#SHOUTOUTS TO THE POEPLE GIVING HELPFUL TIPS

[beardedhandstoadshark]

Ok so, posts like these aren’t usually my style, but lately I saw a lot of posts about a lot of new people apparently coming to tumblr mostly from Twitter and TikTok

And the amount of people I‘ve seen who genuinely feel superior because they’ve been on this website for a long time and think all newcomers should just instantly know about all the tumblr-specific micro-rules or gtfo, LITERALLY GATEKEEPING THIS WEBSITE, a bit concerning.

Because guess what? This website is dying, and you‘re one of the reasons.

And all these posts keep talking about how they don’t want any of the twitter drama or cringy 14y olds doing cringy dances, but…

You’re using Tumblr.

I’m sorry, but are these people aware what website they’re on? Where do these people think the Twitter drama originally came from? What reputation this website has on the rest of the internet? All of the things complained about are things that happened on tumblr as well, and are even what this site is mostly known for. This is the website that produced multiple Kickstarter scams, Superwholock, Dashcon, and might even be the sole reason many fandoms are considered to be as cringy and toxic as they are/where at their height. The people complaining about cringy people now were the original cringy people. And still are. This website is the epitome of cringe.

And even ignoring all of that…you were once a newcomer too! Everyone was! No one just knows how to navigate this space unless being told, and even then, it still takes time, time you’re not allowing them to have.

And wouldn’t be seeing a bit of advice on how to do blogs be more appreciated than a horde of screeching strangers just insulting others for daring to be new? A bit of kindness isn’t hurting anyone, and would make this hellsite (affectionate) just a tiny bit nicer and less of a toxic sludge.

Because at the end, if new people don’t come, and this entire site will only be populated by the few toxic people left who instantly shut down any attempt of new folks seeing the actual good things this website has to offer, then I’m sorry to tell you this, but it will unavoidably shut down for good.

Sincerely, someone who‘s been lurking for 8 years, joined one ago, and is surprised to be mostly enjoying it so far. Take a guess why it took so long.

#rant #tumblr #new people #on one hand going #cringe culture is dead #but on the other hand doing the exact same thing #the hypocrisy of it all #JUST LET PEOPLE HAVE FUN #IF DASHCON DIDNT END EVERYTHING THEN A BUNCH OF DANCES WONT EITHER #y’all sounding like the toxic players in every hardcore MMO RPG #they do the exact same thing currently observed here #and guess what- almost all hardcore mmorpgs shut don’t make it far #(there’s actually a quite good video on that topic on YouTube) #man I don’t like being negative on this blog but this was just getting too annoying not to let out somehow #and I know no one’s gonna see this which makes it kinda unnecessary but idc #SHOUTOUTS TO ALL THE NEW PEOPLE #(who I technically also count as I guess BUT STILL) #SHOUTOUTS TO YOU FOR TRYING #SHOUTOUTS TO THE POEPLE GIVING HELPFUL TIPS #SHOUTOUTS TO ALL OF YOU #as stupid as the concept is I actually kinda like tumblr‘s weird hellsite high thing they’ve got going on #it’s on brand AND helpful! #so a good combo