#Idk how the algorithm works anymore

[averagemediocrepie]

Of course I drew Barnaby as the Easter Beagle 🙄

I was going to post this yesterday bc it was Easter but I refuse to break/skip my posting schedule again 👹

[httpiastri]

how come no one told me pepe cheek pinch exists ?!?!?!?!?!

[fortunately-bi]

Do the followers know I'm a metal head? Do they know that I want to be covered in tattoos with an alternative look who listens to obscure metal bands and stuff? Or do I still come off as like, the nerd in the basement lmao

[fivefeetfangirl]

looking through the tags of the is prev a popular bog poll is very interesting cause almost everyone is saying yes, and then 'almost everyone i follow knows you' or smt like that. besties did we forget how this website works?? people literally starts following people because they see their mutuals interact with that blog. so people share a lot of the same mutuals and same circles

[quinty-imara]

Time to start crossposting art here as well. Here's one of my Lancer Pilots, Lucida Bright. She doesn't always look like this, I just wanted to draw her as an edgy fairy.

[iwonderwh0]

idk if it's modern usamerican thing and the consequence of years of political polarisation of their two-party system escalated by social media algorithms worldwide or just the age we live in, but it feels like every piece of media I watch made in recent years is leaning too heavily into 1) fan service, fanfic tropes and cliches above telling its own unique story, putting things inside as if specifically to feed the fandom culture 2) teaching a moral lesson and insisting their political views upon the viewer in the laziest way imaginable by spelling them out as plainly as humanly possible and mashing as much of them together as they can manage. Like subtext in dialogues isn't an option anymore, everyone must speak as bluntly as possible as to avoid any misunderstandings, having one theme to focus on to explore and present in its complexity isn't an option either, there needs to be an explicit unambiguous stance on every hot topic of today, the continuity of a story as a complete piece of art within its own universe is irrelevant too, it just has to voice its stance plainly on as many things as it can reach. Scenes don't flow smoothly one into another but feel disconnected as if each one has to be made in a way that'd allow to cut it to tik-toks, instagram reels or meme templates. And as a result of that approach, it doesn't feel like watching a story, it doesn't feel like interacting with a work of art, it feels like consuming Content, and above that being lectured, like the fourth wall isn't even there to break at all because every little detail of the story is constantly glancing at you, the audience, the fanbase like "Do you get it? You get what I'm trying to say? This is right, and this is wrong, you understand? You like it? I bet you do, or you're a bad person who's wrong. Here's a meme-able nugget for you, you know what to do *wink*"

Even when my own political preferences align with those on the screen, I can't help but feel annoyed and frustrated, patronised to like a kid watching some damn cartoon for toddlers that's as straightforward about its moral lesson as it can get, with background narrator explaining everything, scraping it of all nuance to be palatable to a 5 year olds with a recap at the end if the episode about "what did we learn today"

I can't stand it. It feels like it exists to please according demographic of people politically more than it is to be a good story and a good work of art. Watching the newer stuff right after watching The Twilight Zone (also really plain in its political stance that it however manages to present by actually focusing on telling good stories with interesting subtext-rich dialogues that feel real, that feel like works if art) the difference is baffling. I don't know. Newer media seems to lack something essential, like I look at it and I just know it won't hold a test of time because besides spitting out political opinions, no matter how well-meaning they might be, on its own it isn't telling a good story. Like imagine looking at it from the future where, let's dream, the controversial opinions of voiced are no longer controversial and just the default. Is it still valuable as a work of art? Is the story it's telling good and solid on its own? For many things made today I feel like the answer would be rather no. I don't know. Does anyone else feel it too?

[creature-wizard]

I don’t like coming across bad news on purpose. It just finds me no matter how much I try to stay away.

Also saw something AGAIN about JD Vance saying that they do plan on invading Greenland

Idk how bad news keeps following me. Is anything ever going to get better at all?? Is anything work even being done to prevent all of these things from happening? I don’t wanna lose my right to vote nor my rights in general as a black woman. I don’t want my first time voting (which was last year)to be my last.

