#long tags for ts

[magitekelite]

* hovers over here *

#ooc ✦ * : ˚ ୨୧ ｡ . #just got home #!! #work is still 😬 😬 😬 😬 #just when i think i'm finally caught up #eom is going to throw me back again #it's fine #i am going to slowly draft things on terra bae and #i already have things drafted for g.arland so #maybe i shall return to my other blogs as well #( stares wistfully @ sophie and aya Ever and Always ) #long tags for ts

[kwehgal]

me : wants to write a s.hinra au for e.sther also me @ me : but isn’t the g.old s.aucer implied to be owned by s.hinra so technically speaking from a certain point of view she is an employee also also me : LISTEN I JUST WANT TO SEE HER LIVING HER BEST E.LLE W.OODS LIFE BEING PRETTY IN PINK IN URBAN PLANNING & GENUINELY TRYING TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE ——

#ooc ୨୧ ⊹ . ݁ ˖ ˚ #ignore my rambling shenanigans #i just #!! #i know og has d.io as the owner but #it's literally built where above where c.orel used to be #no way they didn't try to hide that with an amusement park #f.fviir's description of g.old s.aucer has it indicated as a s.hinra owned facility and d.io introduces himself as the ' park director ' so #a lil more specific here #rebirth spoilers #( - ish ) #but not really #long tags for ts

[enbycupcake]

they are looking me in the face mocking me for saying this paycheck i wasnt gonna buy dolls bc i bought dolls last paycheck

#i worked extra hours this week so i COULD buy them but 😭😭😭 #i spent [redacted] last paycheck on dolls too like— #im having fomo i wasnt about to get ANY barbie the movie dolls not even the playline ones #but i want ken SO BADLY even if he's doomed for no barbie #prince adam is ugly cute and i want to possess him to eventually make him over #and next paycheck is when i think i need to buy drac and frankie before the core dolls are wiped UGH #zack.txt #long tags for ts

[yukioujo]

not me speedrunning the event on its last day because i've had barely any time to play throughout its run

#❀ ⊹ ⁺ ₊ ˚ ⸝⸝ 𝐟𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲〘 ooc 〙. #I KNOW I KNOW MY GIRL DESERVES THE WORLD #I DID ALL OF THE MINIGAMES THO #work has been particularly grueling #i've been in a slow transition between positions for months #the position i switched into was already behind on work #and only started getting A LOT of new curveballs that fell to me that the last person never had to deal with #and i'm technically still ' in training ' and wasn't even properly trained #so i had to teach myself #and with all of the holidays and short weeks etc #WHELP #well #i've been going in early recently just to try and catch up #🥲 🥲 🥲 🥲 #so we'll see how that turns out #long tags for ts

[relicsought]

my biggest hc + canon divergence for l.ocke : no dead gf in the basement

#ooc ｡ ˚ ⋆ 🗡 . #i never should have left her side ｡ ˚ ⋆ 🗡 . #hc ｡ ˚ ⋆ 🗡 . #death tw #obsession tw #drags hands down face #iykyk #look #LISTEN #i know what square was trying to do but it was a gross storyline #you can keep l.ocke's protecting girls complex and guilt #which factors into his misunderstandings and conflict with c.eles #you can keep him trying to reunite with rachel's spirit again #and l.ocke ultimately finding closure and forgiving himself #wITHOUT HIS DEAD GF'S BODY LITERALLY THERE #my dude already self-deprecatingly punishes himself enough on his own #creepy old man preserving dead gf's body is just so unnecessary #RACHEL DIDN'T DESERVE ANY OF THIS #long tags for ts

[kimdokjas]

wait wait, what’s the change tumblr did to the reblog chains ? 🥲🥲🥲 I’m so lost

okay so basically, let's say you see a post on your dash

before the update, if you clicked on a url, you could do 3 things:

view that specific reblog on the blog you follow (A)

view the previous reblog on the blog A reblogged it from (B)

view the original post on op's blog (C)

however, staff recently implemented an update where clicking on a url no longer takes you to that specific post. now, clicking on a url just takes you to the blog itself.

