abandoned-spectrum:

sabrinaacarpenters:

:

vampmilf:

i am begging you all to stop treating this site like instagram if you dont want it to be content free by next year

actually i’m reblogging this again with commentary, fuck it.

There’s people in the notes talking about “not basing your worth off numbers”, and like. that isn’t what this post is about. It’s not a threat, either, it’s a comment on how this site works, at a mechanical level.

Likes are worthless. Let me say that again.

Likes. Are. Worthless.

They don’t do anything. They’re a bookmark. They were never part of how tumblr works - in the early days we didn’t even have a like button, and the site still more or less acts as though we don’t. They’re personal bookmarks and the only people who “get” anything from them are you (you bookmark the post) and the OP (maybe a very slight serotonin boost), but they don’t keep the post in circulation, they don’t keep it alive.

Without reblogs, a post will be dead in the water within an hour. No matter how good it is, no matter how many hours of painstaking love and attention its creator put into it, it will be dead within an hour and never seen again. It gets pushed down the dashboard and nobody aside from the followers who were online when it was posted will see it.
And there’s a huge difference in engagement on posts that get even one lucky reblog from someone with wider reach - that one reblog shows your post to five, ten, fifteen other people, and if one of those people also reblogs it, and so on and so forth, that’s how posts stay alive and in circulation.
It’s like a contagion, but we’re sharing creativity instead of disease.

And that matters. That “lifespan” of the post matters, artists and writers give up on this site and go to sites where posts have longer lifespans because it sucks to spend hours of your life, maybe even days, to get two notes and some fucking pocket lint for your efforts.
We create for ourselves, but we share because we want people to see it, because that engagement offers positive feedback and encouragement to continue.
But more than that, if every post (whether art, fic, gifset, whatever) is dying within an hour or a day of being posted, that means it’s not making it onto your dashboard. And if it’s not on your dashboard, you won’t see it. This kills the site, after a while. You stop seeing the posts, because nobody is putting them on your dashboard, because this site doesn’t have an algorithm like twitter and insta’s and it shouldn’t, it’s the last bastion of chronological timelines.

Forgive my giant fucking rant I am so tired right now and full of the plague but like stop acting like artists and writers are just being whiny little babies, or “threatening” to withhold our fucking work (you’re not entitled to it! it’s ours! if we get nothing out of sharing it we’re well within our rights to keep it private!) when we say this site will dry up without reblogs. We’re just stating facts.

also I’ve seen some people in the tags say ‘oh there have always been more likes on posts’ no there haven’t ???? 

these are posts from 2013, look at the ratio

not to sound like a nursing home resident but back then people know that the point of this site was to reblog things and share them, not to bury them away among your other 23k liked posts

fucking REBLOG.

I CANNOT SAY THIS ENOUGH!!!!

:

It is with profound disappointment that we report the industry CEOs have walked away from the bargaining table after refusing to counter our latest offer. (1/11)

We have negotiated with them in good faith, despite the fact that last week they presented an offer that was, shockingly, worth less than they proposed before the strike began.

These companies refuse to protect performers from being replaced by AI, they refuse to increase your wages to keep up with inflation, and they refuse to share a tiny portion of the immense revenue YOUR work generates for them.

We have made big, meaningful counters on our end, including completely transforming our revenue share proposal, which would cost the companies less than 57¢ per subscriber each year. They have rejected our proposals and refused to counter.

Instead they use bully tactics. Just tonight, they intentionally misrepresented to the press the cost of the above proposal – overstating it by 60%.

They have done the same with A.I., claiming to protect performer consent, but continuing to demand “consent” on the first day of employment for use of a performer’s digital replica for an entire cinematic universe (or any franchise project).

The companies are using the same failed strategy they tried to inflict on the WGA – putting out misleading information in an attempt to fool our members into abandoning our solidarity and putting pressure on our negotiators.

But, just like the writers, our members are smarter than that and will not be fooled.

