#tumblr alternatives

[bisexualbaker]

Why do people keep recommending Dreamwidth as a Tumblr alternative, when Dreamwidth and Tumblr are so different?

To be flat-out honest, it's because Dreamwidth has so many things that Tumblr users say they want, even if it's also lacking a lot of features that Tumblr users have come to love:

Dreamwidth has incredibly lax content hosting rules. I'd say that it's slightly more restrictive than AO3, but only just slightly, and only because AO3's abuse team has been so overwhelmed and over-worked. Otherwise, the hosting policies are pretty similar. You want to go nuts, show nuts? You can do that on Dreamwidth.

In fact, Dreamwidth is so serious about "go nuts, show nuts", it gave up the ability to accept transactions through PayPal in 2009 to protect our ability to do that. (It's also one reason why Dreamwidth doesn't have an app: Dreamwidth will never be beholden to Apple's content rules this way.)

Dreamwidth cares about your privacy; it doesn't sell your data, and barely collects any to begin with. As far as I'm aware, it only collects what it needs to run the site. The owners have also spoken out on behalf of internet privacy many times, and are prepared to put their money where their mouth is.

No ads. Ever. Period. They mean it. Dreamwidth is entirely user funded.

Posts viewed in reverse chronological order; no algorithm, opt-in or otherwise. No algorithm at all. No "For You" or "Suggested" page. You still entirely create and curate your own experience.

The ability to make posts that only your "mutuals", or even only a specific subset of your "mutuals", can see. Want to make a post that's only open to Bonnie, Clyde, Butch, and Cassidy? You can do that! Want to make a post that's only open to Bonnie and Butch, but Clyde and Cassidy can't see shit? You can do that, too!

The owners have forsworn NFTs and the blockchain in general. Not as big a worry now as it was even a year ago, but still good to know!

We are explicitly the customers of Dreamwidth. Dreamwidth wants to make us happy, so any changes they make (and they do make changes) are made with us in mind, and after exploring as many possibilities as they can.

Dreamwidth is very transparent about their policies and changes. If you want to know why they're making a specific change, or keeping or getting rid of a feature, they will tell you. You don't have to find out ten months later that they're locked into a contract to keep it for a year (cough cough Tumblr Live cough cough).

So those are some things that Tumblr users would probably love about Dreamwidth.

Another reason Dreamwidth keeps being recommended is that a significant portion of the Age 30+ crowd spent a lot of earlier fandom years on a site known as LiveJournal. Dreamwidth may not be much like Tumblr, but it it started out as a code fork of LiveJournal, so it will be very familiar to anyone who spent any time there. Except better.

Finally, we're recommending Dreamwidth because some of the things that Tumblr users want are just... not going to happen on the web as it is now. Image hosting is the big one for this. Maybe in the future, the price of data will be much cheaper, and Dreamwidth will be able to host as much as we all want for a pittance that a fraction of the userbase will happily pay for everyone, but right now that's just not possible.

Everywhere you want to go that hosts a lot of images will either be running lots of ads, selling your data, or both.

Dreamwidth knows how much it costs to host your data, and has budgeted for that. They are hosting within their means, within our means.

Dreamwidth is the closest thing we may ever get to AO3 as a social media platform. One of the co-owners is from, and still in, fandom; she knows our values, because they are also her values. It may as well be the Blogsite Of Our Own.

#giving this its own post #let me tell you about #dreamwidth #let me tell you about dreamwidth #tumblr alternatives #blogsite of our own #fandom history

[videodante]

cohost dot org is a new website

cohost is a lot like tumblr. you can have a blog, you can reblog things.

cohost is also a lot NOT like tumblr. it's explicitly anti-algorithm, no ads, and extremely transparent.

it's made by some friends of mine, and you can make an account now. I think it's a really cool project and I'm going to be on there more and more, i think.

it's totally free, and the culture is still starting, but there is some real top-tier Posting going on. you can check out the staff account for more information, but i really think this is gonna Be Something.

if we're mutuals feel free to reach out for an invite code, i have a few more saved up. (update signup is totally open now) the site's good, i love it, and i'm way less worried about some of the dumb shit that circles around sites like tumblr or twitter. for one thing, they're actively doing all these things:

i trust these folks, and i think the site's good. i think more people should be on it, and if you're used to tumblr you'll probably like cohost. EDIT 2023.11.11: since people have asked, the way that cohost makes money is primarily through user subscriptions, in a service called Cohost Plus, which you can buy for $5/mo. it gives you a couple cool perks (custom emojis, some goofy UI options), but primarily it's to signal that this sort of site is something that people want to support, and to help pay the people who make it. It's ran by a cooperative called ASSC.

