A Guide For New Users Fleeing From Twitter, From A User Who Needed One When They First Started:
Hi to everyone fleeing from twitter, Elon Musk is shit and he already has had an actively harmful effect on the site, one that will only get worse. So, welcome to Tumblr, it can be kind of intimidating, given its reputation and how many different features there are, I was certainly confused and intimidated when I first logged on and as Iโm active on both I sympathise with yโall, so hereโs a guide to anyone new:
Put your hashtags in the hashtag section. This is the only way theyโll actually have any sort of effect, or appear when you search for something. Donโt post them on the post itself.
There is a character limit for hashtags and a quite high hashtag limit. Go wild. Writing entire speeches is common.ย
Donโt tag lots of unrelated stuff to your posts, thatโll get you reported for Spam and just hated in general
Donโt censor words, users are fine with swearing, doing so especially with triggering content makes it hard for people to limit their exposure to said triggering content.
Thereโs no such thing as ratioing.
We donโt have quote retweeting, every reblog, comment, etc counts to opโs post. They can see it all, and will be notified depending on their notification settings.
Change your icon, people will think youโre a bot if you use the default.
Give yourself a bio, itโll make you look like a person.
Follow people and tags, thatโs the only way youโre gonna see the content you wanna see. The foryoupage isnโt to be trusted.
Actually reblog stuff, liking has no effect, reblogging is the only important thing here as there is no like based algorithm. Doing so will also make you appear human.
You can hide your likes and who youโre following. Doing so is not frowned upon in the slightest.
You can block tags, similarly to muting words on twitter.
You can have multiple blogs tied to one account.ย
You can customise your blog, go wild.
There is no word limit, you can write as you want. But if it gets too long make use of the keep reading feature, (the three dots beside the add gif feature)
There is an image limit of thirty, up from the former ten, though for some they may be stuck at only using ten, tumblr is kinda inconsistent. If you want to add more youโll have to reblog your own post.ย
There is no reblogging limit when it comes to a post, though there is a daily posting limit, go wild, only your followers will be upset.
You can have videos, gifs and pictures in the same post.
Adult content is still banned, but actual moderation and enforcement is spotty, especially if itโs written.ย
Spam liking and reblogging isnโt a thing. Go wild.
You have an ask box that people can submit stuff to. You can respond or just delete the post. You can remove anon capability from it (which will get rid of most of the hate), or outright bar it.
You canโt private your account but you can restrict commenting and reblogging. Edit: Iโve been informed that you can in fact make your blog password protected, itโs just that itโs a rarely done thing and not widely known.
Block whoever and whenever, itโs not a big deal. Though if someone youโve blocked has reblogged and added to a post and someone you follow reblogs that, their commentary will still be included in the post you see.
We donโt have muting, only blocking.
Yes, direct messaging is a thing (itโs the little smiley face)
The only way to promote your is through โtumblr blazeโ, you pay a certain amount of money and your post will be promoted, but not targeted, so no invasions of privacy. You are subject to the employeeโs whims on whether or not it gets promoted and unfortunately hate speech has been allowed.
Tumblr has tendency to hide/consume comments, posts and asks, donโt be surprised if they go missing.
Tumblr searching a blog relies on tags, words in the post and the users name, keep that in mind.
Posts will remain after you delete your account or the original post if they have been reblogged.
Years old posts are still circulating and that is considered normal.
You can queue up posts to be released when youโre not using your account. Or you can just post whenever youโre active. Go wild.
Wizards exist and are very popular on this site. Accept it.
There are posts with no notes that will never gain any more than a sing note for your like. Accept it.
There are posts will no op. Accept it.
Trans and autistic people dominate this site.
Donโt get pissy when someone tags a post โtw (insert slur)โ, or any trigger warning for that matter, most are just being considerate of their followers who may be triggered by such content.
Twitter discourse is regularly mocked, itโs not gonna fly here.
No, we donโt call each other oomfs, or anything like that. We just have mutuals.
Tumblr in general lacks a lot colloquialisms that began on twitter.
We do haveย โblorboโย โpoor little meow meowโ etc.
Trying to go viral or trying to corporate is frowned upon.
Tumblr has a tendency to blacklist things tagged like โcrowdfundingโ so bring that kind of logic you use for twitter posts over to tumblr.
We donโt have twitter circles, co-posting, etc.
Tumblr is surprisingly good at recommending blogs.
There are no verified accounts, and your follower count isnโt visible. This is a good thing, trying to change it will get you laughed at.
People are going to just make up stuff, donโt believe everything you see and if itโs a claim about someone, investigate it rather than just believe it.
You can edit your posts after youโve posted them, but the versions reblogged before said changes will still circulate. This editing of the original has been used as a spruce of comedy
If your worried about people seeing your potentially triggering, or even graphic content and they havenโt blocked the tags youโve used you can use the keeping reading feature to put the content under the cut and post a warning at the top.
And this is quite important:
Stay anonymous and have fun. There isnโt an expectation to constantly expose inner details of your life, you arenโt expected to use your real face, your real name, age, etc. Youโre not even expected to be truthful here. Exist however you wanna exist and have fun, that should be the point of social media.ย
Also keep in mind that tumblr has its own distinct culture that is going to take some getting used to. As well as a history any user whoโs been here a while will at least somewhat understand.
Also Iโll be editing the post with additional info and corrections provided to me.
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