#Tumblr>other social networks

[elllteo]

Creators I love you but it's time to wake up

Among rumors about our tumblr user data being sold off to Midjourney/Generative AI, recent Extremely transphobic events (that have been ongoing) coming to a head, another extremely concerning internet censorship bill being pushed in upper levels of government, and a general air of frustration over how the site belongs to and is operated by perhaps the second stupidest CEO (second only to twitters own) of our age, I'm very done with the last few vestiges of what the old internet held for artists.

And if you're reading this, you probably are too.

I know we're tired. We are all tired. It is not always viable to pack up shop and move, again and again and again.

From tumblr to twitter to anywhere else we've ever grown up posting, things no longer work. Our audiences are kneecapped by aggressive and hostile algorithms, our reach is abysmal - if we aren't shadow-banned or silenced for one (transphobic) reason or another, we're thrust into an ever growing pit of hostility where the only thing that drives clicks is fighting and contention.

We're tired. We're so fucking tired. We aren't businesses, we aren't content mills, we cannot keep this pace that modern social media has set for us, to wring every ounce of creativity out of us to profit from and leave us rotting.

The key to staying afloat here, and I cannot stress this enough, is to stay connected to your peers.

Pack up and move as units if you must. Exodus from the sites that are killing us. Push your entire friend group of artists to move from one site to the next that promises you a kinder experience.

Art drives movements, it drives change, it is all that encompasses being human. If you take that away from the shitty places, they will be left with nothing but a cesspit of inhumanity and the people who follow you will be more incentivized than ever to move with you.

Yes, this is terrifying. There are no guarantees. There never was, and never are, and never will be.

But stay connected. Stay human.

Support each other and be willing to hold hands and jump when we all - as a group - need to jump from the flames we're all trying to convince ourselves wont kill us before rescue comes.

Rescue isn't coming, rescue will be found hand in hand with each other. I'm offering you my hand, please take it. There's always a new start, there are always helping hands reaching for you. You have to look up from the doom-scroll long enough to see and take them.

#art communities #art community #teo talks #sorry I have a Lot of opinions about posting art online I've been doing this since I was 14 and I'm 28 this year #I have watched the rise and fall of social media titans and you have to understand the ONLY thing that will keep you afloat #is keeping connected to your peers #we have to move as units and we have to stay together and we have to support each other #your following is not stability. your friendships are. #thats why you hear about networking. thats ceo talk for friendships. connections. #you have to have enough connections to build your own support web on the chance that everything goes to shit. yes its hard work. it sucks. #but it is a necessity. twitter isn't getting better. its not going back to how it was. neither is DA or tumblr. its not happening. #If you put all your eggs in one or two precarious baskets and both fall. you will be shit out of luck! thats reality #there is hope to be found but you have to be realistic and understand that you NEED to build up a presence elsewhere. even if its hard. #I want to help you if I can!!!! bluesky is a really solid twitter alternative!!! #ive heard good things about cohost as a tumblr alternative!!!! #sheezy and inkblot are both indie sites currently being developed by and for other creatives. support them! #they won't be perfect until - and UNLESS - you do! #anyways sorry I will step off my soapbox now Im just frustrated with the state of everything

[icewindandboringhorror]

a quite simple outfit, trying to use the little blue and white apron thing (which is actually a dress I think, that I just leave un-buttoned in the back and added an apron-like tie to lol)

