No idea. I just left it a while. I also sent a politely-worded email to the staff asking to have my account un-muted. However, I only sent it a few minutes ago, so I’m not sure if that was what did it.
Now that Tumblr has completely fucked most people with killing their links (if you put any link, even one that directs back to a Tumblr post, it no longer shows in the search engine), it’s on YOU, the consumer, to make sure things get noticed. By that I mean, if you LIKE something and you don’t reblog it, that’s right, that’s less chance of it getting seen. When a post does poorly, the creator will eventually stop creating. This goes for gifs, icons, headers, writing, art, you name it. Creators will eventually stop. So, you LIKE something, click that little reblog button. Click the queue option. If you want to keep seeing your favorite creators, it’s up to YOU to make sure their posts actually get seen.
And, before anyone wants to pipe up, one person DOES make a difference. If you’re reading this thinking “oh, someone else will reblog, I don’t have to!”. Well, no. You’re wrong because if YOU’RE thinking that, many other people are as well which means, no the post will not be seen and the creator stops creating (or at least publishing for your unpaid consumption).
The post doesn’t match your blog aesthetic? Make a new blog. You don’t have to maintain it. Just click the reblog button and it’ll STILL help get the creators some form of recognition.
If you like seeing creations from creators, then help them out and hit the damn reblog button.
This goes DOUBLE for written content because fanfic writers have been struggling to get any amount of notes at all since the beginning of time. That shit often takes way longer than making an edit. Don’t let writers rot in your likes.Reblog our stuff. Interact with us. We invest hours upon hours into writing stories we will NEVER be paid for. The readers’ enthusiasm is all we get, so by all means, SHOW YOUR ENTHUSIASM. Take the time to comment on fanfictions you’ve read, send asks to your favourite writers, TALK TO US ABOUT OUR WORK.
It ALSO goes double for any content you KNOW Tumblr is targeting right now. Reblog your local LGBTQ+ bloggers, Jewish bloggers, trans bloggers (y’all get a double mention because I’ve been told Tumblr’s fucking you over as much as YouTube does these days) – you know the list of demographics Tumblr is fucking over right now goes on and on so use your time on here to share positivity with your local content creators. For a lot of them, the lack of support from staff and the shit they face on here on a daily basis is overwhelming right now, and has been for AGES.
This is an experiment! Looks like half the people I follow have been muted, and the last thing they reblogged was Tumblr-critical. Let’s see if I get muted, too.
@lytefoot – it looks like you might be or might have been ‘til an hour ago.
Ok, so I’m going to stay on here until this site dies- but what is the main place that we’ll go to when tumblr dies, my friends?
I want to be able to reform our communities elsewhere- and don’t want what happened after livejournal to happen (where I’m left with no place to do fandom stuff with other people for like 5 years! D:)
So which is it?
Everyone just come over to my house. I have extra rooms, two dogs, and loads of brownies
I’ll bring the wine (properly aged, at that!) and maybe some decadent meats fire-charred for y’all.
I would join you but eleven-hour transatlantic flights are rather expensive.
Can’t guarantee your safety from “perfide Albion” jokes
Might be responsible for some of the aforementioned “perfide Albion” jokes
I appreciate the offer, @vivithefolle. Very tempting.
Couple of things though;
-I have hypersensitivity to food textures, resulting in me being unable to eat a large proportion of French cuisine (now, Italian, on the other hand… that I can eat all day).
-I’m not English (being Cornish born and raised), so any jokes about the English are going to sail straight over my head.
-I cannot speak French to save my life. Seriously, it’s pretty much the only European language I can never get into my brain (I know more Japanese just from watching Anime than I do with French)
-Your political climate freaks me out (and that’s coming from someone who hears the world ‘Brexit’ five billion times on the news every day)
-I like cold climates. Seriously, anything more than 25 degrees C and I stop functioning. Mods don’t lie sweating through their nice button-down shirt….
Having said that, I do like French New Wave Cinema, your language is beautiful even if I can’t understand it, I love cafes, and your architecture is lovely. So who knows?
Aww damn, don’t worry chap, I too have hypersensitivity to several textures and tastes. (Only with me, it’s all things considered jelly or rind. *shudders*)
If you really can’t speak French at all I can be your walking translator!! 😀
Oh boy I know. Politics are utterly beyond my feeble mental grasp but honestly I’m freaked out too. Hell, anyone would be freaked out about cars being put on fire.
We have a cold climate, that’s the thing! Wouldn’t change too much from where you live I think. Especially in Brittany.
We’re going to have to compromise. Maybe create a whole new country. Can someone fish out some abandoned island we could start on?
Fair points. 🙂
I vote that we call the new country ‘Ron Weasley is a lovely bloke’. It’s not catchy, but it is true.
Once Ron kissed Hermione leaving for work. Harry joked “oh no kisses for me??”… Ron apologized and kissed his temple. Harry was as red as a tomato, Hermione was rolling with laughter
Bold of you to assume Hermione wouldn’t get jealous.
Bold of you to assume that Hermione wouldn’t encourage her partner to give affection to his best mate, too. #platonicloveisvitaltoo
Girls love each other like animals. There is something ferocious and unself-conscious about it. We don’t guard ourselves like we do with boys. No one trains us to shield our hearts from each other. With girls, it’s total vulnerability from the beginning. Our skin is bare and soft. We love with claws and teeth and the blood is just proof of how much. It’s feral. And it’s relentless. //black iris, leah raeder.♡
thanks for letting me use your headcanon @headcanonsandmore this is for you! 🌹🏀
McGonagall and Umbridge – prompt from patron on my patreon ‘McG doing a hobby’- it’s listed as needlework, and I read this story about Judi Dench doing needlework with bad words- so thus this comic.
“You do needlework…Dumbledore knits….Perhaps you two can sell your work to raise funds for all the teachers I’m about to sack.“
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