#there will never be a tumblr algorithm

[rice-crackerz]

Ppl on Tumblr are really out here tagging shit "fyp ツ"

Like GIRL- THAT'S NOT HOW THIS WORKS, GET OUTTA HERE WITH THAT KATAKANA TSU

[pinkrangersarah]

i've known aika for barely a day and I already love her, 10 out of 10 would die for this kid.

what better way to procrastinate in my own writing than quickly doodling my own oc with @kianamaiart's very own aika, whom elena relates to on a very spiritual level.

a witch who did not ask for her dad's powers and a magical girl who did not want to be a magical girl. maybe they can hang out someday.

[cosmicpoutine]

i saw someone on tiktok say that tumblr doesn't have engagement, that's why no artist wants to be here... you can tell when someone was blessed with tiktok/instagram algorithm bc that shit is random and never works for MOST artists. my art never got as far on any other platform as it did on tumblr.

you're more likely to find people who actually want to support artists on tumblr than on tiktok and ig, bc these platforms were made for fast consumption, people don't care about the art they care about endless content. that's why repost accounts are so popular on tiktok and ig, but that shit never gets far on tumblr bc you can just reblog from the original artist

[qilingxiong]

*sniffles* you are all so fucking stupid

[cavesalamander]

Hey that one post you made in 2013 is almost at 10k notes

OH TRUST ME I AM WELL AWARE LMAO

My phone has been blowing up for this past week I swear kejfkebfbjdjdkfj

Way back 10 years ago when I said I'd do it, I was still in college and it had jumped to the 5 or 7k or so it was back then, I actually got started working on the damn thing because it looked like it was going to happen.

Then the notes dried up and I was like oh phew, I'm good, I'm fine, I won't have to.

BUT THEN.

This goddamn renaissance of notes has been orchestrated by @composeregg because I've just started playing Mass Effect for them and some other friends and of course my beloved Mako is right there, and I tell them about it.

And hey, what do you know, it turns out I actually do still have that canvas board I started painting it on?? It somehow survived college and like 5 moves.

So like, I guess if yall can do it, at least I won't have to start from scratch?

[rambling-robot]

sometimes I get weirdly self-conscious or worried about someone recognizing my username on a fic, either for kudos or a comment, and I’m like, ‘oh no, what if they hate my taste and think I’m weird 🥺”

and then I remember “what were YOU doing at the devil’s sacrament? 🤨” and leave a kudos and comment

[aseuki]

Hi all! To celebrate 1k followers (fun number!! Woo!!), I decided to put together a fun little dtciys/raffle! Draw either of my little guys, and who knows, I might end up drawing one of yours!

Rules, details, and more under the cut! 👇

Both Stell and Phemus have references, gijinka references, and their own dedicated tag. Feel free to draw what your heart tells you! Stell: Ref / Gijinka / Tag Phemus: Ref / Gijinka / Tag

There is no floor or cap for skill. If you need to know anything about me, it's that I love promoting the arts! If you were thinking about trying but felt intimidated, consider this your encouragement to give it a shot, I would love to see what you make!

Please keep the content PG-13 at maximum.

Should you choose to participate, please @ me or my art blog in your post so that I may see! 👀

You are welcome to draw one or both of the characters, but raffle entries will be limited to 1 per person.

The raffle winner will be able to request either a halfbody or chibi of their character of choice. (Most Kirby OCs/characters will be eligible as well!)

The deadline to enter for the raffle has been extended to June 23. I will draw and contact the winner on June 24th. This gives a whole month!

Thank you again for all the follows! And I hope you have fun if you decide to give this a shot! ✌

[creaturefeaster]

if tumblr did not exist would there another social media you use

i know you already say you only use this app but if it was not an option where would you move to instead

i am just curious

Um, I think I would just stop. I'm not gonna bother building back up on another social media, and the death of the only site I use would simply make me stop using social media, not make me migrate.

I've dug my feet, and I do not like to follow the masses.

[hychlorions]

accidentally interacted with too much ace attorney stuff on my private twitter and now my tl is filled with the most dogshit takes ever seen by. my eyes personally.

[tomwambsmilk]

fr tho @staff why are you trying to make tumblr more like other sites why are you destroying your niche in the market please there have got to be ways to make tumblr more accessible to new users without sacrificing the very things that your existing userbase loves

[myokk]

I was talking to Lamie about the oneshot I’m writing, and now I’m curious…would you prefer it if the girl wasn’t named OR would you want it to specifically be Eloise??🤔

Since it’s a standalone and AU that has NOTHING to do with my fic, I kind of just want it to be its own thing. BUT…I like Eloise and Sebastian too much and they’re the ones who inspired this oneshot in the first place😫 in the end I’m going to just do whatever I want and probably not name her😆 but I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS!!!!! Like I’m not shaming at all, but for example I’m not the biggest fan of Y/N or second person pov, so I won’t be doing that but I know they’re really popular. I guess I’m just most interested in what YOU like & why. Maybe this is more of a discussion post to satiate my curiosity bahahahahah bc I’ve always wondered!!!!

In my Ominis oneshot, for example, I didn’t name the girl & I LOVE how it turned out😌💘 but also I haven’t really read too many oneshots in my life so maybe I’m just VERY out of the loop.

[cimmerian1275]

No idea where all y'all came from, but hi??? Wow. Also darn I missed getting a screenshot of exactly 100 :c

UHHHHHHH Ive barely been active on here for like a few weeks and Ive alr met so many new people 👀

[significant-narratives]

stop rpfing on your unlocked twitter accounts im going to turn into the joker

[antique-forvalaka]

I just want the real world to stop for a moment

[instantpansies]

can't lie i hate that "just a chill guy" guy a little bit

[runawaymun]

the whole tiktok ban situation is super crunchy and I'm conflicted. Because on the one hand...it does feel startlingly close to a kind of censorship and I think the whole 'chinese government links' thing is pure scaremongering. But on the other hand I genuinely think that tiktok has accelerated the rate of enshittification of so, so many things. Like it has been a net harm in basically everything. Even the publishing industry is suffering now. As someone who wants to get novels published, the entire state of the publishing industry catering to tiktok and the quality of even bookbinding rapidly deteriorating in the past couple of years, I've been reconsidering and thinking about simply setting up a website/archive to self publish my work.

So...I don't know. It's not as if other social media sites (X, Facebook, etc.) haven't done harm, and it's not like huge media giants like Google haven't caused possibly irreparable damage to how things work now, but...I just distinctly remember a pre-tiktok, pre-covid world and things legitimately weren't as bad online then as they are now. Tiktok actually feels uniquely bad. The change happened so rapidly, too. At what point do we decide that a product causes enough visible harm that it needs to be removed? Because that's what tiktok is, at the end of the day. It's a product. We don't have the same clear measurement as we do with, say, lead paint on children's toys, but idk idk idk...