#reblogs make the site work

[wanderinginksplot]

Reblogs are important

I know, that isn't a shock. But I wanted to share something that might help people who are new to Tumblr understand why everyone says that.

Tumblr used to have something called Reblog Graphs, and they're working on bringing them back. (You can find them in Tumblr Labs if you're interested.) Reblog Graphs are a great way of visualizing how posts spread through the site.

I chose two of my most popular posts for this experiment - one with a lot of likes and relatively fewer reblogs and one with a ratio that was closer to being even.

[For sake of clarity, the posts are part of the same fandom, but the like-heavy post is a fic while the reblog-heavy post is not. That does have an impact on what gets reblogged versus liked, but my point still stands.]

Here is the like-heavy post:

The post was reblogged by people in my immediate sphere. Approximately three of the rebloggers' followers also reblogged and three more reblogged those reblogs.

Okay, now the reblog-heavy post:

See the difference? My original post is in the bottom right and was reblogged by people in my immediate sphere. But more of their followers reblogged and their followers did the same. Infinitely more people saw this post, though it has 328 fewer notes than the like-heavy post.

In conclusion, if you want to see more from people (ESPECIALLY artists, writers, and others who create time-consuming content), you NEED to reblog. It makes a difference in how much meaningful interaction people get, and meaningful interaction (which is often interaction other than likes) is what sparks creativity.

#reblog post #reblogs are everything #likes are bookmarks for yourself #reblogs make the site work #reblog stuff #please reblog #sharing is caring #writing #fanfiction #fanfic #art #fanart #ink thinks #ink's life

[miwtual]

im so fucking tired of the disrespect gifmakers get on the gifmaker website

#kai.txt #negativity tw #(sorry these are gonna be a lot of tags. i have a lot of feelings and i dont know where else to put them) #we make gifs and nobody reblogs them #when they do get reblogged all people want to tell you is that your gifs arent good enough to them and rip it to shreds #'you're missing x' 'why didnt you do y' 'if i made this i would have abc' 'hey op ur wrong and this is why' 'i dont like this op' #reposters dont even reblog your fucking gifset but they'll save your gifs to repost later asking for how to do something #that they could have asked you how to do in the fucking first place #we reblog ourselves constantly because nobody else will and maybe to make our work look like it has more notes than it does #to make ourselves feel better about the lack of interaction we're getting #and then when we TALK about this frustration we have. people who are too afraid to say it to our faces #go on anon in our askboxes and tell us how we're somehow selfish for wanting people to interact with the sets #that we spent time on. hours. days. WEEKS in some cases #or we get anons who tell us the reason we dont have notes are because we arent good at gifmaking in the first place #but this is all on anon. because they're too scared to tell it to our faces #they're too scared for us to see that they ARENT a gifmaker and that they dont know how to do it any better either #they dont see us as people doing something we love as a hobby. they see us as content machines that dance like court jesters #im just so fucking tired of the disrespect #and this sentiment goes for more than just gifmakers. graphicmakers. artists. literally any creative hobby shared on this site #we get treated like shit and for what? literally for fucking what.

[ghostespresso]

staff logging on to tumblr dot com today

#staff sweetie i Promise you an algorithm would kill this webbed site #changing the way reblogs look/work would Absolutely kill this webbed site too #this is a Blogging Platform i dont want it to be like tiktok or twitter jesus #if you NEED to change something literally listen to the the Tumblr Users you pretend you cant hear #if money is what you need make your userbase Happy and you should be fine #the shop is fine blaze posts are fine ad free subscriptions are fine but dont get rid of shit that Works For You in favor of making money #someone really laced up their clown boots today im. so tired staff please dont #tumblr staff #EDIT: staff updated their original post to say we were all misunderstanding but #that doesnt stop the post from being stupid #the whole post was worded for Investors and then presented to the userbase #if you say 'we have big changes planned!' and dont put in the 'as options' its Your Fault that people read it as 'were changing everything' #staff isnt stupid. they know how they Should have worded it better than what they did #so yeah. someone Did lace up their clown boots before they hit post #edit pt 2 lol for the record i dont think tumblr would actually go through with all their changes in that post #they know how the userbase is and there are A Lot of us #i just dont like how? idk. condescending? the post sounded #and out of every place on the internet being being burned alive in the name of money #tumblr is the one place i know enough about to be Actually mad at lol #ive really liked some stuff staff has done in recent years #but talking to your userbase that way wasnt one

[yenvengerberg]

it just makes me so sad that gifmakers will pour hours upon hours into crafting a gifset, overanalyzing every colouring and blending and typography decision to create pure art, which is so unique and creative, and the most the majority of users on this site can be bothered to do in response is hit the like button

#ah yes we're back here again #anyway i finally had some time on my hands to go through the full NYNF tag because i wanted to see what people had been making #and it's breathtaking #so much pure art there so much creativity #BUT what pissed me the fuck off was that the notes were so low??? #and the likes to reblog ratios even more abismal #so many fandoms so much beauty and y'all can't even be bothered to share it #i love this site but damn it's killing it #what's the point in being creative if no one will share your work?