this means that you now get 5 things:

view ONLY that specific reblog on the blog you follow (A) -> changed location near header. also, you will now ONLY see that post and nothing else

view ONLY the original post on op's blog (C) -> changed location near header. you will only see that post and nothing else. and ONLY if the op hasn't deleted it, otherwise it just shows an error

view the blog of the person you follow (D)

view the blog of the person D reblogged it from (F) -> option B no longer exists

view the blog of the op (E)

you might be thinking: "cool! i get more options so that's good, right?" well, no.

there are SEVERAL things wrong with this and it goes beyond the prev tags issue

1) first of all, it's counterintuitive that A and C changed locations to the area near the header, especially if your userbase was already used to the previous functions. it just seems like horrible UX design to me but let's put that aside for now.

2) as you can see, option B which allowed you to see the previous reblog of a post no longer exists.

now, if you click on the previous url, you will just be taken to their entire blog. you can no longer view the post itself.

someone asked staff about this, and they replied in this post that the change was INTENTIONAL and if you want to view the previous reblog you would have to "go through the notes view".

to borrow what someone else said:

basically, this update just killed the prev tags culture in one fell swoop.

(sure, you can still use it to reply directly to the person you're reblogging from, but it's now literally useless to use "prev tags" for everyone else involved. sure, you can choose to copy tags or peer review them, but again, if people will have to copy them then the less people are likely to use them, and not every prev lends itself to peer-reviewing imo)

now, listen. i know not everyone likes the prev tags culture, but it just seems like such a poorly-thought decision to kill a culture that like... half of your entire userbase uses (see this poll as a quick reference) and that's UNIQUE to your site and sets you apart from other social media.

but it's also not even just prev tags. let's say you want to remove an annoying addition on a post's reblog chain? you can no longer do that.

however, i feel like this is the most important point:

regardless of how you may feel about the prev tags culture, the pure UI aspect of it should remain

what i mean by this is: even if you don't like prev tags, simply 1) being able to access the reblog chain, and 2) clicking on a post and actually have it take you to their BLOG (and not just a page with that one single post) is literally essential navigation.

this update threatens to drive down user engagement (which is already critically low) by making it harder to navigate. which is actually another point:

3) even if you click on A and C now to view those specific posts, it's NOT the same as it used to be.

before, you could view the reblog directly on the blog. so you could just scroll down and see the other posts leading up to it. now, you will be taken to a page where you will ONLY see that post and nothing else.

but also, you can no longer easily navigate other people's blogs.

you know how sometimes you would see like 50 notifications of someone going through an entire tag on your blog? that's going to happen a lot less, i'm afraid.

let's suppose you want to go to op's blog because they're an artist and you want to see more of their art. so you click on C and see that the tag they use for posts with their art is "#my art"

cool! before, you could just click on that tag and immediately view ALL of their art as long as the posts have that tag.

but now, if you click on that tag, it will take you to the ENTIRE tumblr tag with literally all the posts that everyone in the history of time has tagged with that specific tag.

now, to do the same thing that just took 2 clicks before, you would have to: click on C to view the post -> look for the tag you want to navigate -> click E to view their whole blog -> scroll and look for a post that just so happens to have that tag (the search function is literally useless) and hope to god that there's a recent one or you'll have to scroll for ages or simply give up -> if you happen to find it, click on that tag to navigate their posts.

you see how this is counterproductive, right? you see how this can literally drive down engagement with content creators, right?

if you make people's blogs harder to navigate, you will literally drive down the number of likes and reblogs on their posts, which have already been steadily declining for years now.

