#the algorithm BROKE

[transexualpirate]

just learned about tucker carlson. what the fuck is going on in america you guys ok up there?

[naughtynanzhu]

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[minecraft]

there should be more games where you fight big monsters but your goal isn't just to survive or kill the monster but do so in the way that when its dead you harvest it and the more spread out the wounds the less points/money you get as a result, like real hunting. No guns and no narcotics, plus the monster can damage itself if the fight goes on long enough so you want to finish the fight as soon as possible.

[doushiteworld]

god I can't believe I'm two days late, new pino song!!!!

This one is,,,really something special jeez,,,it's all about living despite how hopeless things may seem. ough. we haven't had a pino song like this in a good while. Please give it a listen!!

[daredevils-advocate]

The way twice now I've gotten something new and my friend has been like "oh you got the tiktok shop thing"

babes if I ever buy anything off tiktok shop take me out back and put me down. I didn't even know these things were being promoted on tiktok. I had a stray thought that something would be useful and went from there. I will buy from a small business owner promoting their shop in tiktok. I will not buy from tiktok.

[alexplantewpg]

hey friends! i gave myself a concussion trying to be a good mama and now is a GREAT time to do any of the following as a “get well soon” gesture hehehe

1. buy a print or two!

2. subscribe to my patreon (as low as $1)!

3. toss me a couple bucks on ko-fi!

4. subscribe to my art blog (free)!

[scoutartzz]

I'm opening comms! i know i dont post here often but im blasting this everywhere i have socials so you bet im doing it here as well

best way to reach me is thru insta or discord dms, although i will check tumblr dms as well.

insta: citrushead_art

discord: scout_5871

[fleetcaptainpike]

imagine announcing to your current users that you will be making your product twenty times worse in the hope that future subscribers will be tempted to come over

imagine alienating your audience for people who are leaving websites for the same things you're trying to add to your own

imagine saying you want to support content creators after shoving a new editor they hate forcibly down their throat

if you're @staff at tumblr dot com, you don't have to imagine

[brenna]

"discover" mix: *plays matchbox 20*

me: ... *skip*

"discover" mix: *plays filter*

me: ... *skip*

"discover" mix: *plays everclear*

me: discover my dick

[marmotsomsierost]

I just made it about 50 seconds in this song before going 'wait what' so do me a favor, click the link and don't look at the description.

It's not a rickroll, that's too easy.

[proserpine-in-phases]

WHAT. on gods green earth. Makes YouTube think I want to see PIMPLE POPPING CONTENT. when I am searching for BATHTUB DRAINAGE FIXES.

[ectojester]

Not to be that person but most of those things were already happening before tiktok became popular? The homogenization of the internet, the shortening of attention spans (though I'll admit that tiktok has probably exacerbated this issue), increasing anti-intellectualism, pirating sites being exposed, racist algorithms, popularization of anti-aging markets, dangerous teenage challenges, filming strangers in public, etc. All of these things were already happening in abundance on Instagram, YouTube, and yes, even our beloved tumblr. Tiktok did not invent these problems, it arguably hasn't made them any bigger, and people complain about them now just like they did back then. These are social media problems, not tiktok problems.

hating tiktok is not a "back in my day" type thing. tiktok is objectively affecting other social media platforms in detrimental ways. ux elements are being stripped and everything has to have a fucking short video clips function. it's rampant homogenization and it's a problem

[littlecomets-littleitaly]

bbno$ is my new sophie scarf

[giraffefeather]

Sorry I said no more TikTok talk, but since it's back in the US, I poked my head in and...

Apparently I'm on "MaskTok" now? Look, when I say I'm feral, this is NOT what I mean! Bring me back to the Dragon Age cosplays...

[thatsrightbutdontletitgetyoudown]

it’s knowing-you-made-the-right-decision-breaking-up-but-still-feeling-hollow-and-loveless-inside-and-also-missing-him-greatly hours apparently

(10:23 pm after having a nice but very tiring day)

[cryptotheism]

I think covid pulled some kinda psychic ripcord for anyone already primed for political derangement. The combinaton of social isolation and algorithm-driven radicalization just broke people. Everyone I talk to has a story of some relative that nobody talks to anymore.