#Reblogging

[liabilitylayers]

holy shite.

— @eternaldroplets on x (via letsbelonelytogetherr)

[evviejo]

repeat after me:

tumblr is the reblog website

tumblr is the reblog website

tumblr is the reblog website

tumblr is the reblog website

tumblr is the reblog website

tumblr is the reblog website

tumblr is the reblog website

tumblr is the reblog website

tumblr is the reblog website

tumblr is the reblog website

this is not instagram or whatever other like-based social medium, likes don't matter that much, your experience is not shaped by an all-knowing algorithm, but by you and reblogging is the lifeblood of this godforsaken corner of the internet

if you love tumblr and if you want to show your appreciation for the creators of the content here, you reblog

[daincrediblegg]

no you know what I'm going to scream about the stuff I talked about in the tags of this post publicly

I'm tired of the well-meaning "don't feel bad if your work only gets 20 notes your genius is what counts and do it for you!" bullshit. I've had a good handful of friends who have straight up DEACTIVATED in recent months because their work was not getting reblogged AT ALL. No, it wasn't from lack of not being well-liked, no it wasn't from lack of trying to make sure it was getting out there to the people they knew would engage with it. It was because no matter how much they were praised privately for their work, when push came to shove, absolutely NOBODY reblogged it and gave it the audience that it was due, and I'm tired of people shoving the "unsung genius" narrative as an excuse for it. Nothing excuses that. And the boop event really proved that.

because I know given the opportunity, indiscriminately pressing a button (sometimes 10 thousand times, as I did) is not beyond this website's capability. y'all loved doing that. and look at what it wrought. nothing but love and affection and happiness. just from a couple of quick clicks of a little paw button. sure. nobody knew who you booped but the other person (which is how likes used to work on this website, btw). there was an element of anonymity to it. but that is kind of the core of this website that no other social media platform still has: the ability to be anonymous. and hyper-curating a blog on here like you might on twitter or instagram to project an image is simply not viable. and hey. you wanna know a secret: literally nobody cares what you post or whether it goes with the "theme" of your blog or not. yeah. I know. CRAZY concept in this day and age. but literally. I myself have reblogged things that have had nothing to do with whatever I am currently fixated by and you know what happened to my follower count? not a damn thing. in fact, I actively try to reblog things specifically BECAUSE it's my friends who made them (even though I'm not always good at KEEPING UP WITH HOW MUCH THEY POST @prismatica-the-strange will NEVER GO UNRECOGNIZED by me).

And you know what fucking sucks? I have to deal with this too. surprise right? you ever wonder why I reblog fics or art I post like 20 times the day that I post them? do you ever wonder why I ask about tag lists and beg for asks all the time? IT'S BECAUSE EVEN I GET LIKE. 5 LIKES ON THE THINGS I POST. AND THE REST OF THE REBLOGS ARE MINE SO I CAN MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SEE WHAT I MAKE GET TO SEE IT. and I say that knowing that I'm certainly not an unpopular blog, or an unpopular writer. I know that people love the stories that I create. Hell, half of the people that I've talked to about lady terror have told me that they consider her to be canon (AND EVEN SOME!! THOUGHT SHE WAS!!! WITHOUT EVEN HAVING WATCHED THE SHOW! WHICH IS STILL SO SO WILD TO ME!!!) But especially in the last 4 years (which really dates this phenomenon), my posts, no matter how well received they've been amongst people I've talked to about them directly, I still go into the notes and at least half (often more than half) are MY reblogs to make sure people saw what I posted. and it happens every single time, and I can't tell you how much it crushes me considering that it used to be that I would be able to post it only once, and people would reblog it sometimes even HUNDREDS of times.

It's not about popularity. it never has been. it's not about anxiety. or shifting website cultures. even if you lurk, the simple fact is, that if you want people to keep making what you love. you have to reblog. your theme won't suffer because you reblogged a fanfiction that you really admire. your posting won't be ruined because you reblogged some fanart from someone in a different fandom. really. I promise. and if people do unfollow you for that? who needs em. followers come and go but you should NEVER have to cater to them. on this website it has ALWAYS been the other way around. lean into it. make it yours. put stuff you ACTUALLY WANT to be seen and that you love and appreciate on your blog. no matter how old it is, how new it is, no matter how niche or off-theme it is.

so please. if you really want to show your appreciation for someone's work? you reblog. it's really as easy as that. check the tags. add some when you reblog if you like. but please for the love of god reblog. it's as easy as booping and even more rewarding for the people who you reblog from. if you want to let someone know that their work is genius and appreciate it? show it. reblog. then DM them if you're too nervous to say what you want to say but not in a public forum. but for christ's sake. REBLOG.

[lorrensflowergarden]

' "Are you a fairy?" He asked her, his tone and expression filled with awe and wonder when he came upon her, nestled and kneeling in the wild garden of flowers by a small rushing waterfall.

"No." She replied while looking up at him; feeling both flattered and confused as to why he would ask that, but she was even more confused when he smiled and asked again-as if to make sure.

"Are you certain that you are not a fairy?" To which she answered; suddenly a little unsure of herself and feeling rather amused by that fact.

"Relatively so." She said with a laugh. He laughed too.

He had a nice laugh. A warm, good natured, pleasant sound. His smile was lovely too and there was a twinkling sparkle in his eyes that she just couldn't quite look away from.

And the rest of the world faded into watery, grey, blotted streaks as two souls looked deep into each other in greeting and decided,

To Love.'

-An Original Piece by Miss L.

[incognitopolls]

OP = Original Post (or Original Poster). The original instance of a post.

Anon feels that there's been a shift in tumblr culture where a lot of people seem to be clicking on a post to reblog from the OP rather than the person on their dashboard, and they're curious to see if that's true and what the logic is behind it if so.

