#algorithm pls do ur thing ok

[meoowsaki]

Sin Kiske's XRD INSTA KILL...

part 2

raiden...

[dr3am-t3am]

quick comment i wanted to make on the fan art issue, that i would’ve put on twitter if it weren't for its stupid character limit

i really really do understand both sides. in all honesty, im not mad at all, bc i think the issue is more with twitter itself than either dream or the artists, but tensions got rlly high last night and i feel for everyone that was affected. i do wanna say tho, the twitter algorithm really puts artists at a h u g e disadvantage. 

to everyone and anyone affected, pls feel free to talk to me? and if you have fan art, feel free to message me w/ it. im v far from anything resembling a big account both here and on twitter, but i will definitely boost ur art if u send it ! we really can't expect ccs to see or boost our art, just from the crappiness of social media algorithms alone, but when artists work together to help each other and such we can still make sure that all of our art is appreciated and loved by the community. love y'all !! <3 <3 <3

more hypothetical discussion and thoughts under the cut

again, i am a fanartist. i am also a fanfic writer, and i started on tumblr, so i know that bc of my experiences, im gonna be a lot less? affected? i guess by limited interactions from ccs. on tumblr, there’s no way you're gonna get noticed by ccs (which is a perk, sometimes) and when you’re a fanfic writer you really dont even ask for positive attention you really just want people to stop giving you negative attention haha

that being said, i understand people’s frustration with dream bc he hasn’t been interacting as much with art. i maintain that this frustration should be more directed to the twitter algorithm, tho. 

(who’s ready for some hypothetical math?)

let’s say that an artist takes 1 hour to make one piece of art. this is honestly, really really dang fast, many detailed full pieces of art take 2-3 hours at least, and many others will take 8, 10, or even more. but we’re gonna give the artist the benefit of the doubt anyways and say that they take 1 hour. 

Now how about stan accounts? Let’s say that they make 5 posts an hour. This is honestly, probably a low ball! Each post takes a few seconds to make, a lot of the time, and plenty of accounts are much more active than posting every 12 minutes. But we’re gonna, again, make this situation the best possible situation for the artist, and let’s say that the stan account only posts 5 times an hour. Even with this situation, for each post that the artist makes, assuming that they @ dream every time, he’s going to see 5 posts by a stan account.

Artists also tend to be very outnumbered on twitter, so let’s say for every artist, there are 10 stan accounts. Let’s assume that they also make 5 posts an hour. So for each artist that shows up in dream’s notifications, he’s going to see 50 posts by stan accounts.

But artists get fatigued! We’re going to go with a high estimate again with 4 fully finished pieces a day. (this is insane! keep in mind, even if we’re lowballing the time put in, this is still 4 hours a day of art. for most artists, their fully finished pieces take 2, 3, 4 hours. four pieces a day would put them at 8-16 hours of work!!). on the other hand, stan account posts take a lot less time to make, and are much less likely to make them fatigued. Therefore, we can assume that the stan accounts, posting 5 times an hour, can stay active for 8 hours a day. 

What does this put us at? For every post that an artist makes with a fully finished piece of art, dream is seeing 100 notifications from stan accounts. This doesn’t even include how dream is more likely to respond to those who interact with his tweets, which is nigh impossible for artists because they cannot make a piece of art to reply to his posts in the ~5 minutes that he will look at the replies to the post he posts. I also made this situation the best possible situation for the artist. In reality, I can only make about one fully finished piece a day, and more often will go two or three days without posting. There are also far more stan accounts than artists, stan accounts are often active for longer than 8 hours and post more than once every 12 minutes. The real ratio might be more like 1 in 200, 300, 400. Just because of the algorithm, artists are pretty dang screwed.

