#support the hellsite (affectionate)

[lebanesetoaster]

oh no 😂 unexpected consequence to my birthday

🤣 my ad-free tumblr just expired 🤣🤣

whoops! I forgot that would happen! shout out to @jennamacaroni and @wisteriaonbarefeet for the EXCELLENT gift in years past (I think I got two, two years ago??)

and if anyone is wondering what to get me this year, dashboard crabs are an EXCELLENT choice, as is the rainbow crab checkmark, and the rainbow checks look lovely too 😂

ANYWAY, can you fucking BELIEVE I am 37? feels like just yesterday we were all 22 and screaming about our glee ships. I love you guys. thanks for being my delightfully weird internet neighbors!

[fromthedeskofcripslock]

Wearing a SPN lanyard to my library job, decorated with a Dracula Daily pin. A walking-talking tumblr rep, really.

[goodgrammaritan]

I love Tumblr. I'd mentioned to IRL people that I wish they'd do a Patreon thing, completely forgetting that they have that.

You can be a supporter for just 3 bucks a month, or 30/year.

I practiced what I praught preached.

If just 10-20% of tumblrinas follow suit, we could keep the site going.

I love this place. Please help if you can. (I promise to post more of my backlog of book quotes if you do.)

[ariadne-mouse]

So I tend to delete any mean-spirited asks immediately on principle, but I have to say to the anon who called me a "rube" for having Very Important Internet Checkmarks: that is hands-down the most entertaining ask I have gotten in my inbox since I joined the site.

A rube.

Lo, 'tis I! A yokel. A country bumpkin. A clod-hopper. A cornball! And for what shall I be put upon by these epithets?? Why, by my careful tending, my fields prosper! My crops are watered! My cattle fed! If a spade be a spade - and indeed, I am well acquainted with such implements and may identify them readily - then verily, I be a rube. I say! By the stalk of grass I chew at this very moment, thou art nothing but a dandy, afeared of the dandy-lion, thinking it a beast. Thy city-brains are addled with smog from automobiles! More's the pity. But out here where the earth is good - for I do smash the clods myself, so the venturing roots may go unhindered - the air is clear, the birds do sing, and a humble countryman may go about their business unbothered by petty noises.

[thereyvan]

so i went on tvtropes and saw this and 

what happens when you join tumblr 

[thereyvan]

you look like you sell pronouns

I'm actually starting to like how I look in the mirror (:

[kendochick-moor]

Me: opening Tumblr and sleeping (de-activating) LIVE

Me: still seeing LIVE on both desktop and mobile

Me: reporting/blocking another influx of bots

Me: logging out of Tumblr for another week

Me: never giving this site money again

[dindjarism]

today’s been so much fun booping, super booping, evil booping and spam booping friends, mutuals, mutuals in law and total strangers, but the day's come to an end. just know that every time you booped me i smiled, and every time i booped someone i did so very affectionately (yes, even all the evil boops!). let's remember how much we all enjoyed today and try to keep this energy for the rest of the year because that is what truly makes this hellsite so special. interact with others if you can, participate in events and games if possible, support creators by reblogging their content, etc. trust me, it makes everything easier and everyone happier. <3

[xiuminscheeks]

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[scudismystud]

I cannot emphasize enough how much no one wants this feature. Just allow a disable button and you will see just how much no one wants to use Tumblr Live. Snoozing it was annoying as heck and now it doesn’t even snooze properly which is just pissing everyone off. You really are going to drive away everyone if you don’t at least listen to one thing we as a whole have been telling you about for MONTHS. I am literally just asking for you to listen to this ONE thing. If you want to keep doing tumblr live, fine, but at least let people snooze it. This isn’t tik tok. It’s not Instagram. It’s not Facebook. That is why we are here. Become like them and we will leave.

not sure what happened but i have live snoozed and it used to prevent it from showing up in the bottom navigation bar on mobile (ios)

but it has since stopped doing that so now even with live snoozed it’s still there, and i would like it to Not Be

it’s not on my dash at least but i don’t want it on the navigation bar either

Answer: Hey, @jellyfishdotorg!

As you might have noticed, there have been some updates to how snoozing Tumblr Live works. Snoozing will continue to hide Live from your dashboard, but the navigation icon will remain in your navigation bar.

This means you’ll be able to watch anyone you follow go Live without having to unsnooze the whole thing! Additionally, we’ve increased the snooze period from 7 to 30 days.

Thanks for your feedback, and to the others who have gotten in touch with similar queries today. We hope this helps clarify things.

Have a good week folks!

—The Tumblr WIP Team

[highlyillogicalandroid]

Hi. This is going to be a post about the Neil Gaiman allegations. But it's also going to be a post about fandom and how we treat each other on this hellsite (affectionate). So strap in.

Something I really wish folks would keep in mind right now is that we. don't. know.

We don’t know how this situation is impacting fans in their lives offline. For example: I have tangential professional and personal connections to Gaiman that are making this very difficult for me on both practical and emotional levels. I didn’t want to share that on tumblr, but at this point I feel like I have to.

