#and hating the dashboard on Tumblr mobile

[goddessofroyalty]

While I tagged the childhood friends Jayvik ask with Zaun Family it's probably not the version of the verse where Silco gets Zaun Representive.

Because tiny!Jayce is determined enough that he would get over his fear of the big scary Zaun Representative and give Silco letters he's written to Viktor (he figures they can at the very least stay penpals right?). And then Silco, who will ultimately buckle to his children if they are annoying enough, has Viktor begging him to take him to Piltover with him one day so he can see Jayce again.

[doggirldick]

skye reportedly sighted using tumblr dot com

nothing interesting on my cohost feed sometimes because of woke

[hero-is-back]

Tumblr is rapidly getting worse

[pan-matsuri]

This isn't the most important thing in the world, but why did this app change the way you look at images so the double tap to zoom in no longer works?

Can we please just leave well enough alone

I am so tired

[bunniepaws]

also hilarious there’s a post limit for twitter now when ever other post is an ad

[violetganache42]

"Tumblr, acknowledge the same annoying ads I'm reporting and replace them with different ones instead of spamming them every 5 posts" challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

[im-a-goat-in-disguise]

hey, tumblr @staff , if you don't revert my dashboard back the way it was like two weeks ago [i.e - NOT LOOKING LIKE FUCKING TWITTER OH MY GOD. PUT THE HOME AND MESSAGES AND EVERYTHING BACK IN THE TOP RIGHT WHERE ITS SUPPOSED TO BE AND I KNOW WHERE IT IS AND I WANT TO CLICK] I'm just not going to use tumblr on the website. at all. my use of tumblr will severely decline. you were good the way you were before. at least mobile is still the same [For now...] Trying to blatantly copy the layouts and decisions of other companies and social media sites [which are burning to the ground *because of those decisions*] will not make you more popular or retentive to new users or old ones. You will only push away anybody who creates content and has used your site for a long time. I've seen some of my friends switch to tumblr recently and they are not using it because it feels like twitter, or because it feels like reddit, but because the content they want is right there, accessible, and not hard to get to. they have supreme control over what they see and no algorithm tries to lead them to other stuff. for this reason, one of my friends has literally described tumblr as "Reddit, but more wholesome" - based on the fact that reddit kept leading them towards content they hated and made them feel upset. Don't try to become reddit. Or twitter. Or facebook. You're tumblr, and that's all you need to be.

At the very VERY VERY least, let us have an option to opt-out of future UI layout changes. OR give *NEW USERS* the OPTION to customize the UI layout when they join, if they want it to resemble twitter or reddit or anything else.

[ @staff @changes @humans @engineering @brickwhartley ]

[suspiciousspidey]

How to Block/Filter Out Certain Tags

Hello, some people are being silly geese and sending hate to people posting fanfic content that they don't want to see.

Keep in mind, your media consumption is your responsibility.

But I understand everyone has triggers, icks, and things they don't want to see or read. So...

Here is a step by step guide to block posts with certain tags on Tumblr mobile app.

1. Go to your account, and tap on the little gear in the top right corner.

2. After tapping on the gear, you will find yourself at the account settings page with everything about your account and it's settings. Tap on the first option, account settings.

3. Once in account settings, you'll want to go down and tap on "Content You See", which is where you can have more control over the content that is viewable to you on Tumblr.

4. YAY! We are now where you can edit what is visible to you on Tumblr. You can simply filter out certain tags, or you can also filter out specific content and content types as well. Go wild! Customize your viewing experience if you wish.

And you're done!

1. For You: this is curated content tumblr thinks you will like. It's algorithm based.

Another thing to keep in mind: dashboards! If you don't filter out tags, you may see things on your dash you don't wish to. There are three different dashs on Tumblr.

2. Following: this is posts and reblogs from people you follow!

3. Your tags: exactly how it sounds, these are posts with tags you follow.

Hope these tips and information will help you enjoy and know a bit more about Tumblr. Instead of sending hate to creators, maybe try these steps first.

[batpham-discord-highlights]

How to use the Tumblr Tag Blocking and Content Filtering functions with nifty screen shots

[with small about dpxdc venting/hate posts at the end]

First, what is Filtering Tags and what is Filtering Post Content.

