#so advice to newbies

[lilietsblog]

my bot sniping criteria at this point, checked in order

1) followed me without interacting with my posts (lately real life humans have also started doing this and I BEG: please start liking the posts you like again! you’re interfering with my bot sniping!)

2) a username that isnt a coherent statement (ie vanesadsjfsh345 vs suckmygiantballs. one of these is a pornbot and it’s not the nsfw one)

3) real life photo as an avatar (basically the end of the line, busted fucko. i dont check anything else after seeing this. literally no-one alive on tumblr has a swimsuit model photo as an avatar, and if they do, they deserve the friendly fire)

additional clues, not in order:

- no posting history by an obviously real life human with opinions and interests (although, many who don’t are still people, so this is not real proof)

- no blog description characteristic of an actual tumblr user (again, lots of people don’t do these at all. though there ARE blog descriptions characteristic exclusively of porn bots. hot singles in your area and so on)

#faesite #so advice to newbies #set an avatar that isnt a real life photo #and INTERACT WITH PEOPLES POSTS #nobody can make you reblog stuff you dont want to reblog #but LIKE SHIT #you know whats the normal like to reblog ration i expect of someone going through my blog? 10:1 #thats just the average #it can be 50:0 i dont care #just show me you're a person

[milimeters-morales]

ATSV Miles: swinging through the city is great but i hate getting hit by drones and birds

Comic Miles: and the missiles, so irritating lol

ATSV Miles: ????

#comic miles’s life would probably sound like a nightmare to ATSV miles that’s so funny #bc atsv miles is like a newbie compared to comic miles and just hears these horror stories everytime comic miles tries to give him advice #’if you meet thing that looks like venom but it’s red— wait do you know who venom is? okay let me back up—‘ and atsv miles is FREAKING out #miles morales #spiderman #spider man #m&m posts

[silver-heller]

Tumblr newbies, I love you but I'm also losing my goddamned patience lol. The amount of times I see new users complaining when they get caught with their pants down because people, on the sharing site, interacted with or reblogged their seemingly normal posts is an annoying amount. And don't get me started on newbies then coming into people's inbox or messages about it.

On your post, go to the dots or the cog. See that "who can reblog? anyone" thing? Yeah, set that to no one. If you really do not want people reblogging your post, please set it that way rather than just expecting people to magically know not to use one of the site's features. It won't stop people from being able to like it though or leave comments.

And if you want less people seeing your post, use personalized tags, not popular ones tons of people will browse like the art or writing tag, and put things like dashes in the names of fandoms or characters. (Ex: Mord/ecai or lack-a-daisy).

All that said, this does not change the main issue. For the love of all that is holy STOP USING TUMBLR, THE SITE THAT RUNS ON INTERACTION, FOR NO INTERACTION BLOGS! That's like trying to use a strainer to try to keep the water in, it probably won't work as well as just getting a private website or Discord server or something. Especially if you do not know how to use Tumblr yet. I can't stop anyone from doing anything, of course, but a social media site is just not a good place for "I only want offsite people to see this, and I'd hate if anyone so much as interacted with it".

Clicking the arrow next to post now and selecting post privately makes it so only you can see your posts but, again, that won't work if you want just one specific person to see it:

#tumblr advice #tumblr newbies #sorry if this sounded harsh #but it is so tiring to deal with people using the interaction site #and expecting people to just not interact with their stuff

[coppernickeldime]

I'm getting back into writing and need some advice.... Is it weird to write in third person and show multiple characters thoughts/feelings/points of views? I feel like most fics just show a main character's point of view even though written in third person.

I've got this fic that I'd love to show everyones thoughts. Is that confusing for the reader?? Send help.

#writing help #sos #fanfic help #newbie writer #writing advice

[performing-personhood]

Help, I'm trying to get my spouse into Twelve.

He found Ten and Eleven "too... shouty?" so as a last ditch effort to get him into Doctor Who, I'm gonna try Twelve. (He is a former soldier and current public school teacher, so he would really love Danny Pink - but I have to trick him into getting emotionally invested first.)

