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Spike (Toasted and Miserable) 🔥☀️
A few days ago I happened upon one of my tumblr posts on instagram. It had been screenshot and put on a meme page. Interestingly, the screenshot had thousands of likes, more likes than notes my original post had on tumblr. BUT only 8 comments. So even though way more eyes saw my post on instagram, there really wasn't much engagement/reaction for the ig page who reposted my meme or me to see as the original creator. Meanwhile, my post on tumblr with less notes has connected me with new blogs, allowed me to see funny tags, and explore new fun blogs.
This tumblr update literally makes reblogs the same as reposting posts (whether to IG or otherwise). Reblogs now remove credits from op and exclude them from the sharing of their own creation. It cuts creators off from their own creations. Not only that but the update encourages the "no engagement, only likes" format of instagram, among other shitty websites.
I don't want my posts to be screenshots. I don't want to come upon them as I surf the web. I don't want thousands of likes but nothing to say.
BTW I'm not angry about the person who reposted it, they gave me credit on ig. But it goes to show that I have no idea if their screenshot helped other people find my blog, and I have no way of connecting with those who saw/liked/etc. on that screenshot.
Yo in case nobody can find the petition to change this stupid update back here it is
Undo the Tumblr Reblog Update
HAVE AT IT, BOYS
why have i built this life?
what was i thinking?
did i think it would feel easy?
did i think i’d wake up one day and suddenly be ready?
how can i turn back
when it’s already real?
when it’s already mine?
it wasn’t supposed to be like this.
it wasn’t supposed to feel like i’m constantly behind.
like everyone else knows what they’re doing
and i’m just pretending.
i can’t do it.
i can’t be what i’m supposed to be.
and i hate that i still keep going.
because i have to.
sometimes i miss who i was so much
it feels like grief.
and i wake up with the same thought every day:
what have i done.
"girl, I wanna see you undo it i wanna see you but you're not mine"
You know what's crazy?
You could already reply to a specific reblog in the chain. You only had to click View Post on the reblog to highlight that specific one to reply to it.
This wasn't a secret and it kept the numbers/reach going.
What you've implemented makes even less sense when what you're touting as the improvement was already possible.
So what's the real reason? Are you trying drive creatives away? Certain communities you don't want sharing or interacting, especially in terms of mutual aid and/or larger fundraisers? All of the above?
What was the point outside of pissing off the majority of your userbase you and trolls haven't already driven away?
@staff @tumblr
Oh this update is ASS, holy shit.
I was already having a bad night and now they're fucking up my site of joy and whimsy and I'm so close to having a full blown meltdown