Filtered Tags: the tags you hide here will be hidden from you dashboard and in search.

Filtered Post Content: Post content filtering searches the entire post for the word/phrase you add. Not just the tags.

Below is a series of screen shots showing where the blocking/content filtering option are and how to use them.

DESKTOP: got to setting and scroll down. Tag filtering and Content Filtering are right above the Community Labels and under where your birthday is displayed.

MOBILE: Click on the gear in the top right corner of your dashboard → go to General Settings → scroll down until you see Filtering. There you will be able to see all of your blocked tags and filtered content once you add it in.

You add a tag or content to filter by, by clicking the plus sign and typing in the EXACT phrase or tag you want to filter out. As you can see in the video below, if you only block Jazz Fenton/Jason Todd only things with that exact tag (for tag filtering) or phrase in the post (content filtering) will be hidden.

Therefore you CAN block Jazz Fenton/Jason Todd and still see Jazz and Jason content respectively.

Jazz/Jason Content Filtering.mov

Here is an example of tag filtering we did with the dpxdc tag so you can see how it will look if you have a blocked tag, and how to UNBLOCK a tag very easily. Note that it’s really easy to block and unblock tags, and the change takes place IMMEDIATELY so it’s easy to block/unblock at your leisure.

dpxdc Tag Blocking.mov

A helpful cheat sheet for words/phrases to filter by!

On another note: PLEASE DON'T tag vents or hate about dpxdc as "dpxdc" or as "dp x dc" as those are the main fandom tags.

Thank you!!! 🦇👻🦇👻🦇👻🦇👻🦇👻🦇👻🦇👻🦇👻🦇👻🦇👻🦇👻🦇

[inprogresspokemon]

STOP reblogging all the old art. it just clogs up my dashboard and gets my hopes up thinking there's actually a new post. if i wanted to see all the old art, i'd click on the blog and scroll!

Yikes, man. I'm choosing to answer this rude ask so I can share some information for anyone who'd prefer to not see my old art reblogs on their dash.

All my reblogs of old art are tagged IPPreblog and old art specifically for the purpose that people can blacklist them if they don't want the reblogs to appear on their dashboard. I tag my ask responses as IPPasks for this purpose as well. I tag everything meticulously, so nothing should slip through. This is even covered in my FAQ.

Here is how to use tumblr filters to hide certain tags from your dashboard, both mobile and desktop.

I also have New Art Only view as a link in my pinned post and as a button on my desktop sidebar, for those who just want to see new art.

Also, while I think this ask was very rude, no hate to anyone who doesn't want reblogs on their dash; I totally get it! That's why I use the tag system.

Edit: I greatly appreciate all the support in the replies ❤. Anon has apologized and I am fine!

[twopartposts]

Welcome to TwoPartPosts

Howdy! This blog serves as an archive of tumblr posts where the joke or context is split across two or more posts. My goal is to prevent posts from getting separated or lost on people’s dashboards by creating a two-way link as an addition to the posts themself. To do this, I have to post both of the posts first so that Tumblr will let me copy the hyperlink that ties it to my blog, so if you see a fresh post on the blog without a hyperlink, please refrain from reblogging until they both have hyperlinks. It should only take a minute :)

I occasionally get sent post pairs as submissions through various means, so I thought I’d make a (one-parter) post about the preferred way to do that, and some ways I’d really like you not to.

How to send a post pair (preferably):

1) Direct Tag

This is the standard for a lot of gimmick/archive blogs, and pretty easy to do. Please be sure to tag me in both posts. You don’t need to differentiate between sets of posts if you tag me in multiple or label the parts yourself. I will handle do that :)

*NOTE: Tumblr seems to hate when I am tagged by the same person twice in a row and doesn’t notify me about the second post. Idk why. I’ll look into it at some point

2) Send both posts via direct message

I get that DM’s aren’t a lot of people’s forte, but sending both posts directly to the blog via DM is a really good option. There’s no need to say anything if you don’t want to, but this method does give me the opportunity to thank you directly for any and all submissions :)

