#people actually quite enjoy following curator blogs

[bleaksqueak]

Working on getting a patreon pack up and ready right now, but real quick: I'm a big fan of "Share it! reblog! tell the new style of algorithm internet shit to suck it!", but you might look around and be like "...But you never reblog much of anything?" I do though lol. This is largely my art blog, and while I'll reblog something here from time to time despite wanting to keep it mostly concise, I have like three other blogs on this same account. One of those blogs in particular I reblog to so much that I finally had to make myself add things to my queue instead of just reblogging on the spot. It was (a lot). It's like collecting pins, action figures, cards, (or in my case, architectural photography, landscapes and monster art)... I'm tacking them all up on display so that I can look at them, and make anyone else who visits look at them as well.

[georgiapeach30513]

Peach! Mrs. Pasta here...checking in for the second time in a few days!

Normally I just lurk in and smile to myself when I see your posts and banters with your followers. But tonight I just couldn't resist...

Ramen, bless him, is getting really good at the non-specific, vague-turnaround, deflective answers to personal questions! I'm impressed.

Also...Nobody keeps their hands more to themselves than Ramen does when he's around a lot of salty things. Is he on a low-sodium diet? Is that why he exercises such great self-control when it comes to these things? TBF, he's very gentlemanly when it comes to being around women, especially costars/colleagues.

I can see (most) people on here are either tired, upset, tired, over it, or a combination of both. I can understand that, especially for the mods that run these blogs. I notice that for a lot of people, separation of professional and personal for their favorite celebrity can be a difficult task. I don't blame anyone for feeling that way, it can be hard to "not think about THAT" when you just want to enjoy "THIS". I will say this though.

Something I have found time and again to be true, is that IF something/someone/someplace is meant for you, things will fall into place. If something is NOT meant for you, no matter what you do, things tend to fall apart. You can try and put it back together, but then something else falls. This has happened to me personally recently, where I was in a situation where I wanted to make something work because I thought I had no other choice and I didn't really want to rock the boat further and go searching for something else. Unfortunately, the more I tried, the more I compromised and kept on staying, the worse it got. I'd fix one thing, another would break. I'd get over one hurdle, another inconvenience would pop up. Finally, I decided to take matters in my own hands and started actually listening to what the universe was trying to guide me towards. It was very hard for me to do this, as I'm more of a logical/rational person, than a spiritual one (I don't really like reading signs or feeling energies to tell me what to do)...But I tried a different approach, and started asking the universe, "If this isn't right, what should I do?" And I would listen and wait, and then tangible things would happen, and then I started making different decisions and taking different approaches. Almost immediately, things started changing for the better. I'm in a much better place now (figuratively and literally).

Just some food for thought: Let things play out. They will. And hindsight is always 20/20. Think about it. I believe Anne's blog has a library that can be helpful for those interested. If all else fails, keep coming to Jen's blog where she posts stories, baking, and general hilarity to keep everyone's spirits up. You are truly a beautiful soul, Miss GeorgiaPeach! <3

Mrs. Pasta! Welcome back. Clearly, your presence has been much needed this past week. Which I do say that there is a reason one shouldn’t consume too much sodium. I suppose were all bloated, and now need to fast.

Ramen is quite smart. He’s playing it coy and vague, non-definite answers. He’s doing good, despite a quick facial change with some questions. It’s funny to watch.

For someone that is quite a gentleman and claims to love PDA his hands do seem quite to himself. But it is a family movie after all, wouldn’t want to be too obvious, I suppose.

I think a lot of people are tired, and more so tired of ongoing arguments that suck the life out of the fandom, much like an overly salted diet. So maybe it’s just the influx of salt that has everyone red in the face? But this is why I implore anyone to curate the space that you want. Filter tags, block blogs, unfollow blogs, create the space that you watch to see with personalities that jive well with your own.

The universe is quite a tricky lady. She usually makes way for things that are for you. Usually when you try to fit a square peg in a round hole, you’re met with resistance. You can sit there, and smile you’re doing it, but others around you will eventually be able to see that you are in fact creating a bigger problem with an impossible task. I’m glad you were able to get to a better place once you listened, and were aware that what you’re forcing isn’t for you.

I do think that hindsight is 20/20. There always seems to be something poking around that pops up at the last minute. Eventually things either fall into place, or you’ve created a big mess. @anneslibrary is a great well of information. And of course @annislittleshopofhorrors herself is a peach in her own right. You are a beautiful soul from the inside out as well, Mrs. Pasta. Take care, and never feel afraid to pop on by when you can.

[lyehub]

Lye | 25+ | he/she/they

This is the out of character hub for my roleplay blogs. Rules and blog roster are listed below the cut.

RULES

If I follow you, know that I've read your rules. Please afford me that same courtesy.

I don't intend on posting any explicit content, but I do deal with heavier themes. All my blogs should be considered 18+. I will not RP with you if you do not have some indication that you are an adult posted on your blog.

The hub blog is exclusively for OOC/metaposting. If you'd like to RP, please follow at least one of my in character sideblogs.

This isn't a deal breaker, but if you have replies/IMs turned off for non-mutuals and are interested in RPing, I'd appreciate it if you'd follow the hub as well. If you don't, it's extremely touch and go as to whether I'll be able to message you from any blog.

Mutuals only for threads, but my askbox is open to anyone. I do delete asks that I feel I can't answer or am uninterested in pursuing. Don't take it personally.

Out of consideration for my RP partners, I ask that personals do not reblog my actual RP threads. However, you are welcome to 'like' things freely, and OOC meta, asks, plot updates, and artwork are all OK to reblog.

From what I can tell, tumblr no longer lets you view the source post just by clicking on the original poster's URL, so you are welcome to reblog memes from me. Sending a few in as a courtesy is appreciated but not required.

General roleplay etiquette. No godmodding or powerplay. Metagaming I'm a little more flexible with, but please talk to me first.

I'm uninterested in shipping, and will delete most shipping related asks, bar one or two exceptions. While I don't mind if my RP partners are fans, Billford is NOT one of those exceptions.

I don't regularly use icons or heavy formatting, and I probably won't play ball with anyone whose formatting makes their blog difficult to read.

I can take a while to respond to a thread, and will be quite a bit slower during the work week. If you are expecting immediate replies, we probably won't be super compatible as writers. That said, the occasional reminder doesn't bother me.

Similarly, I tend to nudge people after a couple weeks of no response, just to ensure that it wasn't a case of tumblr eating the notification. Afterwards, I assume you've seen my reply and will get back to me at your convenience.

I don't enjoy pre-planning threads from start to finish, but for introductions, I feel as though there should be a bit of groundwork plotted out in advance to ensure that it makes sense. Past that, spontaneous RP and plotted threads are equally welcome.