#self #mori kei #jfashion #NOT really but like.. it's.. adjacent I guess.. forgive me .. I may try using tags again though I kind of got out of the habit ghhj #I need to be... Seen to some degree. I want to start selling clothes and sculptures again to recoup the costs of having to euthanize my cat #and stuff . but that won't be very successful if I have like.. 15 people to sell to lol... #the eternal Hermit Conflict where you hate attention and Being Percieved in general yet in todays capitalist society it is nearly #a necessity to have some form of social network or media presence especially in creative fields. etc. etc. ... kicking screaming wailing #sobbing so on and so forth.. tearfully punching the cold mossy stone walls of my evil wizard tower... #I was also thinking of maybe opening a few sculpture commission slots and maybe Tumblr Blazing that post or something #but.. again.... sobbing crying interacting with the general public oughhf ouuch -500 HP #why can't I just be approached by some wealthy 65 year old woman who is nonsensically infatuated with my art for no #reason and gives me like $10.000 a week for food and art supplies and etc. and I can go fuck off into a cabin in the middle of nowhere #in the uk and just be left alone to work on my projects without even needing to build any form of connections or social presence because I' #already set for life and can just get funding and connections whenever lol.. WHICH not to be ungrateful like obviously I still appreciate #anyone who follows and interacts with my posts. I dont mean it in a 'grrr fuck all of you imbeciles I wish I could delete my blog!!!' or #whatever hhjkjk.. I just mean it more in a like.. I am very socially inept and my mental illness gives me severe social issues so any situ #tion where I'm expected to self promote or network or interact with others generally is nightmarish and stressful for many many reasons #and if I could somehow skip that part and just go straight to being a famous author or somethin.. that would be cool. Which I know EVERYONE #hates networking and stuff but I mean like.. on a level most people could not possibly comprehend.. I am not just an 'introvert'. I am like #doctors declare me incapable of functioning in general society very poor mental health prognosis probably should have a caretaker at #some point type Hermit lol.. ANYWAY ghbhj... alas.. I also feel weird about the sculptures in terms of what to charge for them #and always have which is part of why I stopped selling them. If I charged a fair even like $15 an hour many of them would be like #close to $150+. and nobody is going to pay that for a decoration. that doesn't even factor in like.. supplies or time spent communicating/s #etching the concept (if a commission) etc. etc. I thought it'd be better to just auction them then and let people pay what they want inst #d of a set price but etsy doesnt allow auctions and is it weird to just.. link people to an Art Ebay or something lol.. #AAAANYWAY.. the outfit.. I still love these shoes. they're nice and a little Older Style looking. always into pastel florals too lol #(everything is thrifted as usual. excited about the shirt because it's so puffy! it was in the halloween section though ghjhj.. like when i #s october and they make the special aisle in goodwill for 'Costume' clothes even though theyre all just normal stuff I would wear ghg)

[bookpdf]

talking to real people my age is so strange & unfamiliar. what do you mean you use tiktok

#also i gotta figure out a way of sharing my art w curious acquaintances without pointing them to my tumblr #the problem is i don't understand the conventions of other social networks #and i don't want to get caught up in branding/marketting myself like people do on instagram

[890prodoctions]

Just got a temporary iPhone 5s to use as a temporary phone before I switch to android. And that’s what I’m using to write this post on!

#we are so back #we are so fucking back #listening to black pus in bed this shit fucks in the best way #I love Brian Chippendale #he is so person #very special place in my heart for him and his work #I’m listening to live in mine craft specifically #i should be asleep #but oh well #music must go in my brain #beep boop #AAAAAAUUUGGGUUAAAHHHH!!! #HEY HEY CREEPERS AWAY #TROLL BACK TO WHEREVER YOU CAME FROM #oougghh #I’m eepy #I believe I have well adapted to tumblrs specialties and nuances #I would have never done this on any other social network #it’s really funny #hehe :3 #:D #（＾∇＾） #goddamn album so good #I must support artist by make purchase of the merchandise #I should get the comics he’s made too they look cool

[cbc-bb]

hissing and booing at tumblr for putting profile pics in circles. they should be in squares with round corners like god intended

#i know every other social network uses circles #but they’re all wrong too #circles are too small and cut everything off! #tumblr has a setting at least honour that

[wainswright]

This is my googled 30 min research so i'm just guessing for fun.

