly. i dont give a shit about fandom discourse but there is a reason kids get removed from sandboxes if they keep throwing sand in people's eyes. but if they don't like your misshapen sand pile, then youre not obligated to change it. even if you yourself end up hating that same sand pile later- youre not building a legacy. youre playing. and sometimes the result of that play is out of character drivel. theres a reason there are so many authors and so few who i like to consistently read and thats because everyone is Fucking Around in their hobby space. hash tag brag or whatever but i can build castles. ive built several that im v proud of. ive also dug holes in the sand for fun and then tripped on them when trying to get up. I often dug a hole and then got up and fucking- whoops, its a castle now, and i didn't realize i'd made something to be proud of until after the fact. the whole time while creating shit i was Convinced it was bullshit that didn't make sense. and then other times i was Convinced it was bullshit and then i was Right and i can look back and go. huh. ew. but it doesn't matter what the end result was, because i had fun playing in the sandbox

this wasn't meant to turn into a ramble but i have Feelings about bad art and art that's badly perceived and how public perception can screw with your head and how making art youre proud of is fucking. it's so difficult!!! it's hard!! it's really fun, which is why i try to make it, but i promise you it is Okay to not tryhard creativity. even if you CAN, it's okay not to do it all the time. or ever, even. fuck around find out have fun etc

#NOT a discourse post i am musing out loud #there's discourse goign around the dash rn or i wouldnt mention it #but the past few weeks ive seen a lot of “DONT fucking mischaracterize my guy my fuckign god” #which is one of the most frustrating pet peeve there is #but i think a lot too about little baby me #fresh on her writing journey #and how discouraged i would be if someone pointed out the mistakes id made #i made a Lot of fuckups #and i also think about this one fic where one of the characters was INCREDIBLY out of character #me today would not be able to stomach reading it #but baby me was so ENCHANTED #and it introduced to me the concept that you dont always know the reason someone does something #and it made me read even more #and because of that i eventually found Expert Skill level fics #which introduced me to MANY little tricks and fidgets ive tried to implement #there were so so many reviews on that fic that called it shit or complained about the bad characterization #but a decade later i still think about it #there were several very corny mine/craft horror fics i read #which back in the day would be called cringe #and those were what inspired me to write my first horror fic and now im Enchanted by the whole genre #theres a lot of stuff i dont like to read but i like that other people are enjoying themselves #i dont know how to be succinct i hope my point is coming across well #this ties into my thing where fiction is for you first others later #here are my credentials: bb/h fan since before the elections (hi i was the guy who noticed his lack of armour post elections) #and a cross-fandom comment trend of people going 'woa i can see this happening in canon' #im not talking out my ass i genuinely think its more important to have fun than to write accurate characterization #which. is a more 'duh' and clarifying thing than everything else ive written #but ah well c'est la vie #also also just realized this could be interpreted like that- NOT an attack on people who complain about mischaracterization either lmao #i do that too w friends. this is to reassure people who put pressure on themselves to create things Well all the time

[l-tora-l]

Hello (again :6) !!!

#hola soy tora #aaaaah it feels interesting to be back #almost been a whole year! #and wow it's been rlly hectic #but that aside #hello (again) !!! #and super duper big thank you to the new milestone reached!!! #you guys are awesome #hope y'all are all good!!! #it'd be nice to catch up with the people who I haven't spoken to in so long😭 #and also the biggest thank you to everyone who left me those sweetest comments you don't know how much they meant to me 🥹 #like seriously thank you so much they were very much needed and well received #I'm not entirely sure how to use this blog again I feel like a ton has changed but I *think* I'm gonna make more gifs? but I think it'll #take a while cause I'm rlly not up to speed in anything at all #today was my final day (and exam!) for first year uni! #can you believe that? :0 #anyways thank you so much for everything and I'd hope to be back gradually! #and upload my new pinned post! #I actually made a priv account here so I wasn't totally gone but that happened a good while into my hiatus ahahaa #lmk if you want in to the priv teehee #🫶 #OH I ALMOST FORGOT #I HAVE #A RECS BLOG! #it's @scaramwah #teehee #<- I'll rb the pinned if you wanna check it out! it's sparse rn but I'm on holidays now so I can fill it up more! #actually I have a billion blogs I'll make some known in due course ☠️ #( queued ) #<- I'll be back tmrw ! today was tiring :(

[prairieprayer]

General Decrease in Social Media Interaction, Not Just Reblog to Like Ratios

I see posts about reblog to like ratio all the time, and I 100% agree that the reblog to like ratio on Tumblr has significantly decreased over the decade...

