Misguided Thoughts... @letskissyesterdaygoodbye - Tumblr Blog

“you are a lawyer and he is a hamster” is one of the funniest statements ive ever had the pleasure of reading

listen I’m just dreading the day when they’re gonna screw us over and close this site for lack of use. you already see people talking like “oh I miss Tumblr” all the time like we’re not still RIGHT FREAKING HERE enjoying our fandom shenanigans in real time…like half the memes on Twitter and Insta are just reposted from here??? uh?? what is that saying???

like I KNOW that Tumblr usage has plummeted and half the blogs that follow me are probably dormant by now. I know that. but if other social media outlets aren’t gonna learn a thing or two about hiding follower counts or allowing tag-based organization or ACTUALLY SHOWING POSTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER FOR ONCE, then I don’t want them touching this one

immaplatypus

seriously what on EARTH are you talking about

mctreeleth

Speaking of lack of use… Guys, please reblog stuff. That is how this website works - unlike something like instagram, which has all sorts of metrics that influence how a post disseminates based on likes, the only way for someone to see a post here on tumblr, other than from the tags, is if someone else reblogs it. Not just in an “it helps the artist” way (although that too), but in a, “this participation is how we keep this website alive” way. Likes make the poster feel good (do them too, if you want!), but the great thing about Tumblr is that is it not (is less?) beholden to those algorithmic metrics that ru(i)n all the other sites, and the only way we have that is because we reblog posts, so tumblr doesn’t have to do it.

takashi0

#a good way to keep a website from dying is to not ban what a lot of people are therefor anyways#-cough- tumblr porn ban -cough-#because with it gone there went all the character blogs story writers etc.#because the tos became so touchy that it wasn’t worth it#and a lot of them followed nsfw/adult creators and so when those creators were forced to migrate#they just did the same thing#and never trust a company or website when they say ‘but LGBT+ content won’t be banned in this!!’ becuase it almost always is

“Before you can live a part of you has to die. You have to let go of what could have been, how you should have acted and what you wish you would have said differently. You have to accept that you can’t change the past experiences, opinions of others at that moment in time or outcomes from their choices or yours. When you finally recognize that truth then you will understand the true meaning of forgiveness of yourself and others. From this point you will finally be free.”

— Shannon L. Alder (via perrfectly)