Dream has been making efforts to help with this, such as through the dreamfanart tag! this manages to filter out all of the stan accounts, and when fan artists use it he’s going to be much more likely to see the art. even so, the amount of artists he will actually interact with is very low. it’s just the way the website works, when his notifications are definitely constantly flooded, when artists are so easily drowned out by the literal army of stan accounts on twitter. in the end, it’s really up to artists to hype each other up and support each other. My best advice for if you want more appreciation and interaction are:

1. use the dreamfanart tag! again, this manages to filter out most of the stan account activity, and will help other people to find your art if you’re a relatively new artist

2. self advertise! retweet your own art, reply with your art under people’s posts hyping up artists, dont be afraid to put yourself out there. if you want your voice to be heard in the sound of all these other accounts, you have to be loud!

3. interact with other artists! by helping and hyping up other artists, theyre more likely to do so with you. artists are a pretty small population of dttwt, and we have to support each other to get anywhere. retweet, like, reply to people’s art. follow dttwt artists and support them! 

4. love your art for what you’ve already done. this is the hardest part, especially when you put hours into a piece and see it get like, less than 10 likes. i have been there, and it sucks. but your art is Good. you put your time, effort, and heart into that, and regardless of how other people respond, you did good and im proud of you. <3

a last note: i have to admit, i wasn't the most comfortable with all of the dttwt artists bullying and venting their frustrations at dream, specifically, for “ignoring” fan artists. could he have interacted more? definitely. but i dont think he was by any means trying to “ignore” fan artists. his notifications are swamped, his tl is swamped. twitter works in a way where a day or two after you make a piece of art, it’s pretty much buried and lost forever. last night he was just trying to do a good thing by shouting out some small accounts in the community. fan artists, i am a part of you, and i feel your pain and frustration, but please don’t speak out of a place of anger. it’s far too easy to say something, publicly, that you’ll regret. i do not condone any of the hate sent anywhere, especially to fan artists last night, but let’s all remember to be kind and build each other up, ok? We’re all in this together, ccs, stan accounts, fan artists. we’re all doing this because we love the dteam and the content they make. don’t lose sight of why we’re here in the first place <3 

again, love you guys so much. take care of yourselves! im proud of all of you, fan artists, fanfic writers, any and all creators, as well as those of you who are just here to express your love for the dteam. be kind and support one another, ok? <3 

[callingallcars]

Bro it’s cool if you’re fandom mom tho, like us childsrens need some protection - dq

*disclaimer: this got real long so imma hide the bottom part so yall can read if u want bc i have some Things To Say*

see this is how i feel sometimes but i would absolutely hate to come across as overbearing bc like. im not related to yall and i dont kno most of u in real life but sometimes, and my older fandom friends and those my age who have been thru it with me kno, sometimes u just gotta be like “yo dude i get it i rlly do but i promise. u do not wanna do that”

theres a rlly good post and i think its specifically mentions shipping but i cant remember but the gist is like if u make fan content -especially with ships- and the creators wanna see it they will find it. like theres obviously a big difference between someone creating art based on the band and music and someone creating art based off of fandom. ppl like caffeinatedeyes making those return patches (sidenote her art is amazing pls check out her patches on twitter) is polar opposite from anyone, especially a minor, making and/or sharing a p****graphic fr*rard drawing and not blocking out the guys names so that they might see it on twitter.

also i go back to the being able to trigger tag on tumblr and how famous artists tend not to use tumblr like they do instagram and twitter and how tumblr algorithms suck so much anyways you cant find anything even if u tried but thats just a sidenote

also not to rant On This but the way some folks in the mcr fandom (no one in particular this is just in general) can take the fr*rard shipping a lot too far? to the point where its like creepy? and also very reminiscent of that whole y*oi problem? with the fetishizing of queer people and the being mean to the parties’ spouses? yikes bro??

this is coming from someone who was admittedly the Dumbest tm type of fan when i was really into one direction and 5sos ok. but there was a fandom mom on tumblr who talked abt this kinda stuff too and i thank god for them every time i remember i really almost thought doin somethin Real Stupid was a funny and mature idea when i was 13.

my point is please think before you post stuff, please think before you tag or even name ur faves in sexually explicit stuff esp on twitter, pls pls pls do not use a ship as a reason to go after ur ships’ SOs. Just pls think before u do like anything really thats pretty much how life works but especially think before u involve a literal stranger in ur stuff about them. 

fandom can be really really really amazing and fun and gives people an amazing sense of community, but you gotta make it safe for the whole community or no one has fun. 

