#posting on other sites is bad

[secretmellowblog]

I’ve heard people argue over whether Tumblr is worse/better for artists than other social media sites— but in my personal experience Tumblr is just more consistent and predictable, for better and for worse.

When you post art on Tumblr, you tend to get the level of interaction you would expect from your follower count and the popularity/activity of a fandom. Things tend to level out and remain the same. My Les Mis art posts, for example, always tend to get abooout the same amount of notes every time — because it’s always a combination of my followers and people in the Les Mis fandom.

Posting on Tiktok or Instagram feels more like pulling a slot machine lever. 🤣Sometimes your post will get picked up by the algorithm and shown to everyone, including people who aren’t actively following you or actively engaged in your fandom. Other times the sites will arbitrarily decide your followers don’t want to see anything you post, and refuse to put it up in their feeds, so that you get basically nothing.

I have over 1000 followers on Instagram and regularly struggle to get more than 10 likes. On Tumblr, the amount of notes I get on a post actually IS correlated to my follower count, for better and for worse 😂. I rarely get more than I’d expect, but I also rarely get less.

Art getting popular on tumblr is also slightly more of a “meritocracy?” If something gets popular on Tumblr, it’s because a lot of people shared it; if something gets popular on tiktok/Instagram, it’s because something about the SEO tag combination arbitrarily made the algorithm favor it.

I think that’s part of why I find Tumblr less stressful than Tiktok or Instagram. Sure it’s rare that things on tumblr will artificially blow up and get shown to a million people, but (when you have followers and mutuals) it’s also rare that things will go completely unseen. And I really prefer that reliability to the “slot machine” approach you have to have towards other social media.

[hilacopter]

Setting 2 coexisting facts straight:

- The Palestinian as a distinct Arab identity was largely formed as a response to the establishment of Medinat Yisrael in an effort to justify destroying it, cleansing the Jews and painting Palestinian Arabs as the only true indigenous people to the region. Both Jews and Arabs living here used to be called Palestinians at large, Palestina and Eretz Yisrael were interchangeable names.

- Palestinians as they are now known have been living in the Levant for literal millennia and cleansing or expelling them would be just as unjustified of doing so to the Jews or any other indigenous population of the region and they deserve self determination, label or not.

[lotldraws]

hello trigun enjoyers, here’s some art and various shitposting i never got around to poting over here too, from all the way back in march to *checks watch* this very evening!!

[xiewho]

hypothetically what if we were three Dudes and it was spring break and we all believed in each other

[leroibobo]

really do not think people understand the extent to which palestinian sites/landmarks (especially muslim ones) were destroyed, beginning in 1948 until now, even in cities. the oldest extant mosque in jaffa (al-bahr mosque) was built in 1675, even though islam came there in the 7th century

[logicheartsoul]

Venturing yet again in the tags after time away because I’m too curious for my own good lmao

I saw a few posts that were in the tag that had nothing to do with the tag itself. One person was saying that people were “policing” a tag because other people decided to ask them “why is this content in our tag? It has nothing to do with said tag”.

So many people try to use the tags on this site like it’s instagram and using it for exposure and other shit but you bet those couple of posts I reported them. And honestly, they don’t realize they’re violating the terms of service on this website coz it literally states putting posts in tags not relevant to said tag is considered SPAM and too many instances of it can ban your account.

Like sorry, it’s just proper manners and etiquette on here to not to use tags that are not relevant to the post. People use these damn things to find the content they really want coz this site is one of the few where you CAN actually search for things! Is it easy to find? Not always but the chances of finding them is way higher than using any other site lmao

Like ok, (general) you can get mad about it but that’s the facts of the website. It’s in the terms of service and it’s in how people USE this place. People aren’t “policing” they’re using the site the way it’s intended to function and if you don’t want to be called on it that’s a you problem lol Using irrelevant tags isn’t getting more exposure except to people who are just gonna block you and/or report your posts as spam.

Like most of the time I have no beef with the content being posted when it happens. They have every right to post it if they want and the content in it is their business. But if it’s not relevant to the tag I’m looking at??? Sorry, keep it to relevant spaces please.

[wundrousarts]

I discovered these paintings by James McNeill Whistler recently, Nocturne in Black and Gold: Falling Rocket (top) and Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Firewheel (bottom). I’m sharing them because they make me think of Nevermoor, as so many things do.

With paintings, a nocturne refers to the depiction of night. This is derived from the musical term, where a nocturne refers to a musical piece that is “inspired by, or evocative of, the night.” These both just come from the fact that “nocturne” essentially means “of the night”.

On a basic level, this just reminds me of Nevermoor by the aesthetics. The dreamy nighttime setting strikes me the most, but also the sparks of yellow fire that make me think of Wunder. Think of how many important scenes happen at night- Morrigan on Eventide, the Museum of Stolen Moments, and the Hollowpox in Courage Square. But the concept has me thinking, obviously, about the Wundrous Art of Nocturne. The only songs we know are Morrigan and Squall’s, who both chose nursery rhymes as their Nocture. Their choices make me think of lullabies, sung at night… and there’s lots to think about with that.

[obsessivelollipoplalala]

Every day I come on here, as someone who works with immigrants for a living, and hold back rants about how every single person who refused to vote for the daughter of immigrants over the raping white supremacist who promised mass deportations is genuinely a horrible, irredeemable person who let tremendous harm occur because they're just like their Republican parents in believing liberals are worse than neo-Nazis.

[dee-daa]

as shitty as what in hell is bad is as a game (especially due to pb's greed), the community on this site is absolutely wonderful so far and seeing all the posts on my home page makes me so happy ^^

[marklikely]

trans discourse on tumblr is frequently irritating sure but its not even close to the shit happening on twitter. sometimes i have to see what they're doing over there just to get some perspective and appreciation for this site.

[robyn-goodfellowe]

i think the severe rise of spam bots within the last few months of 2024 singlehandedly killed whatever remained of ask culture on this site. we will not survive the winter

[mintfluffysweater]

So I'm supposed to be saving for the anniversary event in July but look at the next banner

[kylehyde]

TEPPEN MCD Frank West cards

[lucy-shining-star]

Wish posts from people you blocked didn't appear when you are looking at someone else blog

[fridgevespidae]

eghhh i dont really like participating in the 'tumblr dying' scare that happens every like 6 months or something ive been here for too many of them to be worried . i should probably still share my other accs anyway though so if u wanna find me other places heres my linktree: https://linktr.ee/hbfridge

also mutuals can ask for my discord if so desired :)

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