Tumblr Handbook!

I'm a tumblr native who wants to help you out! Follow for tumblr tips!

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Chapter index

Volume 1. - Don’t shoot, I’m friendly!

(Not looking like a bot and how to set up a blog)

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Volume 2. - High Society

(Tumblr etiquette code)

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Volume 3. - Merry… *checks notes* Ides… of.. March?

(Complete list of tumblr holidays)

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Volume 4. - The Dashboard… a magical place

(Settings guide)

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Volume 5. - Hunting Season

(Everything you need to know about the bot problem)

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Volume 6. My blorbo is so cringefail

(Everything you need to know about tumblr vernacular)

coming soon ^

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Asks I’ve answered

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[quietsphere]

[how-to-t-u-m-b-l-r]

Are there any unspoken rules when I should /not/ reblog something?

The short answer is no, but if you're not sure you can always ask op in the replies!

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Announcement

I've been busy but that'll stop soon so all the asks I've been sent and haven't answered are coming as well as a new chapter

I try to keep this blog very professional and impersonal but I Will Not talk to zionists.

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i saw someone talking about blocking rude anons, is that possible? how?

First, open your inbox and click on the three dots in the corner of the ask.

Then you can report or block that anon

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when will you post that slang chapter

OUGHHHHH I FORGOT ABOUT THIS BLOG IM SO SORRY IT'S COMING GUYS IM SORRY IM SORRY

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I need help with the slang here

-A tumblr user that’s been here for like 10 days

New chapter coming up!!!

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what is a magic anon 👀👀

What I assume you saw was someone refer to an anonymous ask as “Magic anon”

Some people don’t like to reveal their account off anon but like to make it known that they are responsible for multiple anonymous asks. Sometimes they’ll sign it with a word or an emoji like this:

-🎃

-Magic anon

and that’s why they might call them “magic anon”

Hope this helps!

[corrodedbisexual]

Once more for those in the back.

[ryuryuryuyurboat]

REBLOG IF YOU LIKED SOMETHING or you’ll find me under your bed or something

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are there any blogs to learn certain tumblr specific slang/ acronyms? I keep seeing phrases that I don't know ._.

I’m going to make a whole chapter about this! Thanks for reminding me not everyone knows what a blorbo is!

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Whats tumblr live?

Like, seriously, what is this?

Tumblr Live is basically the same thing as Tiktok Live but a lot worse and a lot more illegal. On Tumblr Live you can create a livestream or watch someone else’s stream and send messages in chat.

It sounds like your average streaming platform right?

Well here’s why you should turn it off every seven days; Tumblr Live uses malicious (illegal) code to steal your data! That’s why very few people use it, so make sure to keep turning it off every seven days.

(If you don’t know how to turn it off see Volume 4. The Dashboard… a Magical Place)

[gaphic]

Can you cite the laws tumblr live is violating? Because it does not violate the GDPR, like many people have claimed. It certainly doesn’t harvest more data than TikTok lol

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I’m not a lawyer I’m 14

[thanos-the-dad-titan]

Ok here's a tip. If you're new and are wondering why you follow people, like their stuff but then suddenly get blocked it might be because of this.

I just was followed by a group of pages

If you notice they all have the default avatar. So I went and checked their pages.

And you'll notice they all except one have the default page and are Untitled. This right here is one reason you are getting insta blocked by a lot of people on here. This is what almost all the porn bot pages look like. For that this is almost always an instant block by a lot of us on here.

Take a moment and try and personalize your page, even a little bit. Make it look like someone lives there.

Just a friendly FYI to all the new people on here.

/edit/

I'm also finding out that new accounts are being asked to pick blogs to follow when they make an account. Make sure to adjust the things above so you aren't insta blocked just creating a page.

[the-spectre-draws-near]

Bot accounts and Real people with accounts.

I’m pretty sure the tumblr community is well aware of this problem and probably loads of other people have already made posts about this, so I’ll keep it brief.

So recently blogs like this keep appearing in my followers list (these are recent ones)

Now when you get a spam blogs or p*rn bots you’re supposed to blog them. But some these blogs are actual people who are new on tumblr and have the default icon, so you’re supposed to check before who block them. But here’s the problem…

some of these blogs don’t have anything. No posts, No description, No title. So you’re gonna automatically assume that these are spam and block them.

Now I hate fact that some of these blogs belong to actual people and I’ve been blocking and reporting on blogs like these for the past few days, and that they’re probably wondering why there being blocked or reported. ( sorry to the people who own blogs like these that I blocked you)

So a couple of tips for new blogs on this site,

1.You could change the title (a catchphrase, a favorite quote, a random sentence etc.) or type small description, or whatever random stuff you like!

2. You could change the your avator or icon (it be a picture of you, a cartoon, again it’s your choice do whatever)

3.If you’re not planning to frequently post stuff and just sign in to check out other people’s stuff, just put a put a post something like this just to show you’re new here.(again u can write down anything)

if you’re reading this and new to this website I hope you found these suggestions useful and should stop you from getting blocked immediately. Happy posting.

[the-spectre-draws-near]

I’m rebloging this because I’ve been getting more empty, default looking accounts following me again. And this me again telling you to change it.

[inksandpensblog]

My strategy is to check the likes. If an empty, default-PFP blog has no likes, block ‘em.

[rabid-transcendentalist]

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Do you know if there's a way to snooze Tumblr Live again? Also what's the best way to complain to Tumblr?

I'm mostly on iOS mobile and it looks like they replaced the "snooze Tumblr live" button with "snooze Tumblr Live on your dashboard"... so now I think I'm stuck with the little blue notification bubble on Tumblr Live that says NEW.

I’m afraid I just got this update today too and I haven’t configured a way around it yet :(

The best place to complain to the staff is here! Hold nothing back. I want this gone too.

You can still snooze tumblr live for 30 days though but you’ll still get the notifications from the option on the menu

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How do tagging and liking interact with reblogging?

Like, okay, I get the general concepts of tagging and liking and reblogging, but I'm still confused.

If I reblog something and add tags, do the tags only apply to my reblog and not the post/reblog that I reblogged from?

If I like something, do I automatically like all the reblogs? If I like a reblog, do I automatically like the original post? Can I like one reblog in the chain without liking all the other reblogs/the original post?

If you reblog something and add tags the tags will only apply to your reblog. If someone else reblogs your reblog the tags will no longer be visible on their blog but will remain on yours.

If you like an original post then you don’t like all other reblogs and only the original poster will get a notification. If you like or reblog a reblog of a post the person you reblogged it from and the op will get notifications.

If you like a reblog chain then only the last person in the chain and the op will get notifications. (not the last person to add something to the chain the last person who reblogs the chain)

I hope this answers your question!

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Whats tumblr live?

Like, seriously, what is this?

Tumblr Live is basically the same thing as Tiktok Live but a lot worse and a lot more illegal. On Tumblr Live you can create a livestream or watch someone else’s stream and send messages in chat.

It sounds like your average streaming platform right?

Well here’s why you should turn it off every seven days; Tumblr Live uses malicious (illegal) code to steal your data! That’s why very few people use it, so make sure to keep turning it off every seven days.

(If you don’t know how to turn it off see Volume 4. The Dashboard… a Magical Place)