I want to enjoy life and I wanna go to college and get a decent job and find a place to live on my own along with having an overall better life/future for myself I rlly do. But idk if I’ll even have a life to enjoy anymore when they’re restricting/banning everything and taking away so much rights. I’ve been leaving voicemails for my reps and everything. I don’t know what to do. I’m scared and am powerless to do anything. I’m scared. I don’t want to lose everything and everyone that I care about

Bad news might be "following you" because of algorithms. If you have to, limit your time spent the sites where you see the bad news. Also, since you mentioned that you don't always know what news also true or not in your follow-up message after this, you might visit FactCheck.org and snopes.com.

Please remember that the kind of government these people want to have is inherently dysfunctional, and therefore unstable. It can't last forever, even if it does a lot of harm while it lasts. Furthermore, both Trump and Musk are deeply unpopular right now, so there is that.

The Simple Sabotage Field Manual has been downloaded from Project Gutenberg 118,010 times over the last thirty days. That tells us that many people are out there planning to resist in whatever way they can. We know that the ACLU is doing what it can. We know that people in our own government and people in other governments are aware of Trump's bullshit and are doing whatever they can.

In the meantime, we have to do our best to takes care of ourselves and our loved ones, and take things one day at a time.

[veratrance]

Crossposting?

what are you guy's thoughts/experiences regarding crossposting fics to different platforms? I'm an ao3 girlie through and through but lately I've been thinking about maybe reuploading my fics to other sites for fun

I made a Fanfiction.net account and a Wattpad account a little while ago to secure my username in case I ever wanted to upload, but I never did. If you're reading this, pls lemme know: do you ever read/upload on those platforms? Or on others? What's the experience like?

I've heard Fanfiction.net isn't very active anymore/that there are lots of bots on there, and that it's not heavy on x readers, but I don't know how much that holds true. The site & app still confuse me ngl 😭

I've honestly mostly heard negative things about Wattpad: many ads, search function doesn't work, a bit of a dumpster fire, generally younger audience, there's an algorithm so it's difficult to get traction etc but ...... I do like the comment system (since it's on sentence level, which is kinda funny) and I'm lowkey curious. Like, I'll randomly get these intrusive thoughts that I wanna try posting on there as a social experiment, just to see how it goes. But I'm hesitant bc Wattpad has a bit of a negative reputation & it feels like the type of place where your fic either gets lost in the algorithmic void never to be seen again, or you get harrassed to the grave if you take more than a week to upload. Idk if that's accurate tho??

[cowboylikeyouu]

heyyyy, amy, nice to meet you, I'm di, reaching out because tumblr said I may like your profile and it didn't lieeee.

I've seen you asked to ask (ohhh jezz, english is my third language, beg you pardon me for some mess I'm creating, while trying to chase my thoughts) questions, so I'm here to do that-

did you find any really tasty sickfics/whumpfics with poolverine?? I'm in emergency need of whump!logan or sick!logan, oh, why ficriters are not using those trops of some "failed to heal", "sleep deprivation"? having healing factor doesn't mean you can't feel the pain you know...

well! SO! do you have anything to recommend? thank you! 💜

ps. I'm quite a newbie here, so don't be scared of my quite empty profile, working on it. 🙏🥹

hiiii ^^

glad the tumblr algorithm did its job and brought you here!!

dw about your english, it’s "only" my 2nd language and i still mess up everything half the time, i’ve simply given up on correct grammar on social media, i don’t care anymore xD

and yesss i always love getting questions or even just random thoughts people have, idk i wish people would use the ask box more, it’s so fun!! especially for people who wanna stay anonymous :)

in terms of fic recommendations, i have to disappoint you sadly, i‘m an awful person to ask for fic recs unless it’s winterhawk (and maybe drarry & dinluke). i’ve read a whole bunch of poolverine fics, but i can only remember like… 5 of them??😭 they’re all so short still & many of them have a similar premise, so no matter how amazing the fics are, it’s hard to keep them apart in my head.

the only one i can think of rn that kinda matches one of ur requests is stay, stick around, clean the blood off my teeth by jayyxx, pretty sure logan is severely sleep deprived in this bc he just chooses to.. not sleep anymore bc of night terrors.

there are a LOT of people on here tho who can probably give you a whole bunch of fic recs, just search through some hashtags :)

enjoy your time on tumblr, it’s really the best internet place to be 💜💜💜

[seospicybin]

Idk if you need to here this but your writing is amazing that’s never going to change, but I do think that tumblr’s algorithm is fucked, and that’s why a lot of things ain’t showing in everyone’s tl or by search unless you’re actively searching for an specific tag in here, I don’t want to try to give any unnecessary or unsolicited advices that you’re not looking for… because I don’t know if this helps, but for example for me, I say this as me bc I don’t know how any one else looks/searches for fics here, but when looking for skz fics I always look for the whole group tag first like “stray kids x reader” or “stray kids smut” and then I’ll do it for an specific member tag, I don’t know if you want to hear this but maybe I’d good to try and add some of this tags to your fics?

