#reddit refugees

[local-pan-wizard]

Watching the difference between the Twitter migration mentality vs. the Reddit migration mentality is fucking hilarious.

Like, when Twitter users started moving over here everyone was pulling out all the stops and bringing back old fandoms that they were into and basically firing rent lowering shots by being super cringey.

And then all of the sudden when the Reddit refugees start showing up we're like, "ah yes, pull up a log and gather around the dumpster fire. We'll teach you how to not get killed by people hunting down bots and carve out a little area for you guys to relax and get used to the site before we throw you into the deep end of this hellsite that we call home. Tomorrow is Let Papyrus say Fuck day so you can prepare for that if you want. You want some hot coco and a blanket?"

[fruitbythehand]

Hey,

If you're on mobile you can

1. Hold the reblog button to reblog

2. Hold the new post button and drag it around the screen to make a rainbow trail (no functional purpose)

3. Hold the like button to make the heart vibrate

[of-monsters-and-werewolves]

I love that the memes and style of posting Redditors are bringing over are very Tumblr-esque but they're not quite the same, with just enough distinction they have an ever so slight different vibe to them.

It's like convergent evolution where we've both got wings but one's leathery, the other feathery, or we're both large aquatic swimmers but one has gills, the other a blowhole, and we inhabit slightly different but potentially overlapping niches.

Twitter users on the other hand evolved from us after leaving the population and are now unrecognisable.

[thesmashwaffle]

I saw an opportunity and I took it

[awkwardpill]

anyone else sad that we don't have any major tumblr holidays coming up to surprise the reddit refugees with? like we have out of touch thursday but that's not really a "holiday" more like a weekly celebration like taco tuesday. we really should goncharov one for them tbh.

[waspsinyouryard]

Alrighty gamers,

As a "reddit refugee" who has been on Tumblr for a year at this point and hopefully knows some stuff about how this website and its userbase operate (even though I haven't been on that frequently), here's what I have learned over the course of my time here that might be helpful to any redditors coming here (long bullet list incoming):

Absolute Basics

Apply a profile picture to your blog. It can be anything, but it needs to be there. If you have a default profile picture then you will probably be blocked on sight by almost everyone. It's not personal; you just look an awful lot like a bot.

Make at least 1 original post on your blog. It can be anything—from a long introduction to a random shitpost—as long as it isn't the sort of post that a bot would make. Maybe hold off on posting sexual gifs with a bunch of random unrelated tags for the time being.

Interaction With Posts

Likes on this platform are sort of like saving posts and comments on Reddit. They do add a note and they can be seen if you don't have your likes set to private, but they don't help spread the post at all and are most useful for later easy access.

Reblogs without added text or tags are mostly analogous to crossposting in function, although not in website culture. Instead, think of it more like taking a screenshot of a post somewhere else online and posting it onto your favorite subreddit of choice. Reblog things you find cool/funny/pretty/have something to add to/whatever frequently.

Comments on Tumblr are mostly like comments on Reddit. The biggest difference is that you can't have comment threads.

Posting (including reblogs)

Tag things when relevant. Especially tag topics that people might want to avoid, like bigotry or very long posts.

In your main text, say whatever it is you feel you want to say/add. If you're reblogging, this is were you put your hilarious zingers that will be forever immortalized by r/tumblr repost bots.

Tags are frequently used to elaborate or say anything that's not the main point of the post or reblog.

Interacting with other users

Don't be afraid to block people.

Don't be afraid to follow people. Following tags is functional, but following people that post things you are interested in is better.

If I'm leading anyone terribly astray, please feel free to add on to and correct this post

[heinous-bitch]

an advice for new tumblr users? stop trying to be aesthetic™ and start posting about things you're truly interested in. this hellhole stopped being aesthetic a long time ago

[hornyfallenangel]

I found a reddit refugee with Color of the Sky as their pinned post

[meowthefluffy]

Twitter x Tumblr x Reddit love triangle anyone?

[inyourmindfuzzz]

Hello, Tumblr!

Finally pulling the trigger and deleting my reddit account due to the ongoing bullshit with the API changes and spez going full cartoon villain mode earlier today. While I'm definitely having some adjustment pains getting used to this site, y'all have been SUPER welcoming and helpful and I can't thank you guys enough for that!

Dunno what else to add for my first post, so here's my favorite pair of photos of my pet cockatiel, Cooper (she HATES my phone)!

[lets-steal-an-archive]

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[mjlor-chan]

[katapotato55]

IMPORTANT PSA TO THOSE NEW TO TUMBLR OR REALLY ANYONE ON THIS SITE IN GENERAL:

IT IS OK TO REBLOG SPAM AND LIKE SOMEONE'S CONTENT ON THEIR BLOG NO ONE HERE IS GOING TO BE WEIRDED OUT, IN FACT IT IS ENCOURAGED THIS IDEA THAT SOCIALIZATION = BAD IS A TOXIC CAPITALISTIC TOOL DESIGNED BY HELLSITES LIKE TWITTER TO LEACH MONEY AND GOODWILL FROM YOUR BODY. I honest to god have no idea why "ratioing" on twitter is bad, like the act of engagement is considered a bad thing as if twitter were trying to encourage your toxic rage. oh wait that is exactly what twitter is doing. Twitter's entire business model is to encourage you to get outraged and to profit off of your rage induced engagement.

TUMBLR. DOES. NOT. HAVE. RATIOS. REBLOGGING IS A GOOD THING HERE. NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, AND HONESTLY MY MEMORY IS SO CRAP I FORGET Y'ALL RESPOND TO MY STUFF ANYWAYS.

All you need to do is change your profile pic and post something, and congratulations you now have a valid Tumblr citizenship. also to you twitter users: you can't cancel people on tumblr. this is a website full of eccentric weirdos. We are so far away from the mainstream that tumblr struggles to find advertisers for this site. At one point tumblr was very toxic, and the toxic tumblr people would eventually move to twitter during the porn ban. Twitter + the pandemic simply gave the toxic weirdos mainstream power to ruin people's lives. politely fuck off with your toxic crap, no one here is afraid to call you out on your obvious bullshit like on twitter. We don't have anything to hide here and even if we did your impact means NOTHING here. If you try to make tumblr toxic again then you will not be welcomed here by the community. Behave.

[correctopinionhaver]

tumblr veterans when a new tumblr blogger mentions the term “upvote”

[broccoli-bitching]

I haven't even been here for three weeks and already I'm no longer part of the newest set of refugees 🤣

Tumblr really does fail upwards lmao

[paddysnuffles]

A belated list of things Redditors should know about Tumblr

The Ides of March (March 15th) is basically a Tumblr holiday. Get ready for Ceasar references around that time of year.

Folks on Tumblr absolutely love dragging and joking about this guy called Ea-Nasir. He’s a guy from 3,800 years ago who was basically a con man and is the subject of the world’s oldest-known customer service complaint letter. 

Always tag your posts for heavy topics that might trigger someone

Don’t use euphemisms for heavy topics when tagging your posts – this makes it hard for people to avoid the topics that trigger them.

You can blacklist topics that trigger or bother you.

You can block people you don’t want to interact with. You don’t need to feel bad about it or have a deep reason for it. You get to curate your experience on here and you don’t owe anybody an explanation.

Go to your settings and change it so that you can see the date a post was blogged. This comes in really useful for when you see news articles.

You can have as many blogs as you want! Some people have a mixed-topic blog that they consider their personal blog and then have themed blogs for their interests while others just have the one blog. Do whatever feels comfortable for you.