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me trying to make a post that’ll get the TikTok girlies to listen
#also stop saying ‘acoustic’ challenge#it’s hella dumb#and the fact that it’s used to replace a word about people in a community#who are well known for misinterpreting things#is not a good look#say actual words on this site#this isn’t a social media site#there is no algorithm#you won’t get shadow banned
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We need to break the curse.
We need to stop censoring words.
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ALSO BECAUSE I FORGOT IN MY POST ABOUT COMPARISON:
Stop checking your stats!
I never look at my hits on ao3. I never check my bookmark numbers. I never check overall comment counts. STOP LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS THEY WILL ONLY TEAR YOU APART.
I used to look at the number of comments until I realized I was whining in my head about ‘this fic got 5 comments but on THIS fic i only got 3!! WHY!!!’ and started spiraling. Nothing hurts like thinking you did something wrong just because the numbers on thing X are lower than the number on thing Y.
These stats say nothing except ‘when this fic was posted a lot of people happened to be online and think to comment/bookmark’. It’s lightning in a bottle. You cannot analyze them and you cannot do anything with them. They are USELESS.
A fic posted in 2016 is always gonna have more hits than one posted in 2023. It’s a fact. A fic posted when a fandom was HUGE is always gonna have more comments than one posted when fandom has dwindled.
Your stats are not you.
In fact, find some way to block yourself from looking at these stats whether it be an extension from github or some setting in ao3. Just cut it out. Capitalism wants you to believe you’re just a number and your worth is tied up in numbers but it’s not, and every time I see a good friend who is a great writer biting their nails over stats I wanna scream for them.
Remove the temptation to look at numbers and I promise half your comparison issues will leave too.
#stats are bullshit#this is not tiktok#there is no algorithm#looking at numbers and biting your nails will only result in pain#because NOTHING and i mean NOTHING can control those number#EVER#so just remove them from your sight and live a happier life#apoptoses answers#on writing#writing advice
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Daily fucking reminder there's no god damned censorship on Tumblr.
get your heads out of your asses and say exactly what you mean with your full pussy
#rant#tumblr#fuck Twitter users#fuck TikTok users#stop fucking censoring yourselves#censorship#does not fucking exist here#just because your post with a swear in it didn't blow up doesn't mean it's been shadowbanned#there is no algorithm#use more tags#censoring tags wont get you fucking anywhere
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I recommend employing accurate and descriptive tags. They're used for searching and filtering results! Best way to get it in front of the faces of people who want to read it.
Also, I recommend a descriptive summary. It's like the cover page for your story: you want about a paragraph describing
who the main players are,
what they're trying to do,
when & where the story takes place,
why they're Doing the Thing, and
how they plan to do it.
This is the spot you should highlight where/if you plan to diverge from canon!
Finally, formatting. Formatting is important. Paragraph breaks are all that prevent your story from coagulating into an incomprehensible wall of text! And formatting can be tricky to get right on AO3, especially if you're copy-pasting from a word processing program like Word or LibreOffice.
This link has a pretty good breakdown on how to do formatting on AO3:
There are many new friends on the archive, and many are young and have only known social media, which is why I wanted to say something!
Ao3 does not have an algorithm! It isn't a social media site, it's an archive.
Posting fics on Tumblr isn't the same as posting fics on Ao3
Ao3 is like a giant virtual bookshelf, and everyone is able to add their own stories to the bookshelf, all stored with different tags and different fandoms. Works are automatically sorted by newest to oldest, but filters, looking at bookmarks, and using the search function can change that.
Certain works are not pushed to the top like social media posts. More kudos and reads don't push a single work to more viewers by some algorithm. Unless otherwise filtered, works will be at the top of the page based on how recent it was posted.
Smaller fandoms get less views, less kudos, less bookmarks, and larger fandoms get more simply because of the number of people inside the fandom.
Ao3 is a giant virtual bookshelf- there is no algorithm, and there is no man behind the shelf pushing certain books forward.
Happy reading, and if you'd like to have more people notice a fic, why not share it with them! Send a dm to a fandom friend and it might turn into one of their favorite fics!
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tbh i think the funniest phenomena that's been happening in the last couple years is "youtuber, having gone too deep into the research hole, has been made an investigative journalist against their will"
#like im not gonna name names but i can think of at least 3 channels#where they stopped posting short form content and went#wait the patreon is paying my rent im no longer a slave to the algorithm gods#HELL YEAH TIME TO SPEND 5+ MONTHS PUTTING TOGETHER A 3+ HOUR VIDEO#and i eat that shit up every time
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today on the train home the guy next to me was on his phone and at one point i saw him go on tumblr and he just had like. a normie dash. like it was all photography. of nature and architecture. he was using tumblr the way a heterosexual landscaper for rich people might use instagram. i actually had to watch his screen for a few seconds to be sure it really was tumblr because i was so taken aback by the content he was viewing. this is why algorithmless websites are so beautiful btw because i genuinely didn't know that this side of tumblr even existed. he didn't even so much as scroll past any text posts.
