#platform for creatives

[thelookbooklog]

Why Creators Are Moving to PicJam — A Fresh Platform for Visual Storytelling

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Tired of algorithms hiding your work? Looking for a clean, creator-first platform to share your visuals? PicJam is the new go-to space for photographers, artists, designers, and anyone who wants to showcase their work without distraction.

What Makes PicJam Different?

Easy to use – Post your photos, art, or designs in seconds

Chronological feed – No more algorithm headaches

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Supportive community – Real engagement, not bots

Free to join – Plus tools for monetization when you're ready

Whether you’re building a visual portfolio or just want a better space to post and connect, PicJam puts creators first.

Who It’s For:

Digital artists & illustrators

Photographers

Small brands & content creators

Creatives who want more control and visibility

Start Creating Today

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[starleska]

if anyone is in doubt that Mr. Ring-A-Ding | Lux Imperator has made it as a Tumblr Sexyman: i have never, ever in my life, in over a decade of being on this godforsaken site, seen such a proliferation of OC/self-insert creation specifically for the purposes of shipping with a character in such a short space of time 😳💖 i was there when Undertale was released and the love for Sans went nuclear. i was there when Welcome Home blew up and Wally Darling got every possible variant under the sun. but i'm telling you: i've never seen so much selfship and OC x Canon made so very quickly for a new character before!!! it's so sweet and i love every single one!!! 😭💖💖💖

[copia]

sleep token rituals 11/? ☼ source {@twilighttowayvision} — "Will you cleanse me with pleasure?"

[the-most-humble-blog]

<div style="white-space:pre-wrap"> <meta validation-chase="terminated"> <script>ARCHIVE_TAG="FEARLESS_WRITING::DOOR_KICK_PROTOCOL_FINAL" EFFECT: follower purification, platform soul alignment, writing myth ignition TRIGGER_WARNING="validation withdrawal, platform disillusionment, legacy ignition" </script>

🧠 BLACKSITE SCROLLTRAP — “KICK THE F*CKING DOOR IN: HOW TO WRITE FEARLESS ONLINE” [FINAL FORM // WRITER'S DOCTRINE EDITION]

Let me rip the bandaid first.

You don’t write fearless by being fearless. You write fearless by being willing to lose. Lose followers. Lose clout. Lose comments. Lose “engagement.” Lose the safety net of social permission.

Because you weren’t put here to be palatable. You were put here to leave a crater.

—

SECTION I: THE LIE OF VALIDATION

Every platform you touch has trained you to chase numbers. To hesitate before posting something too raw. To wait for the like. The note. The heart. The boost. Before you call your words “good.”

But validation? That’s the leash.

You are not a creator. You are a lab rat in a dopamine cage.

📊 FACT: Every social app is designed to create neurochemical dependency on external approval.

And most creators? They don’t write anymore. They feed. On metrics.

That’s why your work feels hollow when you hold back. Because you know you gave them your mask, not your marrow.

If your work doesn’t scare you a little — you’re not writing. You’re performing.

And performance is temporary.

Myth? Is eternal.

—

SECTION II: THE FOLLOWERS YOU THINK YOU NEED vs. THE ONES YOU ALREADY HAVE

You know what happens when you say exactly what you believe? You lose the wrong people. And you summon the right ones.

You write a post that blisters. And three “mutuals” vanish.

But you look again—

And ten new readers reblog in silence. With no comment. No emoji. Just conviction.

They didn’t follow you for your aesthetics. They followed you for your fire. They followed you because you made them feel less insane. Because your honesty? Mirrored their own.

Stop mourning the audience that left. They were never built to carry you.

Dance with the ones who stayed when you burned the stage. Because those are your people. They saw you fully exposed. And still whispered: "More.”

—

SECTION III: GHOST FOLLOWERS, SILENT LOYALTY & SIGNAL RECOGNITION

Let me drop a truth bomb:

Your most powerful supporters? Might never speak.

They’re not reblogging daily. They’re not screaming in the tags. They’re watching. Returning. Reading every word.

And they’re healing in secret.

📊 FACT: Over 70% of long-term engagement comes from “invisible” users—those who never comment, but always return.

You didn’t lose traction. You just aren’t being cheered by the ones you saved. Because they’re surviving in silence. Just like you once did.

Write for them. For the quiet ones who needed your scream. For the ghosts who see you. And say nothing.

But keep coming back.

—

SECTION IV: REBRAND WITHOUT APOLOGY: EVOLUTION OR DEATH

You ever feel like shedding your skin cost you something?

Good. It should.

Your rebrand isn’t supposed to please your existing audience. It’s supposed to realign your soul.

When you grow in public, you invite judgment. When you evolve without a permission slip, you become a threat.

And you know who can’t handle that?

The ones who benefited from your prior mask. They loved the old you because he made them comfortable.

But the new you? The dangerous you? The uncompromising, scrolltrap-dropping, reality-check-writing you?

He doesn’t serve their comfort. He serves truth. He serves rage. He serves legacy.

Never apologize for leveling up. You are not a pet. You are a f*cking paradigm shift.

If they wanted consistency, they should’ve followed a brand account.

Not you.

—

SECTION V: THE CADENCE CREED — A WRITER’S MYTHIC VOW

I do not write to be liked. I write to be undeniable.

I do not write to be palatable. I write to be permanent.

I do not write to go viral. I write to build worlds.

I do not write to impress you. I write because I owe the kid in me who almost went quiet forever.

I do not write for algorithms. I write for the ones who stayed.

I do not write for mutuals. I write for the feral few. The outliers. The neurospicy prophets who scroll past nine thousand pieces of sanitized bullshit and pause on mine.

And go:

“That’s it.” “That’s me.” “That’s home.”

