Hi new Tumblr users
Please know this sites hashtagging system is categorical and NOT clout based
Aka if I look up the “Wendell and Wild” tag, I should find clips, media, art and posts related to Wendell and wild ONLY. Same with any other random tag searched
If I spy a selfie, a random neighborhood, or any other kind of “insta” post trying to take likes for a popular hashtag, I’m reporting you for spam. Most other long term users will too and your acct will be fast tracked as a spam blogger and blocked.
You will not ruin the last non corporate site for us, especially by trying to treat this site like influencers matter. If you get popular, it’s bc you’re a clown w a skill not bc your hot or rich or skinny, got it?
#holy shit at people in the notes this isn't 'tyrannical' it's basic courtesy AND against the tos #the spam report button is easily accessible for this exact reason #cross tagging is absolutely reportable spam according to tos so just don't do it #it also doesn't get you any more notes it just pisses people off
Like for real guys: This is against TOS. It is not allowed. It is spam. IT is not less spam because you are not a botfarm. Don't do it.
People (me) will report you for this (I will). If you are spamming the tags, someone (again, me) will click the little report button (and I will enjoy doing it) every time they (I) see your unrelated posts clogging their (my) search.
Do not tempt me.
The thing to understand about the tags being categorical is that most people do not find things on this site via algorithm.
On tumblr, what happens is that your post shows up when people set out to specifically find Wendall and Wild posts. Not to generally browse for any kind of content of interest. When people are browsing for general stuff it's almost always by hopping onto the dash for the blogs they follow, and they often find new blogs to follow by going into the tags that apply to their interest or the notes of posts that do.
So it's really really noticeable when you've slapped a generic popular tag onto your selfie or your cat photo or whatever. You have become equivalent to an unwanted advertisement, interrupting the fun with your blatant self-promotion. I am here for WaW content, and you might as well have sidled up to ask if I've heard the good news about the latest snake oil weight loss drug or if I've thought about a convenient predatory loan. Only nobody on this site is under any obligation to tolerate you doing that, unlike the people who at least bought ad space and with it the privilege of pestering anyone who still hasn't got an adblocker.