But I feel like it really isn't just Tumblr- it's social media in general. The same problem is on DeviantART with view to favorite to comment ratios... with comments equating to a reblog (or "interaction")

Take popular DA artist Griffsnuff. Sampling 20 random images from 2023, 2015, and 2010 and noting their averaged comment count:

(rounded up) 2010: 208 2015: 44 (78% decrease from 2010) 2023: 11 (75% decrease from 2015, 94% decrease from 2010)

Taking someone less popular but who recalls an avid community growing up- me:

2010: 3 2015: 0.75 (75% decrease from 2010) 2023: 0.7 (90% decrease from 2015, 76% decrease from 2010)

These are only two examples, but between a super popular DA artist and a nobody, there's a pretty consistent 75%-78% drop in interaction rate between 2010 and 2015, with another sharp decrease 7 years after that.

With Tumblr's reblog to like ratio also sharply dropping, it's possible the same can be said for other social sites, that "passive" interaction (liking/thumbs up/hearting) has overtaken "active" interaction (commenting/sharing/reblogging). An exception is possibly TikTok with its remixing feature which works, in a way, as a transformative response to the original content, and is baked into the app's culture... but I don't know what remix-to-like ratio it has, and TikTok doesn't exactly have videos from 2010 to reference for a then-and-now comparison.

Regardless, this kind of insane decrease in active interaction warrants more serious study from academics as a social phenomenom, to assess how legitimate it is and hypothesize the reasons (the algorithm? culture? attention span? over stimulation? marketing?) Because an artist like griffsnuff who is more popular than ever at 98k watchers and 13M views having a 94% decrease in comment rates after 13 years sounds... fake. Shouldn't interaction be going up...?

If someone at 98k can't even keep consistent interaction how does anyone with a smaller audience expect to get any? (No wonder why even at 870 followers on Tumblr, 65 on DA, and 95 on Twitter I see squat come from it)

#reblog #web 2.0 #tumblr #deviantart #2010 #numbers can obviously change based on a large number of factors #but i honestly didn't expect my interaction decrease percentage to match griffsnuff's #i actually expected griff's interaction to remain generally constant not drop well over 50% in just 5 yrs then even more after #and then mine to have done the same with only a 3% difference when most of my comments recieved were 0 #its like. some kind of social media count inflation #where 100 followers in 2010 were indefinitely more active and valuable to you than 3k would be today #if you had 100 followers in 2010 you were popular you made friends you were listened to #but 100 followers today is as good as 0 when not a one of those 100 comments likes or shares your work like they would in 2010

[riggedbones]

pokes at the readers of my fic. comment something

#lucky.pdf #got like 13 kudos today and yet naught a single comment. unless one of the ones that r in my head as being from yesterday were actually #after the kudos email goes out #anyways. how am i supposed to know if ppl notice my subtleties if they dont comment about them... smh #(also as a note i dont actually mind if u dont comment much i am also kind of shit at commenting. its more a collective thing yk) #<- i say this like the fic isnt being read primarily by randos on ao3. which is why i feel fine making this post lmfao #fr those of you unaware i posted somethin yesterday in a new fandom. scarey

[guakamoleboi]

I'm begging you people.

I allow to use my art, if you credit me.

Just credit me, you don't have to ask if you can use it (it's nice and I really appreciate when people do that tho!), so if you don't want to ask, or something, it's really fine. You can just use it, but just put somewhere "credits to GuakamoleBoi" or something, it's literally bare minimum.

#guak's thoughts #today i had some talk with a kid that used my art in edit on yt #and i literally wanted to have a chill talk and ask them to just credit me #but they just deleted my comments #and even my friends tried to talk to this kid #and those comments were deleted too #and the kid think that we send “hate” to them #and doesn't want to listening at all

[todayisafridaynight]

interrupting non-rgg posting with non-rgg posting do you guys wanna look over my pros-vs-cons list of grocery shopping today thanks

