Brunch in Tamriel

I did it quite recently. I thought they would disappear in time, but apparently they don’t. Dammit. Maybe Tumblr underestimates its…

Wll, I don’t know how Tumblr is supposed to work, since I’ve been here for less than a week, but despite the good idea, the whole system feels weird. For example, it’s really hard to keep track on stuff that I’ve been involved with - like this, I just accidentally noticed you had answered. :D Damnit, I study information technology and programming in the university, and I don’t know how to get this thing to work. It’s kind of depressing. :D

Yeah, it can be kind of tough to keep up with your threads. The notification system used to be a little more in-your-face but now, I think you kind of have to either check your activity page or just the threads themselves. You can also track your username! That can also help let you know if someone's replied to a post or answered an ask (provided they tagged your username--sometimes it's automatic, sometimes not). Just go to https://tumblr.com/tagged/[your username or whatever tag you want to track, minus the brackets]. There should be an option somewhere on that page to track that tag. If you do, you'll start getting notifications in the search box whenever someone makes a post with your name (or whatever keyword) tagged in it. Also, you might want to give XKit a try, once you start getting the hang of things (namely, figuring out what really annoys you). It's a browser extension that adds a lot of functionality to Tumblr, from pre-typed tag bundles to a keyword/tag blocker, all sorts of neat stuff. It's alright--I still find Tumblr mystifying most of the time and I'm also a Computer Science student!

Hey, has anyone started a new blog here recently? What’s the deal with the tutorial pop-ups? How do I make them stop? D:

I did it quite recently. I thought they would disappear in time, but apparently they don’t. Dammit. Maybe Tumblr underestimates its users’ intelligence? Or, depending on person, just makes a rational estimation. But even I know I have a blog when I’ve just created it…

Yipe! That's...not comforting. Maybe it's just a weird glitch then, or something? I actually sent a message to support about it and hopefully they'll offer some insight.