Looks like either you need to be a hip place that attracts so many new users (makes a splash in numbers for investors?) and get good press as THE place to be in order to attract advertiser dollars OR

Make your core usability lock behind a paywall like spotify, which is cashflow positive, but can't tell if this worked out for medium (probably not)- (and looks like Substack isn't doing too well) This focuses less on advertisers and more on users.

Alternatives? Monetizing content + ads on selected produced articles? That's a niche that isn't filled.

You know there's this whole style of paying for webnovels in China or something, like if they didn't ruin the concept of wattpad by viewing users... like that, instead of treating them like content creators a la Youtube. Which looks like it's going strong.

In lieu of nonprofit, I guess you'd have to get a community of people producing good content that the site made a no brainer to use- and a kind of distributive ad process like uh... tiktok.... hm..... untargeted is that big of a deal? But it'd take advantage of the tumblr social pathways- the ability to monetize a post if you chose. Can't remember much about post+ but that came out of nowhere... I don't remember having any idea how to use it. I hope it was something like- you can choose to monetize certain posts behind a paywall? That's the only way you could do it, right?

Fanfic concerns: nobody on youtube worries about this when making videos about established properties tbh. I guess don't write fanfic specifically and put that behind a paywall (or do and see where this leads us) but fanart is free game? How confusing. Home of fandom could be like.... reviewers.... taste makers..... god tumblr actually IS good at stealth word of mouth marketing for a lot of properties. Very funny.

But if I was thinking informational- or like "how to recognize chords", or news feed that would be an idea I didn't even think of when post+ in it's unclear use state came out.

Okay, maybe that wouldn't work- we come here to shitpost. Maybe you could have the option of making a goodpost blog (original posts only) behind a paywall. But a general fee, like spotify charges $5 for access to all songs, instead for monthly access to paywalled content? The response would be a little different now, I'd imagine.

Both options, as well as an option to see blogs more automatically as the constructed sites and not just on the dash like squarespace? that's doing well, though I've seen random complaints about the nature of the not-html style site constructions. Complexity was mentioned as part of the issue retaining users along with lack of immediate interaction/reason to stay, but showing off various blogs as their own sites and then letting you follow the author of the blogs on the dash seem like it'd work out..........

It retains the free functionality but the alternative would be presented as a sidegig.

Chaotic patreon.....Patreon and Reddit are private, with Reddit maybe having an IPO by the end of 2023, so I'll assume they aren't doing super great. Tumblr up for IPO soon?

Best case scenario for site survival: it's sold to huge company that can eat the cost of operations until the site is made hip to advertisers, or shrug.

But there really isnt a good microblogging site- that allows all the ability to make a searchable blog..... (I see maybe they were thinking they could just use the social part of tumblr and somehow get wordpress to show up on the rss feeds) but yeah there's not really any social capacity baked into to wordpress, on lj I would go over to see what people were doing for that day and read their comments. That site does live on in spirit in dreamwidth

Bluesky and mastodon have that character limit and you can't format anything, but if they get successful they can rake in ad money. I don't know about this. Can't even remember what pillowfort is like but I remember there was some weirdness with the founders that scared me off, I didn't think it was going to last well.

#i still think tumblr has good concept #if you did a call out to specifically the fanartists as a place to centralize commissions #writers to centralize their reporting skills #but tumblr already has this inbaked communication that other sites dont #the stuff that actually lets you network articles #i think some kind of vague patreon like deal wouldn't be bad #ideally advertiser money would make up the difference but it seems we have. a marketability problem? which is weird #we're like instagram to the left #twitter is just takes its so boring to me! #and neocities is all well and good but what about fandom eh #back to the forums with ye? #ok: fandom reaction would be a nonprofit clone but hm.................... social huh #me blinking at the news facebook is doing so well i genuinely dont know people who network there? linkedin makes sense #facebook is where i keep track of people i meet but i did use to use it like tumblr until parents arrived #so wordpress cant be doing well either #forgot about cohost

[lostintime-liketearsinrain]

Where else you can find me...