EDIT: look i'm not going to turn off reblogs but i cannot stress enough that THIS WASN'T A HIPSTER BLOG DASH IT WASN'T AN AESTHETIC BLOG DASH IT WAS THE MOST WILDLY GENERIC COLLECTION OF IMAGES YOU HAVE EVER SEEN IN YOUR LIFE. I AM NOT EXAGGERATING OR BEING A QUIRKY FANDOM TUMBLRINA WHEN I SAY "NORMIE" I GENUINELY MEAN "SO NORMAL THAT IT CIRCLES AROUND TO WEIRD". CAN ANYBODY HEAR ME? HELLO?
#steph's post tag#also no more ''um actually there is an algorithm and this is proof'' THERE ISN'T AN ALGORITHM IF YOU DON'T LOOK AT THE FUCKING FOR YOU TAB#LIKE THE DASH IS A CHRONOLOGICAL FEED OF BLOGS YOU ALREADY FOLLOW. I DISCOVER BLOGS ORGANICALLY THROUGH THE ONES I ALREADY FOLLOW.#IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING AN ALGORITHM ON TUMBLR THAT'S A YOU PROBLEM.
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I am mad about cellphone cameras hiding the processing they do, and I am glad about software that lets me control it and opt in and out, and I dictated this rant on insta so I am resharing the images here and will attempt to turn this into a useful text post on my blog in future, when my hand is working better 🤘👍
#cellphone camera#phone camera#algorithm#noise reduction#edge enhancement#image processing#digital photography#phone photography
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FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST IF YOU LIKE SOMETHING REBLOG IT!
Why do you reblog your own fics so much?
Because someone might as well!? And look at this. Look. At. This.
Does this look right to you??
These are just the last three fics I wrote. I appreciate the likes, believe me I do, but you have to understand. Likes do nothing for content creators. It’s the reblogs. Because that’s how you find shit on your dashboard. Through reblogs. Not likes. This isn’t twitter or tiktok or instagram. This is a website that’s run by the reblog system.
Reblogging helps content creators put their stuff out there. Why do you think so many people stopped writing fanfic and creating beautiful fanart and edits? It’s because they put in hours of work and don’t get nearly enough notes for their masterpieces. Yes we do this because we enjoy it but like...some validation won’t hurt. A boost of confidence here and there might be all someone needs to finish whatever thing they started and left.
Anyway, I’m still going to reblog my shit...
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I love Doom scrolling Tumblr and just seeing some random guys cock, very cool thank you
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Ian Stone, Doubting Thomas, oil on linen, 12x16 in, 2023
#i've become too exhausted with being subjected to the stupidity and repetition of the tags and notes on this post#go follow ian on ig instead#feed his algorithm
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new fandoms tumblr's decided i'm interested in are red dead redemption 2 (which i've never played and i only know the main character's NAME cause of tumblr) and robin. not batman and robin, i rarely see batman, JUST robin.
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Unearthing niche tags/tropes, read through all the fics and then blame your striking muse that you can't write your own contribution to it is half the appeal of ao3.
A few of these are probably referring to the date posting bug thing, but AAAAAAAAAAAH!
#tumblr#ao3#writeblr#writers#archive of our own#there is no algorithm#please#please do not desecrate my safe space from bleak reality with your false social media issues
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jobs for autism boy NO phone call NO schedule NO talking to people NO emails NO computer programming or sex work NO becoming a youtuber NO starting a band NO leaving my house NO one gets mad at me. $27 per hour please
#text#if ur here from the fyp GO USE UR FOLLOWING PAGE RESIST THE ALGORITHMS BEING PUSHED ON US#peer reviewed banger
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bro let the thoughts win
#smallidarity#guess the build#my art#trafficshipping#mcytshipping#i guess#alt caption:#pov: it's the year 2025 and you open up twitter to a notification from solidaritycouk#it's joel and jimmy getting married#how is this one a banger guys i do not understand the algorithm at all#smallidarity daily#day 1
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also been thinking abt pooki with his cunty scarf💅
if my next drawing post isnt the comic update take me out back and shoot me like a sick dog
#ghost#this was a wip too and its mainly to keep that damn twitter algorithm from throwing me into the abyss if im not on every fukkin day#i got sonethin imma post on patreon bc christ sake ppl are paying me but otherwise no more fukkin around#my first time seeing him wit the scarf a 'slay queen' slipped out despite me never really fukkin saying shit like that AHA#ghost with the crustiest bloodshot eyes from getting 3 hrs of sleep bawling his eyes out in the shower and smoking 5 blunts#bc girl thats how it is#my art#fanart#ghost call of duty#simon ghost riley#simon riley#ghost mw2#ghost cod#mw3#call of duty#call of duty modern warfare#call of duty modern warfare 2#call of duty modern warfare 3#put em all in there fuggit
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