Yes I know there's a typo in the poll title, I'm annoyed too

For alternate answers, leave a comment or reblog or something - I want everyone's input please and thank you 🩷

#i wanted to add a None and See Results but I ran out of question slots I'm sorry #please halp #suggestions needed #advice needed #doctor who #doctor who poll #doctor who advice #doctor who questions #doctor who newbies #doctor who new fans #so you want to get your spouse into doctor who #tricking people into loving doctor who #twelfth doctor #twelve #bill potts #twelve and bill #professor twelve #doctor who series 10 #doctor who season 10 #doctor who series 10 poll #doctor who season 10 poll #tumblr polls #tumblr poll #doctor who polls #twelfth doctor poll

[boombox-fuckboy]

SCARLET: Could be. But you get used to it.

JASMINE: Really? How?

SCARLET: You have to. You get used to it or you live in constant pain.

The Department of Variance of Somewhere, Ohio, Episode 2: Bored

CLARA: [Frustrated] How are you so calm about this, about... everything?

DAN: I guess I’m just used to it.

CLARA: Well… try not to be.

Archive 81, 15 - Aurora, Cello

#it's about the way processing weirdness works in each setting and how doing so is essential to your wellbeing or will strip you of self #it's about the characters each. The experienced and the newbie vs the two vaguely familiar. #How one is advice to keep safe and the other is as much a request not to be left alone. but with the same end goal #(To escape‚ to get through this together‚ even from the other side of a radio) #sorry to post a thought unfinished #I've connected the dots but unfortunately I'm gonna have to write a short essay for the significance of this to make sense to anyone else #archive 81 #the department of variance of somewhere ohio

[lindwurmkai]

Information for new users that I haven't really seen included in these advice posts so far:

If you seem to be getting mixed messages about likes and reblogs, there are a few things that might be contributing to your confusion.

1) Reblog and repost are not interchangeable words!

Reblogging is when you use the site's built-in feature to share someone else's post with your followers. This is generally considered supportive and you can't really go wrong with it. Just don't reblog people's random-ass personal posts for no reason I guess?

Reposting is just what we call stealing, basically. Like when you download an image someone posted and upload it yourself. This is why you'll see "do not repost" messages and angry posts about reposting. They are not talking about reblogging.

2) Strongly worded negative posts about likes are usually made by artists and other original content creators who are frustrated that their posts aren't being shared. Likes don't "do nothing", that's an overstatement, but they do practically nothing to increase visibility on here. Don't overthink it, just keep in mind that artists in particular thrive on visibility and you're not contributing to that when you like without reblogging. Support your favourite artists!

3) Yeah, we threaten to make each other's posts go viral on here. That doesn't mean reblogs aren't still appreciated like 99% of the time (again excepting personal ramblings), it's just that once a certain threshold has been reached, chaos tends to ensue. We have the option to turn off reblogs now if we really don't want to deal with that, so just hit that reblog button and don't worry about it.

Basically, I promise you the OP of a 37-note joke will most likely appreciate every reblog and every like.

#man i remember being new on here in 2010 or 2011 and being like wtf is the difference between reblogging and reposting #but back then it was way easier to *realise there WAS a difference* and therefore ask someone to explain it! #because reblogging was still a unique feature. nowadays every other website has a feature called re-something too #so can you blame people for being like ''ah yes re...ing i know what that means'' and not realising ''reposting'' is different??? #how much of the decline in reblogging is really ''twitter damage'' and how much is from misunderstanding ''do not repost'' i wonder #do reblog this actually #i doubt it'll go viral but if i does i am willing to make that sacrifice 🫡 #tumblr stuff #newbie advice

[mell0bee]

ttrpg followers & tag scrollers, what’s the best way to get a newbie player familiar with d&d 5e (besides sitting them down & having them play it)? anyone have any good resources for newbie players?

