#and dreamwidth altho i think i need to clean that space up a bit b4 i consider using it broadly for fandom things again

[fereldanwench]

been feelin Some Kinda Way about tumblr the past few days (for the obvs reasons: the ceo transphobic temper tantrum and the ai shit)

it's always fluctuated between hellsite (affectionate) and hellsite (derogatory), and the sad reality is that even for all its faults, it's still probably the best option for the kind of online interaction i'm looking for

plus, as the meme goes, i've also lived thru dozens of supposed 'this is the end of tumblr' eras so i'm not about to start catastrophizing here

but it feels... idk, just different this time. i think just knowing about how badly they're struggling financially and that tumblr has been deprioritized (or whatever the specific corporate speak was they used when they shared that stuff a few months ago) amongst automattic's properties is not helping

i back my stuff up regularly and share things on multiple sites (i'm probably obnoxiously ubiquitous to some ppl, lmao) so i'm not in danger of losing anything, but my blog is like my own diary & scrapbook--i tag compulsively bc i like looking through the things i've made and collected over the years. there's a part of me feeling like i should start prioritizing somewhere else for that sort of thing

idk idk

i'm not going anywhere--i'll very likely go down with the ship if something does happen--but more and more i'm just having a feeling of 'is it even worth it' when i schedule posts and share creative things in these parts