Either way, don’t feel discouraged, sometimes tumblr just decides to fuck everything up.

Keep going love, whatever you decide, if you decide to stop sharing your writing here that’s okay but ik damn well a lot of people here will miss you if you decide to leave.

Your writing and ideas and fics are always so fresh and original, no one can replicate that. Have a great day bby

Trust me, I've tried everything. But I guess it's also bcs most of my followers are no longer active and the new users here doesn't actually know how it works with the reblogs and feedbacks thing. I'm sure it's just temporary but it's kind of suck, really, it really is discouraging so let's hope it really is temporary.

I love writing and I'll always write and I just really want to know if I should keep sharing them and getting lack of feedbacks make me feel like maybe people don't want them anymore.

As I honestly said, I'm only staying bcs I still have my readers and support bcs that's the only reason why I still keep going. Feedbacks and support, that's all I need.

I thank you for being one of the people who give me exactly that and have a great day to you too 😊

[corantus]

How do you make art for yourself and not likes? I like sharing what I make but when it gets three likes it kinda sucks the life out of whatever i want to make next

(frankly i spent a lot of time clout chasing and posting constantly to please the algorithm. i dont do this anymore bc it uhhh killed my spirit. but i have to be transparent abt the fact that i have a decent amount of followers at least partly bc of this behavior. anyway)

i would never say "the internet isn't real don't worry about engagement" it's human nature to want attention on your work. getting demotivated bc not many people are looking at it doesnt make you shallow or anything

but idk social media rots your brain. you start seeing making art as a final product instead of a thing you do. you can spend days months or years working on art that someone will look at for 10 seconds. making things is most important the final product is secondary. thats how i feel anyway...

[spampai]

Struggle.

Mine, Aka Spampai/Clsketches

…

Sigh.

Thoughts again. I know people will probably skim thru this, but I don’t have the heart to care right now. I’m sharing because I trust you. I’m aware of the dangers of the internet and how they can use to manipulate, but I just don’t care right now.

I don’t really care if this gets 1039390384 notes or less than 10, and I don’t care what time I’m posting this, because apparently now it’s the dead hour ‘til nighttime, but I don’t have the patience to wait.

I’ll place an image of Bitty because I don’t like false hashtags and I relate to him in some way. Favorite character, is all.

Everytime I boot up Tumblr, my expectations boost up to the max, expecting notifications, feedback, reblogs, likes, comments. I see none. I leave quickly with a frown.

It also happened on Instagram; it’s just the same thing happening all over again in Tumblr.

In my last post on a ramble, everyone convinced that it takes time, which of course, is true. But I always find a way to come back to this occurrence, and I can’t take that thought away. What’s happening?

Are the artists not reblogging because of poor quality? Is it because I have poor management on when to post? Is my hashtags outdated? Is it because the content I’ve posted is dead?

Or is it the luck? People tend to base their account out of luck of people, big artists, communities, to find, like, reblog, comment. I’ve rarely got that, and whenever it’s about them, I get more likes.

Am I like-driven in some way? I don’t know.

Am I promoting the manga way too much? I don’t know?

Is it spam content? I don’t know.

Does my content stand above the rest? I don’t know.

Do I post too often or too less? I don’t know.

Is my account worth to reblog on? Art-wise? Comment-wise? I don’t know.

I just don’t know.

I don’t know anything.

Too much questions, too much.

My brain can’t think. My heart can’t feel.

They can’t cooperate and work together.

All the brain does is overthink; the heart mourn, carrying more burden everyday.

Even if I did take a break, it’ll never stop my pursue for more feedback. The only thing I ask myself to do is to stay positive, commit to my goals and be happy, but I think it’s wearing off over time, slowly.

