Ok, folks, what if we start making posts to recommend people to follow? According to tumblr's twitter account, the other day 12 people (twelve!!!! can you imagine!???) joined the other day and some of them are a little bit lost, looking blogs to follow!
I'm going to reblog this post with my own "follow friday on a tuesday" post, but feel free to add any of yours! if we get any good collection I probably will just blaze this post to give folks a good starting list.
(or make your own posts, let me know and I'll be happy to reblog! or maybe we should use a tag? ok, I'll tag this as 'tumblr-says-hello', you do you!)
so I'm thinking of this like a Tumblr Starter Kit. Even if I don't know what your specific interests are, what blogs are going to give you that Classic Tumblr Flavor, and then you can build out from there.
@wilwheaton Nerd stuff, politics, a good example of having fame with humility and grace.
@neil-gaiman That writer guy! Now that guy who made that show you like! Funny, interactive with fans.
@thebibliosphere Homegrown hero. Romance writer and font of wisdom for people with chronic pain.
@prokopetz You've seen the screenshots everywhere, now see them at the source!
@valleydean This is the Supernatural website. Are you even on Tumblr if there aren't destiel gifsets gracing your dash?
oh these are all such great starter blogs, i was about to recommend @thebibliosphere and @wilwheaton as well!
i feel like @cryptotheism posts about such a variety of topics despite technically being a more ānicheā blog that i think theyd be a great starter blog too!! they used to be @normal-horoscopes (youāve probably seen screenshots of their viral posts under that name) but tumblr had a weird glitch a few months back that impacted popular blogs so theyāve switched over to the cryptotheism irl now, tho the original horoscope blog still exists as an archive of their old posts (as of me posting this)
other generally āpopularā blogs that im also a fan of: @afro-elf @inkskinned @greelin @elphabaforpresidentofgallifrey @iguanamouth
for popular blogs that cover more specific topics i recommend:
@fandomshatepeopleofcolor (fandom community discussions)
@reverse-racism (general politics regarding racism as well as great memes)
@why-i-love-comics (comics)
@superheroesincolor (comics)
@sabertoothwalrus (original art/fanart)
@filmgifs (high quality film gifsā variety of genre types)
@dajo42 (queer author/artist)
@warandpeas (hilarious 4 panel comics)
@foodffs (food recipe blog!)
@sweetoothgirl (dessert recipe blogā i am a HUGE fan and scroll thru it obsessively and constantly)
@omgthatdress (fashion blog that does hilarious and informative critiques of celebrity outfits during major red carpets eventsā i like that they do have positive insights/tips mixed among the thoroughly deserved roasts lol)
@pocketss (hilarious comicsā have u seen screenshots of that comic of a witch girl inviting a harpy to a āgirls nightā? thatās them)
@petitetimidgay (if u enjoy bibliosphereās posts youāll likely enjoy this blog too!! personal blog that also covers topics like living with chronic pain/disability
@qwantzfeed (hilarious dinosaur comics that cover topics like philosophy and science)
@thepigeongazette (funny and cute comics!)
@unfuckyourhabitat (great guide for tips/strategies to clean your home in a sustainable and accessible format for those who are neurodivergent or could otherwise use some helpā NOT shamey at all and has a variety of types of tips based on time/energy/area/tidying up clutter vs needing to be properly cleaned/big cleans vs small cleans vs maintenance/routine cleaning)
GENERAL TIP FOR NEW USERS:
if you search a tag on tumblr for a topic youāre interested in,
whether itās broad (ācomicsā, āfashionā, āhorror moviesā, āgame of thronesā, āMCUā, ā[name of tv show] or commonly an abbreviation for longer media titles, i.e. IWTV for interview with the vampire, or even [media title/abbreviation] followed by ābookā or āmovieā or ātvā or ācomicsā or ārelease date year (common w movies that have equally famous/well known orginals and remakes)ā or āHBOā/āNetflixā (common if itās a show released on a specific streaming service) if thereās more than one version under the same media title, etc etc.)
or specific (ā[insert ship name here]ā, ā[fandom name] fanart, ā[specific ship/character]ā fanart, ā[specific piece of media] gifs, ā[ship name] au/ficsā, etc etc)
tumblr will automatically show u all top posts for that tag ranked by āmost popularā and āof all timeā (which are settings u can changeā u can filter for specific types of posts in the tag that have gifs, or text only, or have media embedded, etc. as well as changing it to list posts in chronological order by ālatestā instead of āof all timeā)
but next to that thereās a tab that says āBLOGSāā that will show u the top blogs related to that tag specifically! i canāt speak to if itās determined by number of times theyāve used that tag in posts or by the number of notes their posts w that tag gets or a mix of bothā either way itās a good place to start!!




