4) options D and E to view the blogs and not the posts are literally useless because you could already access other people's blogs before. you just had to click on their url to view their blogs starting from that specific post AND you could choose to just refresh it to view their newest posts.

either way, the change just seems completely unnecessary. and again, it's not just about the prev tags culture but about basic UI.

so what can we do about it?

i normally don't advocate for flooding staff with messages but i do feel like this is one of the worst updates staff has ever done (and that's saying something) and something needs to change.

even if they don't retcon the entire update, that's fine, but staff could at least add the option to view the reblog chain as a different feature (maybe even opt-in) for example. there are better ways to go about this than just axing an entire existing feature.

also, this same issue that makes it harder to navigate blogs needs to change. i feel like content creators will be especially affected by this unless this changes because you can no longer easily navigate their tags, so it will inevitably drive down engagement.

so please, contact staff and let them know we want a change.

you can contact support here!

here's a template for a possible message you could send, but feel free to edit it. (under category you can choose "Feedback")

Hi, I would like to politely request a change to the recent update that affects the reblog chain of posts. Regardless of the "prev tags" culture itself, the UI aspect of being able to view the reblog chain of a post is essential for navigation on this website. Even adding it as a separate, opt-in feature would be a huge help. Additionally, clicking on a post and then on one of the tags now takes you to the entire tumblr tag instead of the tag on that blog, which makes it harder to navigate blogs. Both of these issues have the potential to drive down user engagement by actively making it harder to navigate Tumblr, but especially for content creators. I hope you can do something to address these issues as soon as possible. Thanks in advance and have a nice day.

also, if you can and/or want, reblogs are appreciated to help spread the word!

that's pretty much the gist of the issue from what i've seen, but if anyone else has anything to add or a different way we could contact staff to make ourselves heard, please feel free to let me know!

TLDR: it's not just about prev tags, this update affects basic functionality and content creators as well

#pls reblog if u can to help spread the word!! #@anon this turned out a lot longer than i expected omg #i hope u don't mind me hijacking this ask to make a general informative post about this issue!! #ask #anonymous #tumblr #tumblr update #prev tags #signal boost #supportcontentcreators #evansyhelp #staff #long post for ts #196

[deangloriam]

dean is literally the priest’s favorite sacrificial lamb (x)

#dean winchester #supernatural #spn web weaving #this was inspired by a suck session web weaving believe it or not #mine: post #remember when ppl used to tag things for ts like i was so tempted to tag long post for ts

[mhin-t]

babygirl 🥰

tap/click on the pic for better quality

#i am done looking at him i spent way too long on this (nearly 7 hours rip). i'm so happy with it tho omfg #touchstarved #touchstarved game #touchstarved fanart #touchstarved vere #vere touchstarved #ts vere #vere ts #my art #my fanart #digital art #art tag

[elbdot]

Between all the Pokemon hype I have decided it is yet time again for another horse PONY! :D 🐴☃️😊

I found so much joy in drawing horses again over the last few months and I'm especially happy I could make a winter illustration this year... I always want to draw something the like during the holiday season but this is the first time in YEARS I was actually able to do it!! ;w; I'm so happy with the birds especially, drawing them brought me so much joy! :'D 🐤💖

Have a very merry Christmas time and happy holidays you guys! ;w;

ALSO You can see the whole working progress of this piece on my patreon! 🦄✨💫

#horse #pony #bella sara #artists on tumblr #winter #magic #illustration #christmas #The birds are long tailed t*ts but I dont know if I can tag that safely haha #my art #elbdot art #elbdot

[cardvngreenbriar]

[ 2023 SPOTIFY WRAPPED MEME ] @taiturner sent: 4 + gen v ↳ so it goes... by taylor swift (ft. jordan and marie)

#tusercj #genvedit #gen v #tvedit #userbbelcher #chewieblog #cinemapix #jordan li #marie moreau #usermai #* #*gif #*wrapped2023 #*sfmml #idk who to tag bc it's a taylor lyric edit #trippin trip trippin was too long rip the rhythm sorry mother #limoreau #ts: so it goes

[hyperfixated-homo]

IT IS DONE!!! I colored all the lineart from this post by @cofe-doodles :DD

This was so fun to do aodjwaijsd the art is impeccable and I just had to throw in some fun design headcannons (blond virgil for the win). If you like this check her art out!