[ghosthierophant]

1x05, 1x06, 1x07

/ watches trade hysteria / is reminded of the time i lost matt duffy / has to literally pause & literally shed tears

/ sees AT&T park again  / is emotional

cara is the gayest biggest MVP

Alfonzo Guzman-Chavez:

oscar Did That

TRADE DEADLINE

moneyball with algorithms & donuts

that’s a nice tie, oscar

/ lawson mobbed

I’M MOUSTACHE MAN

TOMMY FOR MOST IMPROVED

The Rapture

NO-TRADE CLAUSE

ken rosenthal fuckin

GRANDPA STORY TIME

/ wants the story

SHE’S ATTACHED

I’M ATTACHED ;((((((((((((((((((

TOMMY TOUGH NUTS

.... shut up about my giants

/ grooms btn innings

OH GOD HERE’S OSCAR

“I take that back”

OH LOL AN ACTUAL TOOTHACHE

/ long eyelashes

WHO HIM

chill about the hugging

/ buyers

/ cut $2 million FROM WHERE????????

?????????????????????????????????????

he is best dressed

wait you were a lawyer too? jeezus my man

Aunt Ginny

“yes” 

/ presents the house

5:38

NO ONE IS SAFE 

I THOUGHT MATT DUFFY WAS SAFE

HE WASN’T SAFE, GINNY

THEY TOOK HIM ANYWAY, GINNY

/ friends

who the white boy

OK HE’S KINDA CUTE

In Living Color

/ making friends

STOP SCREWING, Y’ALL

Night Guard - same

/ helps him up

/ groupie on groupie crime

... yikes

bye, moustache man :(

... why are you here

CAN YOU CHILL THE FUCK OUT, GUY

i’m skressed for oscar

,,, stfu about the dodgers thank god the dodgers MCFUCKING LOST

eliot i love

traderumors.com

/ has sonny & not you

/ hangs up

AWWW THIS IS SO CUTE

/ takes him home

HE’S SUCH A SWEET WHOLESOME WHITE BOY

:(

“thanks”

... i have worries

GO TO THE DENTIST

/ left here for you

MikeLawson - discrete

/ rents her own damn car

WHY ARE YOU MESSING AROUND W HER DUDE

I’M FUCKING JSOH

JOSH PLS

/ Jr College

Jake Ross

WHO IS PLAYING THIRD THO

,,, he didn’t kno about you & mike tho

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, you’re talking too much

hun,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, you told him everything

oh my god shut up,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

TELL GINNY

omar hella fine

/ chicago

THX WHITEBOI

WAIT,

he looks just like jordan

but his name is tommy

whiteboys is the same

/ can’t go :(

hi jimmy

FOXSPORTS.COM

/ phone vibrating

WHAT’S HER NAME

SOMEBODY OF CONSEQUENCE

CLOSE TO HOME

NOT GINNY

,, GINNY’S AGENT

HE DEDUCED IT

UR SLEEPIN W GINNY’S AGENT

,,, hav e you told ginny

EVELYN 

,, you gotta tell her decently

HE’S NO QUEEN BEY LOL

/ things happen

,,,,,,,,,,,,, oh god he might go

oh god

oh no

oh noooooooooooooo

i’m here for you, blip

“i don’t have it in me to make you feel ok”

i love all these characters??????

everything’s a mess

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, actresses ain’t baseball players????????????????????

hun???????????????????????/

“you are the padres” .............................. um

i don’t trust this bitch at all

THIS IS TOTALLY OUT OF LINE WHAT ARE YOU DOING

/ leverages 

/ can’t discuss roster w you

,,, oscar is totally done & SO AM I

~ collective bargaining ~

I’M OSCAR’S SPEECH OMG

/ except when it’s matt duffy

WE TRADED MATT DUFFY & WE DIDN’T EVEN GET A GODDAMN RING

“out of line”

WHY DID YOUR FUCKING AGENT DO THAT

/ the angels need????

/ signs the dude’s fuckin

i like him

????????