…

I’ll just see u in my next post.

Thanks for everyone who commented in my last ramble. It helped, and I hope I can see more someday. Whenever that is.

Thanks to all the artists who convinced me to stay here; idk if any of u are reading this but love ya and keep the positivity.

Support my manga, reblogging if u like it or smth. I need it. Physically and mentally. Use #Talk Your Way Out! Or smth I don’t know anymore on how the algorithm works. I don’t know if the upcoming chapters will receive as much, but idk. Idk if this counts as more spam promoting.

Part 1:

Part 2:

I’ll just add this. I’ll be working on Part 3 now, ‘cause I spend way too much time on this post. See you.

[abbysworldsastage]

I don’t know if some of you guys are being purposefully dense, or if you’re just trying to be edgy, or if you’re falling for some of the bullshit the US and their funders have been spouting, but I don’t think you guys understand what is happening with the tiktok ban and why you should be worried.

“Whatever. We need an app for the people and by the people. I don’t care about tiktok.”

This ban sets a precedent for allowing them to ban any app they SAY they view as a threat. We all know it isn’t really because of ccp involvement (senator im Singaporean), but because the people on tiktok are speaking out and organizing. AND Zuckerberg, Elon, and bezos are jealous of the platform and want to buy it so they are trying to force a sale. Even if we did manage to create an app “for the people by the people” that reached that level of success, if people started being so pro-Palestine and started organizing and talking the same way they do on tiktok, the second the government got wind of it they could make up some “national security” bs and use this as a precedent for a much faster ban. Remember, they have been working on this for YEARS. And maybe some tech bro would swoop in and say “hey, I’ll buy the platform and clean it up for the government so they don’t have to worry about the threats anymore *wink wink $$* and then there goes that platform too.

“Idk why people think they are getting one over on the government by going to RedNote. Do you all think you’re actually doing something?”

None of us believed going to RedNote would be a long term solution. It is a form of protest on many levels, AND calling out the government on their  fear mongering and xenophobia. They keep using the “China will steal your data” excuse and we very vocally said “we don’t care, and here is proof.”

AND

We are making a statement to Zuckerberg that we won’t go back to meta, even without tiktok. He spent MILLIONS lobbying for this ban in order to get rid of the competition one way or another. Either it goes away, or sells. And just like vine, he would probably buy it up and either shut it down after a while to get people back to instagram, or just fuck up the algorithm to suppress the creators that actually make the app special. The writers, artists, POC, queer people, etc. who have found an audience that they never would have found on Instagram or YouTube would be pushed to the background again.

Remember how we always say “money talks”? In a world where these platforms are profiting off of our data, we are taking that “digital currency” that they have been stealing for ages, and actively CHOOSING to give it to their competitors. WHILE withholding it from the people who have been profiting off it. That includes the politicians who have been getting paychecks from meta in order for all of this to happen.

“Tiktok has radicalized so many, and spread misinformation, is too addictive, and helped trump win the election!”

I have not been on a single app or social media network in my LIFE that you could not say that about. INCLUDING TUMBLR! Are we forgetting the fucking Russian bot accounts in the 2016 election? The fucking hairless purple eye condition people actually believed? I have seen rac*sts, and bigots, and “maps” on this app for years. It is on Facebook. It is on Instagram. It is on Reddit. it is on Twitter or X or whatever you wanna call it. The biggest difference with TikTok is that it is loud. It is popular. And it is making a lot of money for a billionaire that is not from America. I have spent the same amount of excessive hours doom scrolling on Tumblr that I have on TikTok. You can do that on any app. and I am going to be real with you all for a second: As someone who has spent a ton of time on both apps, I honestly feel like the content on TikTok feels just like Tumblr except in video format. 

I could rant for ages, but honestly at this point, I don’t know how else to tell you guys that you should care about this whether or not you like tiktok. And what TikTok users are doing in response to this ban is actually having an impact whether you want to see it or not. it might not be the thing that makes our politicians go “we are so sorry. you are right. We will fix this.” But it is making our voices and opinions on the matter loud and clear, so that when they do go against what we are telling them we want, they can’t claim ignorance for our reaction. It is forcing them to go out of their way to oppose what the people have been asking for. it is forcing them to out their true intentions to the people who don’t clearly see what they’re doing. Like there are so many layers to this and I am not eloquent enough to explain them all in a way that doesn’t make me sound like a rambling maniac please I am begging you all to take a second and think about this beyond an app. 