Flat colors for each piece under the cut :)

#sanders sides #ts sanders sides #virgil sanders #roman sanders #patton sanders #logan sanders #remus sanders #janus sanders #art #shadow draws #shadow colors #thats a tag ive used before right #ooh baby these took long but it was so worth it #i had so much fun!! #so much CLOTHING RENDERING RRRRR #/pos #and SKIN RENDERING #RRRRRR #i hope you enjoy :> #i might post some lighting expirements later hmmm #maybe

[enbycupcake]

i have a confession: i was a wincestiel bitch back in the day

#“zack that doesn't surprise me at all” shut UP #the way the terrible polycule experience haunts me as i type this #if that last tag makes no sense i'm sorry i don't know where i've dropped my zack lore #i'm spread across so many platforms now #if you're confused you can ask lmao #we all know i'm a bitch that can't shut his mouth #zack.txt #long tags for ts

[yukioujo]

🪨 🪡 ⚔️ 👘

#❀ ⊹ ⁺ ₊ ˚ ⸝⸝ 𝐟𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲〘 ooc 〙. #FOR SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T WANT TO COME HOME #C.HIORI CAME HOME * FOR ME * #honestly her banner was so bizarrely generous i cannot believe #got her at c2 rn and never missed her on my 5* pulls #THIS NEVER HAPPENS TO ME #lbr she didn't come home for me #she came home for my aya #but still #i'll take the w #🥲 🥲 🥲 🥲 #ty c.hiori #long tags for ts

[mmemirrorball]

BUT DADDY I LOVE HIM 🤍

#NEW BOOKMARK DESIGN WAHOOOOO #my art tag #my art lol #IVE GATEKEPT HER FOR SO LONG OMG #ttpd release #ttpd #but daddy i love him #ts ttpd #taylor swift #swifties #taylor nation #taylors version #tswiftnation #ts eras tour #the eras tour #ts fanart #ts 11 #ts art #the tortured poets department #tortured poets department #etsy art prints #etsyseller #etsyshop #etsystore #swiftie Etsy

[lokh]

its finally happened. all because i kept thinking 'bet they would quadrant vacillate'

theyre all a bit younger than canon (the hashira maybe around 16 or equivalent). kind of an alpha kids situation with muzan attempting to take over earth, where muzan is a mutant troll who can use his powers (maybe his blood???) to mutate and control others. muzan came from a null session and in search of the ultimate reward goes around stealing players (ie making demons). his search for a winning session brings him to earth

BUT WHO CARES ABOUT THAT. have black-red vacillating human-troll renkaza

detailed description and notes under the cut

notes and descriptions in first image:

akazas fetch modus is compass: have to face certain direction to fetch. at most basic thats probably four items, but it could go up to 360 for every degree (which he can definitely do) but imagine going smaller....

kyojuros fetch modus is charades: have to act out captchalogued item. if hes not clear enough then he'll fetch the wrong item. i just thought it was a fun nod to his liking plays LMAO

my attempt at their sprites lol. kyojuro bringing that camp counsellor vibe

naturally their strife specibi are fistkind and bladekind

sketch of hakuji as a candy blood troll before becoming akaza

kyojuro as knight of hope. never god tiers in the main timeline =) his planet is land of fate and blaze

akaza as maid of doom. hates the outfit and refuses to wear it. his planet is land of snow and fireworks. as hakuji definitely fits 'bard of life' more (the inverse)

small doodle of kyojuro and akaza sleeping. kyojuro is a prospit dreamer and akaza is a derse dreamer. i feel some argument can be made for prospit dreamer akaza but i like the contrast here lmao

kyojuro and hakuji as ghosts meeting in a dream bubble. i imagine they would be somewhat apprehensive about meeting each other

with akaza being a maid of doom, i imagined muzan might also be a doom player, which would make kagaya a life player! to be opposites =3c

muzan killed and turned hakuji in such a way that he became god tier. so when akaza blows himself up it counts as just and he dies for real

