#tumblr activism

[titleknown]

I feel like this should be a must-read for basically everyone on Tumblr, because it explains so much about the problems with Tumblr activism, and really a lot of online activism in general, despite being written in the early 70s.

#tyranny of structurelessness #activism #online activism #tumblr activism #social dynamics #politics

[lillhappycloud]

I have feelings about how these two are mirror opposites in reaction to monstrous trauma.

I have spicier stuff on my Patreon.

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#baldur's gate 3 #karlach #astarion #comic #art #bg3 #bg3 fanart #artists on tumblr #tiefling #dnd #I wish they had more conversations about this #karlach embraced life while astarion actively rejected it #rpg

[ytilaremehpe-sselhtaed]

All of us right meow:

#boop #boop o meter #april fool's day #tumblr culture #cats of tumblr #the creation of boop #best 5 am activity ever ❤️‍🔥 #sleep is for the weak #ytilaremehpe-sselhtaed

[citree]

Happy birthday trans people!!!!!! ✨💞🥰💙🫶🌟💕🦎🏳️‍⚧️💞the world is better with you in it ❤️

#trans day of visibility #tdov #trans pride #txt #time to active the Wizard Nexus #lgbtq pride #artists on tumblr #lgbtqia

[saydesole]

Happy Black History 🤎

#black girl aesthetic #black girl blogger #black girls of tumblr #pinterest #black girl joy #black girl magic #soft life #black boy aesthetic #cottage core black #black business man #black girl moodboard #black history #black actors #black actresses #black activism #freedom

[randompolls]

#poll #tumblr poll #active poll #mine #random poll #my polls #polls #random polls #i love polls #tumblr polls

[tilde44]

"students on campus were chanting 'from the river to the sea' but when interviewed didn't know which river and which sea...."

#achtung tumblr jugend #anti-semitism #pro-idiot #tumblr activism

[fratboycipher]

obligatory welcome guide for redditors

A lot of the guides I've seen don't actually seem to understand how reddit works in comparison to tumblr so

your blog is basically your own small subreddit. some people curate this heavily to fit a theme, like a sub, most people don't

reblogs are culturally equivilant to upvotes but functionally equvilant to crossposting

there is an algorithm. it sucks and nobody uses it. turn it off in settings. everything is generally chronological

likes are functionally equivilant to saving a post

you've probably already seen this but change your icon and put something in your bio or people WILL assume you're a bot. personal info not required

generally, anything you would put as a comment on a thread should go in the tags or the replies of a post. only add comments in reblogs if you want it to become part of the base post

tags are mostly equivilant to flairs, used for organization and commentary

your dashboard is an aggregation of everyone you follow

there is an r/all equivilant(trending page) but it sucks and nobody uses it

our search also sucks. your best bet is using tumblr.com/tagged/[TAG] and not /search

there are no mods

by extension, reporting something doesn't put it in front of the mods, it sends it to staff, who may or may not do anything(usually they don't)

there is no karma, there are no karma limits. anyone can reblog anything, comment/reply to anything, or post in any tag

"reposting"(reblogging) old content doesn't matter. people can and will reblog the same post multiple times, including in a row

CAVEAT. reposting someones art(NOT reblogging, making a new post) is a dick move. i know this is commonplace on fandom subs but its not necessary here. everything you post should be [OC] unless you are reblogging. or posting shitty memes

we have our own sitelore, you'll pick it up

(though im not opposed to bringing some over from reddit)

our app also sucks. we do not have third party apps and any that claim to be are scams. sorry

for desktop, most people use the XKit Rewritten extension for QoL improvements and to revert shitty aesthetic updates, much like old.reddit

we have no idea where the porn rules are at either. add a mature content flag to anything you'd get fired for looking at at work, that's about it

finally, from the bottom of my heart, fuck u/spez

#reddit #r/196 #r/tumblr #r/curatedtumblr #196 #curatedtumblr #reddit blackout #reddit api #dunno if anyone will read this. but if it helps im glad #im an active reddit user whos very bummed abt the site imploding #so if yall want to come here im happy to help #tilki

[sata-cable]

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#baldur's gate 3 #Bg3 #shadowheart #astarion #Op has a tumblr @lavanfalas but it doesn't seem to be active

[alice-za-kat]

Trying to draw HK with ULTRAKILL artstyle

#hollow knight #hollow knight art #hk fanart #hk art #hk knight #ghost hk #hk ghost #ultrakill #ultrakill art #art ultrakill #ultrakill artstyle #i don't know how to use tumblr #i'm still so new to this tagging stuff #this is just a randomly idea I have #i'm more active on twitter so you guys can check there for more arts

[inkskinned]

the thing is there's like, a point of oversaturation for everything, and it's why so many things get dropped after a few minutes. and we act like millennials or gen z kids "have short attention spans" but... that's not quite it. it's more like - we did like it. you just ruined it.

capitalism sees product A having moderate success, and then everything has to come out with their "own version" of product A (which is often exactly the same). and they dump extreme amounts of money and environmental waste into each horrible simulacrum they trot out each season.