[hannie-dul-set]

blocking empty blogs.

hey, there! this is to inform everyone that i will be blocking empty accounts (no pfp/no posts/no reblogs) from my followers list from december 11 onwards. i’m making an announcement ahead of time because if you’re a real person and not a bot behind those empty accounts, please do what you’re generally expected to do here on tumblr— start reblogging.

#rlly you don't even have to reblog my posts specifically 😭😭 just give me the indication that the acc is being used bcs #this site's bot problem has gotten worse #and clicking on seemingly active accs following me with having no posts no reblogs just make me think.......u rlly don't know how this site #works don't u #pls!!! pls start reblogging!!!! giving y'all a little over a week before i start purging my follower list!!!!!

[strampunch]

Magnificent~

He’s so stupidly hirsute, I love him. 

I’m busy with work and other life stuff, but I enjoyed the new short and the new mechanics look fun. Very curious to see where the lore goes in the next update. Anyway these two are gay for each other, the end. 

#Don't Starve #Don't Starve Together #Wilson P. Higgsbury #Wilson dst #Maxwell dst #William Carter #Maxwil #Maxwell/Wilson #my art #Sorry for posting this at night #I don't know when engagement is best on the internet #and at this point I don't care anymore #I can't remember what makes each stupid site work #I'm just here because the rest of the internet is garbage #and the tags on the reblogs always cheer me up

[can-of-slorgs]

Local owlbear, what she gonna explodee✨

#neopets #neoart #vandagyre #not technically an oc but it is an original design i guess lol #Same with the ogrin I'm starting to open my eyes to these fellas #i used to hate them but i think its just the neo designs lol #Also this technically was a practice to see if I ended up making one of my real OCs into one #but i just settled into a classic eyrie #and i wanted to finish this sketch cause i really liked the pose lmfaoo #I don't.... think I'll be using this for anything??? just wanted to draw an alquemist vanda for my scrungly soul #anyways it takes me stupidly long to finish drawings maybe i should stick to some doodles here and there #vin doods #forgot the tag woops #also stole the green colors from mneo as well cause they're easier on my eyes and the drawing LMFAOO #i want to thank all the likes and reblogs once again though!! it's so heartwarming whenever I open this site i see some notifs :D #i am working on my characters lore but oh god please take the keyboard away from me i write so fuckin much HHHH #ok too much rambling you can stop reading my thoughts now haha

[neechees]

At least I didn't go into someone's inbox and call them a "motherDUCKer" like a pathetic loser

#'they reblog the exat mutual aids' i mean even if that was true thats. thats how reblogging works. thats how this site works #ppl are gunna reblog the same shit thats literally what happens #also u can literally look at both of our blogs for more than 2 seconds & see thats also not true but whatever #theyre like *reguses to provide any proof theyre not a scammer & says theyre entitled to privacy* #also them: *makes wild claims that 2 bloggers are the same person ??? somehow with 0 proof & expects ppl to believe them*

[panstarry]

will u still continue artfight? whats going on with af

hi! yes, i will still be continuing to participate in art fight. no, the event is not over.

just to start off: i joined art fight as a user in 2016, was hired as a chat & site mod on february 2018, and resigned in march 2022. my resignation was due to the fact that at the time, i could no longer keep up with mod responsibilities while juggling school, work, and extracurricular activities.

right now, there's been staff resignations across the server/site for multiple reasons. i'm erring on the side of caution at the moment and will let further announcements disclose exactly why. nobody, former or current, is calling for boycotts. and personally, i'm of the opinion that referring to what's happening right now as a "strike" is inaccurate. you can continue working on your attacks and participating in the current event. every one of us loves art fight and would like to see it continue and have also worked to make sure that users are able to enjoy it as well. i would advise against donating to the site until the dust settles.