#knystuck #rengoku kyojuro #akaza #kny #=3c hehehehehehe. anyways. #ive one) not interacted/delved into hs for too long and two) am not actually super into demon slayer #so i havent thought of things like. what would they have prototyped. or like. ironed out details abt muzan or kagaya or whatever #but. at least this is out there now LMAO #art #demon slayer #homestuck for ts #renkaza #akaren #KNYSTUCK WASNT A TAG BEFORE BUT NOW IT IS. HAHAHAHA #i was also thinking maybe slayer marks = god tiering? hence kyo not getting to god tier #but also explaining why when akaza kills him he just. stays dead #also thinking maybe hakuji is really a bard of life for real but muzans powers also have a way of like. fucking that up #i just really really didnt want to draw akaza in a bard outfit LMAO

[phynali]

Tumblr tip sheet for twitter refugees

i’ve seen a lot of different advice posts but none that had what i consider all the key advice in one spot, so here we are. long post ahead.

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1. your dash can be put into reverse chronological order and it is a BETTER experience if you do that

Go to your settings -> Dashboard -> Preference

Turn “Best Stuff First” OFF

2. you can (and likely should!) turn off algorithmic content

Under the same menu. Settings -> Dashboard -> Preferences

There are two algorithms on tumblr.

One is “In your orbit” and I fucking hate it. i want to see the content that I like, not that some random person i follow likes. if i wanted to see that content on my dash, i’d follow the people who put it there.

The other is “based on your likes” and it is hilariously bad because if you like a post for something you don’t normally like or follow (e.g., when I watched a new movie and liked one post about it), you’ll suddenly get a dozen posts about that thing and only that thing.

I keep it on because it’s hilariously bad, but i honestly recommend turning it off. it routinely recommends shit to me that i hate and i have to keep telling it that i am “not interested in this post” for things tagged with my nOTP, but until / unless i filter that ship tag out entirely, i will keep being serviced those

3. filtering / blacklisting is your friend

this is true on every platform, not just tumblr. i’m sure veteran twitter users are well-versed in it, but just as a reminder. you will be expected to filter your own content/dash here on tumblr, and if you complain about seeing something that was properly tagged, you will be rightly mocked as a clown.

Settings -> Account -> Content You See

you can filter both tags and post content. There’s a completely innocuous post i absolutely hate that does rounds and is never tagged, and i almost unfollowed a mutual for how much i hate that post and them reblogging it so much. but i typed a specific sentence from that post into the “filtered post content” options and BOOM - haven’t seen it since. glorious.

4. content controls are your friend

under the same “Content You See” menu. You are automatically opted OUT of seeing this stuff, so you MUST opt in to see mature content.

you’ll want to determine your own preferences, but i prefer to see all of the mature content types that may be hit with a community label.

5. long posts are (probably) your friend

tumblr cuts posts over a few lines if you have this turned off, and it’s really annoying and really truncates your experience of the website. THIS is itself a long post!

part of the quintessential tumblr experience is being annoyed by the “do you love the color of the sky” post.

seriously, this isn’t twitter. we aren’t here for 280 character bite-sized posts. i 10/10 recommend keeping long posts on.

Settings -> Dashboard -> Interface

6. blog-specific settings

there is also a menu for additional settings (including updating the appearance etc) for each blog you have (your main, and any sideblogs).

this is near the end of your options under Settings -> Blog Settings (click the individual blog to update)

under your blog settings you can...

- enable your custom theme (which you should! this is turned off for new users but personalizing your page is part of the experience)

- decide if you want people to know what posts you’re liking and who you’re following. i do NOT, so these are off. internet privacy is allowed on tumblr, and don’t let anyone bully you into thinking you need to make everything public for their supervision. consume all the problematic content your little gremlin content desires and tell people to fuck off if they take issue with that.