Apart from the occasional crack thread, I tend to write mostly multi-paragraph or novella. While I don't expect people to match length, I do expect them to match thought and effort. If I'm getting single sentence responses to multiple paragraphs, I'm probably going to unfollow.

I have no tolerance for bigotry of any kind. Mistakes are one thing, but sustained patterns of behavior will result in a hard block.

I’m pretty live and let live when it comes to shipping discourse, but engaging in pedophilic or incestuous content in any form will also result in a hard block.

Unless it involves bullet 15, I don't care if someone was rude or standoffish to you. I don't engage with callouts or vague posts. Someone else's interpersonal drama is not my business or problem. I curate my own experience on this site; I strongly encourage everyone else do the same.

I will update my rules as needed.

BLOG LIST

The "genres" are not hard stops, but rather, guidelines for figuring out what characters your muses might be compatible with! That said, you're welcome to RP with anyone on this list, no matter the genre.

@amphioctopus (Original Character | Genre: Modern Fantasy, Paranormal, Magical Realism | RP | #payton)

@ethelstreep (Original Character | Genre: Historical, Fantasy, Mythical | RP | #adem)

@obeythefist (Original Character | Genre: Sci-fi, Superheroes/Villains, Cyberpunk | RP | #zoe)

@maymayandthehog (Canon Character | Gravity Falls | RP | #mabel)

@pythagoraswasahack (Canon Character | Gravity Falls | RP | #bill)

TAGS

#lye speaks

#lye's art

#self promo

#promo

#friend art

#meme

#roleplay

#writing

#meta

#fanart

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My personal blog is @lyesander. Follow if you wish.

[pararennial-archived]

*‵ ･ 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐃. / moved

After a whole rollercoaster of experiencing a lot of highs and lows last year and into this year, I think I managed to figure out how to best curate my space here. I made lots of friends, and lost a lot at the same time. I find that it's like a coin toss here because I'm happy that I am able to vibe with people I feel at home with and who inspire me. But the RPC is getting notoriously non-communicative and smaller, but perhaps staying small is the best, meaning I will keep a close few that I actually have a blast writing with. I genuinely love this hobby and writing this muse, so I'm far from getting into the mindset of quitting.

I might catch you guys on the other side with the new blog, for those who might not, again it's not personal. If you do find me (and it's not like I'm gonna make myself hard to find), you're still welcome to hang out and follow if you still enjoy having me around.

Roxy and I are continuing to move to greater creative heights, but this time I'm gonna do it right by generating my own good vibes. Keep your eyes out for me, I'm gonna be quiet for a while and take the time to re-establish myself before following people back!

Peace! ~ ✌🏼

[alexaloraetheris]

I follow 180 blogs (I learned early the importance of curating my dash) and while going through that list I took a bit of a headcount, and then did a double take.

I don't know how I managed it, but almost exactly 30% of the blogs I follow are Finnish, 30% are Jewish and 30% are either fandom, LGBTQ or both, and the remaining 10% are people who are so extremely autistic/ADHD that it's like I'm reading stuff beamed directly from my brain. Like, I did actual math dor this.

I don't know what that says about me, but I'm quite enjoying the content of my dash, so.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[beaststarved]

✽𝔹𝔼𝔸𝕊𝕋𝕊𝕋𝔸ℝ𝕍𝔼𝔻 ( careful , the cornered beast bites the hardest . )

an independent roleplay blog for 𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙀 from redspring studio's upcoming game, 𝔗𝔬𝔲𝔠𝔥𝔖𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔳𝔢𝔡. worshipped by ℍ𝕒𝕨𝕜 ! minors are not permitted. 𝟏𝟖+ for mature and potentially triggering topics due to game content. heavily suggested to look through theme pages for more detailed info. Est 3/23/23.

─── 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒚 𝒐𝒏    b̲e̲i̲n̲g̲ bound against ones' will, hedonism, mind games, love through the visceral animal instinct, devouring your enemies, & the pursuit of power at all costs.

𝙿𝚁𝙾𝙼𝙾. 𝙷𝙴𝙰𝙳𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙾𝙽𝚂. 𝙱𝙻𝙾𝙶𝚁𝙾𝙻𝙻: @morrias , @wh0rehome

⊰ 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 … @sanctissimx , @sil3nth1lls

𝐋𝐀𝐖𝐒 & 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐖 ↓

I. ℭ𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔞𝔤𝔬 , the Senobium bound a wicked beast with a magic collar , sealing his powers and forcing his obedience . Known for his sharp tongue and biting wit , Vere is a cunning fox spirit born of the depths of the Shroud and has long done the Senobium’s dirty work with a sly smile , but he’s grown restless and there’s no telling what a beast as cunning and ruthless as Vere will do once unleashed . Can he be trusted , or does he simply enjoy playing with his food ?

01. i'm 29 yrs old and living in cst . feel free to send me IMs if you want to plot or talk about the muses . due to my demanding schedule i am extremely low activity . i require patience and understanding from my mutuals , although most of my mutuals are friends anyways .  

i may post oocly on the dash but i am often working sun-thurs. after 5 pm cst i am almost always available for chatting even if i am not rping . I have discord available upon request if you want to reach me on the regular . i curate my space often but please do not be deterred from reaching out & starting a conversation . i am actually quite shy but once we get talking i am your jester fr .

NOTHING   on here is owned by me unless stated otherwise . the psds i am currently using for icons/graphics are self -made or by these talented people :  

  FOSSAED  ,  CAVALIERFOU  , ASHHEARTSHELPS , etc  .

please support the incredible artists and team behind the  𝔗𝔬𝔲𝔠𝔥𝔖𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔳𝔢𝔡 project at their site here + kickstarter here !

i  always  check  mun  info when  reading  rules  /  looking  at blogs  ! 

PERSONALS  PLEASE  DO  NOT  REBLOG  MY  POSTS .

02. this blog is considered MUTALS ONLY . If we are mutuals , always free to reply to my open starters or ask memes ( preferably on a new post ) . If you think i have lost a post , feel free to shoot me an IM and ask ! i always tag my partner's url too .

03. THIS  BLOG  MAY  HOLD  TRIGGERING TOPICS  AND  SPOILERS  .

such as but not exclusive to : Violence / Gore / Trauma / Language , etc   . due to the nature of some of the content my character is from . i , as a mun , of course  DO NOT ADVOCATE for the behavior of my character or others or my fandom on top of that . i try to keep to my own corner really . this applies to general rpc happenings , too .

threads of an explicit or dark nature should be pretty common so beware , however i have my limits . i have  NO   time for able*sm, r*cism ,  p*dophila , inc*st , r*pe , or lgbt fetishizing / homophobia . if you ask or present me with it , i  WILL   block you . 

