#lesson two quotation marks don't really work in tags

[welcome2tmblrbestie]

WELCOME TO TUMBLR ✨ ✨

(I can't control who sees this so if you're not a new user just ignore me lol)

See unlike all the haters on this hellsite (no offense meant i love you) i recognize that tumblr.com kinda needs its userbase to increase if it's going to survive long term

anyway for that reason i've been building out this sideblog as a resource to new/returning tumblr users :)

❓ what is this blog???? you may ask

i reblog posts i come across that provide insight into Tumblr's...

history - changes in functionality and trends over time

culture - inside references, esoteric memes, and general believes

meta discourse - dialogue about the state, development, and future of this hellsite (affectionate)

anyway if you're new, consider this your welcome pamphlet.

no i'm not saying you should follow me, just that if you're so inclined, feel free to scroll until you're overwhelmed and decide it's not worth the effort and leave the website altogether wait no that's not the point of this bl--

Also just wanted to plug real quick that if you wanna filter through my reblogs, I use the following tags:

#tumblr functionality - how does tumblr work, how do you accomplish a certain task, what are its features, what are its bugs, etc.

#tumblr history - discussion/referencing events or iconic posts from tumblr's past

#tumblr etiquette - basically all those do's and don't's people keep making lists of for some reason

#tumblr culture - anything related to the nonsense we pull here (like tumblr holidays or the fact that your post gaining thousands of reblogs isn't an accomplishment but actually you being the victim of a coordinated attack)

#tumblr meta - posts about tumblr.com as a website or company, generally. if i reblog a post from staff there's a good chance it goes here.

#inside jokes/memes - i try to avoid posting these because the question of what's iconic enough to qualify is so subjective, but certain memes (eeby deeby, lil wayne's clop clop clop, do you love the color of the sky) certainly deserve to be mentioned because you will see them referenced at some point

[hinge]

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