We feel the pain these companies have inflicted on our members, our strike captains, IATSE, Teamsters and Basic Crafts union members, and everyone in this industry. We have sacrificed too much to capitulate to their stonewalling and greed.

We stand united and ready to negotiate today, tomorrow, and every day.

Our resolve is unwavering. Join us on picket lines and at solidarity events around the country and let your voices be heard.

One day longer. One day stronger. As long as it takes.

- Your TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee

[Oct 12, 2023]

the-purple-painter:

margindoodles2407:

proudspoonie:

rivers-for-me:

reblog to give warm bread to your mutuals

BREAD BE UPON YE

This post has been purpled!

Reblog if I can go on your page and write stupid things in your ask box whenever I'd like to.

simplytiredtransboy:

fantasticcollectorkitten:

determinedtowin:

magical-bear-dubin:

ripleyalamode:

irving-the-pirate-wizard:

i-am-blackhole:

alephnol:

why not?

:D

Yems please

Go for it

do it do it do it

@17black @alephnol @i-am-blackhole @irving-the-pirate-wizard come

DO IT

pleaseeeee

Literally all of u can do this to me

the-real-numbers-deactivated202:

huffylemon:

his adoption fee better be a buck fifty

superbellsubways:

ive only seen like. one post about it today but HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIO AND LUIGI!!!!!!

chaiingmybest:

My personal Reaction image.

whereserpentswalk:

“Nonbinary people shouldn’t be viewed as a type of woman because masculine nonbinary people exist”.

Nonbinary people shouldn’t be viewed as a type of woman regardless of how they present themselves. A nonbinary person can be the sterotypical afab person with short hair and no medical transition and you still shouldn’t view them as a woman.

Nonbinary people don’t owe you androgeny. And acting like certain members of the community are “bad representation” because of how they look is truscum behavior.

liminalstrands:

enki2:

Good news! It gets worse!

I think it’s the galactic orbit thing that really did me in

official-megumin:

twinkboom1:

@a-sentient-cup

flagellant:

What is it that the child has to teach?

The child naively believes that everything should be fair
and everyone should be honest,
that only good should prevail,
that everybody should have what they want
and there should be no pain or sadness.

The child believes the world should be perfect
and is outraged to discover it is not.

And the child is right.

a-sentient-cup:

creepymutelilbugger:

the investigator

@official-megumin

ninjabot215-deactivated20241105:

kira-serialfaggot:

lordoftablecloths:

terri-theslime13:

cannibalcaprine-deactivated2024:

K

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trashdogultimate:

does anyone want to sleep in a big pile together

definitely-not-a-plant:

my friend is very good at art

zack-the-robot:

hesperocyon-lesbian:

self-loving-vampire:

reblog to kill god faster

quick before his health bar resets & he switches to his second attack pattern!

definitely-not-a-plant:

corrodedbisexual:

Once more for those in the back.

okie

tharkflark1:

If the animatronics have even an ounce of what the heck was going on in the vlogs, the movie will be amazing

the-haiku-bot:

cubistemoji:

thinking abt that time in one of my art classes when the prof put up a silhouette of L from death note and said “this is not an effective design bc you can’t tell who this character is from this shape” 

and everyone in the class went like “yes we can that’s L from death note”

and everyone in

the class went like “yes we can

that’s L from death note”

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

only-cat-memes:

Yourdailydoseofcatmemes

grandpriestofthealpaca:

nachosforfree:

(Still a wip) when I was painting this is class the other day one of the girls saw it and was like “oh are you painting the American flag?” And I was just like “😶 kinda”

nattousan:

only-tiktoks:

GAR SPOTTED!!!

deskgirl:

keldabe-kriff:

greelin:

can you come collect your freak of a man please. He’s doing things

catchymemes:

magiccarpetman:

My friend made a uquiz that assigns you a whale species. Take it. Take it now.

brok3np4radise:

You cannot make everyone think and feel as deeply as you do. This is your tragedy … because you understand them, and they do not understand you.