#not sponsored #but endorsing #cohost #tumblr alternatives

[dearimasu]

hello tumblrheads. with the ongoing shitshow i remembered im the spokesperson for this tumblr alternative so,

WAFRN.NET, a tumblr-style, queer-safe, alternative

pictured: wafrn users in their natural habitat

wafrn is a fediverse-based* social media consisting of majorly of queer people, it has an active userbase, a ton of them doing fuck-all and having fun :]

perks!

It has custom css! You can customize your profile with pretty much anything and make themes for you dashboard

It connects to Mastodon, Pleroma, Firefish, Misskey and such, so you can connect with over 100k other people on remote servers!

We're even working on an independent wiki! That means we'll have a comprehensive wiki with notable user-generated moments and events and it wont be hosted on fandom!

It's indie, no corporations attached.

Its open source! You can open it right up and look through the code :)

Predominantly Leftist: Bigots and bootlickers are banned the moment they make themselves known, and the staff [that includes me] actively interacts with the userbase.

*the fediverse is this interconnected chain of servers operating on the same network [that being ActivityPub], allowing people on entirely different websites to connect with eachother, basically.

#tumblr alternative #tumblr alternatives #queer #fediverse #social media #trans #html #indie web #old web #photomatt #wafrn

[pillowfort-social]

Things we won't ever do (including, but not limited to):

- Sell user data to third party advertisers. - Sell user data to be data mined for AI.

Things we will do:

- Listen to our users and take measures against Generative AI. - Build the best platform for our users we can with the limited funds we have.

Why? Because our community is worth it to us. We have to do what we can to try to protect our community from the alarming acceptance of Generative AI stealing from artists, authors, and creators. Even if that means it hurts our funding (and don't get us wrong: we still really need funded to continue to exist) in the long run. We are very aware Pillowfort's existence is an uphill battle.

But you are worth fighting for.

#tumblr #tumblr alternatives #pillowfort #anti ai

[lindwurmkai]

hey, have you heard that pillowfort has ✨ drafts ✨ now? (as in, the ability to save your posts as drafts.) they're still working on the queue feature (update: it's done!), but drafts are a big step forward!

in case you missed it so far, pillowfort is like a cross between tumblr and dreamwidth/livejournal, with a simplified dashboard reminiscent of old school tumblr and some classic livejournal features such as communities, threaded comments, and the ability to make individual posts followers-only or mutuals-only.

what are communities? basically, central hubs for posts about any subject you want that, unlike hashtags, can be moderated. they may have rules, such as "[subject matter] must be tagged" for example. you can post directly to a community or reblog existing posts to it!

since the site is currently experiencing some financial trouble, i thought i'd help out by spreading the word once again.

edit: the fundraiser was a success! crisis averted! i knew we could do it :D

why you should give pillowfort a chance:

no ads

no venture capitalist funding

no spying on the users

completely free to use except for optional premium features

nsfw is allowed except for sexual depictions of minors. if you're unsure what exactly that means, their tos may help

communities and the privacy controls mentioned above are excellent features

great community, low drama compared to other websites (so far)

the site's features themselves encourage genuine connection and good-faith conversation over endless "discourse"

every blog can automatically be filtered by original posts only or reblogs only

reasons not to join:

if you enjoy algorithmic social media. there is no algorithm at all

if you want to post or look at machine-generated art. they're still finalising the wording and personally i hope some exception will be made for models trained on ethically sourced images, but basically an anti-AI rule is in the works (update: finished!)

if you cannot live without reblog additions (reblogging with comment). all discussions on a pillowfort post take place in the comments section, and only your own followers see your tags. this has its pros and cons for sure! a similar feature to scratch that itch may be implemented in the future, but it will never be exactly like on tumblr.

