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Alright, I think I like tumblr now.

A pun post crossed my dash, and I reblogged it with an equally bad pun in return. A couple of my followers find it funny, it's a good day for everyone.

That was on July 7th.

Virality on Reddit was entirely algorithmic. You could garner a couple crossposts, but the success of a post was entirely dependent on whether or not it hit r/all--the main page of Reddit. If your post does that, it's immediately exposed to 10x the number of people and immediately gets upvoted.

On my pun post, I get a couple reblogs. And those reblogs get a couple reblogs--nobody really adds any content to the post, it just gets a couple reblogs here and there.

There's a specific chain of reblogs that I'd like to focus on. The most popular post on this chain has about 25 reblogs on it. Half the posts have three reblogs or fewer. Five posts in this chain have just one reblog total.

But the reblog chain keeps going. And going. It breaches containment many times over. And finally, after a chain THIRTY SIX posts long, at 9:30 AM, July 22nd this morning, it hits a popular account.

99% percent of the people who have seen the post--virtually unchanged from how it left my dash--have seen it because it was curated by 36 different people. That's insane to me.

None of those 36 people know that they're part of this chain. They saw a post, reblogged it, and moved on. If any one of these people had not reblogged, the post would have a fraction of the impact it has.

And yet, after two weeks, the post has effectively hit the main page of tumblr. It was picked up, only because people liked it enough to show it to their followers. There were no algorithms necessary.

You really, truly, cannot get this on any other website.

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Tumblr Top Ships Bracket - Round 1 Side 2

This poll is a celebration of fandom and fandom history; we're aware that there are certain issues with many of the listed pairings and sources, but they are a part of that history. Please do not take this as an endorsement, and refrain from harassment.

#are we doing this again dgskdhkdshdk #ma boys stove and bucket all the way <3 <3 <3

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stuck in motion, but the wheels keep spinning ‘round

#marvel #stucky #oh god oh fck

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We lost something as a culture when computers stopped screaming in agony as you connected them to the internet.

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I know this isn't ninjago guys but I finished this 17 hour painting for my art class and I was proud of it so...enjoy.

I love Egypt fun fact about me. :)

#art #HOLY SHIT

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#video #cats #i have never envied anyone as much as i envy this person right now 🥺🥺🥺🥺💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

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writing historical fiction will make you google things like “when we’re towels invented?” “how much did a towel cost in American in 1885?” “historical average number of towels owned per household”

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I just want The Winter Soldier to have a friend.

#fanart #marvel #bucky barnes #clutching my own heart in my own hand to protect it from all these feels?? it's more likely than you think #oh my gosh 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

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#fanart #marvel #stucky #my soft soft boys #i like to call this one: rils murdered by sheer tenderness #*clutches chest* #they're just so beautiful okay 😭😭😭😭💕💖💖💕💕💖💕💖💕💖💕💕

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sorry i can't come in to work today. yeah sorry they killed me off last night. yeah i just wasn't relevant to the plot anymore. i should be in tomorrow but i'll let you know.

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the many faces of sebastian stan within literally the time span of 40 minutes

#sebastian stan #lmao i fckin love this man 😂😂😂😂 #he's a real actual person and yet somehow he's also the most character a character can ever be lol

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i come from the 8tracks generation where you weren't allowed to just dump three and a half twee indie folk/tswift records into a fanmix and call it done. on 8tracks you had 8+ handpicked songs in rigid chronological order and an accompanying mission statement and thesis defence detailing exactly why each one applied to your derek x stiles coffee shop au AND cover/track-list art hodgepodged from stolen pinterest/tumblr aesthetic photography, and all of this was done under constant threat of death because it was the DMCA wild west and the site was in a constant state of gradual collapse.

#ohhhh the flashbacks

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Why are you like this? The brooding tough-guy shtick. Why are you the way you are?

#comicverse #bucky barnes #oh baby 🥺🥺🥺 #i can't believe some people will still call him a villain #fckkk

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A bunch of little pre serum steve doodles (plus a bucky)

#fanart #marvel #steve rogers #stucky #BABYBABYBABYBABY #I WOULD SELL MY VERY SOUL FOR THIS BOI #fhdgjsskshsk #every single one of these is so perfect im losing my mind a little #look at him go 🥺🥺💕💕💕 #always battered and bruised #always picking himself up again #smol baby sassy baby bastard baby <3 <3 #i love him with my heart and soul 💖💖💖💖💖

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You survived the war, you deserve a new life. 

#fanart #marvel #stucky #B A B I E S #they are my heart my soul my pride my joy my life my happiness #*SCREECHES* #they deserve all the softest things in the universe 💕💕💕💕💕💕

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just our boys being insufferably in love in public

#fanart #marvel #stucky #ahhhh my sweet boys!!! #they're so cuuuteeeeeeeee 💖💕💖💕💖💕💖💕💖💕