A Guide For New Users Fleeing From Twitter, From A User Who Needed One When They First Started:
Hi to everyone fleeing from twitter, Elon Musk is shit and he already has had an actively harmful effect on the site, one that will only get worse. So, welcome to Tumblr, it can be kind of intimidating, given its reputation and how many different features there are, I was certainly confused and intimidated when I first logged on and as Iām active on both I sympathise with yāall, so hereās a guide to anyone new:
Put your hashtags in the hashtag section. This is the only way theyāll actually have any sort of effect, or appear when you search for something. Donāt post them on the post itself.
There is a character limit for hashtags but no real hashtag limit. Go wild. Writing entire speeches is common.Ā
Donāt tag lots of unrelated stuff to your posts, thatāll get you reported for Spam and just hated in general
Donāt censor words, users are fine with swearing, doing so especially with triggering content makes it hard for people to limit their exposure to said triggering content.
Thereās no such thing as ratioing.
We donāt have quote retweeting, every reblog, comment, etc counts to opās post. They can see it all, and will be notified depending on their notification settings.
Change your icon, people will think youāre a bot if you use the default.
Give yourself a bio, itāll make you look like a person.
Follow people and tags, thatās the only way youāre gonna see the content you wanna see. The foryoupage isnāt to be trusted.
Actually reblog stuff, liking has no effect, reblogging is the only important thing here as there is no like based algorithm. Doing so will also make you appear human.
You can hide your likes and who youāre following. Doing so is not frowned upon in the slightest.
You can block tags, similarly to muting words on twitter.
You can have multiple blogs tied to one account.Ā
You can customise your blog, go wild.
There is no word limit, you can write as you want. But if it gets too long make use of the keep reading feature, (the three dots beside the add gif feature)
There is an image limit of ten unfortunately. If you want to add more youāll have to reblog your own post.
There is no reblogging limit, go wild, only your followers will be upset.
You can have videos, gifs and pictures in the same post.
You can just post audio.
Adult content is still banned, but actual moderation and enforcement is spotty, especially if itās written.Ā
Spam liking and reblogging isnāt a thing. Go wild.
You have an ask box that people can submit stuff to. You can respond or just delete the post. You can remove anon capability from it (which will get rid of most of the hate), or outright bar it.
You canāt private your account but you can restrict commenting and reblogging.
Block whoever and whenever, itās not a big deal. Though if someone youāve blocked has reblogged and added to a post and someone you follow reblogs that, their commentary will still be included in the post you see.
We donāt have muting, only blocking.
Yes, direct messaging is a thing (itās the little smiley face)
The only way to promote your is through ātumblr blazeā, you pay a certain amount of money and your post will be promoted, but not targeted, so no invasions of privacy. You are subject to the employeeās whims on whether or not it gets promoted and unfortunately hate speech has been allowed.
Tumblr has tendency to hide/consume comments, posts and asks, donāt be surprised if they go missing.
Tumblr searching a blog relies on tags, words in the post and the users name, keep that in mind.
Posts will remain after you delete your account or the original post if they have been reblogged.
Years old posts are still circulating and that is considered normal.
You can queue up posts to be released when youāre not using your account. Or you can just post whenever youāre active. Go wild.
Wizards exist and are very popular on this site. Accept it.
There are posts with no notes that will never gain any more than a sing note for your like. Accept it.
There are posts will no op. Accept it.
Trans and autistic people dominate this site.
Donāt get pissy when someone tags a post ātw (insert slur)ā, or any trigger warning for that matter, most are just being considerate of their followers who may be triggered by such content.
Twitter discourse is regularly mocked, itās not gonna fly here.
No, we donāt call each other oomfs, or anything like that. We just have mutuals.
Tumblr in general lacks a lot colloquialisms that began on twitter.
We do haveĀ āblorboāĀ āpoor little meow meowā etc.
Trying to go viral or trying to corporate is frowned upon.
Tumblr has a tendency to blacklist things tagged like ācrowdfundingā so bring that kind of logic you use for twitter posts over to tumblr.
We donāt have twitter circles, co-posting, etc.
Tumblr is surprisingly good at recommending blogs.
People are going to just make up stuff, donāt believe everything you see and if itās a claim about someone, investigate it rather than just believe it.
And this is quite important:
Stay anonymous and have fun. There isnāt an expectation to constantly expose inner details of your life, you arenāt expected to use your real face, your real name, age, etc. Youāre not even expected to be truthful here. Exist however you wanna exist and have fun, that should be the point of social media.Ā
Also keep in mind that tumblr has its own distinct culture that is going to take some getting used to. As well as a history any user whoās been here a while will at least somewhat understand.
Just noting the image limit per post is 30 if you post from the web beta editor
I would like to add: There is a tag limit! Itās 30! But they can be long so you should be fine!
And there is also a post limit! 250! All posts and reblogs across your main and side blogs go towards it, and it is very possible to hit when you least expect it!
Your post limit is reset at Midnight est, but you can queue things for later!
