#tumblin

[secretmellowblog]

Is anyone else utterly confused by the attitude of “don’t leave comments on my tumblr posts?” I personally love it when people reblog my posts with comments (even just “this post was good”).

Tumblr was made for people to have conversations through reblog chains. And I think part of why a lot of Tumblr users have moved to discord is *because* the site culture has shifted away from talking in reblog chains, the way we’re meant to, and discord offers a substitute for that type of conversation. Tumblr is a great place for those forum-like discussions— it’s a core part of how you’re supposed to interact with the site—- but for a while people have been discouraging users from leaving comments in reblogs “unless they have something super important to say” which is utterly baffling to me.

As a result the only comments you get on your posts are often just, people rudely disagreeing with you? Because the people who agree and want add on, or the people who politely disagree and want to have a genuine friendly debate about media, feel like it’s not worth commenting at all.

Especially because the site is less busy now, I like it when people treat tumblr as a big Discord server conversation— using reblog chains as a way of having a discussion.

I genuinely don’t understand where the anti-comment attitude comes from, at all. 😂 to me it’s like: if you’re not trying to talk to people, then why are you even posting? Tumblr is such a “small” website that there’s not a lot of point trying to be a tumblr influencer.

This is all to say that: anyone should feel free to leave comments in the reblogs at any time! I love having discussions by reblogging back and forth :D

[gaylordthethird]

If it can handle fast-paced input to display, it can play doom

If it can handle individual inputs and a static display, it can use ao3

If it can play a video, it can do bad apple

If it has any display at all, it can show loss

[hihuddy]

wtf is this hideous update?

[lucentdreamzzz]

tbh the “people in real life: i’ve been getting really into yogurt” thing has really helped me save time and not get into internet drama over something that like. doesnt really matter in the long run. there’s a difference between raising awareness or creating a response for stuff that actually matters and replying to ragebait.

[steph-the-person]

The only reason I got a Google account is because in 2016 I wanted to play Pokémon go with my friends, and that also just so happened to be the only reason I got a YouTube account. Unfortunately that means that my first 3 years of interneting is undocumented, but I also had to ask to Google anything until like middle school soooo

[wowitspure]

ive been tumbling so hard! can i get some pats on the backs or whatever you do

[art-vs-apocalypse]

it's amazing when i think of things that i have left out of my life.

i don't watch netflix or anything like that anymore. people think that's weird. i don't know... i am actively fighting against all these passive media products that generate their own value off taking your time.

the exchange isn't worth it. who dies and thinks they should've spent more time watching netflix.

[pilferingapples]

Pilf, in light of the new beta mode and all, I was reminded that I discovered something on mobile (that will be in the new beta too, apparently?) that may be as relevant to your interests as it was to mine: tumblr. zendesk. com/hc/en-us/articles/360025844294-Color-scheme-settings -- there's a new low contrast setting that brings back the old blue! Of course... it also replaces all the WHITE with that blue, but it's better than the navy/white scheme, IMHO. ^_^ Though you'd like to know!

interesting! thank you! Gonna post this for other people who might be interested :D