Charlotte Jean — Author

Just a #tiktokrefugee and author, reviving her first favorite social media platform.

[charliebrazen]

Hey, tumblr. Been a while.

Since December of 2018 to be exact.*

Though, you wouldn't be able to tell seeing as the last things I reblogged are still painfully relevant at this moment... Not sure how I feel about that.

Anyway, I come crawling back to the swamp that birthed me in the wake of TikTok—and any remaining thread of hope we had—being ripped away from those of us in the US. I hope you'll give me shit for leaving and welcome me back in time. (Also maybe tell me how to more efficiently search for GIFs because my god what is happening there.)

Tbh, it kinda feels good to be home.

*Well, on this page anyway. I was posting MCU fanfic anonymously for a hot minute elsewhere on this beautiful hell site.

PS

Judge me gently for anything before this post. It was, in every way, a different time.

[shockpine]

[billy-pilgrims-steering-wheel]

2025-2029 and beyond.

[wildernezz]

hey chat did you guys know there's a whole website with informational videos on the rights you hold when interacting with ICE or witnessing interactions with ICE. all written by immigrants and for immigrants. idk man it'd be a shame if people watched these informational videos y'know.

We Have Rights

[pieklo]

Reblog daily for health and prosperity

[heathyr]

alright everyone

[bipdf]

what's a tumblr influencer? what am i influencing? my mental illness? 😭

[werkwerkelizaaa]

[brionysea]

usamericans, do you remember in the incredibles when syndrome made the robot go haywire just so he could swoop in and 'save the day'

[thefaeriefeatherdark]

I’m sure someones already said this but I often see Tumblr described as a hellsite. This is fundamentally incorrect.

Tumblr is the faesite. Everybody is super confused and lost, you keep running into random places. Somehow you end up stuck there forever after interacting a couple of times. The people are all strange, everybody simultaneously seems to be from the future and the past as if time is meaningless.

[stargazing-at-the-moon-deactiva]

YES

[amysnotdeadyet]

also technology breaks at random, and sometimes you just suddenly feel a thousand years old

[variablejabberwocky]

everybody has a half dozen names and none of them are their “real” name.

which name(s) you know gives you different powers over them.

there are Rules but you mostly have to figure them out for yourself.

getting the Rules wrong or breaking them can cost you more than you ever even knew you had.

Maximum Horny at all times

be careful what you wish for or you just might get it

Gift Of Prophecy

Illegal Use Of Bones

[wintersoldierfell]

Holidays are unusual but important and have very specific rites attached

[thashining]

Don't fall for it

[sky-is-the-limit]

The issue is, I've seen MANY Americans say that "it's not that deep". Us Europeans know it best, it happened to most our countries, especially us in the Mediterranean aka the "conservative Christians of Europe."

They think it's just an app. Back then it was just newspapers, radio stations, advertisements, YOUTH parties. The brainwashing started like that and then it moved on to violence and heinous crimes against humanity. It was the YOUTH they tried to control first.

This tiktok return has to be the most ominous shit I've seen so far after his election.

[guccifloralsuits]

nobody say a fucking word about tumblr we can’t remind these billionaires we exist

[bled]

[charliebrazen]

I think we have different definitions of “fortunate” but ok…

Losing the community I built on TikTok is one thing but what makes me ill is what comes next…

[charliebrazen]

Somehow this is worse…

[nevercure]

[geminisee]

you have more in common with the average citizen in china than any us politician

[ratcarney]

TUMBLR 101: a helpful guide for tiktok refugees

are YOU a former tiktok user trying to learn how to use tumblr to fill the void the american tiktok ban is leaving in your soul? here are some things you should know, from someone who’s going on their eighth year on this hellsite:

1. you can say anything on here. gone are the days of having to use words like “unalive” and “seggs.” murder! kill! sex! fuck! speak your mind!

2. there is a community for you on here. regardless of what you’re into or however small the fandom is, you have a place here. at least one other person will have heard of your weird obscure interest. strike up a conversation!

3. followers don’t matter. tumblr is one of the last remaining social media sites in which your number of followers means absolute jack shit. this can be disorienting at first, but once you lean into the fact that everyone on this website is equal, it’s very freeing. clout means nothing here.

4. similarly, you can post at any time. while tiktok has an algorithm that favors certain times, tumblr has no such algorithm. post whatever you want, whenever you want. every post has virtually the same chance at getting notes, regardless of when it is posted.

5. tags can have spaces between the words! this one is very exciting. tags can be a whole sentence. you can also use the tags to comment on someone’s post without actually adding onto the physical post itself (which is sometimes frowned upon and called “derailing” if you use this feature to bring up a completely different point other than the one that’s being made on the original post).

TL;DR: speak your mind, find your place, followers don’t matter, post anytime, have fun with tags!! tumblr is a wonderful site used to share things you’re excited about. be patient with yourself as you’re learning and have fun!

[kandimouse]

to those of you who are moving here from tiktok, from someone whos used both tiktok and tumbr for years...

1. DO NOT censor your posts

dont censor sex, abuse, suicide, dont censor it. we dont have censors like tiktok does, you wont be banned for talking about these things and tagging them properly helps people avoid them (also, we dont have shadowbanning here)

2. we dont really have an algorithm

you follow who you follow, and you see posts from who you follow or what you search. the 'for you page' is basically useless here. this also brings me to my next two points

3. dont crosstag

we get it, on tiktok you have to crosstag for reach, but thats not really a thing here. just tag your posts properly (also posters often leave more info about the post in the tags!! and when you reblog stuff you can leave your own notes in the tags, kind of like the old "repost comments" on tiktok)

4. dont expect to go viral/be famous

"viral" isnt really a thing on here (at least not for the average blogger). your posts will probably get 2-10 likes and you wont get nearly as many followers than on tiktok. thats just how tumblr is

5. blocking is your best friend

tiktok is VERY discussion based, and while tumblr is much more discussion based than other social medias, its still not a good place for ragebait/discourse. dont interact, itll make your experience worse in the end, just block and move on

6. you cant go into someone elses house and start rearranging their furniture

this is tumblr, not tiktok. dont diss old tumblr users for how they use the site or try to change them, thats like going into someone elses house and trying to rearrange their furniture. we've been here longer and we're familiar with the site and its culture, either find your niche, adapt, or find a different app

[goingknowherewastaken]

Another important point

You need to actually reblog posts for this site to work as it should.

Liking posts only saves them in a spot that no one checks except for the user who liked them. Most people have their liked posts hidden.

Also, this site has a spam bot problem. One way we weed those out is to check the blog to see if it's actually being used to post legitimate content. If there is absolutely nothing on your blog you're getting blocked and some users may just straight up report you as spam as a precaution.

Not to mention that the posts you reblog will only be seen by you and whoever follows you. Tagging it "fyp" does absolutely nothing.

[bemusedlybespectacled]

Just to be clear: cross-tagging (as in using tags wildly unrelated to the thing you’re posting) isn’t just useless, it is against the TOS

The only blogs that will tag something, for example, “#one piece #izzy hands #mario #superman”? Spam bots. If you are not here to spam, do not engage in spam behavior. You will get blocked by other users at best, if not deactivated entirely.