main pinned, sfw acc: @tsanho
hi guys. long post ahead, but i think after talking about it with just my friends, everything in this post needs to be said. please take the time to read everything here until the end! i've divided this all up into sections so it's easier to follow through.
1. lack of interactions
so i recently realized that… i kind of hate my writing nowadays, so that combined with the lack of feedback and real interactions—aka reblogs with thoughts, comments, and asks—has been really punching me down. this has been an issue for a while now, but despite talking about it a couple times before and having my fics and minis end with encouragement for you guys' feedback, it's just made me think about whether i should continue writing as often anyways. tumblr has also been targeting nsfw content recently, hence why multiple of my posts are either labeled mature or are under content review, which is just... pathetic lmao, cuz i work hard to put out content only for the app to end up confiscating any rewards.
i write for myself, for my own pleasure, but being a public writer, you'd think that the public would be more supportive. but instead, i get most of my feedback from other writers, who also happen to be the dear friends i've made through this blog. i love their feedback every time, but i really do wish to see more from the people i publish my writings for, aka you guys! even a comment saying that you liked what i wrote goes a long way. it does so much more than a like.
on a more personal note, i've noticed that... i have a lot of anons. but only a couple of them come back and tell me how they liked what i had responded to, or simply asking about me or talking about themselves. it's not a requirement to chat with me by any means, but it would be nice to have more anons and non-anons send asks about how they liked something i posted, especially so with fics. this is just me though, with my account specifically.
2. hate towards nsfw writers
apart from the issue with the audience, there's also been a lot of... i guess, internal drama and thoughts being spread about nsfw writers. bndblr is small as it is, and there aren't very many nsfw writers for the group. i've noticed that the number of younger writers exceed the older ones, and so, it's hard to cater to an audience when the same people i'm supposed to work alongside have something against me, simply because i write nsfw content, aka content that minors shouldn't be interacting with in the first place.
nsfw isn't bad, or taboo, or whatever word you want to use. it exists because it's real. but my fics and minis and answers to asks are simply for enjoyment, so as i've said here before, block me if you find my account uncomfortable! and if you don't want to see certain content, then mute the tags as well. i use the tag mute feature very often, and although tumblr could make the feature better, it still is a usable feature. so use it.
3. improper tagging
another thing i've noticed is improper tagging. this really discourages writers from posting on the right tags and readers from engaging with the tags. if i'm searching for sungho soft hours and come across a leehan smut, then what's the point of even going onto the tags you know? so writers, please tag accordingly! there's no need to tag every single member in your post if you're not specifically writing about every member. we don't need member tags if your story is only centered around taesan. it's ok to lose the other member tags. it's not going to lead you to gain less traction.
4. minors interacting with nsfw
another thing that has been sort of eating me up these days, and frankly for months on end now, is minors interacting with my content. i understand very well that i don't know every person behind the screen, and that i cannot monitor what they do and don't read. but putting up tags and rules comes with a level of trust that i only hope my readers can follow. it is as much for my safety as it is for yours when i say that i do not want minors to interact with my content. it's one of the few very hard lines i have for this account, because i do not want to be held responsible for something i didn't even know was the case, simply because i decided to write what i wanted to but someone decided to not listen to the rules i have put in place.
i shouldn't have to repeat myself with this, but i suppose the only way i can really avoid this is by blocking minors from being able to view my content. so from here on out, i will be blocking anyone without an age in their bio or pinned. it's too much work for me to go through hundreds of people in my following and likes, but if this is the only way people will listen, then so be it. if you are blocked, then please add your age to your account before sending me a message through any one of my accounts to get unblocked. that being said, please don't lie about your age either.
5. personal comments and announcements
as said above, i will be blocking minors and ageless accounts from interacting with my account from here on out. please have your age in your bio or pinned, somewhere easily visible!
i have decided to stop taking asks again, and this time, i'm not sure when i'll open them back up. i've already been behind, and with the amount of asks i have piling up, i don't want to keep people from waiting too long, despite a lot of them already having been waiting.... i'm getting through asks, but i don't want to let the asks be all that i can focus on without paying attention to any of my personal fics and stuff. i hope you guys can understand.
that being said, as this is the last month before the end of the semester, i will be less active on here! you guys can send in chatting asks any time, but i won't be posting as frequently. i only really have 1 fic and about 10-15 posts ready to post, so i'll just upload those through the days. i have some other stuff in store though, so please wait for me <3
those are my main topics i wanted to cover. i'm leaving this without a cut off so that you guys can all read what i've written, and also feel free to rb and add your own thoughts. thank you guys so much for reading if you did make it this far, and i hope that this helps with highlighting some issues that not just i. but we as a community need to work on to better ourselves, so that we have a better experience in the fandom space.
