#tldr. reblogging supports content creators. if you can't even do that then this isn't the platform for you.

[hannie-dul-set]

i personally don’t agree with your statement what you’re expected to reblog. i thought i could just use this app for fun and to read about my fav artists without being expected to do anything, and never really planned on being active and making reblogging a routine parr of my reading experience

then i guess you're not really aware with how this app works. tumblr is a reblogging site. that's the only way posts, or in this case fics, can get around and reach new audiences. the algorithm doesn't care aboit likes. tumblr doesn't care about comments (but i appreciate those as well!!)

if you enjoy and have fun reading the works of authors who spend hours of their days making content for you to consume, don't you think the bare minimum you can do is click that tiny button at the bottom of the post to show your appreciation, no?

[spaghettificationandpretzels]

Community Label Update, plus a rant about this hellsite

Long post; TLDR at the bottom.

I have spent a lot of time today marking all my explicit material as such, I began writing in February of this year so it's been a lot of work. If I've missed one, please let me know.

You will not see any old or new writings that contains mature content (sex, drugs and violence) from now on unless you have community labels set to show.

I have noticed a huge dip in engagement in my long running Jax Teller/Reader series, I imagine this will spread now that I have taken the time to mark everything that has to be marked.

I haven't decided how I feel about this, I love that Tumblr is doing more to keep mature content away from minors but making show an op-in for those over 18 is very unfair. There were ways to do this that didn't lead to content creators having their legs cut off.

I am not the only one who has had unending problems with this website, from posts not showing up in tags to tag lists and taking users not working to links not working and inboxes appearing empty while the inbox says messages are there. My frustration is growing because Tumblr is adding features that no one has asked for while not fixing problems that people have been begging to be solved.

This is not a post about my followers or my mutuals; I am floored every day with how people on this website support each other. The people that like every post or take the time to reblog and comment (long, short, clear, nonsensical) and send requests are the reason I can still put pen to paper so to speak.

I put my heart and soul into my wirtting, especially my series which I write for me. It genuinely hurts me when I know there are people out there who also like my passion projects but can't access them because of bad management.

Why not put community labels in for things that trigger people like abuse, an Ao3 style tag system would be great because I go out of my way, I agonise, over making sure I tag triggers properly. I would love to be able to check a box and have something triggering never end up on someone's feed. Sure I can tag it but I'm not perfect and I can miss shit.

I'm an adult, I have been for a while. I don't need anyone telling me what's appropriate and what's not. Since I'm an adult I control my own space, if I see something I don't like, I stay away from it. It's not nice being treated like a child by a website that misses the mark in looking after it's users over and over again.

This is not about keeping the kids safe; it never is. Because if it were about keeping kids safe, community labels would only apply to minors. If this were about keeping kids safe, Tumblr would have given us crystal clear guidelines about what is mature and what isn't. If this was about keeping kids safe, they would get predators off this website.

@staff please listen to us, we are the reason this website exists, we are trying, but you're not making it easy.

TLDR: Just marked all my smut as smut, even the old stuff. Staff need to listen to us more and I'm a grown up and so are most people on this website, treat us as such.