there's a lot of misinformation and out-of-context messages going around right now. please take these with a grain of salt: i saw a couple docs and screenshots going around with outdated or straight up incorrect information (for some reason i saw mentions of a data breach going around? there is no data breach, i don't know where people are even getting that from. furthermore, there is no "ceo of artfight". art fight is not a corporation or a company, so this language, to me, does not properly describe what's happening rn)

i'm not sure what can be disclosed to the public aside from this ^ so please hang tight, be excellent to each other, so on & so forth. thank you <3

#answered #Anonymous #i considered turning off reblogs for this but i suppose it's fine either way. #please be respectful of former & current staff at this moment; we are getting what information we can and holding conversations as well #in the mean time please feel free to continue participating in the event. much love 2 everybody ^_^ #last thing i'll say is that i genuinely want af to thrive & improve in a way that's better for all users & staff involved. i think this is #entirely possible & we have the potential to create smth that doesnt exacerbate the problems tht the site has been riddled with thus far #i'm hoping that we can make it there. i'm confident that it'll happen--it'll just take a lot of work & communication to get it. #i hope this answers your question. pre-emptively: i may not answer that many more (depending on what ends up in my inbox)

[killjoy-prince]

He's threeeeeeeeee

#prince's cat tag #yes he was born on bisexual awareness day and as a bisexual person that makes this day extra special #hes getting so fluffy again!! which will be good when it starts getting colder #i wanna kiss his little face #you know that post about looking at pics of your cat at work like a solider looking at a pic of his beloved in a locket? thats me w/ my cat #normally id blaze this post to show everyone but im not giving this site money anymore #so imma do it the old fashioned way and reblog it at various points in the day

[sharkneto]

Staff: we got rid of prev tags because it made it confusing for clicking through to people's blogs!

Me: fighting for my goddamn life trying to click on the right spot on mobile to get to someone's blog and all it's doing is reloading the post I'm using to click through

#I'm pretty laizzes faire about most of the changes on this site #i don't think they matter that much and if staff thinks theyre helping things that's fine ill adapt #but the one thing i still think was a mistake was getting rid of the ability to click back to the previous reblog #it still actively makes my experience on here worse because there is no way to see one step back in the reblog chain #scrolling through the notes only works and is feasible on very small posts #and then to have lost that interaction for an easier way to see people's main blog page and it doesn't even really work well? #Rather Irritating #this is my One Moment of Man Shouting At Tumblr Cloud and now I'll go back to chilling

[thetruemasterofgames]

Well alot of new people are here it seems so let me give a little insight to how post interaction works around here: Likes: Most platform this boosts in the alg and your friends can see you likes it not how that works here. Tumblr uses abit of a unique now but what use to be more common use of like back in the day. Likes only exist to show a form of agreeance or enjoyment but they do nothing for the op except blow up their notifs and maybe give a dopamine rush of number go up. This is why alot of artist here make info graphics saying you hate their post when you like it because it’s doing nothing to them then showing on their feed but telling them you don’t care enough to actually share it around.  Now you may be wondering “Well why do likes exist then?” Four reasons: 1. To allow the users to easilly backtrack to posts they enjoyed by going to their likes page. 2. For Tumblr to use to more customize ads toward you (yes believe it or not there was a time this hellsite had a healthy advertising network). 3.And this one is abit more prevalent than it use to be, To allow tumblr to edit your for you page to be more tailored to you in it’s algorithm 4. So people can embarrass the shit out of you if you are foolish enough to like dumb things AND have your likes public All in all likes are more for the user engaging then the creator of the post. Reblogs: Reblogs are the number one way to interact on this wasteland relic of the transition between web 1 and 2. Reblogs are basically you like the post you repost it  with your own comments if you want added on.  (fun fact you also use to be able to edit the post above yours before the John Green incident.) When you reblog the post above even if removed from the original blog will stay on your reblog so don’t worry about lost context when making a comment or addition. This is the number one way posts spread on this hellsite and really the only way (aside from like tumblr blaze now but that’s money) outside of outside sites sharing posts from here and trying to claim them. If you see a post you love, a post? Reblog. You think a post has good info? Reblog. Have something to add you think people should know? REEEEBLOGGGG!! This is the main way in showcasing your support for a creator and what they posted  (and helping keep the post from completely disappearing if you want to do that out of spite.) It’s why this site has alot of stuff that can be traced back easier than other sites  and one thing that I love is the reblog chains so you can trace how conversations progress. So you want something to spread or be kept around reblog it. Who knows when the origin may disappear. Replies/comments: Comments, also known as replies, are a relatively newer feature here. They allow you to make a comment on a post that people have to go out of their way to view. Most people use this to say things they are abit shy to have on their actual blog or to try and go after something without giving it the algorithm boost of reblogs. They don’t really do much and most the time people don’t really check these because alot of people don’t even remember they exist. HOWEVER it is a good way to leave feedback without keeping something on your blog if you want to go that route but it doesn’t help the op in the grander scheme. You also can’t track who the people are responding to unless they tag the person another flaw of this system. All in all likes are good for you and your algorithm Reblogs are good for the creator and preservation Comments are good for quick comments that you feel don’t need to be plastered on the larger aspect of the site sort of like a whisper without dming that a few people may spy on. Hope this helps some people out there in understanding how this site is abit different then others out there in interaction.and maybe help people see the reblog not like posts as more than just “op wants attention” it’s a sentiment I’ve seen floating because newbies don’t understand the site that much.

