Timberlee

[ptimepoet]

[dennybitte]

hazy blossoms

by Denny Bitte

[kandimouse]

to those of you who are moving here from tiktok, from someone whos used both tiktok and tumbr for years...

1. DO NOT censor your posts

dont censor sex, abuse, suicide, dont censor it. we dont have censors like tiktok does, you wont be banned for talking about these things and tagging them properly helps people avoid them (also, we dont have shadowbanning here)

2. we dont really have an algorithm

you follow who you follow, and you see posts from who you follow or what you search. the 'for you page' is basically useless here. this also brings me to my next two points

3. dont crosstag

we get it, on tiktok you have to crosstag for reach, but thats not really a thing here. just tag your posts properly (also posters often leave more info about the post in the tags!! and when you reblog stuff you can leave your own notes in the tags, kind of like the old "repost comments" on tiktok)

4. dont expect to go viral/be famous

"viral" isnt really a thing on here (at least not for the average blogger). your posts will probably get 2-10 likes and you wont get nearly as many followers than on tiktok. thats just how tumblr is

5. blocking is your best friend

tiktok is VERY discussion based, and while tumblr is much more discussion based than other social medias, its still not a good place for ragebait/discourse. dont interact, itll make your experience worse in the end, just block and move on

6. you cant go into someone elses house and start rearranging their furniture

this is tumblr, not tiktok. dont diss old tumblr users for how they use the site or try to change them, thats like going into someone elses house and trying to rearrange their furniture. we've been here longer and we're familiar with the site and its culture, either find your niche, adapt, or find a different app

[adverbian]

I highly recommend blocking on sight users who post ragebait and discourse. Do not engage.

Also

7. Reblog.

Reblog freely. Reblog anything you think is cool. Reblog anything you want to boost, because reblogging is the only functional way to boost. Likes don’t help other people see it. Neither do comments. You gotta reblog.

Corollary: You’ll often see artists post their art with the warning “Don’t repost.” They still want you to reblog. Reposting and reblogging are two separate things on tumblr. (It took me so long to realize this!)

Repost, on tumblr, means “download the image and make your own, totally new, post with it.” That’s uncool because it steals engagement from the artist. Anyone who interacts with your new post is not interacting with the original post.

Reblog, on tumblr, means “hit the reblog button.” That way, anyone who sees the post through your reblog is still interacting with the original post.

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

— Khalil Gibran

[demidiabolicaldiabetic-deactiva]

Holdin out for this.

[ilikeit-art]

Wishing you a day full of blessings and positive energy.

[mournfulroses]

Nikita Gill, from Your Heart is the Sea: Poems; "Your Heart is the Sea," originally published in 2018

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

just read “to be loved is to be worth the inconvenience” it blew my mind away

[marandsviet]

"Your absence can teach what your presence couldn't. Let the void speak your worth."

[thoughtkick]

“The human heart is like a night bird. Silently waiting for something, and when the time comes, it flies straight toward it.”

— Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

[terebelli]

Albertine Books French Embassy New York City

[spitblossoms]

[weltenwellen]

Maya C. Popa, from “Dear Life”, Wound Is the Origin of Wonder

[quotemadness]

“Sometimes it’s good to just live life silently. Pay attention to your thoughts as they come and go, and reflect upon your feelings. Sometimes being overly social can offset our inner peace.”

— Unknown

[thoughtkick]

“And I knew it. That’s the worst part: I knew it.”

— Marguerite Duras, The North China Lover

[thoughtkick]

“One day you’ll laugh so much that you’ll forget you have scars.”

— Benjamín Griss

[inhisarms]

the strand bookstore is my idea of heaven

[quotemadness]

“I’m numb and I’m tired. Too much has happened today. I feel as if I’d been out in a pounding rain for forty-eight hours without an umbrella or a coat. I’m soaked to the skin with emotion.”

— Ray Bradbury