if you need everything to be an app. the website works fine in a mobile browser and a progressive web app will hopefully be released soon (basically it's like an app in your browser and on mobile these can be added to the homescreen like real apps i think? they have push notifications!), but there's not going to be a native app available through official app stores due to the restrictions of those stores.

other factors to consider:

yes, the userbase is still small. depending on your interests, activity may be very slow. but we can change that! and on the plus side, reblogging your post to a community is a good way to easily get more eyes on it; way more effective than simply adding tags imo

the site culture is a bit different than on tumblr. many people read everything that's been posted since the last time they were online and don't follow more users/communities than they can keep up with. it's still somewhat lacking in shitposts and heavy on "essays" but don't be afraid to post whatever 😅

there are no blog themes like we have them on tumblr as yet, but you can customise your blog's colours and use html/insert links and images in your blog description

likes literally do nothing except to let OP know you enjoyed their post. you can't look at a list of all your likes. beware!

the staff is small and development is slow. some highly anticipated planned features other than the aforementioned queue include: - multi-account management - dashboard filters/reading lists - post bookmarking (since likes don't work that way) but we don't know how soon any of those will be implemented.

there is a user-developed browser extension (well, a userscript) called tassel available that adds additional features much like tumblr's beloved xkit :)

✨ okay, so how do i sign up? ✨

if you're interested but confused by the sign-up process or still under the impression that you need to pay to sign up (false), i'll put some clarifications and invite codes under the read more below. plus a note on donating, premium features, the paypal issue etc.

in a nutshell:

it's free

signing up without an invite code is possible, but you may have to wait a short while - supposedly less than an hour atm. just submit your email to the waitlist

if you don't feel like waiting, you can either use an invite code from an existing user or pay $5 to sign up instantly

every user gets plenty of invite codes and we're all willing to hand them out at the drop of a hat. they're really not hard to come by

some invites to get you started (just click the link):

invite 1 ▪ invite 2 ▪ invite 3 ▪ invite 4 ▪ invite 5

invite 6 ▪ invite 7 ▪ invite 8 ▪ invite 9 ▪ invite 10

invite 11 ▪ invite 12 ▪ invite 13 ▪ invite 14 ▪ invite 15

invite 16 ▪ invite 17 ▪ invite 18 ▪ invite 19 ▪ invite 20

i'll try to periodically check if any have been used and cross those out.

...paypal issue?

ok so paypal doesn't like working with sites that allow nsfw. as a result, you need a credit card in order to donate to pillowfort, buy one of those insta-registration keys, or subscribe to premium features*. i personally happen to have a credit card and would be willing to help out anyone who trusts me enough to send the money to me via paypal, but i realise chances are only my friends will do this.

some users are currently organising various activities for the purpose of letting people who only have paypal contribute to the site's survival. it's not super relevant for new users and won't get you access to premium features, but i thought i'd mention it anyway in case someone loves the concept of the site so much they want to support it immediately. a fundraising community has been created to collect posts of that nature!

*premium features are strictly limited to two categories of things:

fun little extras that no one truly needs

higher image upload limits, because obviously big images take up bandwidth and are therefore a reason for increased costs

you will never need to pay for vital accessibility features or anything of the sort. :)

#join us join us join us #my art got so many more notes over there #pillowfort #pillowfort social #social media #tumblr alternatives #;

[ratbastarddotfuck]

Tumblrinas, it's time for some of y'all to grab an account on Cohost. I know nobody wants new social media. I don't either. But tumblr is becoming increasingly hostile towards its trans users and its sex workers and in general is just becoming shittier.

Cohost is a web platform developed by trans people where transphobia is a bannable offence. Heavily inspired by classic tumblr, but much much better.

HTML/CSS editing in posts is possible, meaning you can make all kinds of cool shit - I've seen users posting games, I've posted funky text, there's few limits. And if you don't know how to do that, it's okay! Users have created tools to do it easily without any sort of coding knowledge.

They have an extremely good content warning system & a great content blocking system built in to every post.

Porn is allowed. Go nuts, show nuts. Sex worker friendly.

