@changes hi! this update immediately ruins the website for me and pretty much every single other creator. there's so few places i can find engagement on the internet, and reading tags and people talking on my art and comics posts is literally the highlight of my day! you've effectively stolen feedback and interaction from artists/writers and prevented them from being able to interact with a wider audience, which is how ive even made friends in the past.
i can no longer see the reach my post has. my number stagnates and it looks like my engagement has gone down, and i can no longer see lovely comments by checking my original post because theyre locked to some other reblog chain
on the flipside, when i want to reblog art, i NEVER want to take away the attention from the original creator of a post. thats not my content, my addition to the post doesnt warrant me stealing attention and notes from the original poster
and for a third point: locking replies to specific changes stifles interaction and destroys communication. what even was the logic here. i have no idea what people are saying on my posts in other threads. people could be spreading misinformation on one of my posts and i would never be able to reach out and correct people
this update is antisocial, has no logic behind its premise, and the execution is even worse. give me my fucking notes and tags and *communication* back
