When Are Replies Coming Back

[kathydrasher]

[staff]

Replies are back and the sun is shining on the earth. It feels like a Yes Week.

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After hectoring @staff and @support to learn when replies were coming back, When Are Replies Coming Back is pleased to announce the retirement of When Are Replies Coming Back since replies came back!

[fandom]

Reader, beware. You’re in for...

Television: This episode produced in front of a live office audience.

⬆ The late, great Gravity Falls ended on the highest note, No. 1. ⬆ The Grammys came in just behind at No. 2, despite experiencing a seven-years rating low. ⬇ Is The Flash flickering? It fell eight spots to No. 18.

Movies: February Fandometrics, take three. (neat production slate sound)

⬆ Deadpool still lives. In the No. 1 spot, specifically. ☆ Hyuck, hyuck. A Goofy Movie debuted after this beautiful crossover nightmare gained traction.

Music: Lay down the tracks.

☆ Kesha debuted at No. 2. Keep supporting Kesha. ☆ Kendrick Lamar (No. 10) owned the Grammys and subsequently your dashboard.

Celebrities: Busted! Guess who was caught red-handed on our list. Hint: They’re on our list below.

☆ What’s No. 5’s name, man? Lin-Manuel Miranda. ☆ The Gravity Falls love just doesn’t stop. Creator Alex Hirsch (@shmalexsmirsch)  debuted at No. 15. ⬇ Tom Hiddleston is smack-dab in the middleston at No. 10.

Games: Fighting Fire, fighting, and fire.  

⬆ Fire Emblem Fates (No. 2) has finally been released. Finally. ☆ Street Fighter brawled its way back on the list at No. 15 with the release of the fifth installment in the series. ☆ Firewatch (No. 19) is this year’s hottest new game about 1988’s Yellowstone fires.

Web stuff: Some singing, some crying, some beauty.

☆ Pentatonix returns at No. 11 after a wonderful Grammys performance with Stevie. ☆ Nate Maloley is back after an on-stage scuffle with security guards. Consolation prize? No. 12. ☆ Brendan Jordan debuts at 18 after coming out as gender fluid, embracing the limitless feeling of gender freedom

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@staff This is neat but when are replies coming back?

[support]

Your replies are on the way, Tumblr

Just wanted to let you know that we’re putting the finishing touches on replies, and making sure they play nicely with everything else on this platform.

“Why did they go away? Why, staff, whyyyy?” Fair question. We had a gaggle of overlapping message-like systems—namely, asks, fan mail, reblogging with commentary, question posts (rare!), and, yes, replies. When we finally introduced actual instant messaging a couple months ago, we had a lot of untangling to do.

In order to make all these systems work together, we had to do some back-end retooling, which meant taking down replies for a bit. For longer than we expected. Sorry about that.

And we get it—replies fill a very particular need (and you were very clear about expressing that need). They’re a kind of super like. A way to fully express your feelings about a thing without expecting anything in response. A gift.

When they come back, they’ll be even better. People will be able to reply to your posts multiple times, and you’ll even be able to reply to your own posts. Simple changes, yes, but ones that open up lots of possibilities.

Best of all, we’ve laid the down the engineering and design groundwork for even more substantial improvements down the road. Replies will be able to develop side-by-side with messaging.

More to come, soon enough. We know you all miss replies. We hope you enjoy their imminent return.

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@support It’s been two weeks, when are replies coming back?

[support]

Your replies are on the way, Tumblr

Just wanted to let you know that we’re putting the finishing touches on replies, and making sure they play nicely with everything else on this platform.

“Why did they go away? Why, staff, whyyyy?” Fair question. We had a gaggle of overlapping message-like systems—namely, asks, fan mail, reblogging with commentary, question posts (rare!), and, yes, replies. When we finally introduced actual instant messaging a couple months ago, we had a lot of untangling to do.

In order to make all these systems work together, we had to do some back-end retooling, which meant taking down replies for a bit. For longer than we expected. Sorry about that.

And we get it—replies fill a very particular need (and you were very clear about expressing that need). They’re a kind of super like. A way to fully express your feelings about a thing without expecting anything in response. A gift.

When they come back, they’ll be even better. People will be able to reply to your posts multiple times, and you’ll even be able to reply to your own posts. Simple changes, yes, but ones that open up lots of possibilities.

Best of all, we’ve laid the down the engineering and design groundwork for even more substantial improvements down the road. Replies will be able to develop side-by-side with messaging.

More to come, soon enough. We know you all miss replies. We hope you enjoy their imminent return.

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So when exactly are they coming back?

[meladoodle]

with every tumblr update, there’s a huge uproar and then we get used to in like 2 weeks… with the exception of replies. its been months. i feel so helpless. ive been silenced.

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@staff When are replies coming back?

[staff]

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That's cool @staff but when are replies coming back?

[risingfunk-blog]

hey creationists,

if evolution isn’t real… explain THIS

[staff]

We’d like anyone to explain this.

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@staff Please explain when replies are coming back?

[supergameboytwo-deactivated2016]

Tumblr can’t enable replies again because they don’t remember how it works

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@staff Now that you know that we know how replies worked, when are replies coming back?

[fandom]

I’ll Be There For You (Theme from…)

Television: So no one told you life was gonna be this way.

☆ Saturday Night Live returns to No. 11 with a little help from Kyl–uh, Matt the Radar Technician. ⬆ Pretty Little Liars (No. 7) jumped five years in the future and eleven spots on our list. ☆ Rick and Morty came back at a solid No. 18 while all of you played Pocket Mortys.

Movies: 👏👏👏👏.

⬆ Deadpool’s (No. 2) marketing team deserves a raise. ☆ Labyrinth debuted at No. 6. All hail The Goblin King.

Music: Your life’s a joke, you’re broke.

☆ David Bowie is No. 1, as he should be. ⬆ Panic! at the Disco did the hustle up to No. 4.

Celebrities: Your love life’s D.O.A.

☆ Alan Rickman is No. 1, as he should be. ⬆ Leonardo DiCaprio continues his climb, moves up to No. 5. A true revenant. ☆ Gillian Anderson debuted at No. 14. We want to believe in the reboot.

Games: It’s like you’re always stuck in second gear.

⬆ Pokémon (No. 2)  is twenty years old. Like, human earth years. Twenty of them. ⬆ Splatoon’s Splatfest was an inky success, propelling it to No. 10.

Web stuff: When it hasn’t been your day, your week, your month, or even your year.

⬆ Vlogging savant Troye Sivan moves up to No. 4. ⬇︎ Story time!  Thomas Sanders fell seven spots to No. 19.

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@staff When are replies coming back?

[bisexualbacon]

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@staff When are replies coming back?

[staff]

Losing one was hard enough…

David Bowie said his goodbye, we’re all thinking of his love. 

Alan Rickman is survived by his wife and his magic.

Losing POWERBALL didn’t help anything.

It’s award season (again)

Golden Globes got a little loose with the juice.

Leo DiCaprio got on Lady Gaga’s shit list.

And Oscars 2016: got heat for an all-white nomination slate.

Trends gonna trend

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@staff When are replies coming back?