#tumblr isn’t a social media site

[thatgirlonstage]

The thing about tumblr is that there’s a panic about how the site is dying and falling apart literally every other week so eventually if you’ve been here long enough you just get zen about it. Like if anything specific is your breaking point do whatever you want but personally they’re gonna have to pry me out of the vents like a feral raccoon before I leave. Anyway if you’re new here and you see people talk about how something is the end of tumblr and you’re afraid they’re correct I just want you to know I’ve been here through probably like 300 ends of tumblr. I’m not saying it will never happen for real but statistically I remain skeptical.

#this is about the midjourney deal thing but #if it breaks containment and starts circulating every time smth happens I’m gonna laugh #anyway: yeah sure it’s scummy on tumblr’s part. but like. #I don’t honestly believe there’s a site that ISN’T getting scraped by ai and data mining these days #so what are you even really losing #yeah yeah I toggled off the data sharing whatever #it’s just not nearly the scummiest thing tumblr has done #and not even close to the scummiest thing a major social media platform has done #so people seeing people be like ‘WELL I’M LEAVING OVER THIS’ #I’m just like. lol okay.

[otaku553]

In light of recent events :)

#twitblr #twitter x tumblr #it is SO FUNNY to me that tumblr isn’t on twitter’s list of banned social media sites

[redheadlesbianfreak]

“Omg I don’t hate gay people, but there are way too many lesbians in cartoons. Bring back the straight couples. 🥺🥺🥺”

Some of y’all really watched like three kids cartoons with gay women in them and decided that’s too much. I’m going to set myself on fire.

#fandom #wlw #wlw representation #bi erasure #lesbianism #bisexuality #fandom discourse #i guess this isn’t an issue on tumblr #but i see this take all the time on other social media sites #it feels like there’s still barely any gay rep out there tbh #especially in mainstream media

[gaydexvocaloid]

have i made it as an artist when people start reuploading my art to pinterest but it’s so low res it looks like it’s been thrown thru a compressor 50 times..

#not art #it’s so low quality genuinely omfg #if anyone finds my art anywhere that isn’t posted by me PLEASE tell me #i don’t have dms open bc bots but if you send an ask i’ll see it #i only upload art on twitter and tumblr #no other social media sites at all #i don’t want reuploads 💔💔

[smilesrobotlover]

Hey tumblr if I zoom in on a drawing it means I want to zoom in on the drawing not for it to GLITCH OUT and KICK ME OUT

#gosh ever since tumblr updated it’s been getting more buggy and more difficult to use #like what the heck is wrong with these social media sites #don’t fix what isn’t broken man 😭😭😭 #smiles rambles #I’m so tired I should go to bed sorry

[birdy-bird27]

Me: pffft I’m so sick of tumblr this stupid website doesn’t seem to even listen I don’t know why I even stick around

*hears about it being reduced to a skeleton crew and May have a short lifespan ahead*

WAIT NO I WAS KIDDING I LOVE YOU TUMBLR

#legit tho #I have so many gripes with the place #but the thought about it being legit shit down in like a couple years becuase of lack of maintenance makes me feel a pit in my stomach #this is my only form of socialization most days #I know it isn’t going to be gone tomorrow or anything #but still it’s a sad thing and prosbly loose touch with lots of cool people #god it’s like I’m in a fucking toxic relationship with tumblr I hate you I love you #like I don’t feel safe on any other media to be this openly queer #I mean holy shit the aphobia is RAMPANT on other site #at least here I can block it out easily

[arsonistman]

Anyways I made a bluesky (in case tumblr actually dies) so you can find me at saltedwoundz

#tumblr blowing up isn’t the only reason #I’m insanely bored most of the time so why not join another niche social media site #there’ll probably something that goes deeply wrong there too lol #txt #bluesky #blue sky

[kayayeteae]

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#saw some posts about how basically this website is dying for one reason or another #and like usually I’m like hell yeah stick it to the corporations!!! #but one thing a lot of people don’t realize is that the amount of measures it takes to run a business in tech #is really…a lot #and to have 0 marketing involved to generate revenue is even worse #social media is a free service for the sole reason that users are technically a ploy to advertise to #what users here basically did was demand that tumblr provide to us while also remain minimal in their advertising #which basically means they aren’t generating revenue conventionally #blazing posts and purchasing check marks were a temporary problem to a long term solution #if this website requested to be ran the same way AO3 and wiki does users would immediately attack staff #it’s a really shit situation but also tumblr shouldn’t have listened so much to their users #the net worth of tumblr isn’t worth much to investors given all this unless #i should also add that gated communities (like discord) has negatively impacted the amount of users on this site #less users means less interaction with content creators (dominantly artists) #less content creators means less content #u guys get the gist #I’d like to add to question every business related explanation on this website #y’all can complain to hell and back about tumblr but it was one of the lesser evils as far as ads went

[snickerdoodlles]

“the incalculable loss of twitter” hey

hey

remember when MySpace used to be a thing?

