#subscriptions

[dispatchesfromtheclasswar]

[incognitopolls]

We all know Tumblr's isn't profitable and might not exist for much longer as-is (article link). And given the mistakes the current owners have made, there's not much reason to trust them.

But if someone else bought Tumblr, got rid of ads entirely, brought back adult content, and focused on stuff like fixing the search engine and other site improvements, would you be willing to pay a nominal fee (say $5/month) to keep Tumblr going?

Under the right circumstances, would you be willing to pay for Tumblr?

Yes

No

Voting ended onJan 2

We ask your questions anonymously so you don’t have to! Submissions are open on the 1st and 15th of the month.

[augmentedchordsofficial]

Hey I want to buy that thing. Not subscribe. Not start my 30-day free trial. Not sign up. Not make an account. Not choose a monthly plan. Not join. Not become a member. Not get 10% off if I choose annual payment. Not register. Not pay monthly.

I want to purchase. I want to own

[byedisaster]

came back to ao3 after her side quest (maintenance), and I am a new man, have a new lease on life, upgraded; my armour has more bells and whistles, it's shiny, I have pauldrons (I have a new user subscription).

[your-dewey-decimal-number-is]

Some Times News

January is almost up, which means the subscription window for Issue 1 of my zine, The Some Times, will be closing soon. I just received a letter today that was postmarked on the 22nd, so it had to have been sent out on the 21st (maybe even earlier). While the window closes on February 1st, this 9-day delay is the exact reason why I will still accept any and all subscriptions that are postmarked by January 31st. I could end up getting some as late as next week. If your letter is postmarked after the 31st, don't worry, you'll be signed up just in time for Issue 2.

Submissions for Issue 2 are open until the 6th, so if you have any questions, comments, suggestions, drawings, or photos you would like me to include please send them out as soon as possible. The zine prints on the 13th, and I'm giving myself a full week to write, format, and edit everything. This is a hard deadline, so if I don't receive your submission by the 6th I can't add it to the zine until Issue 3 in March. Subscriptions for Issue 2 have a little more leeway. Submissions must be received by the 6th regardless of postmark, but subscriptions will stay open for all letters postmarked by the 13th. If it's postmarked on the 14th or later, you'll be signed up for Issue 3.

Please note that just because you drop it off at the post office on the 13th does not mean it will be processed and postmarked on the 13th; it might be collected the next day, or the next week. Please include the date in the text of your letter so I can get a feeling for how long it takes USPS to sort things out. Rule of thumb: mail it sooner rather than later, just to be on the safe side.

Going forward, the submission deadline will be on the 6th of each month (no wiggle room), while the subscription deadline will be the 13th (some wiggle room).

Subscribing is free!

The Some Times PO Box 420 Tavernier, FL 33070 United States

The country name is only necessary for international readers. Speaking of whom, while I'm trying to keep this project offline as much as possible, I do have an email address set up to receive digital subscriptions if you live overseas and can't rely on quick postage to/from the United States.

[email protected]

I will also accept digital subscriptions from people within the US who can't afford postage or don't have a deliverable address. If that's the case but you would still like to receive a physical copy of the zine, just give me your name and a reliable address and I'll snail mail it out, otherwise I'll email you jpegs of the pages same day.

I'll post every issue of the zine here on a one month delay (January's in February, February's in March), so even non-subscribers will be able to follow along.

As of January 26th I have readers in 22 states and I would love to fill out the whole map by the end of the year.

I also have one reader from Sweden, but it may take a lot longer to fill out THIS map

If you subscribe digitally, I'd appreciate if you'd include your address anyway so I can at least attempt to mail you a physical copy. It may not arrive in a timely fashion (or at all), but it's in keeping with the spirit of the project; I aim to unplug as much as possible in 2026. You will still receive the jpegs.

Please spread the word. Show it to your friends. Give them the PO Box or email address. I am very optimistic about the new year, despite *gestures broadly at the world*

Thank you all so much for believing in me!

[disasterhimbo]

Search is full of ads and wrong answers. Every other email is an ad. Prime Video charges you and shows ads. Paramount? Ads. Peacock? YouTube? Hulu? Ads followed by more ads. Netflix full of ads. Meta and X, every other thing is an ad. Pinterest is nothing but ads.

AI is in everything. AI finishes sentences incorrectly and won’t stop. AI reads your email and search history to target you with more ads.

Every time you open an app or visit a site there’s an update making it worse. In a hurry? First, click here to agree to terms you don’t have time to read and must accept. You need an account to do that. Change your temporary password. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email and enter that code. Now use a passkey. Your password is too simple to remember. Change it. No, not like that. Now log on. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email for a code… Welcome back! We’ve updated our terms of service and privacy policy (you have none).

Subscribe to the site. Subscribe to Netflix. Subscribe to toilet paper. Subscribe to these groceries. Pay a membership fee for the right to subscribe then tip your driver who delivers the subscriptions your membership lets you subscribe to.

Time to work? We’ve got to update your laptop and will slow down everything you do until you agree to update. But first, click here to agree. Update installed — your laptop’s broken now. It doesn’t matter, since your boss just replaced you with AI. Go to your phone to complain on social media. Wait, your phone needs an update so we can add more AI. Click here. Oh sorry, your phone can’t handle this update. Now it’s useless. Go get the newest phone.

Here’s a text from a friend, an email, a voice mail they left three days ago but you didn’t see until now because of sync problems with the cloud. It’s their GoFundMe. Their MLM. Their Patreon. Never mind, you didn’t respond to their text within 9 minutes and now you’re no longer friends. They blocked you. Make new friends. Download this app to find people in your area. In your neighborhood. On your street. Two doors down from you. Do you know this person yet, we think you’d get along.

You need an account to use this app. That username is taken. Enter a password. Not that one, you used it on another site. You need to be connected to WiFi to download the app. Allow the app to connect to other devices on your network. Allow the app to access your contacts, know your precise location, store your credit card details. Oops, sorry, we got hacked now all that info is available on the web. There’s a class action suit. You can join. It’ll take a decade to get your $3.73 share of the ten billion settlement. We’ll send it via PayPal or deposit it to your bank, just tell us those details. Oh no, another hack. That info is circulating now, too. Here’s a spam call, a spam email, a spam text.

Why are you angry? Why are you talking about getting rid of your phone? Why don’t you like AI, it lets us make all of this easier? Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? This is progress. You’ll be left behind. Do you want to be left behind? Do you???”

— Tweet by Katherine Argent (@effthealgorithm) dated April 30, 2026.

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[writerpolls]

Writers: does having people engage with your writing encourage you to write more/help your motivation?

Yes, but only explicit positive engagement (clearly positive comments, etc)

Yes, but only generally positive engagement (generally positive comment, etc)

Yes, any type of positive or neutral engagement (comments, views, etc)

Yes, any engagement even if it’s negative (comments even if negative, etc)

No, engagement with my writing usually doesn’t impact my motivation

No, engagement with my writing EVER impacts my motivation

No, engagement with my writing can make me less motivated

Unsure / I don’t know / I keep my writing private

Other answer / it’s complicated

See results / I don’t write

Voting ended onFeb 5