I'm not always around on Tumblr, so I figured I'd make this post and pin it if anyone wants to follow me elsewhere, for both personal and business stuff.

Business links

Website - www.drawstax.com

Tumblr - @drawstax

Instagram - Drawstax

Tiktok - Drawstax

Other Links - bio.site/drawstax

Personal Links

Instagram - JonPun90

Side Tumblr - @fcked-up-demon

Journal Tumblr - @journal-jungle

Feel free to check any of these links out and if I think of any more, I'll add them to this post!

#personal #other social links #social links #follow me here #instagram #tumblr #tiktok #website #other links #small business #my website #social network #etsy business #etsy shop #support small business #artist #digital artist #artists on tumblr #artists on etsy #tattoo artist

[bzedan]

Trying to braid the tangling RSS feeds of all of the people I enjoy as they disperse across the web like so much silt kicked up in a river.

#a real pain because RSS has got rather abandoned over the years #again I miss Google Reader #the last thing that wasn't a social network we used as a social network that was a joy other than tumblr #meche chatters

[inkbotkowalski]

the wonderful thing about tumblr in a PC browser vs. tumblr app is that if someone reblogs an abysmally bad take, I can hover my little cursor over the username of the originator and just block them

#tumblr #meta #UI #bad takes #cleaning up #In my time on Twitter I have developed speedy blocking habits and I'm taking them to every other social media network I'm using

[isopodhours]

I think a lot of you people would like mastodon if you knew how it worked

#basically it's not just some website. it's like email where you make an account with one server and all the different servers communicate #as a side effect of this it ends up being like an amplified version of everything that makes tumblr different from other social media #it's not just mastodon either that's just one program. there's loads of others like pixelfed and peertube that serve different functions-- #but operate on the same protocol #so you end up with this big decentralized network that nobody owns that lets you do cool shit like-- #subscribe to a youtube channel from your twitter account #and if you don't like how your instance is being moderated you can just switch to an account on another one without losing anything #the network effect that keeps people on twitter is basically nonexistent here #don't make an account on the official instances though. they're way too big to have any kind of moderation and-- #mastodon in particular is trying to make theirs more twitter-y for some reason #I'm tempted to do a proper write up in a reblog but i could also just send you to-- #wordsmith dot social/elilla/a-futuristic-mastodon-introduction-for-2021 #they explain it really well imo #also if i managed to sell anyone on this you can follow me there at @will@social dot isopod dot cool. i run my own instance it's sick #ok edit here's the solution to admins being able to read your dms: use something else to directly message people

[grimmauldis]

first art post since 2018 lets gooo

#digital art #oc #original character #character design #art #procreate #cardinellisdraws #honestly im so sick of posting art on every other social media network and getting like. one like on smth i worked hours on so #im turning my tumblr into an art stash with aes stuff #idk

[illitten]

Hi

#feeling fucking rank #and of course that's what brings me back to Tumblr #my other socials are too connected to networking and shit #I can't scream into the void there

[evermoving]

noooo tumblr stop forcing tumblr tv to happen. this new update if you click on any gif/image to see it better then you're automatically on tumblr tv (apparently?) bc scrolling down will show you similar posts i had this for 2 seconds but i already hate it so much

#i dont want that #shut up about tumblr tv shut up about tumblr tv #i hate it here #all of these product ads was bad but trying to make tumblr similar to other social networks is gonna ruin it

[myshunosun]

Bake It Up Stand Mixer & Cookbook - Home Chef Hustle SP (#EAPartner)

As promised, here are the new versions of my Bake It Up stand mixer and cookbook that are compatible with the Home Chef Hustle SP (SP is required). The mixer has a slightly different design that works with the new gameplay interactions. I also added new swatches to it to sweeten the deal.

Big thanks to the EA Creator Network for providing me with early access to this pack, and making this prompt item update possible. Check out the original Bake It Up set here.