Daniel Saint

everythingfox:

Gluten free buscuits

pimp-fried-rice:

This blog is only for fuckups, burnouts, losers, criminals and the mentally ill btw

poisoned-sugar11:

agnoll:

eldritch-strawberries:

ceilinglizardjudgesu:

dragongirlpaws:

dragonboypaws:

Reblog to dragon

Dragon to reblog

Reblog Dragon to

To dragon reblog

or not to dragon reblog

That is the dragon

thoughtportal:

DR ADAM LEVY ClimateAdam
ROSEMARY MOSCO

zingay:

Colonialism and genocide justification 101 is “these savage men will rape our beautiful pure white women” and “the barbarians of this land drink our children’s blood” by the way

You are literally falling for the oldest piece of propaganda in the book. These dehumanising and made-up claims were used against Indigenous Americans, Arabs, Africans, Asians and yes, Jews too. They make everyone believe that every one of us is a filthy child eating beast with no understanding of nature or the world to justify stealing our lands and murdering our people without mercy.

Do you believe that Algeria, Haiti, South Africa, or any victim of colonisation doesn’t deserve their independence because they used violence to achieve it? Do you believe that France and England still deserve to lay claim to countless lands?

How are you siding with this?

roadhogsbigbelly:

Holy shit watched til the end of this

xekstrin:

needsmoreexplosions:

I love the phrase “they get along like a house on fire”. It’s perfect. You and me have perfect chemistry and it’s setting off the carbon monoxide detectors. People are calling emergency services to get us to stop being so chummy. Someone died

mahgck:

im just laying down but NOT for a nap guys i swear im getting comfy cozy but im NOT GOING TO FALL ASLEEP my ass is NOT laying my head to rest bro im just getting snug as a bug in a rug. FOR NO REASON. ill be awake the whole time bro i swear. me and my stuffed animals are just hanging out dude i PROMISE ill be awake im not sle

that1randomnerd:

probablybadrpgideas:

Just don’t summon the Great Old Ones.

Like, what do you expect to get out of it anyway? Go get icecream instead or something.

But I wanna give the Great Old Ones ice cream

the-haiku-bot:

blackheartbiohazards:

💫 It’s okay to write fiction you would not want your grandmother to see.

💫 Different stories are for different audiences.

💫 You do not have to appeal to everyone.

💫 Don’t sacrifice the story you want to tell for an imaginary audience or for imaginary critics.

💫 It’s okay to write

fiction you would not want your

grandmother to see.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

triple-fisting:

kleefkruid:

jermaine-main:

hate how this 1) manages to make fun of Belgium without bothering to mention us 2) every single person in the notes knows this 3) it’s true

the-wizard-of-revolution:

insert-content:

a summar(ule)y of 196 culture

since the tumblr veterans have been kind enough to introduce us newbies to their site and culture, i think it is only fair that we explain the culture of our glorious former home to any tumblr users who might be interested in the #196 tag. keep in mind, all these things are based on my perspective of the situation.

first of all, some general information (that you might’ve already heard):

196 (r/196 on reddit) was a subreddit with only one (official) rule; “post before you leave.” it was mainly a meme/shitposting sub, but it cultivated a large queer and left-leaning community. in protest of the recent api chances in reddit, 196 has shut down indefinitely until reddit reverts these changes.

now for some culture/references that you might come across

Keep reading

this is a a reblog

carriershoukaku:

i forgot how many people think piracy is extremely amoral. i guess propaganda works wonders. anyway pirate more

mersinia:

and-corn:

if there’s a condition called impulsive anthropomorphizing then I have it

Atleast it has J….

honeytuesday:

hate how so much of adult friendship relies on updates, experiencing your life through pictures and tidbits. we had it good with childhood friends, could spend years and years basking in the same circumstance. now i just float through clouds of strangers, hungry for something solid and warm. yes i carry your heart within mine, yes i see the world through your eyes. but in that very moment i still feel alone, still know it’s poor substitute for same room, twin smiles.