#the cost of a “boop” badge

[neil-gaiman]

Were you on Tumblr for the April fools day prank of booping?

No, so I actually had to pay for the "boop" logo on my Tumblr profile.

[thecometcat]

[anne-bsd-bibliophile]

Getting all the April Fool's Day badges feels kind of like this achievement in The Stanley Parable:

Tumblr Staff: Boop someone one time? Is that all you think these badges are worth? No no no no no. I can't just give these merits away for such little effort. A measly boop. Now, suppose you were to boop 314 times, I would say that's the kind of effort that warrants recognition. I have to say I'm still not feeling the satisfaction of witnessing true effort for a noble cause. No, no, no, no. I'm still not feeling it. I want this trophy to have meant something. It has to be a true reward for valiant effort. I want to see some hustle, Tumblr User! I want to see commitment a willingness to go all the way no matter the cost. Why don't you go boop other Tumblr Users 1,000 times! Oh, great, now go boop a few times on this blog over here. Excellent! I think we're getting somewhere. Now that blog that spammed you with boops! Let's give it ten boops or so. Now back to the first blog. Let's see, how about you boop, well, I don't know, a blog you've never heard of before? Alright, give more boops to your mutuals. I'm really feeling it now! I think we're getting somewhere! Okay, now go to a reblog in this post over here and boop them. Yes! This is great! You're putting it all on the line Tumblr User! I like that! All right, let's keep it up. Go give a few more boops on Neil Gaiman's blog. We've almost got it! Now the blog that booped you before, do that one again! Finish it off, five boops on any blog you think you might not have given a boop to yet. Yes! We did it! Oh wow, that felt amazing. Oh you really earned it Tumblr User, nothing could hold you back. Yes I'm very proud of how far we've come today.

[colliecross]

I’m a fake and a fraud, yet it is done.

I’ve won, but at what cost…?

Must admit, probably should’ve taken advance of the Boops (no idea if it’ll be here tomorrow), so instead imma just take the participation badge and be content

That or I’ll spam Boops on like, my one friend-o, and pray they don’t murder me :)

[ask-funnybunnydoll]

I finally got the ultimate bopper badge.... but at what cost....?

I haven't seen my girlfriend in 10 minutes..... our kids still don't exist yet....... and my fingers are now broken.......

Dot dot dot............

Anyway they gonna just take the booping thing away so this was all for nothing.

AND I STILL LOVED IT I DONT CAREE IT WAS SO FUN MAKING MY FINGERS HRUTTT 👹👹👹

[alsojnpie]

I'm sorry but you are going to be booped to death. I need those badges my friend I hope you will understand.

boop away, it costs me nothing, i will boop you back but not as much as I'd like to since it starting freaking out my browser when i did that haha

[ririnya7]

Finally earned all of my boop badges...but at what cost??

[fizzy-drinks]

BOOP

I WILL GET MY BADGES AT ANY COST

Sorry for spamming. I've just never been more fulfilled in my life.

[goolden]

having a one-day social life today cost me not earning all those cute little boop badges

[s7ray-cat]

Things I think would improve Tumblr:

Bring back boops, make them a permanent feature

Let people pin multiple posts to their blog

Add more badges that can be earned

Some sort of point system maybe? Like, for every ad you see you get a certain amount of points, and they can be redeemed to buy stuff on the site that normally costs money (also add special rewards for the points)

Allow for the uploading of custom emojis (like ten per account, and mutuals can use each other's emojis)

Remove Matt Mullenweg from the site and the company

Add more pride colorations for tags

Add community notes to Tumblr, it'd be hilarious

Make creating custom themes for your blog easier

Add games to Tumblr, or community stuff (think r/place)

@staff is this anything?

[dorianvalentino]

I've done it. I've maxed out my boops. But at what cost? Breaking people's inboxes, causing war and malice among others? All for what a measly cat paw badge?..... Was it even with all the trouble? My fingers are sore and my mutuals notifications box is completely broken......

I say yes because these badges are sick as fuck.

[top-secret-replier]

Re: spending money on this site

Personally, i have only ever bought one thing: two rainbow checkmarks. Back when they published, i thought it was a fun FU to the cesspit that is now known as X. And i kinda wanted to support this site too

Though there are problems on here (many more educated people point them out on the regular), this site, imo, is the best social media that is not based on small friend-based echo chambers (like Snap or FB) and instead truly global, so keeping it alive is a good thing in my eyes and the marketing on that specific thing worked on me i guess

Haven’t spent money since, though, because the Boop badges filled out my profile enough and irl item shipping costs are egregious

damn now i kinda want some badges

[witnessprotectionprogramurl]

I FUCKING DID IT

SUNK COST FALLACY CAN SUCK MY DICK I WON I HAVE THE THREE BOOP BADGES AND IT ONLY TOOK MY SANITY

[moonlight12086]

It was only for October 31st if I'm not mistaken, it's also April 1st, I don't know what other dates there are.

It had to appear at the top when you entered Tumblr

And there is an option to activate and deactivate it.

You can Boop the user who has the boop-o-meter activated, either from next to the username where there is a "Boop", or by entering someone's profile,where there is a cat paw icon that you can press and make boop

If you hold down until the little paw spins, it will be a super Boop, which costs the same as a Boop, only the name changes and it is more striking when it arrives in other people's notifications.

And if you hold it down until it spins twice, it will do an evil Boop, which will be worth a single boop.

In the notifications you will be able to see who booped you and you can return it

Example ⬆️

And when you boop someone, some little cat paws appear (here on cell phones at least), and if you press them, you can boop them, and the cats will boop back, and this will happen hsksjs ⬇️

Now, how do you get badges?

Ok, I'm going to give you my badges as an example, the first paw is obtained when you do Boop for the first time.

The second one, as the image says, is achieved by doing 314 boops to people.

And the last one is when you do 1000 boops

Also if you do more than a thousand or get more than a thousand Boops, the text on the boop-o-meter will change, examples:

Sorry if it was a lot and also sorry if you already knew that, sometimes I talk too much about something that I like jajsjsksjskb

*runs away as fast as i can and explodes*

(if something is wrong let me know)

[marketableplushieenthusiast]

This whole boop mechanic is really funny. It costs nothing and does nothing but send a notif and add to a counter that gives you little badges. It feels like the digital equivalent of a water balloon fight or a nerf war without any of the mess or soreness. It's cat-coded. I have gotten repeated boops from a complete stranger who I'm pretty sure I share 0 fandoms in common with, and it does not matter; I am about to return fire. The boopening is upon us.

[morningstarthegood]

I'm getting that 1000 boops badge whatever the cost