Okay, so, about what exactly is going on with the new update:
Is the note counter separated by individual reblogs on the chain? Not as of now. Only separated by comments / reblogs / likes.
Does the original poster still get the notes? Yes, I got notified of both reblogs.
So what's the actual change? From what I can tell, there's only one, and it is terrible. If you look into the reblogs, reblogs with comment, or reblogs with comment or tags, you can ONLY see individual reblogs from the specific addition to the chain you are on. So, if you see my last post, you wouldn't see anything. If you go onto @smallerontheoutside's addition, only my reblog and @communistdragon's addition about not getting notified about my second comment (which is normal) would show up. If you go to @communistdragon's first reblog on this chain, only @smallerontheoutside's response to that would show up. If you go up to my original post, only @communistdragon's first reblog shows up.
This is terrible. This allows you to only see the reblog chain you're already on, and only the responses to that that are exactly one reblog down. Nothing else. It eliminates the possibility to look through the tags/notes/reblogs on a post, which is a common feature that lets people know what the general responses to a post are or find a post providing image ID or, really, anything that helps keep posts alive. This is Tumblr killing itself.
The original post from @staff that was reblogged by @changes was worded terribly and I've seen a lot of confusion about what exactly this change entails in the comments and in different reblog chains that are being circulated (the one's I've seen all came to me through @evilwizard, who I hope doesn't mind getting tagged on this partiular post). That probably leads to people complaining about the wrong thing, which I can only assume will lead to more complaints being ignored.
Currently, there is only one note counter per post.
Currently, both the OP and the person whose reblog you're commenting / reblogging / liking from get notified, just like before.
Currently, you can still see likes and comments coming from elsewhere in the reblog chain, but all other reblogs are being hidden.
Note: this experiment was conducted on the browser version without any browser extensions enabled.
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