#not rgg #snap chats #i didnt do the full shopping yesterday cause it was late by the time i got to go out and near all the shops were closing OOPS #my bestie asleep so i cant ask her :( this also feel like a dumbass question anyway so it my turn to ask everyone a question <3 #anyway review the list with me. ok. #cause the pros of going is that I Get Tasty Food. And Probably More Shit I Didn't Need #i get to buy snacks for my class tomorrow #im wearing a nice outfit :) and that means i get to walk around and wear it more. no one'll comment on it but i'll be happy wearing it #cons: i was JUST at ebisu yesterday and HUUUGE doubt i'll be remembered by the cashier #but the cameras will remember me.... #i should finish up the last two comms i have (though counter argument is that i can finish those when i get home) #i finished one this morning so i dont feel too guilty bout not getting work done #yeah thats. thats really it. 🧍‍♂️ #like i really cant think of another con 🧍‍♂️ AND YOUD THINK THAT'S GREENLIGHTS THEN BUT.... #cause im tihnking of grocery shopping today but it feels weird to do it on a thursday #But Today's Also PROBABLY The Best Day To Do It #anyway if everyone may indulge me being a dummy just this once. thanks <3 #im gonna work on one of those remaining comms for like an hour. or until i finish the lineart. so like twenty minutes ☠️ #and ill see how i feel then #sorry im obsessed with going to the city over i love walking and walking into shops and being alive

[dimiclaudeblaigan]

The worst thing about my brain being an autopilot grammar nazi is that every single time I see people misuse “it’s” and “its” as well as apostrophe placements is that I don’t want to be rude and correct people... but my brain still is like UGH THIS IS THE WORST.

“It’s” and “Its” are more just my brain going weeo weeo on me when that’s a more understandable one bc “its” is literally the exception to a rule (because “it’s” actually means “it is”, so to avoid it being used for two meanings the apostrophe is removed for ownership cases), but when I see apostrophes before an S for plural wording and I know they speak English properly I’m just like. ugh. damn. bruh. please. go back to school.

Less severe cases of incorrect apostrophe use tends to be like, when people are playing Heroes and have duplicates of units and are like “my Ike’s” instead of “my Ikes”, because I think people are trying to... make it more clear that it’s referring to more than one? I think? Maybe? Or they literally just don’t realize it’s incorrect grammar, idk lol. Still can’t get past my weeo weeo autopilot brain though sadly.

LIKE. IT’S NOT ANYONE’S FAULT THAT MY BRAIN IS WEEO WEEO, IT JUST IS.

Which speaking of Heroes, FE in general seems to have its script in every single game ever coded to always use apostrophes for ownership cases even when the word ends in S, so don’t worry folks. IntSys isn’t getting off scot free from my brain either LOL. No amount of “princess’s” is ever gonna fly with my weeo weeo brain.

this has been a psa

mainly a psa of my brain weeo weeos

#DCB Comments #but the absolute worst offenders are people who overuse apostrophes and like #don't know how to write the plural of a word. today I saw someone write horse's to indicate more than one more horse #and I think the darkest depths of my soul finally cracked at the sight shjfgjhgs #this wasn't someone who speaks in broken English either or anything. they know how to speak the whole language just fine #also the other worst thing about my grammar brain is that I could absolutely get a job teaching English based on my knowledge alone #but I don't have an uwu master's degree uwu so getting teaching jobs even as freelance work is basically impossible #the world decides your worth based on how much you were willing to pay an institution for a certificate #and doesn't base you on your actual worth or knowledge so yeah that's great #can't wait until we're in an anime or video game where society's young decides that's bullshit and we're totally over it and rebel sjkfghju #also you know how you see those posts of ppl being like forget what you learned in school? yeah no don't do that with grammar #to an extent it's one thing (the really stupid ''rules'' like don't start a sentence with x word) and some of it was over the top #but there ARE actually legit reasons for some of those grammar rules; it's just that schools fail to teach them properly #I was extremely lucky to have very amazing English teachers for the most part ngl bc most schools don't teach even basic shit well #at least in my country. even in my school the stuff they taught was shit lol I just got very lucky to have great English teachers #but like for instance run on sentences are usually seen as an issue in writing because people lose their understanding of the sentence #if the sentence goes on too long with too many thoughts you'll probably forget what it was even about in the first place #if it's a WRITING style like a book or a fanfic or whatever it can make sense in some cases you just have to be thoughtful abt it! #but rly like I see people who can't even write basic English grammar who can speak it fluently and I'm like #what the fuck are these schools doing??? bc I can tell you what they're NOT doing e.e #this isn't limited to gen z btw I see ppl around my age who do this stuff with grammar too so... yikes #in fact I see people OLDER than my generation doing it too like... my own mom lmao #I'M SORRY I JUST HAD TO GET THIS OUT IT'S BEEN EATING AWAY MY EXISTENCE FOR MANY YEARS