We also don’t know what someone has personally been through or how this might be affecting their mental state. Let me tell you, as a sexual assault survivor, reading anon hate in my inbox that said, “You’re a NG apologist and deserve to be r*ped like his victims” was not a treat. Especially when all I’d done was continue my normal fandom activities. I hadn’t spoken about the allegations AT ALL at that point because, guess what, I was feeling triggered, and seeing constant (often untagged) SA discussion on tumblr had me in a very bad place mentally.

And not all of us know what to do with the love we held/hold for Gaiman's works. You’re not selfish for feeling lost or confused or bereft when an author whose work you admired turns out to be a trash person. And the fact that Gaiman was also outspoken in supporting issues like LGBTQIA+ and refugee rights makes these revelations hurt even more. You’re not naive for believing that a person like that was worthy of admiration. You were operating with the information that was available to you.

You’re also not obligated to separate the art from the artist, nor are you obligated to stop engaging with his works altogether. You're not obligated to decide right now either way. You can take your time. You can change your mind later. Or not.

This is HARD. And it’s okay to acknowledge that. Give yourself some grace. Then do the same for others.

Remember to love each other.

[tribow]

Ah yes let me listen to

While I get some work done mmm I wonder what's going on here.

"...This stuff is also happening on music platforms like Spotify too, so it's not like using another musical platform is really an option."

HUH!??!?!?! WHAT!??!?!?

"And even if it was, that shouldn't be the solution."

NO. NO! NOOO!!!

You can't, you can't just dismiss the competition! Youtube and Spotify are not the only places to listen to music are you kidding me!??!?! Both Youtube and Spotify are music platforms that heavily rely on algorithms to deliver music to you. Of course bots and AI slop are going to take advantage of that! This video talks a lot about how Youtube playlists and recommendations are getting ruined by the slop. That's a shame, really, but consider what you're saying here!

There are options!!!!

Bandcamp and Soundcloud are right there!!! They're right there!!!!!

I go to the first page of Bandcamp and what do I get??? Featured Artists being promoted by Bandcamp, a list of current top selling albums on the platform, new and notable albums that were released on the platform recently, and encouragement to explore the tags.

What do I get on Soundcloud??? Music I recently played, Recommendations based on songs I previously liked, Other recommendations based on who I follow and listen to, Soundcloud's featured artists that get promoted.

Both platforms use tags that are set by whatever musician uploaded the music. They both encourage you to curate your music yourself or explore what others have curated. Yes, there's some algorithm stuff on their front pages, but these algorithms are properly built to promote real people and not just bots taking advantage of the system. Soundcloud has a feed just like other social media platforms, and that feed is only for what YOU follow.

Heck, you could even use Audius! I don't personally use the platform myself, but it functions like an alternative to Soundcloud. It has much of the same appeal. Its front page shows what music is currently trending, but guess what, it has a feed and it encourages you to curate it!

I get it, a lot of artists don't use these platforms, but what ties them all together is that they're doing what we want them to do: Actually support musicians. Artists aren't incentivized to use the platforms strictly because they're less popular, but it doesn't mean these platforms are worse than Youtube or Spotify.

Spotify sucks ass! They're literally infamous for being infested with bots, fake genres, and barely paying artists. You can buy an artists album for $5 and you would be paying them more money than they would get if you listened to them on Spotify for 5 months total.

Youtube pays a bit better, but they don't give a flying fuck about music! They're trying to have the whole cake and eat it too with movies, games, and other social media interaction. (text posts, polls, pictures, and the such.) They want people to be using their platforms and ONLY their platforms for everything. Your eyes must be glued to their screens at all times, so what if the algorithm hands you slop? You'll watch it right? It'll promote whatever keeps you there no matter who or what it is! (as long as its legal)

Don't sit around waiting for these platforms to change for the better. LEAVE. If you want to support artists then support them on other platforms if they're available on there!

And I know, I know Soundcloud had a whole exodus some years ago because whoever makes the decisions at Soundcloud is some out of touch buffoon who's getting desperate and doesn't know how to make the platform profitable, but you know what happened with almost every stupid decision Soundcloud made? They rolled it back or it didn't follow through with it. They're at the mercy of the userbase. The platform has issues, but I'd never give it up for the lack of respect and slop Spotify and Youtube have. Soundcloud's my musical hellsite (affectionate)

Bandcamp, as far as I know, has 0 controversy outside of the big companies who bought them and laid off half the Bandcamp staff. That wasn't Bandcamp's fault! They just got fucked over by Epic, otherwise they're still doing great! Bandcamp just needs to modernize their platform a little bit. (HOW IS THERE STILL NO VOLUME SLIDER)

Again, no comment on Audius, but hell maybe I'll start using that too.

