Ok so, with the recent surge of mcyttwt members coming to Tumblr I figured I'd make a post explaining a few things that people should know.
First, tumblr and twitter are very different platforms. Here, trending doesn't work the same way, so don't try to get really specific phrases trending. MCTY or Dream SMP is usually trending, but don't try to get something more specific trending because that will clog up the tags and won't work anyway. Also, here liking posts and reblogging them are very different. Reblogging is what helps spread posts, so that is more appreciated.
Second, use tags. The way tumblr filters things is with tags. Please tag your stuff. The tags you should use for mcyt/dsmp things are either character igns, 'dream smp', 'dsmp', 'mcyt', and if you're talking about a group, like sbi, tag them. And to tag tws put something like 'violence tw' or 'blood tw' in the tags. That way people can filter them. And if you're liveblogging tag that too.
In regards to tags, do not use the minecraft tag. The minecraft people here are here for the pretty builds, not for the youtubers. Don't tag anything with 'minecraft' 'minecraft youtubers' or even things like 'philza minecraft'. Please be respectful of others, and don't make them look at our shit.
Third, we are a very chill platform. We don't want drama, and it is usually not very tolerated here. Remember that this is not twitter. When someone there drags up 5 year old tweets, do not bring this here. We do not want to look at negativity. If you are one of the people who is affected by a joke or smth, it is fine to make a post saying that you don't support a creator. But don't start drama here, since there are a lot of people parts of minorities that just want to exist. Most of our discourse is about the characters and we would like to keep it that way.
Again to do with tags but if you are going to put something that is negative or critical of a character/content creator tag it with "[character] critical", "negative", "critical", "discourse". If you want to criticize the fandom use "dsmp fandom critical".
Fourth, I feel like I have to say this but, this is also a very weird platform. Please be aware that if you follow someone because of their posts they might start talking about dilfza or how the egg is a milf. This is normal, we're a hellsite. We have cursed posts and things that probably shouldn't see the light of day, so just be careful. This isn't something that is new, this is normal for us.
Fifth, the ccs aren't active on this platform, or at least as far as we know. And most of us don't want them on here. It's nothing against them right, we just don't want parasocial relationships. We're fine with them being hidden on here, and we just go about our day.
Sixth, don't be upset at people who have different opinions than you. You can just scroll past. Of course, if you reblog and start a polite conversation, that is fine. Just don't get mad. This should be a given but I feel like I have to say this.
Seventh, do not share your personal information. We don't have selfie days or anything like that. While we are a chill platform, there are always weird people, and we are generally more careful with this stuff. If you are a minor, I'd put 'minor' in your description. Most of us don't show our faces here. It's a very anonymous platform and we would like to keep it that way.
Eighth, very important but a lot of us have had negative experiances with twitter/mcyttwt. If we don't trust you at first that is because of that. I'm sure most of you are good people but we've seen shit and we are here to avoid twitter. You are welcome of course, but please respect that. (as someone who gets physically sick most of the time on twitter, i am wary of people from there, but you all are mostly good)
Anyway, that's all I have to say. Please just be respectful to us, don't start drama, and we should be good. We're excited to have more people, so I hope you enjoy your time!