#i sent the jocat videos already because they’re funny and not boring nerd stuff like most intro videos #i MIGHT be running a mini campaign with 3 newbie players. MIGHT. #bee post #bee’s ttrpg adventures #dnd #dungeons and dragons #ttrpg #dm advice #gm advice #im also such a newbie dm (effectively i’ve dmd for like 4 months even tho i started a year ago) & all my players were experienced #so would appreciate advice on dealing w new players as a dm as well #ok now i go to sleep. go to sleep right now

[spikeinthepunch]

re last post, tf2 is one of those things i feel like i just missed out on and am too late to getting into it. i enjoy games like it, and would like to play it, but the recent years of hearing how hard it is to play due to bots and whatnot has everyone saying you shouldnt play it basically? so like. idk i guess i will never play it lol? i dont know enough of the methods to potentially find ways to play it with others in private servers that would be more enjoyable.

#if someone wants to hand me advice on being a newbie in 2023 for it #then go ahead #but man so many ppl in the community just tell you not to play at all

[kitaychan]

Agsjflg catholic school was a nightmare BUT the gossips that come from there are delicious

#my ramblings #apart from the usual boring gossips of a normal school we get to know the gossip from the nuns and the priests lol #turns out the priest that was assigned to the school idk how that works but we had a young priest like fresh from the seminary back then #the one who we all knew was like the newbie because the nuns were both pampering him #and nagging at him to do the chores they didn't want to #well the guy was assigned to our school when we were in eight grade and the nuns were really weird to us because #you know stupid victim blaming and saying the dude would be tempted by eight graders asking him why he was tending to the school's garden #the thing is he was pretty chill and actually a nice person when it came to giving advice buuuut the nuns were always sus about him #because the rest of the priests were older and bitter AF about everything #so they always gave him a hard time #well the guy endured it after our graduation and like good for him #BUT today I was informed that this guy resigned his priesthood and like WHAT #you went through the ordeal of letting those bitter nuns boss you around all that time and quit when you were going to be moved somewhere #else??? #and yes but no #the dude resigned AFTER the mandatory trip to italy that the order does #so our schools is catholic and salesian so they go to Italy and visit Saint Bosco's school or something idk #and the priest resigned IN Italy! #because he found a nice Italian boyfriend! #goood for you dude! good for you!

[march-harrigan]

Okay but like… What if

I stopped being a guest on AO3 and actually made an account and maybe posted some of the stuff from my writing blog there

#march’s mutterings #I’m a writing newbie so I’m always loookng for constructive crit and advice #posting more places means more places I can get that #maybe?

[coldflasher]

me every day begging ppl on facebook to listen to their actual vet and not someone on the internet who has zero qualifications whatsoever

#person: six vets have told me i should feed my cat this clinically proven prescription diet that literally doubles the life expectancy #of cats with this condition. but ppl on facebook say i shouldn't :/ what do i do #me: FUCKING FEED IT TO HIM OBVIOUSLY #some other fucking dingbat: just lie to the professional who is trying to save your cat's life ;) and feed them raw chicken instead #im TEARING MY HAIR OUT. #they'll all be like “every single vet tells me i should feed the specially formulated prescription food. idk why tho” #BECAUSE IT WORKS. IT FUCKING WORKSSSSSS #and then i show up like “hey my cat has had this disease for almost 2 years and hasn't progressed basically at all” #and they'll be like “omg what's your secret bestie” and expect me to list off a dozen random supplements or meds #or weird products that have no evidence behind them except “someone on fb said it was good” #and im like IT'S THE FOOD. I FEED HER THE SPECIAL DIET LIKE I WAS TOLD TO. THAT'S IT. #it's so exhausting and im tired of having this fight #but also if i can convince even one person to actually follow their vet's advice and give their cat the proper food. how can i not #it upsets me so much tho. like im in the group because they are helpful in some ways. there are vets IN the group #and they help you interpret blood test results and stuff and they are genuinely good in some ways #but when food is the number 1 most important thing you can do for ckd cats #and EVERYONE in this fucking group will just immediately try and talk every scared newbie with a sick cat into ignoring their vet's advice. #it boils my piss honestly #im half expecting to be kicked out of the group at some point cos most if not all of the admins including the lady who runs the group #are on the same bullshit. but what can i do #at least i did get some satisfaction the other day when one of the admins (who is a vet but can't give advice bc like. that's illegal #when she hasn't seen the cat in question) asked one lady what her vet thought abt x #and the lady was like “oh i don't trust my vet i prefer talking to you guys :)” #and the admin was like. okay well you're a fucking idiot. get off facebook and talk to an actual veterinary professional

[rubys-domain]

i'm going through a phase of "i just want x character out all the time and i just wanna run around with them and bask in their glory" with kokomi. so much so that i'm almost scared that she'll surpass chong as my fave of all time. but i went through a similar phase with cyno so logically i know that that won't actually happen.

still kind of annoying that i can never have this much interest in a meta dps tho. like why are all the characters i have any interest in maining either 4 stars, supports, or just not meta units (cyno, yoimiya)???

