#Likes

[wip]

Disabling likes.

Hey, folks! We’ve received numerous questions about disabling likes as a way of forcing people to reblog, so we thought we would put this answer together before WIP takes a short break over the holidays.

Unfortunately, we don’t think we would ever add an option to control likes in the same way we have the option to control reblogs and replies on normal Tumblr blogs. Likes serve an extremely important function as a way for us to understand how to recommend content to others—and it very much affects those algorithms that help power the For You feed, the “Because you liked…” recommendations, and how we sort posts in search results. People engaging with a post in any way—liking, reblogging, replying, Blazing, following—can help boost that post to people who haven’t seen it before.

However, we did make the conscious decision not to include likes in our new Communities feature and instead focus on comments. We may revisit that, but the idea with communities speaks to a need you’re talking about—the desire to have a known group of people who will appreciate your work, instead of throwing it out there to the void and hoping people see it.

We hope you try that out and see if it helps here! Thanks for your question.

[allthingstv]

MOOD:

DERRY GIRLS (2018-2022) 3x4

[madhattersez]

What does a Tumblr "Like" mean to you?

I'm just very personally curious. I'd love some sweet reblog action to get a good sample size, Eddie! P-p-p-p-please!

Thanks for your insight, pals!

[like-this-post-if-you]

Like this post if you have DID/Osdd

[incognitopolls]

We ask your questions so you don’t have to! Submit your questions to have them posted anonymously as polls.

[like-meme]

[has-merlinofficial-posted-today]

News from Merlin Official?

Year 1 Day 195

No

Yes ✅

They posted

They replied

They liked

[kwyw]

The supposed timeline is… something.

Especially with him liking these posts just days before the first game that Taylor went to, where she claims they were already a couple by then:

[imhkenobi]

still thinking about bernard being on season 1 of the santa clauses… he’s my mans

[moodboardmix]

300K+ Followers!

Thank You All so Much for All of Your Likes, Follows, Shares,

I couldn’t have reached this Milestone without You !

You All are Amazing!

[wip]

Posts are too popular? Worry not. Consider your notifications covered.

Sound familiar?

Broken the internet with a post? We love that for you. What we love a little less is the barrage of likes and reblogs you have probably received. This can be a little intense. A bit much. Stressful, even. And unnecessarily so. 

If your post has gone stratospheric, but you don’t want to completely mute notifications for it, we are working on something that might just help. We are experimenting with grouping your push notifications from anyone you don’t follow into neat, occasional summaries. This will roll out to a small number of you, first as an A/B test, for a limited time.

Why are we doing this?

We hope to steady, streamline, and calm your Tumblr experience when you’re grappling with overwhelming notifications from a popular post or reblog. The goal here is to reduce overload so you can receive the notifications you care about the most—while keeping up to speed with everything else.

In July, you may remember that we turned on post-level muting on the web. We also extended muting to affect your activity feed, as well as your push notifications. This feature is the next step in managing notification overload—one that will make your devices a little more peaceful and, hopefully, work a little more proactively against the problem.

Before and after:

Feedback?

We’re all ears. Let us know what you think in the replies—we would love to hear from you. And we will be back in touch with updates on this test in the near future. 

[allthingstv]

FRIENDS | Chandler & Monica’s love story 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

[jaimeblancarte]

@jaimeblancarte CDMX, 2024

[like-this-post-if-you]

Like this post if you're Aromantic

[dylanisdazed]

So....I've had this talk with a lot of people 😂

If you like something I post, please actually "like" it. Why is this such a thing??

I can post a pic and it will get a hundred likes in minutes, but text posts aren't as popular, however, people will compliment my posts or lyrics. I don't make any money or anything from my blog....it's all an ego boost?! When people don't like my posts, I think they are stupid and people hate me 😂

If you *actually* like something, can you like it, please? It will boost my confidence if nothing else! 🥰

And I'm semi- joking but not really! I've had so many people see my stuff and tell me they like it but they don't "like" it. Well, if you are someone who posts shit, you post based on likes in a way. If no one likes my poetry or stories...after a bit, I'm not gonna post them cuz why would I if no one "likes" them?

Does that make sense?

I love y'all 🥰💚💚💚