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[laurfilijames]

It continues to break my heart that people continue to go through masterlists and "read" fic upon fic and not say a word. Not even consider a reblog of it, just pass by with a simple like.

What makes the blow even worse is getting a new follower, and checking their blog (mainly to verify they're not a bot or minor) and see that they DO in fact, reblog other fics from other writers, just not the numerous ones they've gone through of yours.

And then what really rubs salt in the wound is when they're fics from the most niche fandom, for a character hardly anyone knows/cares about, and they still have nothing to say about it. I just know if it were me finding an author who dedicated hours to creating a whole life for my beloved character outside of the one small piece of media we were given, I'd be singing their praises from the rooftops and thanking them, and most definitely doing my best to strike up a conversation because how amazing is it to find someone else who loves that one unpopular thing as much as you?

More and more incredibly talented writers and artists are leaving this platform because of issues like this and it's honestly no longer surprising. Engagement and interaction are so tragically low and only getting worse, and it's discouraging people from wanting to continue sharing the things they love because fandom was, and should be, about the community that surrounds it.

Please, for the love of fandom and all the things you love, engage in some way other than likes.

[fazbearedits]

@swxnsbow and @trinityandgyatt I still can’t get over you two making the longest shitpost ever by just reblogging eachother with stupid ass memes or weird ass sentences

[kedreeva]

Hello, I'm new-ish on this site and I was wondering whether you could help me understand how the reblog-tagging works? If I reblog something and add my own tags, will OP and/or the person I reblogged it from see those tags/get a notification about them? Or can I only "talk" to people by replying in the notes?

Thank you so much for your help!

Of course!

Simply put, adding to the body of the work is for when you want what you say to travel along with the post OR what you have to say is longer than 30 tags worth of talking. When you add to the body of the post, anyone that reblogs the post from you will also have to reblog what you've added in the body. Most people try to limit what they add to the body of posts because of this, especially people who have been on the site for a long time. This is for two reasons- the first is that back in the day, every reblog with an addition indented the text before it with a vertical line

like this

And it would do it over and over again, until the earliest reblog was just an endless string of 1 letter. This was not ideal, but we lived like that. The second reason is because usually people have the ability to "skip back up the line" so to speak, where people will see an addition they don't want to reblog, and click on the person before that reblog, and reblog from them instead. This may or may not matter to some people, but it's a common behavior to be aware of.

Tags, on the other hand, are for talking to yourself, your followers, the person you reblogged it from, and OP. Technically anyone else can see them, if they go into the notes, but you and your followers will see your tags on your reblog, and the person you reblogged from and OP will see the notes in their notifications if they have theirs set to see the tags, or if they go into the notes.

Tags do NOT follow the post, so if someone reblogs from you, the tags 'drop off' and they can add their own. Some people "preserve" tags by copying them over to their own reblog (preferred) and some people reference previous tags by saying "prev" or some variation of 'go look at previous tags,' which is largely considered annoying since it a) involves extra work and b) means that if the previous person deletes their reblog of a thing, the tags disappear with them and no one now knows what the previous tags were.

Additionally, users may put your tags through what we call "peer review" which is where we screenshot or copy the tags someone left, and move them up to the body of the post. This is for when tags are actually really great/useful and would have made a good addition to the post body, but maybe aren't something you thought to add, or perhaps the etiquette dictated you not add the tags yourself, or you were uncomfortable adding it yourself.

All tags and post additions are visible to ANYONE that clicks on the notes and doesn't have you blocked. The only way to privately post/tag things is if you make the reblog itself private.

the "reply" feature is supposed to be for talking directly to OP (or other people who have replied to OP) when you actually need them to see it; replying to a post sends a notification (and sometimes an email if they have that set up) directly to OP, AND to the person whose blog the post is currently on, AND to the person you've replied to if you're replying to another reply already made. So, if I reblog a post from Joe Schmoe, and you reply to him on my reblog of it, I would also receive a notification. If someone else has replied already and you are replying to them, all three people will receive notifications/emails. This is not ideal imo, it should only go to OP or to people specifically mentioned, but alas, Tumblr is a functioning website. But it's something to be aware of, if you're wondering who receives notifications when you interact with a post.

Same goes for using the @ feature, which only works if you add their name to the body of the post OR in the replies. The person tagged will see that in their notifications, and people that have emails turned on will also get an email.

Lastly, I just want to mention this; reblogs are the lifeblood of this site. They are the ONLY way posts get seen. Most people here actively hate algorithms and have all of those options turned off, such that "liking" a post does nothing for it. Liking a post is basically you bookmarking the post, and doesn't do anything to help keep the community thriving. I can't speak for others, but personally I have likes turned off in my notifications, so I don't even know when people like stuff, only if they reblog with tags. Adding tags to reblogs, especially to have a conversation and/or to say something nice if it's a creative work, is how you join the community here. Adding to the post body when you have stuff to say is also how you participate in the community. People constantly check the notes on posts to see what people are saying. Some people go into the notes specifically to look for good tags/additions, to reblog those instead or as well. OP is almost certainly reading tags in their notifications, and/or going into recent posts to read tags/additions.

[psmith73]

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[quillpokebiology]

Wait Pokemon can be trans. They have the mental capacity to make decisions on their gender?

Yeah, some of them do. Mostly psychic types and more humanoid pokemon, but other pokemon can be trans too.

Surprisingly (not sarcastic btw), some pokemon have gained a concept of gender away from sex

[nighk0]

Pierrot&Harlequinno (some drawings)

From The adventures of Buratino

Love their dinamic even if they kinda interact in the movie

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[ineedsleepsoleavemealone]

I'm curious because when I like a post 9 times out of 10, I also reblog it; however, in my notes, people always like, but rarely reblog.

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