/ gets drunk :/

,,,,, he kills the dad oh my god

oh my god

wow

god

oh my god

oh my god

GG OSCAR

good job josh

oh no...............

i need a root canal too

HI BUTCH OMG

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, tommy

ytboy

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

.................. /yawns at this agentxcatcher subromance tbh like rly

In Living Color

#awkward confession

Mike #cancelled

/ i’m ginny leaving the function

Wear It:

THE PICTURES

The Video

Last Night

Therapist

/ been a lot

/ overwhelmed

DON’T LIE

,,, overhwelming campaign

FIRST.

////////// feels pressure

Her Thing

i don’t understand Her either, mike

Just Do It

those are nice shots tho

/// overwhelmed

uh oh

we Panic Attacking

Panic Attack

I’D RATHER MIKE GO TBH

Everything is keeping her up

TALK TO PEOPLE Omg

,,, stop lying to everyone ginny omg

Real Heroes

/ modest

“i don’t feel like i deserve any of this”

/lat start

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, yikes at the start yikes

/ wear it today

i’m oscar 

Nike Party

/ concerned

/ protective

i’m the dude offended i’m not at the party

I HATE MASCARA TOO

YOU DON’T NEED IT ANYWAY

what did she do now?

mike lawson

AMAZING

/ bliip figured it out

yikes your agent’s dress is hideous

“the face of God”

I’M GINNY UNDERWHELMED & OVERWHELMED

S E P A R A T E

i’m evelyn wanting to hear this

/ negotiate contracts, borrow pretty dresses

CALL HIM NEXT TIME

take the tylenol

The Waitress

that rly is a gorg dress

HEAR AMELIA SAY IT LORRRRRRRRRD

Main Event

/ proud of you too

i’m evelyn fuckin up w a pretty girl

SHE KNOWS WE KNOW

/ might’ve cost us the game

????????????????????

heaux?????????????????????????????

/ assisting being the people

try to get it eliot

IT’S A BAD IDEA

good on you for bad timing

/ just broke up w her

TAKE THE DRINK MY DUDE

ugh ginny :(

MVP IS THE BARTENDER

MVP IS CARA

CARA THE REAL MVP

THIS ISN’T STRAIGHT AT ALL

what if i’d gone to college

F r e e d o m

,,, this is so gay?????????????

GINNY GONE

HI I’M GINNY

SF CITY SONG IN LA THAT SEEMS FAKE

EMERGENCY

EMERGENCY

HOOK UP, ASSISTANTS PLS

lol ginny pls

WHAT ELSE YOU GOT

/ puts on shoes

FUCK THE DRESS

/ finally at peace

/ dunks on the internet

/ has phone

CHIMING CONTINUES

/ not while driving oh god

ELIOT RENEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT LOL

?????????????????????? mike??????????????????????????????/

odn’t do this mike

Major League

/ awkward if you leave or stay

/ selfie

The Glove

IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT HIM TALK ABOUT HIM THEN

The Dress

“we”

I DON’T ANYMORE - eliot, a foil for ginny

YAS ELIOT YAS

agent out here not recognizing anyone

a Job Title

/ exact opposite 

MAKE A CALL

/ goes to the beach

Y’ALL ON A SUBSTANCE

tfw ur still in love

“you like chasing”

“you don’t like having”

THIS IS NOT HELPFUL

w h o o p

CARA THE MVP

YOU’RE A CUTE BASIC WHITE GIRL,CARA

YOU ARE WHOLESOME

,,,, gay

/ everywhere

/ New Balance Sneakers

... what video

CARA

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, can’t trust 

:(((((((((( truth

CARA IS STILL THE BIGGGEST MVP THE GAY MVP

you’re not fine pls get help let them help ok

girl it’s been hard on you ok

nice sweater oscar

tfw the front office is actually rly supportive thx fam

back to the beginning of 

[ my episode cut off so i missed some shit whoops ok uh ]