I will always tag  NSFW   for images / gifs / threads . anything else that is potentially triggering will have a  TW   after it . i don't do fancy tags for triggering content so you will be safe here , just ask me to tag something if it's reasonable .

i also refuse to participate in mature threads with minors or follow them .  in fact, even if this blog content is 18+, I will only interact with rpers who are 21+.

04 . I don't require my partner to match the length of my replies . i am always open to general script rp to start our interactions , too ! i don't mind if you do or don't format posts , i don' t judge !

concerning RP , multis please specify which muse you would like to interact with when sending in memes or liking starter calls . unfortunately i am not a mind reader and i'm inclined to panic and inevitably not answer someone's rp if i don't know who they want to interact with . 

 i'm always down for forming / establishing many kinds of relationships if we have agreed to it beforehand . I don't mind one sided shipping either .  regarding MCs , i only ask that we discuss what route / dynamic we both want before assuming to auto-ship with me .

I also reserve the right to my interpretation of a character. I don't operate on fanon 80% of the time, so please understand if I have a different perspective of Vere than maybe you do.

05. Do not involve me in drama. I will block liberally if you are of the opinion that someone who annoys you warrants a smear campaign or you create a hostile space on your blog or in GC for people who have not done anything wrong. That being said, I will rarely reblog a post about people who have genuinely caused harm within the online community since this blog is a safe space (even if Vere is not lol).

[bisluthq]

The endless hate I see are from a lot of the big blogs. I wasn’t necessarily referring to your blog, which actually doesn’t get the traffic of the biggest blogs. That is better, because the bigger the blog, the more engagement you have to have with your followers to keep them. Those blogs even have their own group chats with each other. I used to follow them, but I don’t like negative vibes. Also, I see few widows on Tumblr. They are generally not on this platform. Quite a few quit, and are elsewhere on other sm. I don’t even visit everyday anymore.

I have no idea what’s going on on Tumblr because all I do on this platform is check my inbox and reply to people tbh. I don’t really follow anyone here and I don’t engage with any stuff here. So I really just don’t know. The reason for this is… those people historically irritated me and I found their takes to be like… not very good or very interesting? So 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ idk. I’m the wrong person to ask about what’s going on on Tumblr lol. I also think, frankly, that Tumblr is the easiest of the sites to curate though because you don’t have to go into your feed at all? You can just go directly to blogs that you enjoy, read those, and send anons there. I don’t really have recommendations but maybe some other anons do? And like if the vibes are not your cup of tea then don’t follow them. There is no reason to for news/updates because Twitter has better update accounts (I can recommend a few of those). Tumblr is more for vibes and if the vibes aren’t for you then… don’t read it? But like Tumblr on the whole is dead as fuck - it’s like 3 millennials who can’t let it go and this is a self-burn btw - so it’s even less indicative of vibes in the world as a whole than anywhere else online lmao and vibes online are indicative of very little irl as I’ve previously discussed.

[autumnapricot]

saw you reposting motogp content... should I get into other motor sports too? 🤔 do any other motor sports give a similarly enjoyable fandom experience as a well curated f1 one? Graciaas for your opinion

ohhhh anon. i fear i‘m so biased here lol so idk if this is a valuable opinion from me here but i will try my best!

i will bravely out myself here (i hear the sirens in the distance wee-oo—wee-oo🚨🚔🏃🏼‍♀️‍➡️) and admit…i‘m a fake f1 fan. i have stopped actively watching some years back because for me personally just some of the sport itself has lost its shine to me, just personally. i also don‘t look at content on social media too much and have trained myself to quit looking at comment sections of any sorts because yeah, a whole lot of bs and hate that i don‘t care about. i also try follow very few f1 content things on here (other than authors) so. yeah. i‘m a superfan of motogp though actually, like me missing a race? over my dead body. whole body shakes at the race start? hell yeah. i just enjoy the aspect of racing itself a whole lot more in motogp (although motogp has been obsessed with making the sport the „f1 of motorcycle racing“ although it technically already is, just implementing stupid rules, too much aero on the bikes(will be banned in 2027 tho)) so, racing itself is very very enjoyable in motogp and always a thrill to watch and scream at in front of the tv. i hope we will see even more of the old style in 2027 :)

as for fandom. ah. i do think if you look for it on social media, there are definitely bad corners of the net lol, especially instagram etc. (valentino rossi and marc marquez die hard fans yes i‘m looking at you) but tumblr/ motogpblr for me personally (!) is more enjoyable than the f1blr experience i had in the past. (!past! i love this blog now, but it is definitely focused almost entirely on the writing aspect ofc) if you find your faves and you find blogs that align with how you view things, it‘s very fun and very, very chilled out. i love motogpblr but i admit i follow like…maybe 15..at most….blogs from the motogp scene and i don‘t look at other stuff because ✨ignorance is bliss ✨. but in that aspect i can say, i absolutely love and enjoy it, so much more than f1blr (oops. maybe i didn‘t curate it well back then tho, so..)

whew, that was a long answer with so little actually being said🥹

all in all: i think the motogp fandom on tumblr is definitely enjoyable if you curate it to your likings and probs comes closest to f1blr in that sense, i guess.

also, there is definitely a lot less media training going on for the motogp riders than in f1 so that‘s always fun lol, there are loads of authentic characters, some you may like, some others maybe not, but it is something i appreciate, however i‘ve seen f1 fans be maybe thrown off by that a little? because do the riders say questionable shit every now and then and maybe more often than not? absolutely. are there a hundred lengthy posts necessary to try and defend them? …no. i don‘t put any of them on a pedestal enough to support a 110% what they say or think, which i believe should go for anyone though, but i have seen people from the f1 fandom kind of…have some…problems with that. if you will.

as for other motorsports, i can‘t really speak 😅 i watch some moto-and supercross here and there but there‘s not much of a fandom on tumblr for it like there are for f1 and motogp.

