A Place off to the Side

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
paskanmarja
elphabaforpresidentofgallifrey

if you’re a new tumblr user from tiktok or IG or something and only like posts and dont reblog them yeah people will think you’re a bot and block you but you will also make this website actively worse. they want “algorithmic” users like you, served recommended posts through likes, not people who just follow each other and respond to the direct chronological feed. there is a reason this website is still better than the rest, even with all its problems, do not ruin this

elphabaforpresidentofgallifrey

ok i need to make this clearer: if you do not reblog posts and only like them you are contributing to this site actively getting worse and becoming like all the apps you hate. keep likes to things you just wanna keep off your blog. reblog everything else. ESPECIALLY fanart, which always needs a reblog.

elphabaforpresidentofgallifrey

and FYI: what i’m saying here is backed up by tumblr themselves. they admit this publicly.

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if you want a good RECENT (as of the end of February 2022) overview of what is going on behind the scenes at tumblr, it is basically what i’ve been saying for years: the core staff is tiny, constantly not being listened to when they advocate for us, the community, and working there is a nightmare:

The inside story of how Tumblr lost its way
And how it can find itself again for a new generation.
Mashable
taikeero-lecoredier

Reblogging to encourage people instead of only liking is really not that fucking hard if you dont want people to be discouraged cuz their stuff get zero interactions and 99% useless likes and be driven off the Platform.

arcanumofthorns
arcanumofthorns

Being a writer is like [blankly stares at laptop screen of manuscript for 30 min but is actually dreaming up next scenes] [creates playlist for specific scene] [watches movie/show and gets 2916382 ideas for plotline] [tries to write but too burnt out so ends up messing up next scene and then deleting it and questioning entire life choices] [starts writing midday and comes out of frenzy at 4 AM with another 2k words written but having forgotten how to human] [fingers ink-stained from brainstorming ideas for book] [gets 10 new book ideas and can’t decide which to focus on so ends up not writing either] [rereads draft and cracks up at own jokes] [rereads draft and yells at characters for being foolish] [rereads draft and cringes] [rereads draft and feels proud and accomplished] [wants to share writing with the whole world because it’s a piece of own soul] [mortified at sharing writing with the whole world because it’s a piece of own soul]

that-friend-who-feigns-innocence
laeffy

Every time I get groceries I’m always appalled at how little you can get for like, $20. I was making banana pudding so I needed vanilla wafers but the brand name nilla wafers cost $4 a box. The minimum wage in my state is $7.25/hr. My friend put it really well when he said “imagine you work for an hour and someone hands you two boxes of nilla wafers and said ‘actually this is a bit more than what I owe you’”

laeffy

How are some of y’all missing the point so bad. “Shop at aldi instead” “make your own food” “don’t buy brand name” “don’t buy unhealthy processed food” It’s not about the box of cookies. This is about how minimum wage pays peanuts and has stagnated for 12 years while the cost of living keeps growing. No one wants your financial advice about how to survive on beans and rice and frozen veggies. The smartest grocery list in the world is not gonna help you budget your way out of poverty. Please get a grip for the love of god

Jealousy is such a disgusting poison…

Every time I feel it, it’s so difficult to overcome. It’s always at your throat and everything feels so stiff as if it’s already boiling in your blood. The terrible thoughts in your brain bubble up nonstop. Everything feels so sickening… If you don’t cure it in time, the poison will seep out of your mouth, possibly reaching others.

I always feel so guilty with it because no one is at fault… And I know people being jealous of another may seem like a compliment, but don’t ever tell me you’re jealous of me.

I am no better than you, no matter what it is, in what way it may be. Don’t you ever rank me higher than you. I don’t want to be the cause of that dangerous disgusting poison.