#creators love interaction

[magnusbae]

To illustrate this post by @mayahawkse I would like to visualize to you the difference:

A post in 2023:

A post in 2014:

A zoom out of the same post:

This is what a community looks like.

See how in 2023 almost all of the reblogs come from the OP, from their few hours/days in the tag search. Meanwhile in 2014 the % of reblogs from OP is insignificant, because most of the reblogs come from the reblogs within the fandom, within the micro-communities formed there. You didn't need to rely on tags, or search, or being featured. Because the community took care of you, made sure to pass the work between themselves and onto their blog and exposed their followers to it. It kept works alive for years.

It's not JUST the reblog/like ratio that causing this issue, it's the type of interaction people have. They're content with scrolling and liking the search engine, instead of actually having a reblogging relationship with other blogs in their community.

Anyways, if you want to see more content you like, the only true way to make it happen is to reblog it. Likes do not forward content in no way but making OP feel nice. Reblogs on the other hand make content eternal. They make it relevant, they make it exist outside of a fickle tumblr search that hardly works on the best of days.

If you want more of something, reblog it.

[petr1kov]

look sorry for the reference but simon's relationship to fionna is giving barbie movie vibes to me. she both exists and is 'real' in some capacity but is also a creation made by a person, and is therefore directly affected by her creator's thoughts and actions. simon is like america ferrera inadvertedly giving his fionna barbie thoughts about dying and just generally ruining the vibes of 'fionnaland' because he's so overwhelmingly depressed that it seeps into how he perceives that world in his mind

[theslowesthnery]

artists, please block liberally. you don't have to put up with people being rude or overfamiliar or inappropriate or otherwise weird in the comments of your art, block anyone who even mildly annoys you

[bro-atz]

hello hi folks i would just like to re-emphasize this:

with any of my smuts minors please do not fucking interact.

not only is it majorly illegal for you to be interacting with that content, but you have no idea how icky it feels to us as writers when you do— like, i'm still recovering from the ick of finding out that a minor severely below the age of 18 was interacting with my fics. i just do not like the thought of being someone's source of fucked up sexual education when it comes to our unhinged thoughts.

it's not just used in our little world of fanfictions, by the way!

minors do not interact also means NC-17 for films, which means No one 17 and under admitted. Clearly adult. Children are not admitted.

minors do not interact also means Parent Advisory Explicit Content for music, which means strong language or depictions of violence, sex, or substance abuse to such an extent as to merit parental notification.

if minors consume this content, then parents have every right to sue the creator. if parents allow their children to consume this content, a concerned citizen may still weigh in and pursue legal matters. bottom line is: these restrictions are put in place to protect not only minors but also the creators of this content so that we can continue to practice our creative freedom.

if you're a minor, enjoy your youth. this content will still exist no matter what, and you can indulge in it when you become of age.

most (if not all) of us who write fanfiction don't make money from this. we do this for fun, and we do this for ourselves. don't take that away from us.

and, most importantly, with the way the world is going, limitations on what we can and cannot create just keeps getting more and more restrictive due to minor interacting with not safe for work content. it's getting hard to practice creative freedom, and it's getting harder for even those who are of age to safely navigate the internet.

minors, don't interact with material not intended for you. don't get yourself in trouble, don't get us in trouble, and just listen.

[oc-center]

Welcome to OC-Center's BIRTHDAY PARTY! 🎉

One year of sharing people's OCs to give them visibility, one year of a growing community, one year down with many to go ♥ Below I will share the OC-Center Wrapped, to see everything about this year in stats! 🙌

In the meantime, what better way to celebrate than showing off your own OC in this big party photo?

All your OCs are cordially invited to join in the festivities - add them to the picture in a reblog with a short tidbit introducing them to everyone; that's the best way to make friends at a party!

Will you accept OC-Center's invitation? 🥳

OC-Center Wrapped:

Anniversary: 11th of December Posts: 3,331 Followers: 866 'Needs Love' (posts with 10 notes or below): 41 Most popular original post: Bubble Web post

Number of OCs shared: 3233 'humanoid' OCs: 2261 'anthro' OCs: 646 'creature' OCs: 403 Submissions shared: 226

What a wonderful year! Thank you everyone, and here's to the next one ♥

Ressources used for stats:

Tumblr Stats: https://jetblackcode.com/TumblrStats Tag Counter: https://drunkonschadenfreude.com/

[baskeigh-ball]

Can I nominate the mutant manhunt for the @tmntbestsibscompetiton

Ooo, that would be fun! I've enjoyed the past couple of competitions I joined, so why not :D

[navybrat817]

Boop Challenge: Writer Edition

Lovelies, we had a lot of fun with those boops, didn't we? I know I did. But why stop there?