[tillandthebees]

eh that’s quite long tbf and goes it way to much detail here’s my version ayayyay

ok so first of the dash itself. the two main tabs: Following and For You. most people tend to use Following, which is why reblogging is so important in this site. i kind of treat reblogging as i would likes on twitter. it means more people can see the lovely art, and you get a copy on ur blog!! also, people tend not to add comments, instead they treat the tags when reblogging like comments. specifically the tags, not actually adding to the post. that’s normally used if you have something to add to the post.

also following quite a few people is important to get the dash moving!! since you probably only follow a few people it will be very slow at the moment, but as you follow more, it weill speed up!!! i follow 600 ish people and have a new post on my dash every minute or so i’ll send you a list of good blogs to follow in another ask probs!!

there’s also dash settings!! if you want the tumblr experience of just the Following tab, i’d turn off the preferences “Best Stuff first” “include posts liked by the blogs you follow” “include based on your likes” and “include followed tag posts” but AGAIN THIS IS ALL PREFERENCE. this is just what i prefer but play around!!! there’s also the interface settings, and i tend to keep all of them on!!

anyway that was mildly badly explained but THE BLOG ITSELF!!! my favourite feature is the tagging systems you can create!!! under blog settings you can add ‘features tags’ aka tags you can search your blog for. people tend you use them so you can find someone’s original posts in one place, art in one place, or to save posts they really enjoy!! ld recommend creating an art and original post tags so freaks like ME can easily enjoy your art.

and i’d add the whole don’t leave ur blog default spiel or people with think you are a bot but you’ve already changed that up!!!

oh also bots. bots can be a big problem on this site! if you get followed by a blog with a default pfp and strange names, like actual human names and a random amount of numbers or just a keyboard spam, report as a bot and block!!! however lately there haven’t been many bots around for me.

uhhhh tumblr culture it’s quite a “don’t like don’t read” and “my ship is not your ship” kinda vibe. if you see something you don’t like, just block and move on. hey sometimes if someone even mildly annoys me i just block them. bc it’s a curate your own experience kind of site.

anyway!!! enjoy!!! :3c

may add some other stuff if i think of it and sorry if this is mildly illegible

AHH TYSM THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL!! I'll probably just go and lurk for a while until i feel like i get a feeling for like culture and stuff haha

[tealeavesandthorns]

🦄 🔥 🖼 🛍

MY EXPERIENCE IN THE ROLEPLAYING COMMUNITY * send me a symbol and i'll tell you... - @kingofthewebxxx

🔥 my hot take about the roleplaying community

Okay, I don't think I actually have any hot takes, I have thoughts here and there.... like I wish people would be more honest about stuff. I wish some of the language was simpler because somethings are really confusing to me (probably a tism thing) - like why 'private' blogs advertise themselves in tags. If it says private I assume it means, completely closed off or like invite only or they don't accept random follows. - If it just means mutuals only I don't understand why you wouldn't use that language.

I have thoughts about shipping too - like I'm probably more sensitive to it because I'm an OC. On the one hand I wish people wouldn't assume that all OC's want to romantically ship, there's a lot of characters I'd just love connections with. I also wish I didn't feel so.... like not bad but like a certain type of way about curating shippy stuff, reblogging shippy stuff, making gifsets for ships I don't even have. - I have a lot of conflict about it because I'm trying not to put people off taking a look at my blog, trying not to make people think that the only reason I want to write with them is for a ship when that is far from the case and chemistry is the absolute most important thing to me. I think I just need to think fuck it and do shit anyway.

🦄 the best thing that's happened to me in roleplay this year

I definitely think coming back to Maria, realising how much I missed and loved her. I think being accepted again and finding new connections, reconnecting with old friends. I think those are the best things.

🖼 my favorite types of characters

I'm not going to lie, I think it depends on what I'm reading/feeling like. I love well rounded characters with depth though, or potential depth and I tend to be really attracted to side characters the most in canon.

In terms of playing characters, I adore sort of grumpy cop characters with a heart of gold, that's why in the past I've played Harvey Bullock, Lestrade, Alfred Pennyworth, a couple of OC's. I quite enjoy soft male characters too which is why I've had a couple of male OC's with a similar character type to Archie Hopper.

As far as female characters go, I tend to go for OC's rather than canon quite a lot. I couldn't tell you why because often in RP it's not about shipping them with someone, it's more about exploring characters. I like softer female characters with a strength in them and a tendancy towards kindness - that's what Maria is, it's what Briar was and Charlie. Even characters who are darker, like my vampire OC with Eva Green FC - have a great strength in them without being villainous or OTT. I've only played one or two canon female characters and one of them I had a horrible experience on (Tauriel from The Hobbit).

I LOVE a good dramatic villain, really hamming it up and making it panto. I love playing a mirror/evil version of Maria because that's exactly how I play her, as cartoonish, hack and hamming it up, but also kind of early 00's sexy.

🛍 the one thing i wish all of my followers knew about me

Oh goodness I'm not sure. Okay, maybe, how crippling awkward I feel all the time. How if I don't contact you, or I rarely IM it's not a reflection of how much I enjoy our threads. I just categorically NEVER want to be a bother to anyone. I get very in my head about how I might be misinterpreted or that I'm bothering people with my mere presence, that I'm too much. That I talk too much. So I just keep myself to myself instead. Even when there's gifs/drabbles/ideas/fun stuff I am DYING to share.

[posts-for-when-im-high]

Tried redownloading Instagram recently and I have some thoughts....

I originally deleted it because of the endless void of pointless, time-wasting, brain-rotting Reels. I finally realized it was actively harming my (admittedly, already terrible) mental health. It's the same reason I don't have, and never will have Tik Tok. If I have endless content to scroll through in my free time, I'm going to. I'm bored easily and full of Mental Illness™️. Yes Tumblr is my home and I have dedicated far more years to this hellsite (affectionate) than any human should. Look at the way I type, for fuck's sake. But I have curated this hellsite over the span of quite a few years to cater to me: Blacklisting/filtering tags and content I don't want to see. Unfollowing and blocking people LIBERALLY, and without the burden of knowing them in real life. Only following juuuust enough blogs to make it so I can scroll and catch up to where I had last left off without wasting too much time. There is no """"algorithm"""" to speak of.

In less than an hour, I had inadvertently turned my Instagram "Explore" page into an infinite, hate-spewing, emotionally distressing flood of Reels.

It started off innocently enough. I was watching a video of a woman with a service dog listening to a mother teach her young daughter about why she couldn't pet the dog ("he's working, sweetie; his vest says 'Please Don't Touch'"). Then it started showing me videos of some not-as-friendly people interacting with service dogs; harassing, petting, disregarding the owner's pleas and nervous explanations about why their dog can't be distracted on duty. This progressed further, to videos of "Emotional Support Animals" who were CLEARLY not trained in any professional capacity, barking at/attacking actual service dogs. And if this wasn't upsetting enough, the videos then began to depict rude strangers harassing people in public about anything and everything. In roughly 43 minutes, I had a brand new, clean-slate algorithm actually PROMOTE TO ME a video of a self-titled TERF verbally assaulting a trans woman in a restaurant.

Many people have said it before me in a far more eloquent manner than my current brain can muster, but this is why people are able to transition so quickly into hateful individuals. It is APPALLING how little time it took for me to want to throw my whole phone in the garbage. I've worked so hard to truly curate my online experience into something I enjoy, and can handle on a regular basis. I tell everyone I know: "Use the Block button FREELY!!!! Filter out content you don't like!!! Blacklist tags you don't want to see, even if it's because you don't like spoilers, or you don't know your mutual's current hyperfixation Blorbo of the Week!!!" It should be NATURAL and EASY to unfollow content you aren't comfortable with! Even if I erase my history on Instagram, or delete and then redownload the app, it doesn't mean this won't happen again!! It happens all the time, all around the world, to the MILLIONS of people using Instagram, or Tik Tok, or Twitter, or ANY social media site without proper community guidelines.