[spookypartycrit]

Istg if i see thess bozos complaining about having to play mario party again imma gonna pop up a blood vessel.

No, idiots. You don't have to only play mario party to do numbers. Many anons have already talked about this, but their buckshot roulette video was a one-off and is doing better than their most recent party vids. Why don't capitalize on it, esp when it was clear they're having fun? dunno lmao. Liar's bar? Still doing numbers. Sports games? Same story. Lethal company, one of their S+ tier games that can be modded to still give them content? Never heard since summer 2024.

They barely take into account suggestions too. Minecraft? Nick, Brent and Eevee don't like it. Roblox? Vern had a bad experience with dress to impress being p2w and so no more roblox games. Other coop games? People had been asking them to play fortune street 2 wholeass years until they played it. 2-fucking-years.

Like I'm sorry dudes that you wanted to fully shift to Marvel Rivals and it's not working, that's life and the algorithm. Fr feels like, since people don't wanna see em playing Overwatch-didney edition, then they're gonna be miserable playing party games as punishment.

They dont wanna play roblox because vernias was broke in dress 2 impress are you serious.

And why does nick, eevee and brent not liking minecraft matter, they dont like jamboree we get to see that every two weeks. Atleast you can add in mods. Play pixelmon, play bedwars, fucking minecraft gameshow idk theres so much to do in minecraft you dont have to play vanilla.

They are so stubborn its 4 stubborn grown men and if its not the exact way they want it they shut down. No more suggestions thier mad they don’t care anymore. Back to mario party.

Its also i feel like they expect us to do somthing. “Oh we dont like jamboree maybe if we complain theyll support content we wanna make” thats not how that works. You just kinda make your fans feel bad. And then when fans suggest stuff they would watch instead of mario party. They dont like it. So they dont wanna do it. So whats the point.

They like have to compromise your not gonna 100% like everything you do for youtube this is your JOB. You can compromise so everyones happy you dont have to force yourself to play a game you hate because they dont wanna watch you play rivals why is everything extreme with them.

Buckshot, lethal company, uno

Uno was fun as hell and you can customise rules if they played 6 jump in uno. It would be so hype.

At this point idgaf if they hate jamboree. Thats they get for not doing other stuff, this is a hell of thier own making. They literally could be playing buckshot roulette multiplayer rn (its thier recording day) but no. 10 more games of jamboree!

[lunaritychuwolf]

Chu's Rant about fanfictions! (And maybe some web novels)

Note that these are my opinions, if you don't agree with them, don't comment on it, just move on and pretend you never saw my post.

Tropes:

-miscommunication

To be honest, this trope isn't bad. It just becomes irksome when it's used too much and not well. I like the miscommunication trope in healthy doses but I'm tired of seeing mostly this in the fanfics I find.

-enemies to lovers/ rivals to lovers

Most of the time when I read this trope it just doesn't sit right with me. Because yes at the start the two characters absolutely hate/despise each and then suddenly BOOM! they don't anymore? Like... Where was the progression that made them stop hating each other? Where was the part they started getting along? I really like this trope when it's written well

-idk how to title this one👀 but you will get it in the rant (or I hope you will😭)

When characters get reincarnated back into their body a few years before their death to change their life but they still end up with the person that treated them terribly? Like...I'm talking Abandoned Empress that trope! Where Tia gets killed by the emperor, her husband who has been treating her badly throughout their marriage but after her reincarnation she still ends up with him. Like wtf? She really did have so many better options😭 This trope makes me so so angry whenever I read it. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't and most the time it doesn't. Usually what makes up for it is the art honestly.

Genres:

-smut

Heaven forbid!!! This is all I find now when I search for fanfics! Smut this! Smut that! RAAAAAAAAAGH!!! I get it, goodness enough? I've filtered my tags, I've set my algorithm but holy moly smut always, without a doubt, shows up in half the fics! And it's not even the type that's integrated into the fic, no. It's the type that's literally porn with no plot or some shit. I'm so tired of smut. When I am looking for angst, I'm looking for angst. When I'm looking for fluff, I'm looking for fluff. Not fucking smut.