If you see this post, I challenge you to do one of the following for one writer:

Reblog a fic

Send an encouraging ask

Do both if you'd like! Do this with more than one writer! Do the same with gif makers and artists! It starts with one. Let's keep the "boops" alive. ❤️

[delulluart]

Terzo for the Suspenders Series

[littlebabyatlas]

cg!angel with a pink baby boy 💕👑

[steviesbicrisis]

✨Friendly reminder ✨ that most of the fan-made content you enjoy is 100% for free and whoever made it took time and effort and then posted it so you could enjoy it

Whenever a creator posts fanfics, fanarts or any other media, they're giving you their work for ✨F R E E✨

Whenever they take additional time to tag you on their updates, organize their work for easy access, post it on different websites or make other content you asked for, they're being NICE TO YOU

So the bare minimum would be to be nice as well

Also, you know what else is free? likes and reblogs 💕

[shikai-the-storyteller]

AWH... I'm skipping through Roier's QSMP Day 1 VOD because I'm looking for a specific thing, and I just noticed that when Jaiden stands in front of the group to do her introduction and her mic isn't working, Mariana laughs (not in a mean way, I laughed too) and Roier immediately smacks him and tells him off for laughing.

[Timestamp ~36m 50s, volume warning for Quackity's awful mic]

It's such a little thing, but I think it's really sweet in retrospect, especially considering how Roier and Jaiden have become such good friends in recent weeks :')

[imagoddamnonionmason]

Can I say one thing?

Why do people have to comment on other people’s way of conducting themselves in a fandom? If there’s an aspect of a fandom that’s you’d rather not see/interact with, then appropriately blacklist, block or do whatever so you don’t see that content.

But DO NOT go to other people’s blogs, comment on their works or their art, or do anything that might ruin their day, undermine their confidence and hard work, or overall make them feel bad.

Yes. This is about oc x canon. Fuck, it’s even about self inserts.

If that’s how someone wishes to spend their time in a fandom because it brings them joy, LET THEM DO IT.

It does not hurt you.

It does not attack you.

You can do something really responsible and NOT INTERACT.

Aka. DON’T LIKE? DON’T READ/LOOK.

It really is that simple of a concept and I have never been more baffled that this is what fandoms have become like.

[k4pp4-8]

Who is ur fav background character??

DOUBLE BEAT!!!! She appears like twice in the entire show and we know next to nothing about her BUT SHE'S SO CUTE!!!!!

Also I bet Darrell Shannon and Raymond were the ones who begged Boxman for a pet until he finally made a dog out of scraps. He didn't want the dog at first but he quickly grew very fond of her (can you blame him look at those googly eyes)

[sui-imi]

bitty roo and bitty nazar

they're too cute...

nazar belongs to sweetnad_uwu on twitter

[desnaa]

had a very fun time talking to rebecca sugar about our mutual admiration towards patti lupone and lisa hannigan and their music after talking about blue and yellow. we r both such big fans of them and their work and it was very fun nerding out about that

also found it funny that when she drew yellow for me she had to look at a picture of her on her phone because her design is so extra (in the best way) and is ridiculous to draw LMAO

[agirlking]

I’m gonna try to censor this cause I’m about to be rude.

S!dL!nk shippers are perfect examples of why shipping has become so annoying to my aroace ass in fandom as a whole. People see these INCREDIBLY minor things and insist it’s a sign of a deep profound love, and CANNOT let it go if canon doesn’t bend over backwards to validate them. They attack other characters (very often using sexist logic cause the “threat” is almost always a woman), they try to do everything they can to deny the canon/semi canon ships (the debate about how Link CANNOT be living in his house, as if Zelda just kicked him out lol?) and it’s so annoying to deal with because of how they act.

It’s not canon. It was never canon. It was never going to be canon. Not every interaction is about romance and sex. Sidon is friendly, that’s how he is, he’s sweet and friendly to Link because that’s his personality!! His DEAD SISTER was in love with Link, she was going to give him engagement armor! Sidon wasn’t going to jump on his dick five seconds after meeting him! (I don’t think the ship is “amoral” or whatever. I’m just saying since we’re so hung up on canon, canonically it’d be weird for that to happen like that or quickly. But I’ve noticed shippers also try to undermine Mipha’s feelings, as if their ship only works if Link has never felt anything romantic or had anyone feel anything romantic for him.)

Stop going on other peoples ship posts and making it about Sidon! Stop complaining about his fiancé! Stop trying to deny canon evidence and push on happy Z3link shippers that it’s not what it clearly is! I’m sorry you’re not happy but your ship is just as valid! Your fics are still good! Why has fandom become so obsessive about canon backing y’all up? I was here for early day slash shipping and none of it was explicitly canon and we had a great time!

Fucking hell let people enjoy things and enjoy things without getting so pressed a ship you made up in your head didn’t happen! You will be so much happier!

(Also consider that bi people exist. Sidon can be MLM whether Yona exists or not. Fandom is constantly chomping at the bit to exclude and deny bi people so I’m not surprised. But still.)