:)

it’s shitty that Elon Musk is single-handedly killing a site. it’s shitty how quickly he’s doing it.

but social media media sites falling in and out of favor isn’t new. it happened to MySpace, to Facebook, to tumblr, and now twitter. Twitter wasn’t even a good platform, it was just what was popular. but any following creatives built on twitter doesnt directly correspond to sales (like. under 15%) or even their actual audience. it sucks rebuilding a following on a new site, but anyone active and sticking with social media will follow a creative. this isn’t a new process, it happens every few years, twitters collapse is just happening faster than typical. but that’s just part of being online, sites go in and out of favor or just die.

yeah, it’s shit it’s happening because of one man’s tantrum as he tries to avoid responsibilities. but it’s seriously not that big of a deal

#twitter #I’m just #goooooood #I’ll see those tweets from that one author whining about how essential twitter is and #lol #no #you’re just mad you’re not an influencer #social media platforms don’t make the creative #there will always be a way to share your work #follower numbers don’t reflect your audience either #some of those accounts are just dead #some people aren’t on the site #some people aren’t even following for the creative work #twitter dying genuinely isn’t going to affect creatives much #there was a mild panic over tumblr like 4 years ago #nothing happened except the interface sucked #because twitter is a TERRIBLE site to archive anything #much less creative work #i just #people #it’s truly not that big a deal

[mobliterated]

I implore you all to not get all of your political news from this website and other social media only

#gladie talks #misinfo be spreading again #coincidentally right near another election #and coincidentally people are forgetting that the president isn’t all supreme #y’all talk so much about congressional elections and then completely forget about congress/HOR works #I am once again reminding y’all about the psyop stuff that gets injected into social media to make you not vote/everyone Bad #do your own research #be an informed voter #don’t let social media be your only source #engage in critical thinking #I’m so tired of seeing this repeat every single election cycle #tumblr is not a news source #it is a blogging site #fuckin hell

[spicyicymeloncat]

Ughhahahajwkle I got a notification asking me to rate tumblr and I wrote 500 words…

#tumblr isn’t awful apart from when it actively harms disabled people #and so many of its updates make the site worse than it used to be #i prefer it to any other social media and like that’s the problem #because it’s trying to be like other girls and it is sabotaging itself in its attempt #and like fr actually can we care more about the people who’s lives are threatened by unnecessarily loud and flashy ads #god I’m dreading all the spelling mistakes I probably made in that review

[devilishdelights]

they rlly do need 2 come up with something like twitter for artists bc like. nothing else works. tumblr doesn’t and instagram just sucks ass

#i’ve been plugging inkblot 2 all my friends bc it looks very promising!!! #but yk there’s like. it’s different w what twitter was #i guesssss instagram is the next best thing but i hate it so much it’s such a dog ass app #n the twitter copy site is using ai to fuck over artists isn’t it???? #smth like that #n u gotta get a whole ass invite #tumblr is my favorite social media bc it’s just comfortable 2 me. but it’s not twitter level stuff for recognition/job search etc #like i can’t rlly build up shit here. also bc it’s tumblr and i say shit i don’t want connected to somewhat professional shit LOL #oh and!! tumblr is fandom focused. so fanart goes well but ocs and your own personal stuff doesn’t

[hypaalicious]

Tumblr is so unserious because HWAT is this ad 😂

#this isn’t a real social media site #on god this would not fly anywhere else except this hellsite #they just be doing anything at Tumblr cause nobody gone check em 😭

[wherewolf]

sorry but if you’ve been quoting the same cringy vines for the last 8 years u don’t get an opinion on whether tiktoks can be funny

#🐺 #like sometimes the way ppl on this site talk abt tiktok….. #starting to sound like facebook boomers #it’s just a social media app #it’s not all good and it’s not all bad #just like tumblr isn’t all good and all bad

[hoeterra]

It’s funny how

#tumblr seems to have this weird exceptionalism #where people post and reblog things that seem to A) pit social medias against each other and b) #elude to the idea that tumblr is the only social media free from misinformation #i mean I get it the posts get notes cause many tumblr users’ whole thing is that #tumblr is special cause it’s unpopular and not good #and humans love to in-group #but idk tumblr isn’t any more immune to misinfo than other sites #misinfo isn’t a problem localized to tiktok or twitter or even social media #it’s a societal problem #getting rid of social-media-site-A wouldn’t stop the spread of misinfo #as long as the people/companies/countries doing still want to #and don’t mistake this as a what-about-ism #I’m not saying ‘tumblr has misinfo too so we can’t criticize other sites’ #and I’m not saying social medias have no obligation to do anything about it #I’m saying that the posts sound exceptionalistic #i.e. other sites have this problem that we don’t #e.g. tiktok is spreading misinfo about x #when in reality people on tiktok are spreading it (again that doesn’t mean tiktok shouldn’t try and stop it) #and then people feel like their special hellsite is free from it and they’re immune to it #because it’s a tiktok problem or a twitter problem etc #when the reality is no one and no places are free/immune to propaganda or misinformation #obligatory ‘but not all tumblr users’ etc etc #personal

[halcarols]

<3

#i really wish i still had the same following as before i remade #like obviously i knew that not everyone was going to go along with the move but having a lot of followers was nice yk #i barely get any engagement nowadays and it’s made tumblr more boring? to use #taking the social out of social media #i love interacting with y’all! it’s my favorite part of being on this site #this is very rambly lmao #but there isn’t anything i can do to change this situation so i’ll just be here #chilling with my 77 followers #🌃.txt