Please don’t submit posts by:

1) Hyperlink via Ask/Inbox

A lot of issues tend to arise with this method that makes everything a pain to deal with. I often save/gather posts on mobile then organise and post them later when I’m ready, and hyperlinks/URLs can’t really be interacted with through asks. This means I’m forced to paste them into an external browser which becomes a whole ordeal, as tumblr on mobile is super finicky and I’m not always at my computer. It’s not that I won’t try, but if it becomes too tedious, I might just abandon it. I also don’t want to clog up the blog with asks of people submitting posts. So overall, please use one of the above options instead

[yesornopolls]

im pretty sure on the web side of things not using the app or mobile you can't submit asks or anything similar from a custom blog url - this has happened to me for years only on custom urls, and i am very much logged in. you also can't use navigate to dash or view a post on dash from custom urls since it hides the tumblr toolbar and only shows a "log in/sign up" button. custom urls have functioned this way since people first started using them. its actually why i always hate and end up avoiding blogs with custom urls 😭 if im navigating their blog via desktop (my favourite way) i cannot reblog posts unless their theme is one of the ones that includes reblog buttons

not the same anon but your ask box and votes don't work for me either on your actual blog (vs the pop-up dashboard view version)

the ask box says I'm not logged in and clicking the login link just redirects me to the top of my dashboard where I am, in fact, logged in

trying to vote just redirects me to the dashboard view version of that post

no idea what the cause of the issue is but it does sadly exist 😭

Ok, so I disconnected the custom address from this blog so I am sure that will take a few days to take effect. If that doesn't fix the problem, then I am not sure what to do because tumblr sucks and its apparently a tech issue on their side.

[angelonasher]

there's something i hate about tumblr and i just realized i can complain about it

DARK MODE IS A LIE

yeah yeah it makes the background dark and the posts on your home feed dark which i do appreciate

BUT IF YOU CLICK ON SOMEONE'S PAGE?? (on dashboard mode) THE BLIDNING WHITE?? IS STILL THERE??

so i use dark reader (on top of tumblr on dark mode) for that but it messes up things a bit and doesn't work on mobile

tumblr please i am begging you give me a complete dark mode 🙏

[ohnochanges]

once again I will echo previous suggestions: when they start a/b testing major new features (such as the new desktop dashboard layout), if you receive it and hate it? just. stop using tumblr for a bit. or only use it on platforms that the change isnt on (i.e. mobile instead of desktop). let the data from a/b testing show oh, people just straight up stopped using the site as much when we gave them this update. weird.

and also go to the support page and leave feedback. specific feedback! not just "ew, gross", but point out specific things you dislike, and say WHY. even if its something simple like "this is an obvious copy of twitter's layout, and its annoying for yall to randomly copy twitter for no reason, this doesnt add much usability, etc"

[mylittleredgirl]

ok! today’s tumblr shenanigan is that “snooze tumblr live” removes the carousel of tumblr live videos from your dash, but not the icon or the “new” flag. in exchange, the snooze option now removes the videos for a month instead of a week. mobile version:

i say “in exchange” because “snooze tumblr live” as a feature has always seemed like a concession @staff bargained for on our behalf, against a top-down directive they knew veteran users would hate. and if that’s true, the latest update seems even more like a negotiated result. more days with no ladies licking the screen, but we have to live with the camera icon replacing….. whatever used to be there, i literally can’t remember and it has been gone for less than 8 hours.

there’s probably no way to clear the “new” bubble until they’re ready, even if you do sign up for live, since that’s how it was when some earlier features came with a bubble like that, but i assume it will go away in a few weeks and then i can just ignore the camera icon the way i ignored whatever was there before 🙃

i haven’t checked it out thoroughly on desktop yet, but at first glance, the permanent live option lives in that left column of options, and if you have a “new” flag with it (i don’t), the flag can probably be cleared with ublock if you’re not using a dashboard unfucker.

[edraculation]

i fucking hate that clicking the dashboard button on tumblr mobile sends you back to the top of your dash. as a person with tics that cause me to accidentally click things sometimes LET ME OUT OF HERE