[sorry-i-spaced]

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#todays open was not it and im not doing well emotionally #our main expresso machine was being a certified butt this morning and halfway through dialing in we realized we needed to switch to the #other certfiable butt expresso machine #so we redialed in and then the tickets werent printing and things that should have been put out/collected during the open duties didnt #and then while on expresso everything undialed itself and we had to fix it while getting orders (the shots were pulling horribly #and then ontop of that people keep getting 5hr shifts instead of the 8hrs #i have come to an understanding that i will never get a 5hr cause i only work 3 days and im at peace with that but im still allowed to be #jealous of those who do. but when i made that comment to someone they were like well thats because you only work 3 days #and im like I'm still allowed to be jealous and they were like we want what we cant have and were just being really condescending #and im on my lunch and straight up almost started crying due to how shit everything this morning has been #im just ready for 3pm to roll around #liz says things

[kingsofeverything]

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#i started posting my new girl au 4 months ago today. #and there were many times when i worried that it sucked tbh #before i started posting and after #and even still tbqh #i had to keep remindng myself that i wrote it for me #because i love the show #and i love louis and harry in those roles #it was not an easy time for me early on #thank god for nic #because otherwise i would've felt completely alone with it #anyway im sort of in my feelings about it #because it's over #and i'm sad and i miss it #i miss posting it as a wip #and chatting in the comments with people #post fic depression? #maybe #new girl au #remember me before you

[mocacheezy]

Today was the second time someone congratulated me once they saw the ring my girlfriend sent to me.

I wear it on my middle finger since it kept slipping of my ringfinger due to weight loss, but I still find it amazing how happy people are for me, when they assume I got married.

"May you and the one you married continue being lucky and happy!"

"Lovely ring, congratulations."

And the funniest thing is, I always go "Thank you! :D" and it takes a few minutes after the interaction for it to click what they were congratulating me for.

I can't wait for the day when I can beam and just go "Thank you, me and my wife love eachother very much!"

Though with how words are over here, I might just end up saying or clarifying "Partnerka" if they get confused. XD

But ahhhhh. When that day comes.💕

#moca talks #I love her I love her I love her I love her I LOVE HER!!! #And the fact both times those were the people who only see me every so often #The first time was the eyedoctor I've been going to since I was little (didn't come around often either) and today it was the bus driver #It makes me happy #It feels nice even if a bit silly when I know it hasn't happened yet even if the ring is a promise and a show of my darkling's love #Its great when folks assume I'm married even if I'm not yet. The only ones that still meed to get a grip tho #Are the creepy older men that comment on how I haven't met the right man yet when I tell that i have a girlfriend

[eveningsandcoffeespoons]

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#I'm sick and there's a weather happening #and I've been watching the twitter *gestures vaguely* happen #and baking #the combination of which has me in my feelings about Getting Online in 2009ish #figuring out how to join fandom community through ff.n comments and twitter hashtags #how intense those friendships were #i have no idea what some of those people are doing today #and I'm so greatful for the lessons i learned and the friendships I've kept #but also I made a lot of mistakes #it was so instense #to be 20 and feel a part of something cool #and i also wonder a lot how some of those people i lost touch with are doing #did g figure it out? is i happy and thriving? does n ever feel satisfied? #this is mostly the fever #but wow life is long and people really do walk in and out of your life / you walk in and out of theirs

[firebirdeternal]

If I could just like, Append an Extra Note to that one fantasy racism post I made that blew up that would just show up every time someone goes to add a comment, it would say two things: “I don’t care if you personally enjoy different tropes, have a good time my guy, please don’t @ me about how you think racism is an important thing to include in *my* writing or game” and “I know what a goddamn Kender is. There’s a difference between; ‘Hey, what if the concept of property isn’t as universal as we’re used to, and how would that affect the people in this world and their relationships with their neighbors’ and; ‘Haha funny ADHD Kleptomaniac Hobbits who compulsively lie about their Kleptomania even when caught red-handed’“

#I looked at my activity feed and it was just a 90 degree angle spike of notes on that post today #and at least half of them were people complaining that they Like Racism in their fantasy storytelling #or reblogged from people who had added comments to that effect #those all got the block button #but a bunch of others just want to tell me about Kender like I haven't read every mainline Dragonlance novel like three times #Kender are cute and great and I love them but they are *not* a serious attempt to analyze a fundamental societal difference #they are a sometimes heartwarming sometimes exasperating mostly comedy relief subplot of the books they're in