a guide for new tumblr users:
-you aren’t required to reblog things, but refusing to do so may cause backlash. it is best to play along. many here consider a reblog to be sustenance or at least a token of good faith, and giving them such a gift will help them see you as a friend.
-never give them your true full name. it is commonplace to use a false name and you are encouraged to make this name as ridiculous as possible. if you give your true name they will immediately view you as an outsider. this can be dangerous.
-check your new followers. some of them won’t be real. you can always tell.
-use great caution when engaging in private conversation and when receiving messages. always make sure they are real, but remember the real ones can be just as dangerous.
-this has been their home for generations. it is not quite yours yet, but it will be. soon.
-do not venture off on unknown paths unless you are prepared to see whatever you may find there.
-you can chose not to see things in advance, but what’s seen can’t be unseen.
-you must manage your own seeing. they will not hold back.
-they will come offering you riches untold and pleasures beyond your imagination. do not follow. do not engage. run.
-names and faces are interchangeable and can be shed and changed as easily as clothing. beware the faceless ones.
-you’ve been told they cannot lie. by whom?
-some speak nonsense. nod your head and play along. engage at your own risk.
-no one knows what all lurks in the shadows. we do not wish to know. no matter how deep youve gone you can always go deeper. you will never come back out the same.
-you’ve already gone too far.
-there’s no real going back now.
-you can log out.
-but you cannot leave.
-welcome to tumblr.
sounds like a welcome to the internet parody- lord.
this is the most accurate guide to tumblr ive seen tbh
welcome to my house of mirrors, child. i will never let you leave.
