#dear tumblr mobile please do not eat this post or its formatting

[thrillingdetectivetales]

Dear @staff :

I just received a pop-up that I had earned a badge for some bullshit. Please know that I do not need badges. I do not want badges.

What I would like is the ability to watch videos on mobile without having to click into and out of them 20 times before they finally play through, if they play through at all.

I would also love it if the little floating new post bubble you added for no reason disappeared from whence it came, as it's directly over the little mute/unmute icon at the bottom of portrait formatted videos and I inevitably end up clicking it when I try to unmute a video.

I would love it if the extremely sensitive follow button was moved to be directly underneath a user's name on mobile, or even taken off of feed posts entirely. Its current position puts it functionally at the center of my screen when I'm scrolling through on mobile, which means I wind up accidentally following people all the time, and have to go through and unfollow, interrupting my flow. Is that really such a big deal? No, but it's yet another of many, MANY irritations I have with the way the platform is going.

I would love it if the edit appearance function didn't undo any custom HTML I have in my profile every time I open it.

I would love it if the Tumblr video garbage you put at the top of the screen to rip off Instagram stories went away entirely.

I would love it if the search function actually worked. I would love it if there were a way to nest different types of content under one username rather than having to keep a link to a tag in your profile. I would love it if the additional pages you can host on your Tumblr were easier to edit and maintain.

Overall, I would just love it if you looked at the way your users are already using your platform, and made those tools better, and sleeker, and elevated the overall experience, instead of thinking about how other social media platforms work and trying to be everything to all people all at once.

You're on the verge of losing your identity, and I'm on the verge of saying, "It's been real but later days," because I am more frustrated than not when using the platform.

Just some food for thought. I hope you don't end up eating it alone with only the light of your burning platform for ambience.

Kind regards,

thrillingdetectivetales

[anthropwashere]

Oh my goodness i want to hug your cats

@manfedzku lucky for you 90% of my photos are of my cats so enjoy! In order of oldest/first adopted to youngest/last adopted:

Link aka Buddy Boy, Old Man, Toothless, Hobgoblin

He's the only boy of the lot and full of trauma because his stomatitis (bad mouth time) has been hard on him. :( He is very sweet still and loves to pretend to cuddle on my shoulder, purring loudly in my ear until I fall asleep, then he completely takes over my pillow for himself. His favorite thing to do is find the darkest corner in a room and wait to scare the absolute shit out of me. He meows like he's either surprised he can make noises at all or like he's auditioning to sing at a funeral.

Zelda aka Baby Girl, Beaker, Gooey Baby

She was part of a 2-for-1 special with her sister. I was 100% only joking about getting them but this goober crawled into then-boyfriend's hoodie pocket, promptly fell asleep, and that was that. She's typically got an expression of either unconditional love or no thoughts head empty, but she's definitely the smartest of them all. She will only ever scratch on accident and always looks so very apologetic when it happens. She meows like she's forgotten her mouth can open or like she's being gently squeezed by invisible hands.

Sheik aka My Beautiful Squeakums, Tank

Zelda's sister, who wasn't in the fridge pic because she can't jump that high and also she hates the next cat on the list. She has that perfect length fur where you never want to stop petting her AND she has never gotten a tangle in her life. Her right eye is janky from an eye infection she got as a kitten and both her ears are floppy from allergies/ear infections, which makes her look both goofier and tougher than she really is. She meows like a crime and has the most impressive growl.

Chromie aka Mama, Beepums, Chrrrrrrrromieeee!!!!!

Oldest rescue at time of adoption, she had a litter and nursed at least another before getting fixed and she's such a sweetheart she got a certificate for Best Cat at the vet's once. She's always underfoot and extremely curious to see what's going on and what I'm doing, be it cooking, showering, walking circles around my living room while I brainstorm, etc. She's definitely the bravest of them all too. Her favorite place to be currently is out on my apartment porch snoozing in the afternoon sun. She rarely meows and instead makes these "br-brr?" sounds like she's trying to get me to explain what I'm up to.

Lillian aka You're So Small!, Bitch, Why

The baby! Literally! She's like 7 now but she stopped growing at like 8 months so she still has that silly kitten fur, super round head, and the lamest meow I have ever heard in my life. She is The greediest bastard who will not leave me alone if there's meat or Irish liquor near me (no I do not let her drink that, but she got a taste once and by God does she want more). She loves to be held like a baby, greets me on whatever surface is high enough that she can rest her forepaws on my boobs for maximum scritches, and when she's happy she fluffs her tail like how literally every other cat does when they're scared. She's the one most likely to 180 into Fight Mode to the confusion of everyone else, but they're almost all twice her size so it's honestly more funny than anything. She's got some wires crossed but nobody cuddles as hard as she does