You can have multiple pinned posts!

You can make sideblogs with totally seperate following lists. It doesn't have to show any connection to your main.

The devs post weekly updates showcasing what their new improvements are, and they have bug/request forums where everything can be seen by everyone. Very transparent.

It's not perfect - obviously it's a lot smaller than tumblr, and a lot newer. But it's the best alternative I've found, and it's not banning trans people for fuckin existing.

Here's an example of some CSS crimes and the content warning system!

#cohost #tumblr #tumblr alternatives #tumblr meta #trans #transgender #sexwork #the system speaks

[hadeantaiga]

Alternatives to Tumblr: Wafrn

Wafrn is part of the Fediverse, meaning you can follow anyone you want and they can follow you. The advantage of Wafrn is it looks and functions a lot like Tumblr! It is specifically being built as a Tumblr clone.

If you want to follow me, I'm most active as HadeanTaiga on NightCity.Bar but maybe I'll start posting to Wafrn more, too, where I am also HadeanTaiga.

#fediverse #wafrn #tumblr alternatives #mastodon #iceshrimp

[fedoraspooky]

In light of tumblr shooting itself in the foot, I've been thinking about what I should do with my art from now on. Obviously, deleting my old posts off here isn't gonna do shit, it's essentially locking my door after my house got emptied out by burglars. Especially with my old rp account I no longer can log into, they're just gonna steal and sell my old art that I posted there and I can't even flip a questionably-affective toggle about it.

Thing is, I dunno how many people are gonna actually leave. I'm not even sure I will, since I have a lot of friends here... And after so many shitty updates a lot of people are just hanging on out of spite at this point.

That said, I'm considering that for art posts and stuff, maybe I'll post them elsewhere and just link to them here so they're not on tumblr's servers? Idk... Tumblr tends to kill the visibility of links but I'm not really sure what else I can do.

Also, there's the question of where to actually post new stuff. Bluesky seems the most active but I dont know if old posts cut off after a certain amount of posts like twitter does, in which case that would not be a good archive in the long run. xnx

Cohost is functionally pretty close to tumblr, but ngl it seems super isolated on there bc of its commitment to not showing any likes on your posts. I get that its to combat the social media numbers game, but the downside is that it looks like nobody's even seen your work. If people like something of yours there's no way outside of notifs to see it, so scrolling down on your page and seeing only zeros after zeros of comments on stuff (comments are the only visible number), it's easy to feel like you're just posting into a void.

Pillowfort is pretty good, and they just added tag blocking and the ability to queue/schedule posts. Still kinda quiet and invite only, but if you sign up for the invite queue you can get one pretty fast. Also i probaby have a ton of invites sitting around if anyone wants one. I wish it had an app, but mobile web version works well enough I guess, and I'm already used to doing that with sheezy and newgrounds, so I just have those open in mobile tabs together.

Speaking of, Newgrounds has been pretty good, but due to the nature of the portal system and stuff you're more encouraged to post only your better-looking stuff there. You CAN post doodles if you want, but only outside of the portal, which limits their visibility. Kinda like dA's scraps system I guess.

Sheezy looks super promising customization-wise so I'm thinking of posting there more when it opens up to more peeps.

Toyhouse also looks really good for OC and story things too, and also has a good degree of customization.

There's probs options I haven't even thought about, but its good to know there ARE options. I may post in several of those places for now and see how it goes. Test the waters a bit.

If you're thinking of moving your art elsewhere lemme know where, I'm curious to see where people are going :o

Especially you moots, i need to refind my pals in these other places!

#tumblr #tumblr alternatives #alright where we droppin boys?

[hush-writes-preg]

The reason I ask is because Tumblr can be a fickle bitch in regards to NSFW content (plus the AI bullshit is not something I'm a fan of), and I increasingly feel like diversification will be key in case anything ever happens to my account here. Also, increasing my outreach should help me to be able to spend more time creating content that I love rather than shit I'm not much interested in for someone else. Obviously, any alternatives I consider need to be queer-safe and affirming.

Your input is much appreciated, and feel free to reblog!