It makes me really upset to think about how easy it is to turn someone into a cruel, uncaring person, and how hard it is to turn them towards kindness instead.

[corvidcall]

okay!!! (rubs my hands together like im making an evil little scheme) (because i am)

first off, im gonna suggest Sagan Hawkes, who does retrospectives on indie horror stuff. my personal fave videos are There Will Never Be Another Petscop (which is about two projects that started as Petscop knock offs but developed into really interesting art in their own right) and Diminish: The Rage Game Lets Play About Loss (about an unfiction series where a man is playing a game his late twin sister made for him).

next, Jacob Geller has a voice that i think is really unique in the video essay scene. A lot of his videos are really... idk how to describe it. Poetic? Lyrical? Artistic in their own right? They seem very reminiscent of the way people write personal essays, which imo sets him apart from his peers (who seem to lean more towards a less personal, more documentarian style). I've recommended one of his videos on my fallen london blog before!! The Golem and the Jewish Superhero is really good, as is Who's Afraid of Modern Art. and his video Fear of Depths is great if you wanna think too hard about dying in a cave and then get oh so scared

in the opposite stylistic direction (imo) is Dan Olson, who makes really thorough and compelling videos about movies and culture, and has recently been focusing a lot on debunking the tech hype cycle. His video about crypto and NFTs, Line Goes Up, may have quite possibly influenced the crash in the NFT market?? But Line Goes Up is pretty dry, so I would probably suggest A Lukewarm Defense of Fifty Shades of Grey (this is actually part 1 of a series where he talks about all the 50 shades movies and the books, and theyre all great. the videos i mean. 50 shades is pretty bad) or That Time Geocentrists Tricked A Bunch of Physicists (which is about a documentary that featured a bunch of physicists seeming to say that heliocentrism is wrong and the sun actually orbits the earth, and about some really crazy tradcaths). In Search of Flat Earth is really good, too, but its kind of a bummer because its about Qanon

Big Joel is also one of my faves (both for his videos, and because i think its very funny that his youtube channel is named "big joel" even though he isnt big and his name is not joel). Trash Disney Remakes is fun, and you might also enjoy A Reality TV Dystopia: I Wanna Marry Harry

...oh my god this post is already way too long and ive only suggested three people. i am so sorry. god made me wrong as a joke. lets do the rest of these much faster or your flight will have landed by the time im done talking. speed round.

I Debunked Every "Body Language Expert" on Youtube by münecat

European History is Not White History by Shaun

MyHouse.Wad - Inside Doom's Most Terrifying Mod by Power Pak

Why Is Conservative Comedy So… Not Very Good? by Some More News

also, i cant recommend any specific videos, but you might enjoy PhilosophyTube (talks about philosophy, obviously) and Well There's Your Problem (a "podcast with slides" about engineering disasters)

to round out my excessively long list, theres a bunch of commentary youtubers who arent doing video essays qua video essays, as their videos are more focused on being funny and less on being informative, but i think theyre sister genres, and i enjoy them very much, so heres some good ones if you want a chuckle:

I followed a bunch of tutorials on how to get taller by Drew Gooden (the guy from the road work ahead vine)

I Tried Ghost Hunting To See If It's Fake by Danny Gonzalez

Alpha Tips & Tricks by Chad Chad

The Worst Talk Show Is Still On The Air (Maury) by Jarvis Johnson

I Drove to Every Rainforest Cafe in North America by Ted Nivison

I ate at every Rainforest Cafe in the County by Eddy Burback

anyway. uh. sorry about all this lol. i almost exclusively watch youtube every day all day and i have many thoughts and opinions. this isnt even everyone i watch and enjoy. this was me attempting to curate my recommendations.

I have a 4 hour flight this weekend so if anyone has any video essay recommendations for me to download on my phone feel free to tell me

[moonlit-delirium]

independent, selective multimuse & multifandom rp blog . penned by criim main fandoms : baldur's gate 3 , dungeons & dragons / pathfinder current active muses: yul karcsi (oc), astarion (bg3), rex (ffxiv), alfonse (ffxiv), silco (arcane)

will contain spoilers and dark / triggering / sexual content. 18+ only. duplicate , original characters , crossover friendly

carrd ( rules & muses )

mobile rules under cut. please read prior to following/interacting. icon/graphics credits : mirza and me

hello, i'm criim ( they/them, 25+ ). i've been writing for many years now, and i'm here just to enjoy writing and exploring my original characters as well as canon ones that i've grown to love.

heads up and warning: I will be writing characters and topics that may be dark and triggering. I tend to gravitate towards characters that are not 'good' - villains, anti-heroes, etc. I will tag as needed. You may see topics come up such as unhealthy and toxic relationships, torture, gore, violence, death, among others. And with the inclusion of Astarion to my muse list, I will stress that I will not strip out any of his canonical backstory. His entire backstory includes, but not limited to, torture, mental abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, coercion, blackmail, gaslighting, slavery. All of this creates this complex character and survivor, and this dark background has affected how he interacts with the world, so I will not compromise on his story.

In light of this, please do not read / follow if you don't want to see this. Curate your space; I'm providing you with the warnings. If you don't heed it, it's on you. And as a reminder, writing does not equal endorsement (AKA ic ≠ ooc).

do not interact if you are a self insert or roleplay as real celebrities or people. I'm very uncomfortable with that. Please don't interact or follow if you participate or deal with drama. I don't want that stuff near me, I'm just here to have fun. I do not support any sort of fandom/fiction policing, and I do not wish to associate with anyone who does.

(Also, I'll be quite selective when it comes to any Cazador muses, so please understand if I don't follow back.)

in regards to shipping and interactions, I am open to shipping, but I do tend to prefer shipping with either friends or anyone listed as a main. I just want to ship with people I feel comfortable with, or with muses that my own muse has formed some sort of solid chemistry with. I prefer exploring my muses' interactions with the world over random shipping - I won't alter my character for the sake of a ship.

all the same, though, I love to plot - how do we know if our characters have chemistry without talking and plotting things? it's half the fun of writing! I'm always down for plotting, and my IMs are always open for it, though I do prefer discord. (also my IMs/discord are open to random OOC chats too!) Another thing in regards to plotting: I prefer plotted/pre-established relations over first meetings/intros. I always get stuck in how to reply to them, unless there's a huge hook.

