Constant Confusion

I REPEAT

SORA AI IS DEAD

LETS FREAKING GOOOOOOOOO

Apparently, from what I hear people say, in the new Tumblr update, if someone reblogs your post and adds a comment of their own, that reblog is counted as a new post and it belongs to the reblogger. Not you. You, as the OP, do not get the notifications if someone else later reblogs from the person who reblogged your post with their own comment. You can’t see what comments people leave on the reblogs of the post you originally made unless they reblogged directly from you.

If this is actually true, it will just open doors for harassment. And also it takes the credits away from the OPs. Tumblr’s etiquette has always been “reblog don’t repost”. So this new update, if true, contradicts the whole core values of Tumblr as a community.

Respectfully, we don’t want this @staff @support @tumblr @changes please listen to your users.

Here’s a nice thing:

No matter how many times an original post of yours gets reblogged, you’ll always be credited as the source. Rebloggers might add a gif, or some commentary, or take out the caption entirely, but your username will always, always be stuck to the bottom of the post.

Now here’s a pro tip:

You can make that sticky source point wherever you want it to. If your content came from somewhere else (your DeviantArt page, your Flickr account, your friend who’s definitely giving you permission to post her stuff), you can ensure that the post’s source always points to that place, come hell or high reblog. Here’s how:

Hit the gear icon at the top of the post form.

Find the “Content source” field and put the content’s original URL in there. 

That’s it! Now your post is properly attributed, and that attribution is unshakable.