#there was an option for a Super Boop and Evil Boop

[fluffypotatey]

I come bearing forbidden knowledge, or perhaps even a mission. One where in the hands of your mutuals, will be quite >:3 or in your own hands, you will be given a chance to prove yourself as the real evil clone original, did you know you can give...evil boops if you spin the paw thrice.

i’m beginning to believe i don’t know what “spin thrice” even means

#what do you fucking turn it like a gear???? #hover over it like for super boop???? #bc i did option 2 and that gives me no evil #asks

[vicagentstan]

hey people here's the ultimate boop guide!! (in case ur confused)

to boop people, just go to either the home/explore page and scroll until you find someone with a boop button next to their name like this ↓

just click that and u booped someone!!

(some people opted out so not everyone has that option)

(also, it doesn't matter if the person is following you, your moot, etc,, u can just boop a random stranger!)

you can also boop yourself by going to your own blog and click the boop button on top of a post that you made/reblogged !

(also gives you this pop-up lol)

you can also view someone's blog and then boop them with this button !

last but not least we have the super boop !!

find any boop button, hover over it for a few seconds, then it should do a spinning animation; then click it and if it gives u this pop-up that means it worked :3

update: ok i dont think super booping works on mobile :(

WAIT GUYS YOU CAN EVIL BOOP SOMEONE

hover over the boop button and wait for it to do the spinning animation at least 3 times, then click it and it should give u this pop-up

im gonna try super booping everyone who interacts with this lol

ok im also gonna attempt to super boop your other accounts too

I CANT KEEP UP HELPP 😭 (also its almost midnight for me now..)

woke up with 7k notes and its still going 😭 not attempting to boop every single person anymore lol.. 💔

muting notifs on this post since its over

#boop #boop o meter #april fools day #:3

[becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys]

I'm an A-Level student and so many of my classmates use ChatGPT for essays in Law and RS and stuff - like, they sound proud of themselves, as if they're cheating the system and being clever? Just makes me feel very bleak. What are we doing man

Well, the unfortunate news for them is that they are going to struggle if they make it to uni.

This is the big problem with AI - it cannot analyse a single thing. If I were to say to you "What are the features Tumblr users would most want and why?", you are a human being with a brain and experiences and decision-making skills, and you could probably sit and come up with an answer. You would base that answer on things you personally find lacking, or want to see; you would also base it in things you have seen others bemoaning on the site.

For example, I reckon I'd say something like:

The permanent ability to boop people with a cat paw, which is implemented as opt-in. Also customisable, so you can choose whether you want a random cat paw to appear on your screen each time it happens to you. Also a different animation for super boop/evil boop, and maybe more boop options than those two, and maybe also different paw colours.

Actual enforcement of hate speech rules. We all agree to them when we join, so it's perfectly legal to delete someone for spouting Nazi shit AND YET.

No more banning or censoring queer folks' accounts

More ability to adjust the interface for disabled bloggers, e.g. colour and contrast, font, layout, switching off moving GIFs or other animations by default, etc.

Tag editing, it's frustrating having to delete whole tags.

Tag memory! Where have my tags gone??? For a year now I have slightly better luck on desktop, but for the most part, which of my tags are remembered by autofill and which are never, ever offered to me has been wholly divorced from how often I've used them. And my tags are often lengthy and odd, so it's become much harder to use mobile.

No data scraping. This is the anti-cap site thank you. Also on that note, get rid of the For You section and any other algorithmic tracking, because it's just as likely to show you a Nazi blog as an anti-Nazi one as long as you have spent any time at all discussing Nazism.

Better blocking ability, on that note.

Better search function

I could go on, but you get the idea. That's analysis that I've done, based on discussions I have seen and taken part in, and my own experiences.

I just asked ChatGPT. Here's what it had to say:

"Tumblr users have diverse preferences, but there are several features that many users would likely appreciate: 1. Improved Content Discovery: Tumblr is known for its vast array of content, so improving content discovery mechanisms such as personalized recommendations, trending topics, and enhanced search functionality can help users find more of the content they enjoy. 2. Enhanced Customization Options: Tumblr users value the ability to customize their blogs extensively. Providing more themes, layout options, and customization tools can empower users to express themselves creatively and make their blogs unique. 3. Integration of Multimedia Formats: Tumblr is a platform where users share various types of multimedia content, including images, GIFs, videos, and audio. Enhancing support for different media formats, improving media upload and management features, and optimizing the viewing experience can enhance user engagement. 4. Improved Mobile Experience: Many Tumblr users access the platform via mobile devices. Therefore, optimizing the mobile app for better performance, usability, and feature parity with the desktop version can greatly enhance the user experience. 5. Community Engagement Features: Tumblr has a vibrant community, so features that facilitate interaction among users, such as improved messaging, reblogging, tagging, and commenting functionalities, can foster a sense of community and increase user engagement. 6. Content Moderation Tools: Given the diverse content on Tumblr, providing users with robust content moderation tools, including options for filtering, blocking, and reporting inappropriate content, can help ensure a safer and more enjoyable experience for all users. 7. Monetization Options for Creators: Many Tumblr users are content creators who would appreciate opportunities to monetize their content. Introducing features such as ad revenue sharing, subscription-based content, or integrated e-commerce capabilities can incentivize creators to produce high-quality content and invest more in their Tumblr presence. 8. Accessibility Features: Improving accessibility features such as alt text support for images, screen reader compatibility, and customizable text sizes and color schemes can make Tumblr more inclusive and accessible to users with disabilities. 9. Privacy and Security Enhancements: Enhancing privacy controls, data protection measures, and account security features can help users feel more confident and secure when using the platform, which is especially important given concerns about online privacy and security. 10. API and Third-Party Integration: Opening up Tumblr's API and allowing for easier integration with third-party services and apps can encourage innovation and development within the Tumblr ecosystem, providing users with more options and flexibility in how they use the platform. Overall, focusing on improving content discovery, customization options, community engagement, and user safety while also providing opportunities for creators to monetize their content can help Tumblr retain and attract users in a competitive social media landscape."

It's possible that feels alright, on first glance. But take a closer look.

Every point made is vague, and disconnected from any real life examples. In the very first point, it thinks we want better search functions (yes!) but also more algorithmic recommendations (no!). It wants us to have personalised recommendations AND better security, in fact, which are incompatible - but an LLM doesn't and can't know that. Monetisation of the platform is something that has historically faced appalling backlash from users, and this thing is suggesting ad revenue sharing and subscription services.

Because, its suggestions are generic suggestions. These are not Tumblr-specific. No mention of queerphobia, no mention of Nazis, and absolutely zero understanding of what the specific users on this site actually want.

... all of which is to say...

It's what is academically known as descriptive work. It lays out some facts, but there's no depth, no analysis, no interpretation of those facts at all. Why would we want third party integration? What apps are we calling for? Give examples. Would that aid ad-blocking? Search functions? In that case, wouldn't third-party integration be tackling the symptoms and not the cause? Shouldn't we work better ad-blocking and search functions into Tumblr at a base level?

And in school - even up to A Level - that's okay. You won't get top marks for that, because it's all too vague and too descriptive, but it's fine. School-level assignments tend to be more broad and less applied, too, which LLMs fare better with.

But in university, you start with descriptive facts, and then you are expected to analyse. If you cannot analyse, you run a very real risk of failing. Which means if you've spent your GCSEs and A Levels not bothering to learn those analytical skills and letting ChatGPT do the work for you, you are going to face an extremely uphill struggle when the expectations of study increase.

So, to round off, try not to get too discouraged. You know you aren't doing it, which means you are the one actually learning and developing and growing. Others will learn eventually, and probably more painfully. You do you!

#asks #chatgpt

[jess-total-mess]

I went digging through youtube, old posts, and shitty websites, along with my memories, and here you go! Hopefully these are accurate.

2013 — Unoffical Tumblr event “Mishapocalypse” happened, an online flash mob event wherein which Tumblrinas change their profile pictures to a specific picture of Misha Collins of Supernatural fame.

2014 — Users were given the option to get Tumblr Pro for free, and those who accepted were given top hats on their icons. Prompty after this, @staff announced that “Everyone with a top hat is now marked for account deletion. This is the only way we could destroy this horrible website. Happy April Fools day.”

2015 — The “Executive Suite 2016 Productivity Edition” essentially changed Tumblr into office software, allowing spreadsheets for memes, calculators that gave incorrect answers, and Coppy. Who gave “helpful tips”.

2016 — Tumblr voted to select the “new lizard king”, from Rick, Debrah, Mop and Wretched Tooth. However, more famously, an edited @staff post reads “for april fools we’re deleting this entire site sayonara you weeaboo shits”.

2017 — The Tumblr Horse Game was a feature that, when clicked, took users to a game wherein you had to collect shit from a pixelated horse. If you failed to do so, the horse died.

2018 — The answer to Bitcoin, is Tumblcoin! A parody of crytocurency.

2019 — Tumblr Memories, in which Tumbeasts were set loose. Remember them? The mascot from 2011, for service interruption announcements.

2020 — There was seemingly no prank this year. This was COVID-19.

2021 — Tumblr released “non-fungible tumblcryptids”, a parody of NFTs. There was a supposedly limited amount of them.

2022 — A light switch, when activated, would open up a variety of colourful things on the desktop dashboard, including a “Summon Crab!” button, which would summon a crab when activated. Other buttons made different sounds.