I'm absolutely down for crossovers though - love them, and I love creating new verses just for the crossover. It's my jam, sticking my characters in different worlds!

about my activity, I am a low activity blog. I won't reply to things right away most of the time - I write based on inspiration. I do tend to reply to my mains much faster though, and becoming a main of mine is not something I request lightly. (I won't be doing any 'mains call', and I'll ask you directly if I can add you as a main.) I also like to take my time with my replies - I will often, out loud, say exactly the words I write and try to hear the character in my writing. Please, don't rush me when it comes to replies. You may ask me maybe in a week or so about it just in case I forgot, but please don't beg for me to reply to you - I'll actually lose my interest. I also won't bug you guy for replies either. I've waited for months to get a reply before, and I do not have a problem waiting.

Lastly, artwork. I am an artist, and I will end up posting art of my characters. Depending on how inspired I become, I may even do art of our RPs unprompted. Please don't reblog them (unless you have permission) as I usually crosspost them elsewhere, on my art blog.

Don't request art from me either. These artworks I post here are unprompted and usually inspired by whatever shenanigans is going on. If you really want to request art from me, head to my art blog for a commissions quotation.

[stormblessed95]

I've been following you on here pretty much since you started blogging and I just found out I've also been following you on Twitter without realizing it 🤣

People say Tumblr is just as bad as Twitter, what's your opinion? I lurk on both, but I feel like I see a LOT more firsthand craziness on Twitter, but mostly responses to craziness (usually from Twitter) on Tumblr.

Do you think the vibe on Tumblr is gonna change if Twitter dies?

Lol it's like the deck of the digital Titanic over there... Everybody's scrambling to consolidate their mutuals, get their new SM profiles out and get their parting shots in

I had some friends point out that I mostly successfully lurked on Twitter and then when everyone was sharing their tumblr/insta links with their moots for the possible digital titanic (lmfaoo! Love that) of Twitter, I figured I would too. And they then said it was like I just did a face reveal. The shock some people had 😅🤣 and now I'm feeling a little exposed on Twitter. Lol but that's okay, I'm deleting the post later so the few who saw it, yay. Let me know if we are moots or not anon and if you want to be lol

I don't think Twitter is actually going anywhere anytime soon. I don't think it's going to capsize on us like Titanic, although the amount of panic over it right now is very Titanic 🤣 I think it's going to be a slow painful agonizing death that gets drawn out. Lol unfortunately. Maybe Elon can pull his head out his ass long enough to ask for help and maybe it can be turned around

Tumblr has survived through every time people thought the site would go down. It survived through every other social media crash. It's adapted, overcome, and gone straight back to its own specialized verison of a hellsite as it always has. At least, from my experience. Lol it'll probably be an adjustment period. Especially as people from Twitter try to bring Twitter culture over onto tumblr and have it not work quite as well. But I think overall it'll be fine. The nice part in MY experience with tumblr is that what you see is VERY easy to curate. You only have to see things from blogs you follow or tags you follow. You can block out specific words or tags if you want so that even if you get asks, you won't get some with certain words in it. Or you won't see posts with certain words or tags in it. Whereas on Twitter, even if you curate your timeline very well, it's still super easy to stumble across alot of drama and hate. Now, I mostly only find that on tumblr if I go looking for it, if it gets sent to me in DMs or a troll shows up in my ask box. And I haven't even blocked any tags, just a few accounts here. I will say, for anyone new from twt, enjoy learning tumblr. I've been here for a while, have only been blogging for little over a year though, but I still don't always know or understand what I'm doing or how it works. Lol good luck!

Anyways, if you found me on Twitter with my little announcement to my moots. No you didn't 😅 lol keep it to yourself, but feel free to DM me, talk to me, or engage with me over there as well. I'm pretty chill over on Twitter honestly, but I enjoy it still! I'm still jikook focused over there, but much more of just a bts account too.

[chaosnightmare]

heyyyy i had a post gain some traction a while ago where i listed some good advice for newbies on tumblr, but some of the information in that post is now either outdated or no longer helpful. here's a better, more accurate version.

advice for tumblr newbies (2.0)

so as i said before, deleting your post will not stop it from getting reblogs. tumblr reblogs work by saving a new version, a "snapshot" of your post, frozen in time, immune to any changes to its content you may make. as such, so long as a reblog of your post exists out there, simply deleting it will not solve the issue if you want people to stop reblogging. HOWEVER, since my last post there was a monumental new feature added to tumblr that allows you to disable reblogs universally across all existing versions of your post. this setting is called "Reblog Control", and can be changed even after a post has already been made. this is now no longer an issue.

deleting your blog or posts may cause oddities to occur on existing reblogs, such as empty OP, empty notes, and so on. if you notice these in the wild, that's what happened.

tumblr does have an algorithm, but its barely functional. you'll mostly have to curate your experience on here by yourself. follow blogs you want to see, block people you dislike, reblog posts you enjoy, and you'll find a community you like in no time.

reblogs are really the only way to boost attention for work somebody else has done. if you're not recieving any more attention on a post even though it has tons of likes, it's because you'd need reblogs for that. there is a new feature, called Blaze, where you can pay money to have your post shown to a certain amount of random users. this is never a good idea and nobody ever likes it

that last part is because tumblr is actually broken up into smaller subcommunities, who, due to the nature of the site, can stay extremely isolated from eachother. blazing a post will force people from outside your circle to see it, which can lead anywhere from confusion to hostility. on the other hand, this means that you'll rarely have to interact with people outside of your bubble.

posts don't generally become too old to reblog. if you see a post and hear it's from a long time ago, it's probably still okay to interact with. where this becomes iffy is when you start going though one specific person's old posts repeatedly, which isn't always appreciated. if you aren't sure, check the date.

tags are a very important tool for blog organization. they often work better than the content search function, and can help your original posts gain traction. if you aren't sure how to use tags on a post, take a look at other people's blogs and take note of how they use them for ideas. they do however serve another purpose, and that's to avoid adding a reblog comment.

reblog comments are where you add directly on to a post with something extra. generally, you should only do this if you're really certain that you're adding something of value to a post, or if the original post is one of your own. doing this if you don't have anything important to say is considered rude in most contexts. the workaround for this is simple: say whatever you wanted to say in the tags. character limits on tags are actually quite large, so you can add most anything you want to say. this ensures that what you want to say about the post shows up on YOUR blog, but won't necessarily transfer over to other reblogs, and it isn't considered an inept thing to do.

change your icon/pfp. change it. this website has lots of spam bot users (again, poor moderation) and while some of them do have icons, not changing yours is the easiest way to be mistaken for a bot. just change it to anything you want, but otherwise you run the risk of being reported for spam or blocked. if you're feeling up to it, tumblr gives you plenty of other blog customization options as well, such as headers and fonts and color schemes. if you're on desktop, you can even completely alter how the website looks when somebody visits your blog, but thats better to do when you already know your way around a bit.

xkit is your best friend if you're on desktop

[konkonvt]

So you're brand new to Tumblr: A primer for former Twitter users.