Download (always free on Patreon) / Follow me on social media

Home Chef Hustle SP required

Stand mixer: 18 tagged swatches, 300§

Cookbook: 4 tagged swatches, 80§

Custom catalog thumbnails

Custom specular and normal maps 

New meshes, all LODs

These items do not override the items from my original Bake It Up set. In other words, you can use both versions in your game. You can search for “bake it up" or “myshunosun” in the buy catalog to quickly find these items.

Follow and support me here: Tumblr / Twitter / Patreon / Instagram / CurseForge

@public-ccfinds @s4library @mmfinds @sssvitlanz @maxismatchccworld

#the sims 4 #ts4 #ts4cc #s4cc #the sims 4 home chef hustle #home chef hustle #myshunosun #mycc #s4mm #s4mmcc #maxis match #eapartner #eacreatornetwork #s4 cc #ts4 cc #s4 maxis match #ts4 maxis match #simblr

[crim50n-r8er-reblogs]

Senate Bill 686 of the 118th Congress (The Restrict Act)

I’m honestly a bit disappointed here at Tumblr for not talking about this bill more, so I’m going to share what I’ve learned about it with you all

The link above goes to a pdf file going over the entire bill that has only been introduced atm as shown in the image just above from congress.gov.

Now, people only see this as a means to ban Tiktok, but that’s just the mask this truly cruel bill is hiding behind.

To boil it all down, this bill lets the Secretary of Commerce to have the power to ban…basically ANYTHING on the internet.

This includes hardware like video game consoles or Wifi networks as well as software and applications such as VPNs.

It also gives the government the power to monitor, basically everything you do online, private messages, posts on social media, streams, you name it, they can monitor it.

And the punishment for using, say, a VPN to access Tiktok, will result in 20 years in prison with a 1/4 million fine, a full million if you did it on purpose.

Now, I please ask you all to go to your representatives and tell them about how you don’t want this bill to be passed whatsoever. Heck, if you have to, (passively) threaten them with supporting their opponent in the next primary in any way they can. Just remember to be respectful and civil.

If you don’t want to do that, I respect that decision, and I understand that you wouldn’t want to deal with politics. But, I at least ask you to signal boost this post by reblogging it to your own followers and give any other thoughts about this that you might have in the tags or just normally.

I don’t want this lovable hellsite we all call home and made such good friends and memories on to be under the eyes of those pedophilic heathens who can’t seem to even know how to unlock a smartphone.

I thank you all for reading this, and I hope you all have a good day/night.

#us politics #usa #restrict act #senate 686 #tiktok #tiktok ban #tumblr #internet #first amendment #freedom of speech #pls share

[dearimasu]

hello tumblrheads. with the ongoing shitshow i remembered im the spokesperson for this tumblr alternative so,

WAFRN.NET, a tumblr-style, queer-safe, alternative

pictured: wafrn users in their natural habitat

wafrn is a fediverse-based* social media consisting of majorly of queer people, it has an active userbase, a ton of them doing fuck-all and having fun :]

perks!

It has custom css! You can customize your profile with pretty much anything and make themes for you dashboard

It connects to Mastodon, Pleroma, Firefish, Misskey and such, so you can connect with over 100k other people on remote servers!

We're even working on an independent wiki! That means we'll have a comprehensive wiki with notable user-generated moments and events and it wont be hosted on fandom!

It's indie, no corporations attached.

Its open source! You can open it right up and look through the code :)

Predominantly Leftist: Bigots and bootlickers are banned the moment they make themselves known, and the staff [that includes me] actively interacts with the userbase.

*the fediverse is this interconnected chain of servers operating on the same network [that being ActivityPub], allowing people on entirely different websites to connect with eachother, basically.

#tumblr alternative #tumblr alternatives #queer #fediverse #social media #trans #html #indie web #old web #photomatt #wafrn