#hush speaks #tumblr alternative #artists on tumblr #writers on tumblr #social media #tumblr alternatives #don't worry- I don't plan on willingly leaving Tumblr

[skullivan-the-dawg]

No colors because…KOSA

skullivanthedawg - Discord (not as active there but still)

Just in case KOSA destroys Tumblr, this is my YouTube (not planning to upload until PROBABLY 2026-2027), Wafrn (alternative to Tumblr as my back-up), Discord, Pinterest, and Reddit @clown-froggi @finleyforevermore @raubsrsaimasn-eric @maximix @musicals-are-my-thing @https-envy @orbinnshirt @dynogadget @the-starry-cove-of-an @statisticalver @moths-and-mantids @x-hotrose-x @magicalmysteryperson @eric-cartman-lover-aka-his-bf @karosucks @ash-does-theatre @fayewoods-2 @awful-amatuer @notjustdragonspages @tophamhat-kyo @colinthecatparent @ava-tokyosushi @trash-panda-zoom @an-adhd-infested-nerd @ineffablake @p0t3nt1al

#kosa bill #stop kosa #kosa #bad internet bills #kids online safety act #stop kids online safety act #internet censorship #fuck kosa #KOSA #wafrn #tumblr alternatives

[snowgray]

hey i am trying not to use Tumblr anymore due to the recent shenanigans. but where else to go?

please allow me to promote Pillowfort! it's pretty chill. hmu there.

#tumblr alternatives #pillowfort #social media

[bisexualbaker]

So. Matt Mullenweg's sabbatical is over in May. I don't know if the current disaster will be the thing that finally makes Tumblr too hostile to its own userbase for the majority of us to stick around, but I also think it wouldn't hurt to take the time remaining until he officially comes back to plan as if it is.

The next two months would be a pretty good time to get your blogs in order. Make and download backups, save whatever posts you don't want to live without, and otherwise prepare for the worst. Start looking at Tumblr alternatives, if you think you want to stick around in fandom; make accounts if you feel up to it, but even poking around just to see what other sites are like can be helpful in deciding where you might want to go if shit does hit the fan.

I don't know what the future holds for Tumblr. Maybe something meaningful will change, and any preparations we make will be redundant. Either way, I feel like it's pretty reasonable to think that we've got at least until May to take care of what we think needs taking care of, and if it turns out we didn't need to prepare, all we'll have lost is time.

I'd rather lose a little time than all of the good memories I've made here, you know?

#tumblr #current tumblr bullshit #tumblr alternatives #tumblr backups #backup your tumblr #time to think ahead

[eddies-disability-swag-blog]

Guys!

Tumblr seems to be dying, what other social media can I use? I'm already trying Spacehey out, but it seems kinda hard to use, and I already am on Pillowfort's waitlist.

Do you know of any other Tumblr-like platforms?

I refuse to join a Twitter clone or the convoluted mess that is Mastodon, so idk, maybe I'll have to stick to Pillowfort.

Also, if any of y'all knows of a site more geared towards artists, please tell me, Spacehey seems like hell for art.

#tumblr #tumblr is dying #tumblr alternatives #social media #spacehey #pillowfort

[dearimasu]

people are jumping ship again so i am once again telling you to join wafrn. its a tumblr knockoff but its MY tumblr knockoff

it has custom css, so you can customize your blog and stuff

it connects to mastodon, pleroma , and such, so you can interact with thousands of people on other sites

it has a wiki

it's indie, no corporations attached

leftist as hell

#tumblr #tumblr alternative #tumblr alternatives #alternative #fediverse #indie web #html #wafrn #websites #pst

[lizzieonka]

I’ve been updating my Carrd these past days, and it now includes this section:

all accounts are currently empty. I made them just in case Tumblr finally blows up

#tumblr #tumblr alternatives #miyamiwu.src #not fandom #miyamiwu.poll

[hypodermicfroggy]

You get *one* TF2 meme out of me. One.

Anyway, made this to sum up the news situation.

#Tumblr #Tumblr alternative #Tumblr alternatives #croak.txt #love this site it's such a shithole but it's better than any other shithole social media so #here I be. #it's me I'm the user who has been here since 2012 and refuses to leave like a specialized species going slowly extinct