-angst

I'm deprived of this shit and need more of it, good golly! Where are my writers with the angst that's hurt/no comfort??? Please! I beg of you! Write more of that! I'm on my knees crying because mmm angst is the best type of writing in my opinion. I eat the writing up because those authors cooked!

-fluff

I need more fluff that's so fucking sweet it makes my soul ache and my teeth rot. That's it. I need it to give me fucking butterflies in my stomach when I see two characters I like being so sweet with each other.

Pairings:

(this is more specifically towards X reader inserts)

-M/F!reader

There's a lot of those so not much I need to say, they're mostly good

-M/M!reader

WHERE ARE YOUUUUUUUU!!! AND I'M SO SORRYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!

There is not enough M/M!reader content out there and I crave it so much😭😭 gimme gimme gimme🥺

-M/GN!reader

Not enough of this pairing either but it's more than M/M!reader

-F/F!reader, F/M!reader and F/GN!reader

Is it me or are F/anything reader content like rare?!? I only on the occasion find a really good Female character fanfic and sometimes I want more about them🥺

Like... They deserve so much more words(I'm making this the equivalent of screen time😂) written about them because they so neat!

[mooniety]

I know I already commented asking this so I'm sorry, but about that post of Susie's death wish to shorten her life and be with her father again, isn't it not going to work? Weren't Haltmann and his soul completely deleted from existence by Star Dream? Because if she reaches the afterlife and finds out that her death wish was doomed to fail and her dad doesn't exist anymore, then that would just make it even sadder :(

That or maybe Susie knows that and yet just doesn't have an afterlife? idk

sup man, it's cool --i tend to be quite shy when i get comments so i end up usually never replying, it's a pretty unfortunate cycle, apologies for that ^^;

however, i will let you know that i did in fact read your comment & wanted to make a follow up regarding it, so thank you for the comment & ask as well!

in summary, yes, susie's idea of a death wish isn't going to work & wasn't meant to work - however, rather than haltmann's soul being deleted from existence, i instead went with the approach that what star dream did was "corrupt" haltmann's soul - encrypting the "data" of his soul in a foreign, complex encryption algorithm closely related to the ancients' own high class encryption methods, its decryption key only known to star dream (who is now gone, so it cannot be decrypted.)

in addition, with star dream basically EXPLODING after its defeat to kirby, not only is haltmann's soul forever stuck in an impenetrable encrypted state, this encrypted data is literally spread in pieces of variable amounts all across the galaxy-- the location of each piece unknown, especially with some of the broken pieces of star dream most likely still drifting across space & maybe even other dimensions

i imagine this is how haltmann supposedly "lost" his memories of susie over time - rather than truly losing his memories, star dream was sealing them away via encryption as a monkey's paw deal for attempting to wish susie back to life

& in a way, haltmann's wish IS met - susie would manage to survive for a decade before returning from the another dimension, thus star dream, although disgustingly, rightfully took away haltmann's memories of her (i have further headcanons regarding susie being stuck in the another dimension, but i believe that is for another time)

focusing back on susie however, she indeed has knowledge of her father's current state, finding out about his encrypted memories through attempts to decrypt them herself while working under him at hwc & later finding about the state of his soul when attempting to recover hwc after star dream's destruction

her entire mentality from this awareness is a depressing form of nihilism constantly hanging over her, all in which she desperately attempts to hide behind a facade: "if the person i love the most in this world no longer exists, i no longer have any point for existing"

(un)fortunately for her, i like happy endings & even more, torturing her!™️ thus over time she regains the will to live with her newfound loved ones/found family during her time with kirby & co as well as live a longer lifespan than the one she initially hoped for (expecting to only live up to her late 60s at the very most without any robotic implants but instead living over a century)

when she finally reaches the afterlife, it's likely that haltmann may not be there, especially with his soul being the equivalent of a destroyed hard drive containing high official confidential government data, but ideas change over time & for now, i'd like the exact answer of that to be vague, as for me, susie's story is a story of hope, even in the most desolate of situations

BUT YEAH MAN'S GONE LOL