now it's not just tiktokkers making videos; it's that instagram and even fucking tumblr both think you want live feeds and video-first programming. and it helps them, because videos are easier to sneak native ads into. the books coming out all have to have 78 buzzwords in them for SEO, or otherwise they don't get published. they are making a live-action remake of moana. i haven't googled it, but there's probably another marvel or starwars something coming out, no matter when you're reading this post.

and we are like "hi, this clone of project A completely misses the point of the original. it is soulless and colorless and miserable." and the company nods and says "yes totally. here is a different clone, but special." and we look at clone 2 and we say "nope, this one is still flat and bad, y'all" and they're like "no, totally, we hear you," and then they make another clone but this time it's, like, a joyless prequel. and by the time they've successfully rolled out "clone 89", the market is incredibly oversaturated, and the consumer is blamed because the company isn't turning a profit.

and like - take even something digital like the tumblr "live streaming" function i just mentioned. that has to take up server space and some amount of carbon footprint; just so this brokenass blue hellsite can roll out a feature that literally none of its userbase actually wants. the thing that's the kicker here: even something that doesn't have a physical production plant still impacts the environment.

and it all just feels like it's rolling out of control because like, you watch companies pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into a remake of a remake of something nobody wants anymore and you're like, not able to afford eggs anymore. and you tell the company that really what you want is a good story about survival and they say "okay so you mean a YA white protagonist has some kind of 'spicy' love triangle" and you're like - hey man i think you're misunderstanding the point of storytelling but they've already printed 76 versions of "city of blood and magic" and "queen of diamond rule" and spent literally millions of dollars on the movie "Candy Crush Killer: Coming to Eat You".

it's like being stuck in a room with a clown that keeps telling the same joke over and over but it's worse every time. and that would be fine but he keeps fucking charging you 6.99. and you keep being like "no, i know it made me laugh the first time, but that's because it was different and new" and the clown is just aggressively sitting there saying "well! plenty of people like my jokes! the reason you're bored of this is because maybe there's something wrong with you!"

#this was much longer i had to cut it down for legibility #but i do want to say i am aware this post doesnt touch on human rights violations as a result of fast fashion #that is because it deserves its own post with a completely different tone #i am an environmental educator #so that's what i know the most about. it wouldn't be appropriate of me to mention off-hand the real and legitimate suffering #that people are going through #without doing my research and providing real ways to help #this is a vent post about a thing i'm watching happen; not a call to action. it would be INCREDIBLY demeaning #to all those affected by the fast fashion industry to pretend that a post like this could speak to their suffering #unfortunately one of the horrible things about latestage capitalism as an activist is that SO many things are linked to this #and i WANT to talk about all of them but it would be a book in its own right. in fact there ARE books about each level of this #and i encourage you to seek them out and read them!!! i am not an expert on that i am just a person on tumblr doing my favorite activity #(complaining) #and it's like - this is the individual versus the industry problem again right because im blaming myself #for being an expert on environmental disaster (which is fucking important) but not knowing EVERYTHING about fast fashion #i'm blaming myself for not covering the many layers of this incredibly complicated problem im pointing out #rather than being like. yeah so actually the fault here lies with the billion dollar industries actually. #my failure to be able to condense an incredibly immense problem that is BOOK-LENGTH into a single text post that i post for free #is not in ANY fucking way the same amount of harm as. you know. the ACTUAL COMPANIES doing this ACTUAL THING for ACTUAL MONEY. #anyway im gonna go donate money while i'm thinking about it. maybe you can too. we can both just agree - well i fuckin tried didn't i #which is more than their CEOs can say

[perplexed-penguin]

#if you left then add up the time active #tumblr polls #polls #tumblr #seniority test #I haven’t seen it yet so obviously no one else has done this

[luminarai]

Ringo says work smarter, not harder (also he replaced the pieces with delicious homemade cookies before the game even started. Taigen never notices)

stickers etc here

#blue eye samurai #Ringo #ringo blue eye samurai #taigen #taigen blue eye samurai #Netflix #meme #mizu has to leave the room bc she’s actively turning purple trying not to laugh #anyways I hope we get more of these two together in season 2 #idk if you’d learn how to play go in edo era samurai school but eh #artists on tumblr #redbubble #fanart #digital art

[salsayz]

nikaido 💕 can never get enough of her

#my art #dorohedoro #nikaido #artists on tumblr #gotta get back into queueing up work on here #i'm so bad at being active across platforms

[valexarts]

In a couple of days this drawing of mine will turn 3 years old 🥳

#gravity falls #gravity falls fanart #dipper pines #mabel pines #digital art #my art #artists on tumblr #old art #about my art #ilustration #it’s been a decade but I’m still obsessed with this cartoon #paranormal activity

[ur-fav-lucia]

You can’t take a neutral stance in genocide.

Free Palestine.

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#tumblr dashboard #free palestine #free gaza #free the west bank #israel is a terrorist state #israel #activism #genocide #freepalastine🇵🇸 #palestine 🇵🇸 #human rights are not the same as politics #fuck islamophobia