#we are the algorithm

[tachyon-at-rest]

There is no tumblr algorithm.

WE ARE THE ALGORITHM

You need to to reblog stuff so other people can see it.

YOU ARE THE ALGORITHM

heeppy hoolida

[ionomycin]

Welcome home

[castielsprostate]

i hate you generative "ai", i hate you "ai" chat-bot that never understands a question and keeps you in a loop without connecting you to a representative, i hate you "ai" replacements for normal interactions and behavior, i hate you "ai" that's been made by techbros with the intent to make more money instead of actually helping people and systems that could benefit from the technology

[tyrograph]

On Tumblr, "reblog" is sharing the original post on your blog for your followers to see.

"Repost" is creating a new post with something you saved or downloaded or screenshoted from someone else's blog, and that's highly discouraged here.

Please reblog to share the original so the creator can get the interactions too.

Apparently it's time to start posting and reblogging How to Tumblr stuff again. Lots of people are hopping from Twitter to Bluesky. A big thing to emphasize is that "repost" is the term bsky uses for "retweet", and we need to educate on the difference between "repost" and "reblog" here on Tumblr. We have so many things saying "don't repost things!" and that might cause confusion now that bsky has entered the game. I'd hate to see people avoiding Tumblr because they got yelled at for something they didn't do, because lingo is different.

I'll start: on Tumblr, "reblog" is sharing the original post on your blog for your followers to see. "Repost" is creating a new post with something you saved or downloaded or screenshoted from someone else's blog, and that's highly discouraged here. Please reblog to share the original so the creator can get the interactions too.

[insertdisc5]

this is a blaze post. but please look at it though

"urgh, a tumblr blaze post, GROSS!!!" yeah. but this one is about timeloops. and this is the timeloop afficionado website ✨✨✨

so please sit back and listen, timeloop afficionado website. would you be interested in In Stars and Time, a timeloop rpg all about a depressed white haired prettyperson being stuck in a timeloop, against their will, while all their friends are unaware. would that perhaps strike your fancy.

if yes mayhaps you could wishlist it on steam. the game will come out on November 20th 2023 on Switch and PS4/5 as well but steam wishlists really help so. please. wishlist. if you want. but only if you want ok!!!!!!! thank you for reading this blaze post

[groovygrub]

[ditzytwinks]

phil is honestly great representation for smart people who can’t speak

[lycorogue]

[Image ID 1:

Initial post from @chaser​ is a screenshot of a fake news article from The Chaser. It is listed as “breaking news”. The headline reads: Elon Musk to sue Tumblr for plagiarism after learning they are also trying to fuck up a perfectly good website. 

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[Image ID 2:

@bitternest shared a screenshot of their screen with a Blaze notification. It reads: Blaze campaign pending! It may take up to 24 hours for your post to be moderated and queued up for delivery. We’ll send you an email when that happens!

There is then a blue button that reads: This is straight fire.

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@bitternest shared another screenshot. This one is a notification stating “Your Blaze compaign has been rejected”

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[bevsi]

”omg I hate this new art trend it’s so corny” well you’re on the internet promoting your art as well this isn’t a gallery setting WE’RE CORNY HERE

[ukulelekatie]

not to be all “old man yells at cloud” but why is the internet suddenly allergic to simple tutorials? why is everything an 11 minute long video where the person talks for unrelated nonsense for the first 3 minutes? why is every written tutorial inundated with ads and other useless info you have to scroll through in order to get to what you need? what happened to a quick step by step guide with maybe a few pictures for reference?

[blacktabbygames]

I don't think we ever actually posted the trailer for this here! SOUND ON for that good good voice acting!

You’re on a path in the woods. And at the end of that path is a cabin. And in the basement of that cabin is a Princess. (Nichole Goodnight)

You’re here to slay her. If you don’t, it will mean the end of the world.

At least, that’s what the Narrator (Jonathan Sims) tells you. But you don’t have to listen. Sure, you can do as he says, killing the entity in the basement, whether she’s a Princess or... something else. Or you can try to find some other way out of the eternity of choices and twisting paths you and the “Princess” have found yourselves in. You might find, however, that some decisions will reshape the world in ways that only make things worse...

Is the world that tasked you to save it even worth saving?

We've got a demo on Steam and itch that covers the first chapter of the game, and it should run pretty well on most Mac, Windows, and Linux machines! There's achievements in the Steam version too, and it usually takes a little over an hour to get them all!

If fully voice acted visual novels that sit between The Stanley Parable and cosmic horror sound your jam, please check it out, and if you'd like to be notified when it releases, you can wishlist it on Steam.

[bananonbinary]

its not as flashy as some of the other youtubers who have done this but i'm really enjoying ann reardon joining the "oops my fun and lighthearted youtube channel has become investigative journalism exposing wild shit" club

like i subscribed cause i liked watching u make teeny tiny food but sure, yeah, we can talk about bullshit wellness products that you can buy on amazon that have illegal levels of radiation. please go on.

[ghostespresso]

staff logging on to tumblr dot com today

[clowningaroundmars]

my personal atsv hobie brown hc is that this boy can build a watch that enables the wearer to travel to any dimension they want to, made entirely out of cobbled up parts he "finds"

but anytime anyone brings up AI or algorithms or social media he pretends to be 100 years old

hobie: what's a bloody "snapchat"? fuckin 'ell those effects are nightmarish, mate

miles, exasperated: hobie, you BUILD TECH that astrophysicists in my dimension can't even replicate. how are filters on a phone trippin you up?

hobie: dunno, everyone's got their strengths n weaknesses, i 'spose... 🙄😒

[danlous]

[flamedoesart]

I feel like people tend to forget that the reason children are on websites they really shouldn't be on, like Twitter for example, is because there are no spaces on the internet anymore specifically designed for children, unless it's for babies or toddlers.

The death of Flash also meant the death of thousands of games and websites specifically designed for the 9-13 demographic. Now granted, several games died long before Flash did (like the Holy Disney MMO trio - Pixie Hollow, ToonTown and Club Penguin) but there were other websites designed around what kids would enjoy. Sites like Kongregate, Sploder, GirlsGoGames and others were designed with kids in mind.

These sites were special in the sense that it gave fun games for children to play without even really needing to interact with other people directly. They could play the games and have fun. If they wanted to make friends they could, and oftentimes these sites had moderation to prevent kids from having full control over what they could say so as to prevent bullying and potential cyberstalking.

But now Flash is dead, and there's barely any hangout spots for that demographic anymore. I think the last remaining game you can play that doesn't require Flash that was a major part of the 2010s game nostalgia was Wizard101, but that game comes with the flaw of membership programs, similar to all the other MMOs that existed at the time.

Needless to say, the next time we ask in annoyance why there's so many 12 year olds on Twitter and Tik Tok, remember that it's because there's literally no online spaces anymore solely for them and only them, that majority of adults wouldn't step foot into anymore.