Sad to hear that some people apparently experience the FFXIV community on Tumblr as unwelcoming or insular.
Whilst that certainly hasn't been my experience, I can appreciate that it would feel rubbish to be left with those feelings, regardless of whether or not they were justified or proportionate.
I think I do try to be welcoming and inclusive towards new FFXIV blogs, but I'm open to feedback on how I can do a better job with it.
Currently I try to use my second blog to highlight smaller or newer blogs and to get their posts more traction, as well as leaving likes and sometimes comments on people's gposes or writing. I also try to always tag one or two new mutuals in Ask Games or to let them know about in-game events. I could possible be quicker to follow new blogs, but I usually bide my time a bit more with that, to see how they respond to my overtures.
I guess the flipside is that sometimes people have made it clear that they find my attempts to include them cringey or patronising (and certainly the occasional anon has told me so in no uncertain terms). So it's not always clear how best to go about these things.
Plus, sometimes the one or two people who have made it clear that they really don't like me will still reblog my Ask Games and OC prompts, so I guess at least they see me as good for something, even though they don't want to share a space with me!
Anyway I'm rambling somewhat incoherently in the heat, but the TLDR is: please let me know if you have suggestions on how I could do more to make new community members feel more welcome and included.