Note: This guide is aimed at users who have little to no experience with Tumblr, it was originally envisioned to help my vtuber friends but was written to be a general help for all users. It is not a comprehensive guide or tutorial, rather a tool to help familiarize yourself with the core features of tumblr, as well as the terms you’ll be encountering.

First and foremost let's get something out of the way, do not treat Tumblr like it's Twitter. It's not. Tricks you learned on Twitter may or may not work here but the audience and flow of your dashboard are going to be very different. Tumblr is primarily a slower site than Twitter. I don't necessarily mean that literally though that can be true, but in that posts get disseminated in a much slower way here, the average long term Tumblr user will not see your posts until someone they follow reblogs them, that's because while Tumblr does promote posts the user base has developed many a tool to curate the site to make their browsing experience better. We'll get to that later, but the point I'm trying to get at here is not to lose heart if your content doesn't get much engagement early on. That said sustainable growth is still possible here, but it's going to require some tweaks to how you do things.

Two real quick terms I will be using throughout this post, I will include more terms towards the end of this post but these two will be used throughout so we’ll define them here:  Dashboard: Sometimes referred to as your Dash is the term for the front page of your tumblr. Basically your timeline, it is where all the content you receive will end up. Your dash is heavily influenced by who you follow, how many people you follow and how often they post. Most people’s dashes are in chronological order and when they follow new blogs the new blog’s posts will be added in order to their dash, meaning they may not see content from new blogs right away but they will be sprinkled into their dashboard as they scroll. Most people will have recommended, promoted etc. posts turned off and it’s honestly the recommended way to use tumblr at this point.  Blogs: Each user’s page. In order to join tumblr you make a blog. How much each user treats their blog like an actual blog will depend on the user but it is the term used. 

Alright let's start with the basics:  

What is Tumblr's primary audience?

While like any site there will be people of all stripes here Tumblr largely functions as a gathering hub for Fandom and politics, in my experience the user base tends to skew left but it's certainly not just for leftists... Alas there is no utopia of that kind online. In general content that feeds into those broad demographics will have a higher chance of doing decently and due to Tumblr's tagging system acting more as a classification system you can get quite insular in the communities you make content for.

What type of content will do well here?

So aside from the above mentioned broad categories, due to the way content is shared on this site you want your content to, as much as possible, avoid being time sensitive. While it's absolutely possible to have time sensitive announcements and the like do decently on Tumblr, for long term sustainable growth you want at least some of your original content to be something that can be reblogged at a users leisure. Additionally I highly recommend reblogging other's works, embrace the Fandom nature of the site, users are more likely to follow someone who's interests align with theirs in what they're already using this site for. The more users following you directly the less steps it'll take to get eyes on your content since it'll show up on their dashboards from you directly, additionally they may reblog it from you disseminating it further. Find some shit you enjoy and follow some people who share it!

Any big fauxpas?

Reposting. That and art theft. If you were a good person on Twitter who hated those things already then you'll be good, but due to the nature of Tumblr's reblog system it's often seen as bad form to screenshot posts from around Tumblr to post them on your own blog. Due to the nature of replies being part of reblogs you can easily share an amusing exchange just by reblogging the last reply you want to share and the whole conversation will be boosted to your dash.

Note: Some blogs may post Screencaps of old no longer visible Tumblr posts for archival reasons, additionally there are some blogs that share art from outside sources with permission, these are generally viewed as totally fine so use context clues.

What about networking?

This is going to be the biggest difference between Twitter and Tumblr. While I will never claim Twitter was the perfect networking tool it is admittedly much better than Tumblr. Tumblr doesn't explicitly harm networking but frankly it just doesn't have the same audience for it as Twitter does and the tools for connecting with others are more rigid. That said you absolutely can network on Tumblr, just expect it'll probably be more awkward.

Okay let's get more granular and start breaking down several of the systems you'll want to familiarize yourself with here:

Reblogs:

Like retweets but with the ability to include your own commentary or not built into the same button. This is your primary way of sharing content already on tumblr. Use it at your leisure, be aware there is a daily post limit but unless you're retweeting everything that crosses your dash you likely won't hit it most days. It's considered bad form to remove the original posters commentary, which is possible with certain tools I'll recommend later. Don't do that, especially on art. You may also directly comment on something while sharing it using this system. 

Blaze:

Blazing is a feature implemented after my initial time here that said it's basically paid promotional posts, you pay to have a post "blazed" onto people's dashboards and then they harass you about it. Based off of the culture on Tumblr I cannot say if doing this will or will not cause some people to harass you but posting literally anything will make someone harass you so do you.

Likes:

Unlike likes on Twitter likes on Tumblr are for you, and really only you. While there are features that may share your likes with others most users will have that turned off and I recommend turning it off as well. Likes are a good, not great, way to save content for later. Personally I use likes to save stuff I want to reblog for later so I can add them to my queue... Speaking of which...

Queue:

There is, as far as I am aware, no Twitter feature that mimics the Tumblr queue. While you can schedule posts for specific times, you'll find many users who use Tumblr consistently are using the queue function. The Tumblr queue can be set up to reblog a certain number of posts within a certain time frame. This way you can be reblogging content throughout the day without actually having to reblog things every hour. I suggest playing around with the amount of posts and timing until you have a queue you feel you can maintain so you're providing a constant drip feed of reblogs.

Archive:

Your archive is a built in feature for your blog. It’s a grid view of all your posts by month and year. Some users use a blog’s archive as a way to judge if they want to follow a blog. The only way to control it is by deleting/adding posts. You don’t really need to think about yours too much, just be aware you have one.

Tagging:

Unlike Twitter's tagging system tags on Tumblr are more similar to a filing system than an algorithm boosting one specifically. That said personally I find tags on Tumblr help boost a post to the right audience much better than Twitter ever has and was the biggest feature I missed. While there is a limit on tags it's a very generous one and allows users to make sure their content has accurate tags to help the right communities see them. Use tags to your advantage. Tag broad categories and niche ones. Ex. A piece of Pokémon fan art can include both the “video games” tag and the “Pokémon” one to help people who follow both those tags find it. You can get even more granular and tag the Pokémon in the art. Use tags to sort your own blog as well, make sure to include important ones for your own content or branding. For instance including "my art" helps a follower know something is yours but also means they can search your blog for that tag and find everything you've posted with it, making it easy to find and share it from your blog. You can also set up a tags page for easier navigation. (We'll talk about pages in a bit.) It's easy to make sure you're using the same tags consistently as once you've posted once using a tag it'll auto suggest it when you start typing it the next time when on desktop, though old and hardly used tags may not be suggested, and this will not apply to tags on who's first post is still in your queue. Figure out what tags work best for you but please also do not spam unrelated tags, Tumblr is much less forgiving with that. Tumblr also allows users to track or hide posts using certain tags. This is the second feature I missed the most. Hiding posts with specific tags means a user can tailor their saftey on tumblr without having to block or unfollow people. As such it is considered good form to use tags to tag common Trigger or Content warnings as well as to add tags users ask you to for their own safety, within reason. (There is an infamous post of someone asking a space blog to tag space related photos because it gave them anxiety.) Also remember tags can have spaces.