- determine if and how others can interact with your blog!! there some settings about asks, messaging, tipping (if you’re here to make $$), whether people can even SEE your blog, if it’s searchable, etc. tumblr gives power and control back to the users! use that power!

here, you can specifically set your “Ask” preferences to on or off, and to accept or NOT accept asks from anonymous users / logged out users.

if you’re here to interact with friends or just vibe, or don’t reblog a lot of asks games or encourage anon inbox messages, and/or especially if you’re getting harasment and don’t want to deal with shitty users, it is okay to turn off anons, and i ENCOURAGE you to do so.

i keep it on for my fandom sideblogs and off for my main and this makes me happy. do what makes you happy.

7. etiquette and interface

- change your icon so no one thinks you’re a bot

- reblog posts so your account isn’t empty. also, with  algorithmic content turned off by most users, YOU are the algorithm, and interaction on this website is strongly encouraged. making or reblogging posts part of the experience and sort of the whole point

- reblog tagging: individual preferences apply. instead of adding a comment on a reblog, users will often add their thoughts in a tag, if they aren’t specifically looking to engage in a dialogue or add on to the post itself. other users can then decide to copy their tags (often with “prev” for “previous” appended) or even copy/paste them into a comment on their reblog, which is your tags “passing peer review”. people also tag to index posts so their blog is more searchable, and to include trigger warnings and content warnings related to a post. you can also choose to not tag anything. it’s your blog, do what you want.

- tags are how people find new content. if you make a new post and want people to find it, they will be searching the tag related to that content, so tag it accordingly. people can also follow tags and get notifications when new posts are made into that tag.

- do not censor words! this isn’t tiktok or twitter. we say ‘fuck’ and ‘kill’ here. if you write “unalive” or censor swears or triggers, people’s content filters do not work, and you will have undermined their ability to curate their content, moderate their experience, and avoid triggers. don’t do that. just spell out the whole goddamn word, please.

- you can make sideblogs under a single account! this means you have your main, which you interact (like, reply, and follow) from, but which can be used to have a space for all your posts and reblogs on a given topic (fandom, hobby, fixation, whatever). you can also direct message to/from a sideblog and accept asks etc.

- if you use tumblr in your browser, there is an add-on called XKIT. this used to be a tumblr user staple and allowed for a lot of functionality that tumblr didn’t used to have. tumblr has since very much upped their game, but it can still be worth using XKIT if you’re regularly in a browser and not on the app. for example, it includes some ad-blocking capabilities. I use “New Xkit” and have a few personalized settings with it.

- posts go around forever on this site and new memes crop up every day, retreat, and then resurge out of the blue randomly. this makes for tumblr-wide in-jokes that circulate for years, like “do you love the color of the sky” and the “color theory children’s hospital” post. if you don’t get these, you can ask and i’m sure tumblr will deliver, but you can also wait around and follow more people and these will turn up eventually.

- your dash is what you make it. your interaction is what you make it. you have control, you are not at the mercy of algorithms and advertisers if you don’t want to be. paying for ad-free browsing is an option. they even give you the option to toggled your ad settings within ad-free browsing. seriously - you. have. the. control.

this is something that we love about tumblr and one of the things that makes it our hellsite (affectionate) instead of our hellsite (derogatory). if you’re finding your experience to be negative but still want to stick around, i encourage you to block accounts or content that makes you unhappy or anxious, to follow the accounts that bring you joy, and to adjust your settings into whatever makes you happiest and least stressed out.

#tumblr #twitter #twitter refugees #tumblr tips #fellow tumblr veterans what did i miss? #long post #long post for ts #ts was tumblr savior aka an extension from about a decade ago that people used for content filtering #i think before xkit existed? #and some of us still use the 'for ts' tags because people use to blacklist/filter content based on that wording #i guess it's not really needed for long posts anymore since people can turn those off in their dash preferences now #but old habits die hard #anyway this barely touches on the unique tumblr culture but i hope that culture sticks around despite an influx of new users