Please forgive me for this long post.. but I needed to say this..
TL;DR - though I think it would make a lot more sense if it was read thoroughly, I know that I talked a lot in this post.. so I don't blame anyone that wouldn't read it, nor do I expect anyone to read it..but I needed to get it "off my chest" and with that. (tried to shorten it as much as I could).
This isn't easy for me to post.. I'm very quiet on tumblr and I don't post about things that are off-topic from Sims..though I feel this is in relation to Sims as it is to do with my Simblr and how I'd like to get back on track of things.. etc.. I feel I need a fresh start. I've appreciated all the followers that have followed me all this time.. but I also feel that there's a lot of followers that aren't really interested in what I'm posting and that makes me feel bad because I feel like I'm clogging up your dashboards; and so basically I will be removing followers that haven't updated in almost a year, or that are non-sims related so that I can get back on track of following other tumblrs that are Sims related only; and then I will be removing tumblrs that I feel aren't interested in my content and so please, do remove me, if you're one of those tumblrs, or..(even if this post upsets you and you want to remove me for posting it.. although I am truly sorry for that. : (..) because I really don't want to clog up your dashboards; but I love my game/ and I love my family that I've been playing..as this has been the longest I've gone with one family so far.. and I want to keep posting about them and sharing with others what I've been enjoying doing in my game, but I also want to be able to connect with other Simblrs and talk with them about their games and their Sims, etc. Through the chat/reblogs of our posts, or even through the ask/email feature.
Thank you very much. Each and everyone of you. <3
Full story. Under the cut.
I've been thinking about this a lot lately.. each day I come on here.. it gets more difficult to post things. When I began this tumblr, I wanted to stick with following back only Simblrs because I really enjoy looking at gameplay pictures, new Sims that people have created, and even scenery pictures. but I've never been the type of person to be rude or mean.. and I end up just following back anyone that follows me regardless if they're a Simblr or not. I go onto the tags The Sims 3, or the Simblr tag and press the like button when I find something I really do like. It's not to like it just because others have liked it -- sometimes I even like something that noone has even liked-- and I think to myself.. how could noone like this? It's gorgeous. It could be because someone showed a picture of a founder doing something in their legacy, because of a meteor shower, or even just pictures of scenery of their games; or perhaps it was just a really nice picture of a Sim that they created and wanted to share.
Now, I've never really cared about the likes I get. Nor do I care about the number of followers that I receive. I'm not posting for more followers, or more likes. I'm posting because I'm enjoying my game and I love to share what's going on in my game with others. Which I know that's the whole point of posting for anyone really..
If you actually like my pictures and want to give me a like. Great. If you don't, that's fine too. But a lot of the time I feel the only reason why some give me likes is because I've liked something of yours. So you feel like you *have* to like my stuff because I've liked yours.. and I hate that feeling.. and I hate that I feel like I could be clogging up a lot of dashboards.. But the reason I like your pictures is because I actually like seeing you playing your game and updating your tumblr about your favorite family, or even favorite Sim.
I enjoy seeing game-play pictures. However, I have maybe 2-5 followers that will like something of mine and almost always like something of mine that I post. Yet I have about 170 followers right now. And of course, they're all being followed back. The problem is.. that I feel like I am clogging up your dashboards with something you're not interested in. And that's okay (that you're not interested in what I'm posting). Except for the fact that I feel bad about it.
I really do enjoy my game and my Sims that I've created.. I have never stuck with a family this long until now with Elijah and Freya..something I've struggled for awhile.. keeping to one family and going through the generations.. and while I'm still on Generation one.. this is still the farthest I've gotten.. as I end up giving up after the baby turns into a toddler.. and I move onto the next Sim/Family I create..and I know that I haven't exactly shown much of them doing anything really... and there are times I go away for awhile.. and then come back to post..
I can live without 30+ likes on every picture I post. Some may find my stuff nice, others don't care, or others don't even know that my tumblr even exists. and that's okay. : ) But I think I'd enjoy tumblr a lot more.. if I could find one or two people that loved seeing my pictures and TALKED to me about my game, and showed me their games/pictures/favorite Sims, etc...and we just got to know each other.. and could even be Simming buddies, if you will. and we equally talked about our Sims and shared stuff.
I know that I haven't exactly gotten to know a lot of you and from what I see in your postings, you all seem very nice.. I am thankful for all the followers that I have gotten in the year that my tumblr has been around.
But I think it would be best to start over. I'd like to find some Simblrs that I could send mail to and we'd share that connection of our Sims games with each other and it wouldn't be about followers and likes. It'd just be about enjoying the game and having fun with it.
I am sorry if I do post things that are no interest to you. And this is why I am going to be going through my tumblr and deleting followers, please delete me as well. I will start with the inactive tumblrs that haven't been around in almost a year and go from there. Then I will remove the tumblrs that are reblogs/non Sims, and eventually remove others that I feel haven't been interested in things I've posted so that way you can remove me as well so I am not clogging up your dashboards.
It's nothing personal and you're all very lovely and thank you for following me.
