#but god i hate algorythms so much

[computerpeople]

why does the internet want it to be harder for you to cultivate your feed

[leftneb]

this is at a risk of sounding narcissitic but I need to vent my frustrations with this hellsite somewhere so here I go

for the record - and not to sound ungreateful or whatever, every single kind word bestowed upon me means the absolute world - I think tumblr's been fucking over my art lately, like "my actual reblogs get more notes than my own posts" fucked. like "I have nearly 400 followers but my posts are only seen by about 40 people naturally" and "my moots who have repeatedly expressed to me that they're insane about my art barely see said art because the algorythm barely pushes my posts" fucked. like "I find it neccessary to have a taglist because otherwise noone fucking sees my posts"

I know beggars can't be choosers and I know I'm being greedy but good god it's endlessly frustrating to be told I'm on some people's favorite artists list one moment and then get litterally 15 notes on something I'm proud of a week later, it feels a bit like I'm going insane. and I question whether I'm being annoying or too spammy with reblogs or if somehow the things I make just don't appeal to anyone that see it even though I know that's not the case.

and I know I care to much about the numbers and - partially because of the algorythm deciding it hates me - I've accepted that internet points aren't by any means an objective measure of worth but it's still so?? like?? what happened?? can I even do anything in this situation?? does this even happen to people or is it a skill issue?? am I overthinking it?? I feel like I'm overthinking it and I feel like I'm being stupid for caring so fucking much because at the end of the day it's the internet and it's never not gonna be RNG but at the same time this is the first time I've ever dared to put my art out there and I recieved so much love for it and obviously I'm going to be upset (if a little insane) when I see all of that just slipping away from me for no discernable reason other than "fuck you". does any of that make sense. maybe I should stop caring alltogether, or maybe tumblr should fix it's shit, fuck if I know at this point. sorry if greedy and delusional I'm very bad at not caring

[icharchivist]

I'm really sorry to hear that the fandom sucks

It can be so frustrating when you want to share the love about something you enjoy and all people want to focus on is some bullshit shipping or something you don't care about, and they make it their hill to die on and fight tooth and nail and try to put the other side down endlessly

yeah this really is annoying but like, it's even worse that i'm just trying to mind my own business. I don't even want to discuss the game all that much, not on twitter at least. Having to see hundreds of shades of ship wars because i liked some characters arts is like. so fucking annoying. Twitter really think that if you like something you must like the popular trainwreck thing going on at the moment, and not like, liking another aspect of it.

it's just so annoying because it's shoved in my throat!! i WISH i could NOT pay attention to it, i'm not even seeking it out!!! like god i hate algorythm so much.

and truly seeing a game i already am miffed about because i'm not fan of the changes being the core reason this is happening because of changes made to the OG is just making me crave for death. Like what you doing to my fav game. Shut up shut up shut up!!

sobs. so yeah it's. i'm having A Time.

[elixlozgamer]

Im probably gonna get a lot of hate. Im probably gonna get death threats in my ask box (again. Yes Im looking at you "kill the soldiers" anon. Speaking of which, anon will be OFF until this post stops getting notifs. Block me if you don't want to see any other opinions than you own, because I'm allowed to have them.)

Rest of PSA is below the cut. TW for mention of death threats and possible cussing.

But we do NOT need to send death threats, things with smutty themes, etc. Into a celebrities ask box all because they're gonna be on this site.

They're people just as much as we are. If you don't like them, theres a handy-dandy feature called "blocking and moving on". Not writing rude messages. Not saying "Blazing a post is a pvp attack". (Because god forbid an artist use a feature to be seen)

I understand not wanting big corps to make their way on Tumblr. Believe me, I do. However Tumblr's advertising (or at least on mobile) is easilly skippable/you can scroll past or actually look at the ad if its somewhat interesting.

Also, Tumblr sells shoelaces for 19 dollars. That should only be like three dollars, but it shows that it really does need the money. (@indigoartistqueen mentioned that, along with other various things in this article) Such as paying programmers to create new features. Paying artists to create new logos and themes. paying the employees that check out the reports. (which I am rlly sorry for them bc I just so happen to keep finding really rude comments or things shipping an 8 year old with an 1000 year old.)

So, if tumblr got a little more money, then merch will cost less. Features will cost less. You can crab someone for less for goodness sakes. (Speaking if which, if you REALLY hate a celeb that badly, run them off with crabs.) But tumblr, just like any other site and app, NEEDS money to keep it running.

Also, don't you think SOME form of algorithm will be good? Or at least better search results? Because artists do tend to use very different tags. (Like memes, funny, lmao, lol, etc.) All that could be grouped under "Funny" so that people can actually find and search for their content easier.

Not to mention that with the way the tumblr staff are, I highly doubt they're gonna be implementing things that will cause a riot from their supporters, like the algorithm, bc the blogs ARE the algorythm, reblogging stuff they like to spread it out.

But just a better tagging system! i myself have stopped posting art as much because I just DON'T get seen! People just don't like or reblog my work, but if I were to blaze it, I would suddenly have 1,000 notes full of threats and "this is a pvp attack. Everybody block on sight."

Now, getting back to the celebrity thing. So many people have said that they don't want any political opinions to divide this site. Well I'd hate to break it to you, but we have, in some form, a type of political dispute. Usually its over the type of view one should have on a fiction character. How you can interpret them. What headcanons are correct. Which fandoms better. Which characters hotter. I could go on over the disputes! Plus the political side of tumblr! Science side of tumblr! Religous site on tumblr!

It never ends! If you don't like a celebrity, DON'T SEND DEATH THREATS TO THEIR ASK BOX! Some will actually commit it! Instead, BLOCK. THEM. It's easy! Don't pay attention to it! Just block them. If you really don't like them, send a cursed image, like I don't know, Patrick Star in stripper heels! A perfect circle thats slightly off! Do NOT send threats, because they're humans just like you! (Or as a Fairy myself, xenogenders as well)

Point is, quit trying to run celebrities off this site all because you're afraid of contriversal opinions that you don't agree with! Just block them! It's there for a reason! It's not like roblox where you can only block 100 people total!

Use the block feature. Don't fight fire with fire. It will ONLY get worse. You don't see firemen using flamethrowers, do you??? No! Please for the LOVE OF WHOEVER OR WHATEVER YOU BELIEVE IN quit spreading hate! It only makes things worse! You're only making yourself worse! Just because tumblr is an anonymous site does not mean you can do whatever you want... Because guess what? There's other humans right behind that post you just saw! (Unless its a bot ofc, that's a different story for another time)

Respectfully, have a good day. If you don't like my opinion, block me. If you send me a threat, I'll block and report you.