#driven apps

[willowcrowned]

[schistcity]

the thing that gets me about the lack of technological literacy in a lot of young gen z and gen alpha (NOT ALL. JUST A LOT THAT I SEE.) isn't necessarily the knowledge gap so much as it's the lack of curiosity and self-determination when it comes to interacting with technology.

you have the knowledge gap side of things, obviously, which highlights issues related to the experience of using pieces of hardware/software becoming detached from the workings of the hardware/software itself. you start seeing people (so called "ipad kids") who are less and less familiar with the basics of these machines—like knowing how to explore file and system directories, knowing what parts of the system and programs will be using the most power and interacting with each other, knowing what basics like RAM and CPU are and what affects them etc. these aren't things you need to sink a lot of time into understanding, but they seem to be less and less understood as time has gone on.

and this lack of familiarity with the systems at work here feeds into the issue that bothers me a lot more, which is a lack of curiosity, self-determination, and problem solving when younger people use their technology.

i'm not a computer scientist. i'm not an engineer. i have an iphone for on-the-go use and i have a dinky 2017 macbook air i use almost daily. that's it! but i know how to pirate things and how to quality check torrented material. i know how to find things in my system directories. i know how to format an external hard drive for the specifications of my computer. i know how to troubleshoot issues like my computer running slowly, or my icloud not syncing, or more program-specific problems. this is NOT because i actually know a single thing about the ~intricacies~ of hardware or software design, but because i've taken time to practice and to explore my computer systems, and MOST IMPORTANTLY!! to google things i don't know and then test out the solutions i find!!!!

and that sounds obvious but it's so clear that its just not happening as much anymore. i watched a tiktok the other day where someone gave a tutorial on how to reach a spotify plugin by showing how to type its url in a phone's browser search bar, then said "i'll put the url in the comments so you guys can copy and paste it!!!!!" like ?????? can we not even use google on our own anymore?? what's happening???

this was a long post and it sounds so old of me but i hear this lack of literacy far too much and the defence is always that it's not necessary information to know or it's too much work but it is necessary for the longevity and health of your computers and the control you have over them and it ISN'T too much work at all to figure out how to troubleshoot system issues on your own. like PLEASE someone help.

[peternureyevplsdontbetraythecrew]

[despazito]

am i mentally ill for still using tumblr or are the people quitting mentally ill

[astrhae]

2024 economic outlook: rent remains negative. thoughts continue to subsidize presence of good omens. fiscal policy should aim to improve david tennant's flammability, while neil gaiman's tumblr policy should stay the course to maintain mental instability. inflation’s return to target or sanity is unlikely.

here's graph to explain:

[tadpal]

reblogged the foundational girl+dog posts so that everyone can understand what's going on

[sttoru]

Anyone else notice that whenever theres a new jjk writer, they always have beef with tee? 🤔

[wickedsrest-rp]

New Applications:

Wren Zhao - Nestling (Siren; Lola Tung) 

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[failfemme]

i didn’t want to add on to my last reblog cause i don’t know much about shit, but i know i have a lot of maryland mutuals. so i would recommend guide to indigenous maryland!! it’s advertised as an app, but there’s a decent amount of information on the website i linked.

[spoonyglitteraunt]

Ok, I have to ask. To those of you who have the new left side desktop UI on tumblr. Do you also find everything ten times harder to find? On first glance it looks like they just changed the font and moved it to the left (and made some weird spacing decisions.) But ever since, I struggle to find about half of the pages/functionalities I'm looking for.

I don't know how much of that is in my head or if they did in fact rearrange and bury a lot of things much deeper in non-intuitive ways than before. Either way I'm struggling. And I can't exactly go back to the old one to check. (If someone still has the old one it might be interesting to do some direct screenshot comparisons.)

Must say though. It does feel somewhat ironic that for all the talk about tumblr being hard and confusing to use for new people and how they have to change that, to me this genuinely feels like these changes created the situation they were worried about. But then again, who am I.

[art-but-only-sometimes]

So I’ve been really getting into running and a running app called Zombies Run! A immersive podcast, storytelling style app. You play as a runner (someone who outruns zombies and gets supplies) in this world’s version of a zombie apocalypse. I’m on episode 7 right now and I’ve enjoyed it quite a lot.

Since I can draw I’ve been really wanting to what I think the main character looks like (as well as other main characters). I’d defiantly love to draw more of these characters and I hope to get to it soon!   

[pjo-fan17]

I might leave tumblr (meaning I won’t be making anymore posts or checking my acitivity/messages) or take a break from it. I’m getting tired of people coming into my blog to pick a fight when I don’t tag anything other than Mileven and try to be as respectful as I can in my posts. So if I’m not active for a while, thats probably why.

[the-travelling-witch]

“there’s only one person in this world who is always here for you”

friends & family: me?

kokobot: no me

[zeltqz]

no ms girl its actually true i dmed you some posts to see the evidence 😭😭 i dont blame you for not knowing because i didnt believe it either but i dug around and found out its true!!! e

yes omfg i saw the dms and i feel so dumb bro. i got mad yesterday bc this happened to my other mutual not even five months ago they got their name falsely accused and they ended up deleting their account and i havent spoken to them since may ☹ i had to contact them on WATTPAD....

so i thought this was another case of salty anons being petty and rude asf for no reason to drive creators off the app. i was projecting more than i shouldve and i realise that now so im sorry <3

i feel like sucha dumbass man i took down the posts bc i didnt wanna instigate more than i shouldve but i know now and ew...such nasty behaviour from her end 🤢🤮

its just a fanfiction app idk why ppl have to be so rude to each other all the time

from now on ima stay out of drama until i know more so if ur gna be like the previous anon and tell me any drama going on show me evidence before i make an opinion on something i dont wanna come off as rude or bitchy again 😭😭😭

[bredforloyalty]

i can't believe they killed prev tags (as in the update arrived for me for some reason) and i had to download an older version of the app again because i'm clinging to what once was........

[notasouleater]

Caitlyn Siehl, Start Here