And if you're SO INSISTENT on using Youtube for music, don't rely on the algorithm for your content! You can curate what you see on there you know! Subscribe to people, actually look at your subscription feed! If you want to use recommendations, you can adjust that too! Every time you see some AI bullshit click on those 3 little dots and either click "Not Interested" or "Don't recommend channel". I hate Youtube's guts when it comes to music, but they at least gave you options to if you hate what the algorithm is showing you. Use them!

Fuck!

Sorry that video got under my skin, it's not a bad video all things considered, but that one point got me heated.

[eeveelotions]

Happy Pride, everyone! I've been on this hellsite (affectionate) for about 12-13 years now, and for a majority of that time I was a pretransition trans masc in a toxic, abusive household with seemingly no way out or to become myself. But last year, not only did I get out of my parents house, I also met my amazing partner and started testosterone! And in just 15 days, I'm finally going to have the surgery I've wanted since I was 17. So many people have helped me get to this spot, I just need a little bit more help to reach my goal! If you could donate even just 1 dollar, or share this, it would be so, so appreciated!!!

Thank you for reading, and thank you for helping me on my journey!

[localratman]

skybound Thoughts

sooo uh, im thinking about doing a rewrite of ninjago skybound.

im currently rewatching it because of this, and in case i never get around to actually writing anything, im gonna word-vomit onto this hellsite (affectionate) cuz im having Thoughts.

quick tangent though, skybound seems very similar to danny phantom (at least in how the fandom treats it) in the sense that, when you actually watch it, it's pretty tame and honestly kinda shit. but then you dig deeper. and you see the Implications and Possibilities, and suddenly it has you by the throat with all the ways this could have gone if it wasn't a kids show.

like, in skybound you get genuine torture and creepy implications on nadakhan's part (seriously, get away from jay and nya you fucking creep), and while it's never really explored since, y'know, kids show, it makes nadakhan one of the best and most terrifying villains i personally have watched in ninjago.

anyway, here are a couple of things i've been toying with in terms of a possible rewrite:

one thing im thinking about taking from various other fics i've seen (i think its mainly shown in bending but never breaking, which is an absolutely amazing fic and you should go read it but MIND THE TAGS AND TRIGGER WARNINGS PLEASE) is jay learning to use the electricity in his body, though obviously not painlessly

bonus points for his elemental power getting royally fucked up once/if the vengestone is removed, but in the sense of suddenly he is completely overwhelmed and his power is so much stronger and its a danger to both himself and others

queerplatonic jaya: i think in this season especially, nya felt very aroace coded (i might just be projecting as i myself am aroace, but that's the vibe i got) and so for a skybound rewrite nya and jay would have a serious conversation about how nya doesn't feel that way for anyone, even if she *does* really like jay

just general angst and torture

id rewrite jays obsession with nya, specifically his first wish (if i dont just jump right into him being on misfortunes keep)

i think id like to do something more with delara than just her being some dead girlfriend. i.e.: i'd make her fucking unhinged and the kind of person that would fall in love with and support nadakhan.

i really liked @cotidianoseeder's idea for canary!jay, so possibly something in that direction

i also really like it when people keep serpentine aspects in jays character, so some of that as well

fuck it, make him inhuman, y'know?

i'd age everyone up i think (i dunno how old they are in skybound, but a 17 minimum would be in my rewrite)

OH! i'd put bruiseshipping as a romantic relationship cuz i love them

nya would make the final wish, since a big part of her character would be forging her own story and taking control of her own life

zanes falcon would survive cuz i love that fucking bird

echo would be taken off the island post-rewind

what do y'all think??? i keep having more ideas, i might post them

[cyle]

hi cyle! I hope you are doing well! first of all im sorry if you find this intrusive, it's not my intention at all! the thing is -- i'm a long time tumblr user and fan, this place means a lot to me and i've tried to support the site anyway I can every time I can. I fell in love with the "do you love the color of the sky" tumbler when it was available, but at the time wasn't able to buy it (I live in Brazil and the dollar-real conversion is _steep_ lol). now things are looking up a bit and I'd love to have it and show my love for this hellsite (affectionate), but unfortunately its not available anymore! :( Ive tried seraching for it on ebay with no luck. so my last resource would be to reach out directly to someone at tumblr and ask if there's any way I could get my hands on one of those. if you think there's someone better equiped to help or an email I should contact, I'd be so grateful if you could point me in the right direction. but of course if there's no hope I get it :( thank you so much and have a nice day!!!

unfortunately our merch store is closed for the time being, but if it comes back, i will post about it here, or we'll post about it on @staff

there were some internal whispers recently about re-opening it for a limited time for a promotional thing, i'm not sure if that's still happening...

[darling-im-wonderstruck]

sincerely,

⟢﹒𝐙𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐀. twenty. she/her. asian.  ( .⋆꙳‧ somewhat of a writer. enjoyer of all kinds of things. athlete. peter parker’s lovebug. tsh lover. hoping to give your heart a song to sing. @hollandweather is the friend of my life and i want everyone to know it ! ˓˓ ׄ˳ )

hi ! welcome to my corner of this hellsite (affectionate) ᐢ..ᐢ ! ‘m so glad to see you here beaut.

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