San Francisco:

so i’ve seen segments of this before but completely out of context

i only saw like the kruk&kuip shit & the photoshoot so yeah

let’s watch The Rest

WHAT ELSE YOU GOT

here’s old man walking struggling

horrific headbobble

NUDE PHOTOS

that’s a nice top tho,, agent - those pants those are heinous

“mole”

... you wouldn’t would you

... stop

TELL THE FRONT OFFICE WELP WELP WELP 

,,, stop with the fake mole pls

/ tfw the team falls apart to Lakme

/ Wally Pipp-s your ass

KEN BURNS OMG

Ginny is 24??????????????/ barely older than me?????????????? - i don’t know who wally pipp is either

/ 2errors in 1 play

/ hacks a whiz

UH OH HERE’S THE HORRIBLE SHIT WITH HIS MOM

THE CON WOMAN

YIKES

,,,, ugh this woman rly Fucked Him Up

“job interviews” - Con Opprtunities

I’m Dave Your Real Dad

tfw no gear

WILL THE THRILL YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

#1 AGAINST THE GIANTS

“it’s not happening” 

/ doesn’t see the cutter

CONVERSATION ENDER

I’M OSCAR REACTING TO THE NUDE PHOTOS: HUH

i’m oscar blowing up

i’m oscar reacting “ugh” to the mansplaining 

/ thaw before next game

WHY ARE YOU THERE WITH UR DICK THERE

this is ,,,, so,,,, unnecessary

This Season

tfw ur not pitching

yup Jackie got hella shit

YOU TALKED TO HIM FIRST THO

IT’S SF IT’S SF IT’S SF IT’S SF

IT’S AT&T

IT’S MY CLUB

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, feel

NAME OF THE EX YES LET’S FUCK HIM UP

/ phone

yikes blip did the mansplaining thing

0 photo skills

BLIP U FUCKED UP 

NUDE PHOTOGRAPHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HI AT&T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HI KRUK & KUIP

,,,, is that supposed to be jeff

GIANTS SF LOGOS EVERYWHERE~

go out on the town!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~

he sculpted as hell

HE’S A PUNK

thx oscar

mike ur childhood isn’t quite the same let’s be real but yeah livan bein a punk

/ knows everything

little mike :(

THE CITY IS GORG PLS LOOK AT IT

NEVER INNER PEACE lol

“you better be able to find happiness without it” - damn, truths

HELLA GAME

~ get along for the sake of the kid ~

For the Team

STRIP DOWN TO THE NUDE FOR THE TEAM

love our stadium it’s so lovely

Here He Comes

/ yikes late for practice

/// lying for His Mother

/ SHOWS HIM UP IN THE PRESS

PETTY AS HELL I LOVE IT

GOOD SHIT

you already made yaself look like a fool

... livan hella cute tho so this makes this evne more tragic that he’s a fuck

HI KRUK

idk what time of day this is bc the shadows never come into the fucking ballpark & it’s bright as hell despite being a Long Ass Game which is so weird it was So Fake

Where are the 3pm shadows

Where are the 4pm shadows

11 innings & it looks like it’s 1pm

SEND IN GINNY

kruk would love ginny 

he’s so hype 

“i love this”

WE IN THE 13TH & IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S 12AM ON THE FIELD WHERE ARE THE FUCKING SHADOWS

nice footage in right bleachers lol

/ scammed

THIS DAD THE MVP

you’re strong

you make the right choice

you can be [the adult]

fuck this bitch dude

/ awkward pat instead of a hug 

~ cutter time

/ grounds it to the Guy You Weren’t Supposed To

nice double

OOOOOOH

~ appointment / con ~

,,,, no one wants a toxic ass con wife tho so can you blame him

COLD FEET NUDE PHOTOGRAPHY

The Boys Are Here

... this ain’t the right lighting setup for these shoots um

also their faces are way too blown out i hate how it looks

the fallout looks rly bad

EVEN MORE DUDES ALL THE DUDES

reputation lol

i’m oscar schooling this man about leases

SEASONING - my fave baseball word

team oscar

/ he doesn’t go into the house

tfw ur alone in your nice ass house

Ginny

love the pool tho

,,,,, ugh the trade

ugh drama