#⇢₊˚⊹ 🩷∥ruby∥yo，ide yo !! #if i could go back in time and give my newbie self advice #it would be to pick ONE meta (or universally strong) dps. just one. even if i have no interest in them #solely to make my life easier #as long as i don't dislike them，i can be arsed to use them #currently the only 5 star dps's considered strong that i also wouldn't mind using are tighnari and xiao #and they're probably not meta either lmao #childe maybe. i just find childe international boring to play #yeah nilou's strong and i really like her but she's not REALLY a dps. at least not in the traditional sense #xiao needs high investment and better weapons than i currently have #at least cyno can make good use of a white tassel #i mean i guess i already have blackcliff pole but eh... #tighnari i have the event bow. but i also don't know when i'm gonna lose my damn 50/50 to him #nari PLEASE come home i BEG 😭😭😭😭😭 #don't get me wrong cyno and yoimiya serve me well. but i didn't use cyno at all until i got baizhu #and by that point i was already capable of giving him the stuff to make him decent #yoimiya's great (she does more damage than alt chong whom i invested way more into which is good but also kinda depressing as a chong main) #i just hate how easily she gets staggered. especially since i haven't been able to build layla very well yet so i still have to dodge #(totm is a pain. geovishaps are a pain. i might have to co-op to farm totm. but being ar 54 ppl might expect me to carry. which i can't) #(and i'm scared of bringing chong to co-op cuz nobody might let me use him. if i bring yoi i might get dunked on for her rn not-great build #(and i literally have no other characters i have that are actually built so i'd just be screwed) #(luckily it's getting added to the strongbox in 4.0. it's not the most efficient but it's definitely the less painful way to farm totm)

[luveline]

Hey my lovely, could i equest a blurb where reader seeks one of spencer's hugs and he's all soft and mushy about it!! I just think he'd give really warm hugs and want one so bad!

shy!reader + post!prison Spencer have a hug

Spencer understands why you might find him intimidating. He did go to prison for a few weeks, and even if the idea of his being a potential felon didn’t scare you, there’s nothing wrong with being nervous around the unknown. You’ve had a few more weeks to get to know the others on the team. He tries not to take it personally that you’re closer with some of them than you are him. 

Plus, you’re awfully shy. 

Spencer’s been trying to communicate that he’s an idiot. He was shy, once, and he tends to be shy about things now, too, even if he’s taken to hiding that. He hides a lot, these days. 

But things aren’t hopeless with you. You’re inarguably his best work friend now that Morgan’s not around, taking the desk next to his —through coincidence or insistence, he has no idea. 

“What flavour do you have today?” he asks. 

You show him your bag. The convenience store outside of work has the strangest sweets from all sorts of places. You’ve been bringing in a different bag each day, and you always share. “Today is apricot and peach ‘millions’,” you tell him, shaking the bright pink bag like a rattle. 

Inside, the millions bounce against each other like miniscule polystyrene balls but with a heavier weight. 

“Awesome!” he says, holding out his hand. “Please?” 

You rip the corner and tip a generous helping of candies into his palm, doing the same in your own hand. “Ready?” you ask. 

“Three, two, one.” 

You both tip your heads back at the same time. Apricot and peach are similar flavours, and Spencer can’t tell the difference when they’re both in play. He can also taste apple juice and the sharp citric acid flavour they put in every candy. 

He can’t tell if you like them. He quite enjoys it, will happily eat the leftovers if you’re not interested, but your attention isn’t on the candy when he looks up. You’re staring straight at him. 

“What?” he asks, perturbed. 

“Nothing, just. Had a rough morning. Thanks for trying the candy with me.” 

