#tumblr algorithm

[puppdates]

this godforsaken algorithm keeps showing me posts about training actual dogs. like sure thats cute but have you ever considered that my dog is a gorgeous trans dyke and not a foul beast.

[sleepyconfusedpotato]

👾 How to Turn Off Algorithm on Your Dashboard 👾

So this post is for the people who've been using Tumblr, following people/blogs you like, hoping that every time they post you can see the stuffs they post/reblog! But there seems to be one problem... every time they post, their posts just doesn't show up on the top of your dashboard! You only saw them only hours or days later or you don't see them all, missing your mutual's post! 🫨

Is there an algorithm on Tumblr? Yes. But you can turn it OFF. Unlike Instagram which doesn't allow us to turn off its algorithm and only sees posts with high engagements, Tumblr has the option to turn OFF its algorithm - and ultimately makes your dashboard chronological/timeline-based ☝️🤓

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🔮 Turning OFF 'Best Stuff First' 🔮

So, to do this, go to your settings, and go to 'Dashboard Preferences', and TURN OFF the 'Best Stuff First'.

'Best Stuff First' is the algorithm in Tumblr where it'll present you with the stuffs they'd think you'd like based on your likes and reblogs. This is usually turned on automatically by the site itself for new-comers/users to give the new users some time as we look for blogs we like and follow.

Usually after you follow lots of blogs, you'd like to see your mutual's latest posts. So here is how you turn the algorithm off!

(For Mobile)

(For Website)

Et voila! Just like that, your dashboard is now timeline-based and chronological. No more seeing posts from days, weeks, or months ago.

(I myself like to see what's new from my mutuals. But if you have your own preference to see the most popular stuff on the top of your dashboard, feel free to turn the algorithm on.)

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⌚ Turning on Time Stamps ⌚

To make it more clear, let's turn on the time stamps. Yes, you can know when a post is posted on Tumblr.

So you'd usually see posts on your dashboard like this image below. As you can see, there are only the usernames, but no time indicator.

To see when this post was posted, you can go to the dashboard settings and turn ON the 'Show timestamps on posts, reblogs, and notes'

(For Mobile)

(For Website)

After turning this on, you can see that underneath the usernames, there's a timestamp! Now you know when the posts shown on your dashboard was posted!

There's even posts from seconds ago! Pretty neat and convenient isn't it ( •̀ .̫ •́ )✧ OR again, if you don't like to see the times, feel free to turn it off too!

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Anyway, have a good chronological/algorithm-free Tumblr experience!

Reblog is appreciated since a few of my friends have a hard time to see their mutuals' posts and unfortunately missed them. Don't forget you can also turn on notifications for when your beloved mutuals post! (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧

[sakrafka]

tumlr ghghf

I'm a bit out of touch with the Tumblr algorithm - any advices? I've been posting here for some years, and I've noticed my posts have been getting gradually less and less traction lately (and compared to how many followers I have, anyway).

Is there a recommended time + amount I should be posting? I'm only asking because I rely on art only as my income, and with twitter and instagram becoming more and more unusable by each day, I want to put more effort into other social medias c:

[disneyprincessdxminatrix]

“tumblr doesn’t have an algorithm” oh it does, but the only thing it puts on my dash is recommendations for blogs to follow who have me blocked

[epik-bylerfan]

I feel like I havnt been seeing you on my dash as much and it been makeing me lowkey sad

SEE ME TUMBLR ALGORITHM MAKE BRO SEE ME I NEED MORE MOOT INTERACTIONS💥💥💥

[secretmichy]

Drawing instead of studying for my exams 💔

Ts kinda a big achievement for me cz I rarely draw 2 good drawings in a day :3

I'm still practicing on rendering muscles, pardon me if it looks weird here teehee

[pennysucks]

Hermes from Epic be like

Bro is this a trend? I keep seeng posts like this 💀 maybe the algorithm is high idk

[jamescanningauthor]

Why am I getting people who unironically condone the Columbine sh**ting recommended to me under "Check out these blogs"?? This algorithm is screwed up. Just because I am interested in one specific crime from 160 years ago (Lincoln Assassination, which I DO NOT CONDONE, OBVIOUSLY, traitors d*e mad #theunionforever) does not mean I am one of THOSE true crime fans, let alone interested in true crime in general... I am literally an American History/Blood Meridian blog...

If you genuinely think taking innocent lives is in any way acceptable or refer to a mass m*rderer as your husband, even ironically tbh, I do not want you around me. I will not tell you what you should do to yourself, because I want to take the high road here. I would say you need help, but if you could afford help, let alone be receptive to it (to be helped, you must be willing), you would not be here doing this.

Anyone who responds in support will be blocked. I am not here to debate you, I am not here to send you resources, as you are clearly not receptive to help. I do not delude myself that this will be a wake-up call for anyone. My intent here is to be another dissenting voice as a palate cleanser, as a pin to the little bubble that one may live in where certain fringe ideas are normalized, to remind anyone to whom it may concern that this sort of "stanning" of a mass m*rderer is not remotely socially acceptable in the wider world.

May this be your reminder that this sort of behavior is unacceptable, and for good reason, though I do not deign to tell you why, as basic human decency is not something you can be convinced of, let alone logic. Take this to FetLife or something at least. (Not to diss FetLife, it is a very broad forum where hybristophilia or whatever this is may be more accepted in certain subgroups, of which it has many.)

[iusedtousemyrealname]

Okay, hear me out, maybe we should let Tumblr do a little more algorithmic exploration. Because I just got recommended @nyancrimew​, the famous freedom hacker liberator of FAA ban lists security information specialist because they are like @is-the-post-reliable​, the semi-regular factchecker of bad posts. And I want to see the other kinds of connections Tumblr might make...

[oasisr]

Why is Tumblr flagging photos and gifs of nature as adult content, but not flagging actual porn? @staff where y'all at?

[artstennisracket]

me: *carefully curating my tumblr for you page so that it’s filled with all the things I love*

me: *gets suggested one post that im not obsessed with but i leave a like anyway*

tumblr: oh so you love this, you must love this! let’s make every other post on your feed about this ONE post now

[artbykadir]

Maglor the last Feanorian

[chaeluz]

look at you, boy i invented you

⏆ 𖦹 * 🥿 ⌑

[mkkatrusiaxd]

school kills art fr (i don't even study properly)

spring-summer art dump 2024 bc i feel like i did regress a lot

[thekimspoblog]

I FUCKING HATE TUMBLR'S ALGORITHM. YOU LIKE ONE POST AND YOUR FEED IS FLOODED AND YOU HAVE TO TELL IT OVER AND OVER TO STOP! I INTERACT WITH ONE POST OF A CRAB AND NOW I'M SEEING DISGUSTING BUGS EVERYWHERE! STOP SHOWING ME CENTIPEDES WHAT THE FUCK.