I will put all of this under a read more to save everyone all the scrolling on their dashes but taylor/admin baby/margotoftbh is using the alias quinn and below you will find all the proof.
All of this was sent to me by somebody who would like to remain anonymous so I will respect their wishes.
I know the community has their pitch forks ready and I know exactly what a post like this does, I won’t deny that. I’m merely posting because I think people have the right to know who is joining their groups especially somebody so in denial about their wrong doings right now. Of course, I’m not telling you to not allow her to join your roleplay as that is entirely your choice. I’m just merely putting this out their so those that do not wish to have her in their groups don’t have to have her there.
the first picture is of her discord profile in which she has changed her name now to quinn.
If you click here it will take you to her character in Londonhq which you could read the bio of her character but I will insert a small screenshot below too.
if you click here you will find the new blog she is trying to join with again a screenshot will be below.
again another character from londonhq below and the blog if you click here.
and the new blog below that she is trying to join with and again if you click here.
and below is a message she sent with the last blog with the name quinn too.
Again it is your choice whether you will allow her to be apart of your group or not but at least you know who it is. Be safe and make sure your members are comfortable and safe too.
This is a basic guide for RPH blogs and those who every now and then may help someone in the community - whether via a gif hunt, guide or otherwise. This is mainly aimed for RPH blogs that are starting out but may also help those who are old hands. We all make mistakes when being a RPH - even myself. So this will be a list of common mistakes i’ve seen over the years and how they can be prevented.
Please like or reblog if this is useful to you or someone else.
Make a what you do page and have it on show
If you are a RPH blog, then one of the first things you should do is make a page telling followers and other people about what you do. It is also abbreviated as WWD or WID depending if there’s more than one admin running the blog. Here it will basically list rules of how you do things on the blog and what resources you can and cannot do.
Please also when done with it, have it on show where it is easily seen. Often I am asked to suggest blogs that do various things and the first thing I search for is a WID page. I’ve found that some people don’t even have it easily on show and so therefore I don’t list them.
Shoutouts
When you are a RPH you are going to get people asking for shoutouts (if you accept them) for their roleplays. You may get two a week or you may get five a day - it really depends. What I suggest is so that you don’t spam that dash/blog with shoutouts all the time is the following:
Have a limit on how many promos or shoutouts you wish to post in a certain week and make that public. Then on a certain day, post them all (either at same time or in a queue). I know roleplays may send the same promo to 5 different rph blogs, so it would benefit them somewhat as i’ve seen RPH blogs answer that shouout all within the same hour.
What I do myself is make a shoutout graphic and post them all under a read more. Then wait till a certain number has come in my inbox and then post them. Makes things nice and tidy.
Check the guide/gif hunt etc you are reblogging is good or even still there
I’ve done this before, but please check whatever you reblog (guide, lookalike, masterlist etc) is good. For all you know under that read more there could be lots of errors and it may not be detailed.
I have also found that some people reblog guides from old rp helpers and because of that, what they have reblogged is not there anymore. They have changed their url without a redirect link or just deactivated. I can’t count the number of times i’ve had to message someone to say “um yeah what you reblogged is not there anymore.“ If you can find an alternate link then that is great, reblog it from them. But otherwise don’t reblog it.
Changing url - put a redirect theme in
This I have seen so often. Someone changes a url of their blog, but then they don’t save their old url to a side blog. So if anyone wishes to find them easily - they can just click or copy and paste something and they will be taken to that new url.
I make gif hunt masterlists and so if ever I need to update a link, I often find that whoever made the gif hunt has now moved elsewhere and not put on their old url that they can be found at (insert new url). I then have to remove that resource from the list no matter how good it may be. While yes there are deactivations and people make their blog unavailable for other reasons (which is acceptable), it is very frustrating when you come to a dead end.
So, if you would like a redirect theme for an old url, then there are many here.
Tagging
Please for the love of everything have a navigation page and tag what you reblog. So if it is a thing relating to an actor - tag their name and what it was, so a gif hunt for instance. That way people can search their name and find all the things you have reblogged concerning that person. Could also have tags for these things:
- Gif hunts, fc help, lookalikes, medical related stuff, ethnicity, masterlists, locations, related to a certain show etc
I have seen so many people over the years abandon their blog and make a new one just because their tagging system is a hot mess. Maybe it is just me liking to be organised, but it is worth it in the end.
Also a good thing to do, is if certain posts get over say 50 or 100 notes, then make a tag for it. That way you can refer back to it if someone needs help and it is a thing which you can look at and go “I did a thing that people like” and feel proud you did it.
Some good navigation pages can be found here.
Fandom specific RPH tags
Some fandoms are more popular than others and even create special help blogs or even tags for them.
Some ones you may want to consider tagging or looking at include: Glee, Riverdale, Shadowhunters, Harry Potter, Pretty Little Liars (or here), Supergirl, DC, Marvel, Star Wars, Disney, POC, Youtubers, Star Trek. There are so many more but those are the ones I can think off top of my head.
Sure, some may not have many posts, no posts or they are years old. But why not start it up again? Benefit is it won’t get lost in generic rph tags.
You don’t have to just include fandom specific things, can also include guides on how to write certain things, lookalikes or theme suggestions etc in those tags. Just don’t include guides or gif hunts relating to characters not in that fandom etc.
Rude tagging to stuff you reblog
This is something that people who i’m in a network with suggested I add. If you are reblogging a guide, gif hunt or something else from another RPH blog - please avoid tagging anything negative in it. Even adding something to the comments - especially the latter. Those who make these resources often check the notes for what people say about certain things, it’s a buzzkill when people see things like “this person already has x amount of gifs, why are you doing more etc“. If there is really an issue or problematic thing regarding something - message them. Think before you act.
