#i was blocked from reblogging the original

[ollieofthebeholder]

Also: Likes are private, unless you made them public (I think it's opt-in), but even if you did opt into that, someone has to go to your blog to see it. Most of us just scroll our dashboards unless we really want to see if the OP of a post is someone we want to follow (or someone we want to block (or if we want to trace a particular mutual's slow descent into madness over, say, a new Star Trek short without having the flow broken every three posts by horror podcasts, queer rights, Argentinian politics, and a completely out of context comment of passionate support that makes you wonder wtf is going on in the Formula 1 racing community).

The only people who are really going to see your likes are you and the original poster (and the person who put it on your dash, and MAYBE the person who made the last comment, I've never quite understood how Tumblr decides when you get added to the Notifications™ if people aren't reblogging/liking directly from you). And that's fine! Probably. But there are two problems with that:

Nobody else is going to see that you liked it, which means you're not sharing this thing you like with anyone, you're just hoarding it like a dragon. (Which, I mean: You do you. But if you like something, don't you want to inflict it on everyone you love?)

The OP cannot see what iteration of the post you liked. They have no idea if you're liking it for their comment or one someone else added later on, if it's a take they agree with or not, or - in the case of some older posts - if you're liking something that isn't actually what they originally said at all, but which someone edited.

Likes make us both feel good. Reblogs make us both feel great.

Apparently it's time to start posting and reblogging How to Tumblr stuff again. Lots of people are hopping from Twitter to Bluesky. A big thing to emphasize is that "repost" is the term bsky uses for "retweet", and we need to educate on the difference between "repost" and "reblog" here on Tumblr. We have so many things saying "don't repost things!" and that might cause confusion now that bsky has entered the game. I'd hate to see people avoiding Tumblr because they got yelled at for something they didn't do, because lingo is different.

I'll start: on Tumblr, "reblog" is sharing the original post on your blog for your followers to see. "Repost" is creating a new post with something you saved or downloaded or screenshoted from someone else's blog, and that's highly discouraged here. Please reblog to share the original so the creator can get the interactions too.

[moonlitcomet]

A redesign of one of my old species, the Radien. I turned them from weird humanoid grayliens with feathers into actual Bird Aliens. Much happier with this new design for them.

You get a veteran's pass if you remember these guys, because they're about 7 years old now as of this redesign.

[tippenfunkaport]

There is unfortunately a new art thief in our midsts.

Here is the original for the Glimmer haircut fan art (two pictures)

Please make sure to give love to the original!

Our wonderful fan creators work so hard to make us beautiful things for free, the least we can do is credit them for their hard work!

[non-un-topo]

Getting an extreme case of writer's block the second I graduate and actually have time to write has to be some kind of cosmic punishment for something idk

[thewanderingcotabus]

This brings a whole new exciting dimension to the popcorn eating experience.

The original poster who posted this turned off rebogs for some stupid reason so I'm reposting this so it can be reblogged freely as it should be.

[a-fervent-revision]

Just updated my pinned post with a key item it's been missing but I'm drawing a hard boundary for the sake of safety and my own comfort. As of now, I will not be following, liking, reblogging, or answering DM's/Asks from ANYONE under 20. It's still an 18+ blog and if you're 18/19 then you are fine to lurk, but ya'll are too young for me to be comfortable with any kind of direct interaction. This is admittedly something that I've been deeply uncomfortable with for some time but the "well, age of consent means it's fine" argument rationalized the space. For my own comfort, it's not something I'm engaging with at all, as much as it can be avoided from now on. Thanks for engaging with my little rant. Peace.

[tunacocina]

genuinely entirely unrelated to any other post tonight but i love opening the notes of a post reblogged by one of my mutuals and and going "hm🤔 it looks like theres a reblog missing here..." and opening the original post and seeing who my mutual has blocked. this is a judgement free zone i just love knowing

[akkivee]

part of the true hypnosis mic lore is that when under its influence, nothing of your self manifests, so it doesn’t just affect abilities but also mics and speakers so!!!!!!! maybe nemu won’t be brainwashed in the stage?????

[wolfnesta]

Its cute the confusion with mutuals and blog name changes but the blocked blogs have me wondering why did I block them again? Meh oh well I trust me of the past

[atypi-cals]

Stop!!! recommending me!!! anti-endo posts!!! I'm sorry my follower tagged that endos dni but they did get blocked immediately

[jitters-art]

killing everyone that reblogs my sasuke propaganda directly off of me saying to vote for tenten with a giant laser beam. how does it feel to do something so annoying? does it get you off?

[squeaky-n-blushy]

What's your stance on the thing that's going on about not letting minors interact?

My stance on the what now

[scionshtola]

i really do wish when you blocked someone on here you didnt have to see when ppl reblog from them

[kyouka-supremacy]

Btw today is a month since this blog was shadowbanned 🥳🥳

[eternalcyclicality]

given how this hellsite now forces new accounts to follow a few blogs *before* they can fully gestate into a tumblrina, if a no icon untitled empty blog follows me I now give em one day to enjoy (suffer) my posts

if they don't show obvious signs of corruption and bizarre behavior by then, they get blocked*