Asks:

This will be the primary way your followers will interact with you directly. Asks are not DMs, they have a character limit and you can set whether or not users can send you asks anonymously. When you are notified of an ask you will be prompted to respond, most asks will be published to your blog directly once you've responded, it is possible to set it to a private response so only the original asker will see it, but only if they did not send it anonymously. Asks can be a great tool to let your followers interact with you, not quite directly. However they can also be used to harass users, consider the levels of security you wish to have, you may want to turn off anonymous asks to avoid people hiding behind a grey icon when harassing you, conversely some followers may only send asks if anon is turned on. You may switch anon asks on or off at any point if you need to. 

Chatting:

The closest thing to DMs on Tumblr. It works, I really don’t have much to say about it. 

Replies:

A feature that will be hit or miss for users, it’s not new by any stretch of the imagination at this point but wasn’t part of tumblr for a long time and so some users will use reblogs or tags for this instead. Replies are public but unlike reblogs they do not share the original post, instead the OP (and any mentioned blog) will get the notification. You can also reply to replies.

Side blogs: 

Pretty much what it says on the tin. Side blogs are additional blogs that are connected to your main blog. All side blogs share the same dashboard, they can also have multiple main blogs as admins. (Which main blog is posting/reblogging something to the side blog will be visible.) Side blogs also cannot send asks. Otherwise they can do most other things your main blog can, including being password protected, having their own themes etc. It is strictly against tumblr TOS to hoard sideblog urls. You may have many side blogs for any reason but there is a point where tumblr starts to get cranky about it so be aware. I personally use them for storing resources I do not wish to reblog to my main.

Themes: 

Please please please set up a custom theme for your blog. If you are reading this on my blog itself then you’re looking at my theme. It’s the custom look of your blog, it lets you make your blog into a space that reflect you and what you want to share. There are tons of themes out there, some are available to be installed directly onto your blog while others will require you to edit the html of your blog. Search around, look up tumblr themes on google, check out blogs and if they have a theme you like they will probably have a theme credit somewhere. Make your own if you got the know how (but please do check what tumblr’s current guidelines on custom themes are before you start coding away.) Setting up a custom theme has two-fold benefits. 1. You get a blog that more directly represents you and what you’re putting out there. 2. It means there’s an actual landing page for your blog.  It turns your blog url into a proper url. You go from your blog being visible only in a sub-par floating bubble that’s url reads as tumblr.com/[username] and turns it into it’s own web page with [username].tumblr.com. It looks better and usually people will prefer to scroll your actual blog page and not just the floating ill-formatted box. Some pre-created themes comes with built in pages, some don’t, so onto...

Pages:

Pages are extra well, pages, on your blog. They can be used to create any number of pages you want. Each page must have a unique name from other pages on your blog, as that will be used to make the url of the page. By default pages will use the same theme as your main blog but you can also edit their html to get custom page themes. This may be useful for certain page types, such as navigations or tag pages which may have a lot of information you’d rather not force people to scroll through. Similarly to themes you can find pre-made page themes through some simple searching. Be aware that the mobile app does not see pages natively you must set up a mobile nav link, if you wish to set up a mobile navigation I recommend checking out this guide. 

Search: 

This is the primary function by which most people who did not have your content posted to their Dash will find you. The search function is... Well it’s something  of a running joke among the community. Many new features have been added to this function over the years and most users don’t like them, so many a tool has been used to change it around. All of which is to say it can be inconsistent. The best way to utilize it is to search for tags related to what you want to see, the first 20 tags show up in search. You can also follow tags, this is a feature which once you’ve searched for a tag will add it to a list of tracked tags that will notify you when something new is posted there, making this feature useful for keeping on a rare pair or a community you want to be involved in. The first 5 tags show up in tracked tags. 

The Mobile App:

Pretty much what it says on the tin. There is a tumblr mobile app. It is okay at best. Up to you if you want to use it but it is not the ideal tool for posting original content. I personally mostly use it for browsing tumblr and liking things until I can get on desktop to start actually posting/reblogging content. 

Xkit: 

Xkit is an outside tool designed to make tumblr a better experience. Most users use some variation of it at this point either New Xkit or Xkit Rewritten, or both. It is recommended you use at least one as it drastically changes the tumblr expereince for the better as well as just generally adds some fun things if you wish. (Such as a dashboard version of the old neko desktop cat.) That said as it is a third party tool be aware the coders do have to update it semi-regularly whenever a core piece of an extension is broken. Be nice to these coders, they’re the biggest reason this site hasn’t collapsed under it’s own weight. 

Some general tips, etiquette and other resources!

Tips:

Firstly, take your time. Tumblr is a slower paced site than twitter and you do not want to burn yourself out on it by spamming it all the time. Tumblr has it’s own very unique history and culture and it may take some time at first to get all the references. (I will not explain the shoelaces thing, I’m sorry I just can’t handle the level of embarrassment it gives me.) 

Reblog yourself, a lot. If you’ve got work that you want to share reblog it! Since most people have built their tumblr experience to be sans algorithm you’re going to need to refresh your works on people’s dashes frequently. For a little more in depth about that and what content you should be reblogging read this.

Use tags freely but don’t spam, but do go wild with your tags. They are there for you to categorize things, and most old school tumblr users will also use them to comment on reblogs instead of adding their own comment in the reblog. There are very few rules about how to tag but please to check out this etiquette post to make sure you’re not gonna get anon hate for it. (You will anyways.) 

Etiquette:

DNIs are used pretty freely and generally accepted within reason. That said unless you put a DNI in each post people will interact with it and you’re gonna have to live with that, if you spot a DNI that applies to you, do your best to respect it within reason. (Obviously some people are gonna be racist, sexist, ablest, homophobic, transphobic, acephobic etc. Those people are twats.) 

When reblogging an ask meme you wish to participate in, it’s generally considered good form to send an ask to the blog you’re reblogging from first to insure they also get to participate in the meme. 

I already said this, but don’t repost!

Don’t censor triggers in your tags, this is because censoring them means someone using a tag blocker will likely still see the trigger post as it will not be caught by the blocker. 

Other resources: 

Setting up your dash (Highly recommend doing this early)

How to customize your theme

Even more tips I don’t cover