2023 — A feature similar to the Discord reaction function was temporarily added, using basic emojis.

2024 — Every user was given the option to opt-in to the boop o meter, and could boop, super boop, and evil boop other users who also opted in, earning up to three badges by doing so.

#april fools #tumblr meta #boop o meter #tumblr memories #tumbeasts #non fungible tumblcryptids #summmon crab #tumblcoin #coppy #tumblr horse game #tumblr pro #mishapocalypse #new lizard king #boop

[sensitiveheartless]

There are evil boops!?!

Hehehehe, yessss! >:D It's like a super boop, you can do it by hovering over the boop button and waiting for the button to flip back and forth three times before clicking! I discovered it on accident because I got distracted while about to boop someone, and then it popped up with that option aksdjfksdjfks

#boop #boop o meter

[butters-flower-mom]

There's apparently evil boops but no matter how much I make the boop button spin it only gives me the option to super boop. I must evil boop! I must unleash chaos!

#lotus talks to herself

[erros429]

HOW DO YOU EVIL BOOP

it’s like super boop but wait 3 flips and say bloody mary each time (the last part is not optional)

#boop #asks #lithominium

[vivi-ships]

I can't evil boop?? I tried on desktop and it's only giving me the stupid super boop option no matter what I do and I'm so upset about it

[sunnywalnut]

This is my second public apology to Tumblr, not only for calling them "bastards" for not adding the super/evil boop options to mobile on April 1st, but also for reblogging a post full of gorgeous trans women with the caption "I love women" now please give me my header back.

Yes this apology will be instantly revoked as soon as I get my rights to get out of this green circle filled hellhole STOP REMOVING MY FUNNY CATS.

Also please be nicer to women you meanies. Why the hell is it that an hour after I reblog a trans positive post that all my rights as a user are revoked??? Like I know that this place really isn't trans woman friendly but come ON. Y'all really aren't even gonna try to beat the allegations???

#public apology #sarcastic #why are you doing this to me #let me out of this hell #i beg of you #please send help #trans rights #I'm trans too for anyone wanting to claim transphobia here #just in the other direction #ok? ok

[immortals-malec]

I want to evil-boop you backkkkk 👀😝👀. But sadly, l reckon it's only available on desktop, right? And l'm on mobile now. Anyway, thanks for that EVIL BOOP 😏 (my very first one!): I feel l sorta graduated from Boop University with a degree in Booping Science 😌😌😌. *Boops you goodbye (impishly)* 😎🤭😈

sadly yeah only super boops and evil boops, and also the option to boop the boop meter are on desktop :( they should've put them on mobile.. i shall see more evil boops!!

[yuri-is-online]

Ok so the meter looks like this

it shows up above the following/For you/Tags tabs. you might have to go to the tumblr website and not the actual app to see it. Anyways, you click the "start" option, and then you can go to other accounts and there's a little button that looks like a paw that you can press to boop :3

ohhh yeah it showed up on moblie for me too

if you hover over the boop icon and let it spin you can give super boops but i can't figure out how to let me be evil

[buckysgrace]

sndnfnskska how do you do an EVIL boop? 👀

HAHA!! On desktop or on your browser on your phone (not the app) hold the boop button down for 3 turns and then it'll give you the option to do an evil boop! I think two turns is a super boop??

#ask #I could be wrong i didn't count the super boop #boop #boop is life

[bidamonalbarn]

help what is an evil boop 😭

and how do I give you one?

u have to be on desktop - it's the same way you send a super boop (hover over the boop option until it spins) but you let it spin 6 times!

#hope that makes sense! #questions that i'd ask you

[denjispinalcordsword]

it took me five years to figure it out but to super boop and evil boop you have to go on desktop and press and hold the boop button! pressing and holding until the button twists (is tht the word? idk but it'll move) will give you the option to super boop and pressing and holding until it does that thrice will give you an evil boop :D

I kept doing it on desk top and it would ask if I wanted to super boop you and every time I would click yes it kept giving me an error over and over 😭😭😭 when I finally am allowed to send one it will be a blessed moment

[local-yurei]

Sobbing. It won't give me the option to evil boop you.

*squinting* i recognise you but not enough to remember if i have a specific tag for you/use mutuals tag /silly its pc only, as far as im aware! you have to hover over the boop option, and let it bounce around, like you would for a super boop, three seperate times!

#━✩₊̣̇.🌃 asks/ask games #━*̥˚✧☄️ mutuals #irenic clouds

[baeshijima]

IT WONT GIVE ME THE REVENGE ONE

HELP

so u know how u do a super boop? let it shake like,,, 2-3 more times after and then it should give u the evil boop option bc when u do the revenge boop its just a normal boop...

#omg a convo !? #mutuals !! #so many boops in a sentence....