#tumblr HQ

[tychos-huzband]

why the fuck is my icon not square anymore on my posts.

[projectunfuckthedash]

Let’s start here

@staff take note of this

send them feedback here

[abyssalservant]

[the-irreverend]

Dear fellow hellsite users,

I'm encountering an issue where if I make a photo post it won't show up anywhere (except to followers), and yet for some reason, other formats are fine (i.e. text posts).

If you have this issue yourself, feel free to share your experience, and even if you don't (and I don't usually ask this) can you maybe reblog this in order maybe spread awareness to those who do have this issue so it can be resolved.

And if the @staff could lend a hand that would be great.

[qussymagnet]

Tumblr is a multimillion dollar company

Tumblr isn’t going broke anytime soon

This isn’t exactly accurate. Automattic is a multimillion dollar company (that owns Tumblr). Tumblr is not. Tumblr staff are operating under the whims and directives of Automattic leadership, with (as many news articles will tell you) a pressure to make the platform profitable in whatever short-sighted ways possible. As also described in articles, Automattic leadership has in the past seemingly implied that Tumblr could be hibernated.

Tumblr doesn’t care about the users

Again, a large chunk of Tumblr staff do care about the users and the platform and have openly expressed frustration and concerns about Automattic’s leadership.

I agree with the recommendations here overall, but demonizing staff for decisions they’re forced to make to not risk losing the platform entirely isn’t really the most effective path forward and it’s missing the nuance of the actual situation. Do some searching about the relationship with Automattic or read the snippets I shared here.

So yeah, don’t pay for useless stuff, use free resources to make the site better, and send critical feedback to Staff, but just remember that in many ways the source of these issues are not from within Tumblr at all. I’m not saying Staff are perfect, but remember who the enemy actually is and share feedback accordingly.

Go Badge-Free: Tumblr is a multimillion dollar company that doesn't need your loyalty!

Some users ("many" by Tumblr's own unsourced metrics) might want to support Tumblr with something similar to regular donations. Great news! You don't need to, it's a multimillion dollar company, and its parent company, Automattic, was valued at around 7.5 billion dollars in 2021 as stated by none other than Tumblr's Elon-Musk-wannabe CEO himself! Tumblr isn't going to go broke any time soon, and any money you waste on it will just convince staff that the garbage fire they're currently tossing the site into is profitable!

Enter the power of not giving a fuck about useless badges and shitty merch of stolen memes. Everyone with a brain knows auto-renewable subscriptions aren't the way to a "user-led business model", and again, you don't need to show your support for a massive multimedia platform despite whatever their embarrassing ad campaigns that just want money may tell you!

How it works—or doesn't:

Tumblr doesn't care about the users, whether you're giving them money for nothing or not! So take the initiative yourself. Send them negative feedback about the pointless UI updates. Give Tumblr a 1-star rating on the app store or play store. Disable your badges. Block intrusive ads (and potentially dangerous flashing ones). Style the dashboard to look less like a 1 : 1 clone of Twitter. Install additions to fix basic site functionality.

Seriously, who is buying subscriptions besides staff:

The subscription badges do nothing. Nada. Zero. That is, unless staff decides to lock basic functionality behind a subscription in the future, so make so to make it flop before then.

Pricing:

A year's subscription for a useless cosmetic badge costs you $30 USD. Cheaper than Twitter Blue, sure, but it sure does a whole lot less! Meanwhile, fixing your own user experience and complaining to staff is permanently on sale for the low, low price of free. Spend your money on a nice treat instead!

More details:

I don't know how else to put it. This subscription service sucks ass.

That's all for now. No idea who exactly would buy a badge subscription of all things in the first place that staff probably designed in 5 minutes. Maybe someday Tumblr's will figure out how to interpret actual human behavior and user desires, but that day has yet to come. Stay weird, and Tumblr is not your quirky friendly hellsite company <3

[hanavbara]

retro haikyuu!! 🧡🏐✨

[bbeeew]

i should be able to turn off likes, like you can with reblogs and comments

[qussymagnet]

Tumblr is one of the only places on the internet where I enjoy connecting with others. Automattic leadership clearly does not care about or understand the nuance of the platform, which creates an exceptionally unsupportive and challenging environment for Staff to work in. The focus seems to be on shiny features and rapid monetization, with little to no understanding of what makes the platform special. This is evident in this article, as well as many others.

So, what can you do about that? First, I would recommend being kind to Tumblr Staff. Continue to be vocal about features and changes you dislike, but be kind to Staff in your complaints! Don't engage with and turn off (if possible) features that you don't support or disagree with, as likely those numbers are tracked. Be vocal in posts about your objections. All of this helps demonstrate what needs to be done to preserve what makes Tumblr special.

And if you do nothing else, continue to do what you do now: reblog enthusiastically, support each other, and stay unhinged about your fandoms. I love you!

if you’re a new tumblr user from tiktok or IG or something and only like posts and dont reblog them yeah people will think you’re a bot and block you but you will also make this website actively worse. they want “algorithmic” users like you, served recommended posts through likes, not people who just follow each other and respond to the direct chronological feed. there is a reason this website is still better than the rest, even with all its problems, do not ruin this

[fullwarmth]

as always

[fictionproblem]

I like them

[120age-120ace]

Teamwork

[bybrendafitz]

Athletes in action = the most interesting poses… Officially joined the Haikyuu bandwagon 🫣

[sonianim]

[rokuii]

today i have hinata shouyou to offer

[windsaor]

akaashi x bokuto ♥

insta: @windsaor