He frowns. “I’m sorry. Let me know if there’s something I can do to make you feel better. I can make you a cup of hot chocolate?” 

“Don’t worry about it.” 

Spencer’s sure that to an outsider, he and the team appear to travel to a hundred cities a month. In reality, cases aren’t as densely packed, especially with the government expanding their profiling teams, and the majority of Spencer’s day is spent answering emails and giving advice to agents, law enforcement, and his colleagues. He doesn’t see much of you (where you’re forced to work ViCAP calibration as newbies usually are, almost like a hazing) but he does take you that hot chocolate around lunch time. Just to make sure you have the option. 

It’s sometime past four PM when you appear again. 

“Hey,” he says, turning to you where you’re paused behind your desk chair, “you're finally done?” 

“Not yet. So many case files to transcribe, opinions to cross check, signatures and…” You wince. “It’s a lot. You already know.” 

“I don’t, actually. I only ever had to do ViCAP as punishment, and I was extremely well-behaved. For a while, anyway.” 

You hesitate with something heavy on the tip of your tongue. You’re like every profiler wherein your tells are self-identified and quelled, but you’re still so new, and Spencer’s an expert. You want to ask him for something, but you don’t think you’re allowed. If he presses the issue you’ll shut down, and if he offers you another cup of hot chocolate you’ll simply drink it without letting him in on the real secret. 

Spencer waits. 

“Spencer, you don’t have to say yes, just… You’re the nicest friend I have, and you always know what I need to hear. Um, I know you don’t like touching people and I wouldn’t ask you to if you don’t want to, but it’s been a really long time since someone hugged me, and…” Your voice gets quieter and quieter, until you’re whispering, and then fizzling out. 

“You want a hug?” he asks, surprised. 

“If that’s okay.” 

“I give really good hugs,” he warns, climbing from his chair immediately, arms opened, an unmissable invitation. “You’ll never get over it.” 

“Really?” 

He can’t believe you came to him specifically for a hug. He’s gonna lose his mind. Gentle, Spencer ushers you into his arms, head quick to duck down, his thumb on your shoulder. 

You could’ve asked anybody in the office for a hug. Penelope would have hugged your brains out. Emily, Unit Chief and secret sweetheart, would’ve taken you off of ViCAP and given you a loving pat on the back. But you didn’t ask Penelope or Emily, you asked him. 

“You don’t have to ask me first,” he says quietly. 

“You don’t like touching.” 

“That’s more to do with germs, and I’m not worried about yours,” he says. “Unless you’re about to tell me you have a headache.” 

“It’s like this pounding behind my eyes,” you say with a laugh. 

Spencer smiles, his mouth and nose to the side of your head. He gives you a good ten seconds of quiet, his palm warming your shoulder, before he murmurs, “Any better?” 

“You’re really warm,” you murmur back. 

Spencer resists the urge to squeeze you. “It's the oxytocin.”

“Or you’re just really, really warm.”

#spencer reid #spencer reid x reader #spencer reid x you #spencer reid x y/n #spencer reid x fem!reader #spencer reid imagine #spencer reid fluff #spencer reid fanfic #spencer reid oneshot #spencer reid scenario #spencer reid drabble #spencer reid fic #spencer reid fanfiction

[windose20s]

pov me when my new blog is dead & gets no asks

#all my friends are ALSO veteran editors #i need to make newbie editor friends so that i have someone to give advice to lol /lhj

[minstrivia]

gymtok gets me so annoyed, half the creators just straight up lie for views 😭

#gets me so 🤨🤨 #like for example they’ll be look like how I grew my flutes from nothing to the biggest badonkydonk you’ve ever seen in 2 months #2 months :/ let’s be so fr #unless you’re a newbie lifter you’re not seeing that kind of growth for years #and even if you are a newbie lifter it’s gonna be some growth but deffo not as much as they’re advertising #and I feel like it’s so discouraging for people who believe them cause they think they’re not putting enough work #and that their goal is impossible #but really and truly you’re taking advice from someone who’s just lying so they can get the shock factor views #lol this is such a random topic to bring up #but I need to rant somewhere 😭😭 #gym