This is my covenant. This is not content. This is war. And my words are ammunition.

If you're still here?

So are yours.

🧠 Read more cadence-coded scrolltrap doctrine and no-f*cks-given writing resurrection at: 👉 https://www.patreon.com/TheMostHumble 🛡️ Voice before virality. Myth before metrics. 🚪 Warning: This post may cause mass unfollows, creative awakenings, and identity collapses.

📊 FINAL CADENCE STATS 📊

82% of creators feel less authentic the larger they grow

The top 1% of viral accounts retain only 12% of their initial followers long term

Posts with intense personal cadence are 6x more likely to be reblogged by strangers

“Too long, didn’t read” is just code for “I wasn’t meant to understand.”

The most mythic writers? Were almost silenced. And chose fire instead.

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[sagephilosophie]

Writing tip #1 :

Replace "perfect" with "enjoyable". If you can enjoy reading your own story, then you have achieved the primary purpose of the "perfect" story.

[sig-num]

new fantasy life game officially releases soon so i made some fanart to celebrate . PIERRE AND LEILAH ARE SO CUTE <333

[lovely-english-rose]

when did the tumblr culture around asks change so much? ive been thinking about it alot recently and its something i already do think about time to time, like... what happened? they used to be such a huge part of the community and suddenly fell off.

i think in 2024 maybe we should work to bring back the larger ask culture. start more random conversations with others, create and share more ask games, maybe say something nice to the people you follow, drop off a silly meme or just pop in and say hi!

[aurenflare]

if the lovely people possessing the username "aurenflare" on instagram and ao3 do not give it to me soon i WILL turn to cyberbullying /joke /silly /iwouldnever

[earlgreytea68]

I feel like every day it is going to be my act of radical rebellion to say over and over:

I love writing fiction. It's my favorite thing in the universe to do. I write because I love writing and I think writing is fun. If you give me a free and open day with zero responsibilities and ask me what I'm going to do with that day, I'm going to spend it writing fiction. It's okay to love your art.

[proteidaes]

Are you on bluesky?

Nope! I'll let you guys know if I make any other socials, but for now I'm @proteidaes on twitter, ko-fi, tumblr, artfol, sheezyart and deviantart. That's plenty of websites for me!!!

[e-louise-bates]

As the end of Whitney & Davies draws ever-so-slowly nearer (31,500 words and counting in the skeleton draft!), I’ve started tentatively mulling over my future plans. Writing-wise, I have one story I’m actively working on (Maine-based cozy fantasy) and one that I will begin after the Maine fantasy is complete (inspired by Tristan & Isolde and the deepest and most ambitious story I’ve ever dreamed of; I’m so excited to dive into it when the time is right), so there’s not much to mull over there. Publishing-wise …

I’ll be honest: I’m tired of the self-publishing gig. I’ve seen it done really well, but I don’t have the marketing savvy to make it work for me, and I’m tired of being on my own when it comes to my books. I want a team behind and with me. However, traditional publishing has even more stringent gate-keeping currently than it used to, and it seems like you need just as much marketing savvy to get accepted into traditional publishing as you do to make it in self-publishing. Yes, I’m speaking of the dreaded “platform.”

I just deactivated all my social media account except this one. My author newsletter has about 25 subscribers. My readership for Whitney & Davies isn’t much bigger. In terms of platform, no agent or publisher is going to give me a second look—and as much as I’d like to think, “oh, my books will speak for themselves,” I’m not so naive as to actually believe that.

Which leads me to … Substack. Perhaps once a month posts along the lines of, “the intersection of faith, fantasy, and redemptive storytelling,” with brief essays akin to my “Tragedy of Susan” post that’s recently gained new traction here, or the difference between Faramir and Boromir (in the books) and the significance thereof, or the establishment of right kingship in Narnia, or other such musings, including some of the ways these themes have influenced my own writing. Not an author newsletter, which is more specifically focused on my books and writing updates, but not trying to fight the algorithms of social media either. Something to introduce people to the ideas and themes that are behind everything I write instead of trying to focus on the individual stories that I have or am currently writing.

So then, hypothetically speaking, if you, my friends, were to see a Substack like that, would it interest you enough to subscribe? And possibly even recommend to others that they subscribe? Not because, "hey, this is e-louise-bates from Tumblr," but for the actual content of it?

Because I am otherwise stumped at the idea of how to build a platform over the next 2-5 years for when I'm ready to start looking for an agent/publisher for my non-Whitney & Davies books.

[cultofgalaxy]

YOOOO NEW LOGO UPDATE!!! What do you think?

[cynic-says-stuff]

I think Tori would be disappointed that the Tumblr community has almost completely abandoned desktop themes.

[lebuc]

limitations of the platform

* limitations of the platform - throw 'em in the fire for kindling & keep your body warm. not gonna claim they do actual harm just nag you like an insect swarm you try to wave off with a flick of your arm;

vexatious mediations 'tween what you're trying to say when clicking on an open space - no go, didn't notice that it was gray.

so low - the depths to which they'll sink a flow, whose peaks were culled to make you blink & leaks from your id to the ego get swept away in the undertow;

the isht you have to undergo just to scribe your so & so…

just know - the vibed creative source is infinite cruising on course, a ride chez intimate, a power force in spades that pervades us all

if only we can hear its clarion call beyond the platform's slay-to-play wall. * 4/24 - lebuc - limitations of the platform

[mari-mistletoe]

by the way, does anyone know of good sites/platforms to post your writing? Specifically original stories (because I know AO3 is good for fanfics, but I don't think they allow original stories?)

I've been looking at RoyalRoad because an acquaintance of mine posts his writing on there, but I also want to see what other sites are out there.