Stop whitewashing!!!
When it comes to FC help or lookalikes and even gif hunts - make sure you don’t whitewash a POC. So if it is FC help - don’t give a suggestion to an anon who wants someone Hispanic and give them a FC who may look Hispanic but is actually Caucasian etc. When it comes to lookalikes don’t throw in a white person with a good tan and make it look like this person is POC.
Then there are the edits and gif hunts. Please do not edit your graphics so those who are POC have their skin lightened so much they look white. There are ways to make a gif hunt or graphic better without resorting to those methods.
Guides about how not to whitewash/how to fix it include: mohanas and tianamulan.
Guides
When writing a guide, don’t just write it because it is a current popular trend to write about a certain something. It may not even be something you have good knowledge about. I have found this out the hard way when I wrote a guide about playing a character who is transgender or non binary. It was what I thought good based on what I had read elsewhere, but got called out for it by one or two people. I still keep it up mind as a reminder of past errors and how next time I need to improve.
If you do get a request for a guide about something you may not be certain on, then do a masterlist linking others who have written similar. I have found my masterlists linking other people’s work gets more notes than my actual guides sometimes. It also is a way as giving free promotion to other RPH blogs - whether active or not.
Lookalikes
When it comes to doing faceless lookalikes of face claims or generic people, please remember to actually find images which are faceless. It is called a faceless lookalike hunt for a reason. Not to show full face of a brunette woman. People won’t use that image. Also need to remember that if possible please have them similar looking. Don’t just throw any old white brunette haired woman at someone. It is a waste of your time and their time to
Reviews
If you want to do the option of giving reviews to roleplays or people where they are playing a character, don’t just tell them how bad everything is. They have come to you for advice. So what you do is look at how bad something is, then give suggestions on how that thing can be improved. So if the theme is a hot mess, throw in some other themes or colour schemes that could work better. Little things like that.
Themes
When it comes to what theme you choose for your rph blog, please make it so that the user looking at it can read everything (post size no smaller than 400px). Don’t use tiny font, don’t have graphics that blind your eyes and put your navigation links on show. Even if it just shows your ask box and navigation page. It makes a difference. You also don’t have to use a theme that is currently “in“ right now. There are plenty of themes out there which cater for everyone.
Keep RPH seperate from personal/rp blog
If possible when making a RPH blog, try to keep personal drama or information off the blog. For me personally it is just a way keep things professional and to distance yourself from things. However I do know that RPH blogs like to chat with other RPH blogs in public and even their followers.
I’ve also found that those who post personal information about themselves are more of a target for anon hate.
Gif hunts - Tagging
When it comes to tagging a gif hunt, it needs to be seen in the most popular tag that people will see it in.
That means first five tags should be: fc name gif hunt, fc name gifs, rph (or a fandom rph tag), rp help, fc name.
Last two are optional but you get the picture. You can also use tags such as the networks you are in (gifpacknetwork maybe?) or a blog which checks their tag reguarly and will reblog the resources in it.
Gif hunts - Numbering
When doing a gif hunt, please for the love of all things put a number of how many gifs are in that download or read more gif hunt. It is 2017, the time of “There are # amount of gifs here” should be gone. It makes you look lazy and for me unsure if my computer will crash when putting these gifs on my computer or the 20 gifs in the hunt are not worth it etc.
There are simple and easy ways you can find out how many gifs you will be putting on Tumblr. Nphofrph even did a guide about one way you can do it.
Gif hunts - credit where due
Another thing, it is ok for you to post gifs that you have not made yourself, BUT ALWAYS CREDIT THE OWNER. Even if you don’t credit the original makers or can’t remember who they are. Say in description that if they wish to be given credit etc, then get in touch. If someone sends you a message where some or all of the gif hunts are theirs and they wish for you to take them down, then do listen to them. Get into a discussion about what alternatives there could be. Some may be forgiving and allow you to keep them up as long as you do a certain thing, others may want them all removed.
Whatever happens please do not ignore. You do not want to piss off RP helpers, they like making PSAs when they feel their content has been stolen or they have been made to feel ignored by others who don’t listen. Note they will screenshot your conversations so be polite. This goes both ways.
Gif hunts and overused FC’s
This is something I get frustrated at, people doing a generic gif hunt of an overused FC when they already have like 50 others done which are very similar. A wise thing to do would to check their gif hunt tag and see what specific thing they havn’t had a gif hunt of. Something from a new interview, from a new show or even episode by episode hunt of that show etc. Maybe even some gif icons if they don’t have any.
An example is Selena Gomez. She has many gif hunts. Consider what I said above or maybe do a gif hunt of someone who is different but very similar who is of same ethnicity and they have few or no gifs done of them.
Gif icons
While this blog does not make gif icons and in general I am not a fan, it is common for people to use them. If you do make gif icons there really is a limit to how small they should be. I’ve witnessed the discourse in the RPH community about this and it has come to a stage where the aesthetic is 50x50 gif icons. That is ridiculous, please stop making them that small.
To compare - this is 100x100 compared with 50x50. Note these gifs are my own.
50x50:
*Apologies if I resized wrong, get in touch if I have*
Another thing regarding gif icons is that if you are using someone else’s gifs, check to see if they allow their gifs to be scaled down like that, or better yet ask their permission. If you are unsure who made the gif, state you are unsure and if they would like credit then get in touch etc.
That is the end of the guide and I hope it has helped you or others. If you think there should be something added, then get in touch.
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Fi! Can you update your Karlie Icons with some of the newer content if possible?
I’d love to! Honestly, I didn’t think anyone was really using them, so I haven’t updated in a while, but I’d love to make some more icons of my queen, thanks Tay!
