A Public Service Announcement: End Tumblr Bullying. (not just pertaining to next to normal. Spread to all fandoms) please read.
To the person who contradicted all my posts at the beginning of this blog series and told me they didn’t wanna see this clogging up the tag, I just wanted you to know that you honestly made me cry and proceed to do so every time I stumble across it again. It’s also the reason why I don’t post. Honestly, this person spoke to me like I’m stupid and made me feel ashamed for wanting to have fun with the show that literally saved my life…
I’m sorry but I’ve been holding that in for too long. It happened a while ago, but I finally have the courage to address it, because this should never happen to anyone else. It made me feel like absolute shit, and still does.
To anyone out there who ever gets annoyed with someone for posting a lot In a tag, please be respectful and humane. If someone is posting about something a lot it’s usually for one of 2 reasons;
Either 1. They just discovered it and are a little (or a lot) obsessive at the moment and they will probably calm down in about a week.
Or 2. They are going through something way bigger than being annoyed with someone and they found an outlet in whatever they are posting about. And especially in that case, do NOT start being a bitch to that person.
If the problem persists and you feel the need to say something, here is a good example of what you could say.
"Hey, I’ve seen you posting a lot of stuff tagged -insert tag- lately! I think what you’re posting is really cool and all, and I’ve looked at your posts and blog, but so many posts are making it hard to see other people’s. Do you think you could maybe not post as much, or not tag all of them since people will likely look into your blog anyway? I love -insert tag- too, and I’d really like to have easier access to all the other wonderful content people are posting"
Or something along those lines.
Tell the person to ‘shut up’
Make them feel stupid, worthless or hated
Yell at them
Swear at them
Contradict them or use any of the donts as a comment on their post (that is a HUGE don’t)
Tell them that their content isn’t good enough for the tag
And lastly
DO NOT BE RUDE JUST FOR THE SAKE OF BEING RUDE
DONT BE RUDE AT ALL
A certain tag is a piece of a fandom. The people who are religiously on a tag are the people who share the most love for that subject. Why do we have to be mean to each other? Aren’t those the people that you want to be friends with?
Side note: I will be reblogging this to all of my next-to-normal-would blogs AS WELL as tagging them all, because this is important. I won’t keep reposting them after that, maybe once or twice in the distant future if I feel like it needs to be addressed again. I’m sorry for the inconvenience, but I promise I wouldn’t be doing this if I didn’t feel it was necessary.
Why can’t we all enjoy what we like and be nice to each other? Bullying on tumblr is just as painful as it is anywhere else. Please help me spread the word.
titsay
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