#how tf does the Tumblr algorithm even work even

[mellamellamella]

saw a really cool sketch/drawing the other day and liked it and then I was like "I can just reblog it instead" so I think I unliked it but then didn't reblog it so now I can't find it and basically I think it's the end of the world probably

[asrisgratitudejournal]

Belajar (part 1)

Halo teman-teman tumblr,

kayanya tinggal sisa di sini aja safe space-ku yang betul-betul safe setelah semalam viral 2 tweet YANG SANGAT BEDA KONTEKSNYA??? (just X algorithm working I guess). Dari hampir 1Mil impression itu dan 200 new followers, dan setelah mendapat masukan dari teman-teman, ku memutuskan untuk lock account sebelum itu tweet nyampe ke mana-mana. Gak lucu soalnya kalau terus saya jadi di-doxx ditanya balik "emang mbaknya udah pernah organisasi apa aja?", kan mengkhawatirkan yah.

Terus tapi mayan senang karena dari peristiwa itu ku jadi banyak diskusi sama orang-orang dan jadi mikir. Beberapa di antaranya: (pengennya sih ku-expand masing-masing jadi individual post, tapi kayanya males, liat nanti deh ya)

Konsep belajar dan mengajar (teaching) Ini awal mulanya kepikiran ini dari banyaknya komen-komen terkait thread zam-zam aku di mana warganet komplain "pusing baca thread-nya campur-campur bahasanya, susah buat orang awam untuk ngerti". Reaksi pertama-ku tentu saja langsung defensif: "lah tweet tweet gua, udah bagus gua share, 'you don't pay me bitch' is the exact words verbatim I said to a friend in a dm, I did it voluntarily and for fun and I don't owe anyone anything". WOW sangat giving rude mean girls vibe. Tapi beneran in my defense, itu postingan kubuat in 30 mins, googling seadanya, terus ya cuma buat nunjukkin aja HOW INTERESTING THINGS ARE! (And also tbh is a response for a request dari Pasha the other day dan memang sudah kuniatkan di depan kabah coy) Terus tapi akhirnya solusi-ku: tetap ngasih orang-orang yang haus akan ilmu ini ke webnya Alm Rovicky si dongeng geologi, karena Bapaknya jauh lebih sabar di situ ngejelasinnya. Dan runut juga. Kemudian sampai-lah ke diskusi dengan teman yang memang reader juga yang ku merasa kritiknya bagus: dia bilang "kalau buat sharing aja udah ok Non, tapi kalau buat bikin paham kayanya bisa dipertimbangkan bahasa yang lebih mudah". This is a very nice feedback tbh. Awalnya tentu saja aku sangat reaktif (namanya manusia yang INGIN SEMUA ORANG MENYUKAI DIRINYA -- saya aja sih kayanya itu), ku mikir "BRO WHO TF HAS F-ING time to choose words?? Diction?? I am not a f-ing linguist??" (ps. Idk what a linguist does tbh, I'm sorry linguist for mistakenly stereotyping you). Buset kenapa diriku pent-up banget ya HUHU. Chill, Non. Ku juga bilang akhirnya bahwa sepertinya memang ku hanya sharing excitement of learning aja. Ku mikir: "the responsibility of people understanding something does not lie in my hand. It's theirs." Ku sudah ngasih source juga kok for people to explore more. Terus aku gatau ya apakah ini ada hubungannya dengan kultur belajar Indo(?) (takutnya aku agak reaching), tapi ku selalu bilang "you can always ask", yet no one budged. Kalau emang ada yang gangerti atau membingungkan, bisa tanya, konfirmasi lagi pemahaman, discuss. It's not a class where I just poured people pieces of jigsaw puzzle and then I leave "BYE, FIGURE THINGS OUT sendiri yahh!". Bahkan kelasku pun gak kaya gitu. Kemudian dari situ nyambung lagi ke obrolan dengan teman lain-ku yang decided to quit teaching as side job. Karena capek, sering dapet feedback yang nggak konstruktif, studentnya juga nggak progressing much kemudian blaming the course. Ini relatable banget dengan pandanganku di atas tentang belajar. Even if it is paid teaching yah, tetap aja menurutku the responsibility of learning falls onto the learners themselves(???) This is what I can say after 14 tahun EMPAT BELAS TAHUN ngajarin orang: we can’t help people to understand stuff unless that very people help themselves. OK OFC NGGAK 100% BETUL. OFC WE CAN HELP. Tapi sejauh mana we can help, that’s the big question. Posisiku sebagai kaka pengajar olim, dosen, social-media-science-enthusiast (if there is such thing), ya cuma sebagai fasilitator. The knowledge is out there already. Tinggal gimana kita mau nyarinya. Nah datanglah aku, ngasihtau “oh baca buku ini ya, latihan soal ini ya, lihat video ini deh bagus, paper ini lumayan helpful loh untuk membantu pemahaman, ada pertanyaan? Oh aku nggak tahu itu jawabannya apa, yuk kita cari sama-sama, cara nyarinya tuh gini loh (demonstrating how to google well, karena apparently not everyone is able to do that)”. Semoga kita semua on the same page with me on this very definition yah.

[tttoast]

Tags appear to serve both a social and mechanical use . In typical tumblr fashion users have decided it’s funny to put random tags. (My opinions on its humor levels is still pending. ) In addition to the added benefits of random tags you can also follow tags. That in itself serves another social use .

ONTO THE MORE PRESSING MATTER

Did the developers of tumblr intend this? There is a pattern of tumblr users just doing what they want and using random tags would fit this trend . However tumblr ,the app, seems to endorse this . The lack of public follower numbers seems to support this. Tumblrs intended use seems to be people doing what they want. But wouldn’t that conflict with an algorithm. Does tumblr even have an algorithm? What is tumblrs intended use? And even if it does have one (which is also up for debate) does it actually matter? Again tumblr users tend to just to whatever tf they want !

Current conclusion: the social workings of tumblr are weird. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO ACT CORRECTLY IF NO ONE IS ACTING “CORRECTLY”

[blondanimetwinksupremacy]

How tf does the tumblr algorithm work? Is it even real?