#ui update

[cottonfluffswirl]

I need tumblr to put my followed tags back above the trending tags RIGHT NOW. LIKE HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE

[netscapenavigator-official]

I mean… if Tumblr is actually dying, then… what’s harm in unbanning porn and porn art? What’s gonna happen?

Worst case scenario, advertisers leave the site, and Mastercard & Visa start blocking payments. The site dies just like it otherwise would’ve. The same outcome, but at least they tried. Now all the Tumblr users know how unsuccessful their pleas for porn actually would’ve been and Matthew is proven right once and for all.

Best case scenario, artists actually come back to the site. The influx of content and users gives Tumblr its positive reputation back and puts it back on the map as the Twitter exodus continues (and TikTok’s second ban date looms). The TikTok-given popularity of the site only increases. Tumblr gets back on its feet. Premium features start selling well because new users have a more positive opinion of the site and are more willing to give it money. Advertises want dash space. Real advertisers. Those good mainstream ones. No longer the porn giant it was in the 2010s, the risk of Mastercard or Visa stopping payments is unlikely. Tumblr finds financial stability and heads toward sustainability.

So the two options are “what was always gonna happen” and “success.” Tumblr quite literally only has room to go up, financially. How Automattic can look at artists on other platforms desiring to return to Tumblr and social media users across the internet constantly being displaced and not try to appeal to them in any meaningful way is beyond me.

You can give the site a new UI all you want. The UI isn’t the problem. The brand image and community trust are. Tumblr can’t expand its userbase because it acted hostilely towards its userbase in the past and continues to do so in many ways, today. Ask any Tumblr user what they think of Tumblr’s management and their opinion is likely negative. That energy and stigma makes its way into the minds of new potential users, too. If Automattic wants to see this platform have success, they’re going to have to repair their relationship with the existing userbase, so they can begin building one with new potential users, as well.

And until artists and trans people feel comfortable on this website, that ain’t gonna happen.

[threetrenchcoatsinatrenchcoat]

tumblr was formerly one of the last websites where avatars were squares (shape of actual photographs, symbolizing art, aesthetics, interests)

not circles (shape of faces, symbolizing how every platform is trying to be the same platform and have your real life face)

[scatterbrainedart]

Wtf is this thing get it AWAYY FROM ME

[itscorvid]

THERE HAS BEEN A UI UPDATE ON TUMBLR MOBILE AND I AM NOT HAPPY. EVERYTHING IS TOO BIG, ITS OVERWHELMING AND HUGE LIKE AN IPAD FOR A BABY. WRONG AND UNNATURAL.

[puddle-turtle]

friendly reminder that u can reverse tumblr updates on mobile by downloading an old app apk

step 1: go to your app/play store, turn off tumblr auto-update

step 2: delete tumblr

step 3: google 'tumblr old versions' and find the either ios, android, or whatever other system you have

step 4: scroll back a couple versions and click install on one you want

step 4.5: you may need to give your browser permission to install apps

step 5: click on the download, bam now u have old tumblr

step 6 ig?: swipe down on the blue banner in app telling you to update

anyways reblog this or send this to ur local mobile-using autist who wants pretty dms again

[craftykatie]

This shitty new UI update just shows how important it is to have enrichment activities for your staff!! If you don’t provide enrichment, they’re going to be tearing up the UI and eating plastic off the floor and it’s your fault.

[nattitopher]

The fuck is tik tok doing on my bloging site

[wisteriaclaw]

i miss my pfp being square on the dashboard WAAAAAHHHHHHHHH 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

bring it back bring it back rn @staff BRING IT BACK

WHY IS IT CIRCULAR ON MY OWN PROFILE'S DASHBOARD VIEW????? THAT IS MY HOUSE. DO NOT PUT CIRCLES IN MY HOUSE.

[netscapenavigator-official]

Words legitimately cannot express how much I despise this new UI. So much less can fit on my phone screen, and my blog icon’s transparency effect is ruined.

Part of the appeal of Tumblr (to me) was the ability to be creative with my blog: I can make it look cool and shit.

If Tumblr’s gonna force us into a boring regular social media box, then I’d literally rather just go use a boring regular social media that already has notoriety (like Bluesky).

I honestly don’t know if I’ll keep using this platform if this UI sticks. Something about it just makes me physically nauseous for some reason.

[twobruhsinahottub]

WHAT IS THIS UPDATE TAKE IT AWAY I DO NOT LIKE IT 😭😭😭😭

[deepinthegroves]

a few days late but lowkey mad? disturbed? icked? that tumblr's UI is actually changed and it was not an april fool's prank... why does it look so different. i hate change actually. change it back. why are the things so big. why does the reblogged thing look like that. why is it below the user. WHY ARE THE LIKES BUILT LIKE THAT. WHERE IS MY PRETTY GREEN COLOUR WHEN IT'S BEING RECCED. i don't like this. change it back. change it back. change it backkkkkkk

[dotsandfoxes]

Tumblr, I do not have a very big phone, why are there six icons at the bottom of the screen?

[ollie-duck]

THEY CHANGED THE UI AGAIN I HATE IT HERE

[puramudotcom]

1 fact nhỏ có thể bạn chưa biết: Tối ưu UX và tốc độ website có thể giúp bạn giảm chi phí quảng cáo

Google dùng “điểm chất lượng” để đánh giá 1 quảng cáo, bao gồm: Nội dung liên quan, hữu ích với người dùng và trải nghiệm trang tốt. Điểm chất lượng cao giúp bạn có giá thầu thấp hơn mà còn được hiển thị ở vị trí tốt hơn. Tối ưu UX và tốc độ website là cách tốt nhất để tăng trải nghiệm người dùng trên website.

Một vài nghiên cứu cho thấy: +Tối ưu tốc độ trang nhanh hơn 1 giây có thể tăng đến 27% chuyển đổi trên thiết bị di động (lấy từ nghiên cứu của Google). Điều này gián tiếp làm giảm chi phí quảng cáo vì tăng hiệu quả đầu tư cho doanh nghiệp. +Theo ghi nhận từ WordStream: Mỗi điểm chất lượng cao hơn có thể giảm ~16% chi phí trên mỗi chuyển đổi. Trang đích được tối ưu tốt (tải nhanh, thân thiện di động, nội dung phù hợp) sẽ nâng điểm chất lượng và giúp giảm đáng kể CPC/CPA.

💡 Chỉ bằng cách đầu tư vào UX và tốc độ, doanh nghiệp nhỏ có thể giảm đáng kể chi phí trên mỗi lượt click, lượt hiển thị hay chi phí khi có chuyển đổi, đồng thời nâng cao hiệu quả quảng cáo. 👉 Nếu bạn đang chạy quảng cáo Google Ads với chi phí cao nhưng chuyển đổi lại thấp, hãy kiểm tra lại trải nghiệm trang đích và tốc độ website ngay hôm nay.

[patchwork-crow-writes]

New Colour Scheme Who Dis

(see the read more for original colours, for comparison)

Hopefully the new colours are much easier to read! Thanks to everyone who provided input :D