#tumblr #tumblr etiquette #how tumblr works #tumblr algorithm #I both love how this makes the site unique and a reminder of simpler times and hate how it confuses so many newbies to the internet #reblog your favs

[bizarrelittlemew]

😐😐😐

#ok OK i usually don't make posts like this because i don't post for the sake of notes but this bums me out lmao #ngl it's a good reblogs to likes ratio compared to what has become normal on this site #but jfc the number of votes really shows how many people just don't interact with posts #do this many people really see posts. i'd never know!! #this is really not to be a bummer or complain but if you can click the poll option you can click at least one more button? it's just as fun #people who reblog (and especially people who write stuff in the tags) i love you <333 #anyway. back to business #and when i say business i mean working the 'reblogging gifs of middle-aged men kissing' mines

[getosugurusbangs]

daily reminder that reblogging posts does a lot more for said post than you might think!!

(the sentiment stands even firmer in regards to art posts… support your favorite artists)

#while it isn’t actually my new year’s resolution. my new year’s resolution practically is just reblogging and sharing more art #and also giving more nice and thoughtful comments under people’s art #because even if you don’t outwardly get acknowledged by said artist. the comments are still very much appreciated #like even just a simple comment about “i like the colors” or “i like the textures” or the way a certain character is drawn makes my day tbh #like.. if i’m spending 8+ hours working on this art piece and posting it online. i WANT people to see it. i WANT people to say nice stuff. #literally my most interacted with post is a funny text post i thought of on a whim #and it has half the likes in reblogs #but my most interacted with art post has almost HALF of a QUARTER of the likes it has in reblogs #it has about 60 reblogs. as opposed to literally 430 likes #and that ratio is insane to me #anyways. if you like a post please consider reblogging. this is the reblogging site for pete’s sake #me.txt

[gem-in-the-horizon]

pspsps - can you people send Horizons prompts?

anyone familiar with my writing may know i tend to write fics about Amethio, Friede, Zir and Conia, and i generally do hurt/comfort and fluff. but that's not all i can write! i'm happy to write fics with other Explorers members, too, and more RVT-central fics

if you've read ANY of my work and want to read the same thing but a little to the left, i've got you. i'm also happy writing what-ifs and injury fics, or ships between adult characters if i like it!

the more specific, the better ;v;

#blogging on the blog site #anyone can send an ask. please. the more you send the more likely i am to go wild with one of them #i will be overjoyed if someone sends me like 12 different asks. that's not annoying that will quite literally make my day #this is brought to you by “girl who loves comments on her fics” and being obsessed with horizons #i'm also just begging people to interact with work they like. comment. reblog. SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS!! #liking a post doesn't share your thoughts or opinions. scream in the tags blease. do it. comment on that fic. do it

[ofcowardiceandkings]

when the possibility for art theft was like ... an entitled douche or a kid who doesnt get it , it was kind of bearable to risk sharing art online but fuuckk mannn

i dont want every powerdrunk tech bro to scrape the soul out of all my art without me knowing or consenting just to train their stupid robot brain to do art badly

where the fuck are we supposed to have creative communities now

#dont get me wrong i think there IS application for AI technology EVENTUALLY but yknow #im thinking more like 'AI sees patterns humans cant' or 'dull data entry job now not needed' lol #the way its been (see: mechanised production still making everyone work long hours and be miserable) #and the way its going ??? i dont trust a single one of those motherfuckers with a pixel of my work #ive not stopped scribbling for over 25 years and its WORK and love and labour to do what i like to ??? #fuck right off ????? #im so pissed at a lot rn this isnt another thing i want #i just wanna share my work dude :( #this sites reblog economy has been going down the toilet for a while now but im not sure ... where id go #rory's ramblings