#tungle.hell

If this is you, then for the love of god:

PLEASE CHANGE YOUR ICON!!!!

I've been seeing a lot of default blogs in my notes lately, and upon DMing y'all it seems like you're actual human people who are new to Tumblr. Welcome!

This hellsite (affectionate) is an awesome place to enjoy fandom and make friends, or just lurk if that's your thing.

It's pretty different from other social media you might be used to, so to best enjoy your stay, here's a few things you'll need to know:

Customize your blog! We get a lot of spambots around here, and people are quick to block blogs that are empty and have default icons. It's nothing against newcomers, it's just survival at this point. To avoid this, it's easy: decorate! Give your blog a title, choose a profile pic and a header that aren't the default. It will also make your blog feel more like home!

Reblog posts you like! Unlike Twitter or Instagram, Tumblr doesn't have an algorithm; so posts are only circulated by users. If you like something, reblog it; that's how other people can see it!

Same goes for your dashboard: if you want to see content, you need to follow people who post/reblog that content. You can curate your own experience: follow who you like, block the tags and keywords you don't want to see, and don't hesitate to block other blogs if you don't want to see them around. Here, blocking isn't an insult, it's just a normal thing everyone does to make their life easier.

There's more to tailoring your Tumblr experience to your own needs, I'll reblog with some additional links when I have the time. This is the basic "Welcome to the Hellsite" survival kit: 1) have a custome profile pic, header and blog title! 2) follow blogs you like! 3) reblog stuff!

I hope you'll enjoy your stay here, don't hesitate to DM me or send me an ask if you have questions!

more and more transcendent to me.

Has anyone else noticed tumblr is now fucking with tag order? I write a lot in the tags because I'm too powerful I have ADHD and if I write it all in the post no one will ever read it, no one should read all that. Anyway recently I've noticed a few times I write a post, I post the post, I look at it later and tumblr has shoved a tag from the middle of a set to the front.

e.g. a post from earlier: #people sure are very silly about how others live their lives #pterry GNU #gnu terry pratchett #discworld #Monstrous Regiment is also an excellent book that delves into ideas of gender and sexuality and gender roles #a message that spans a lot of his books though is #his works really left a strong impression on my sense of morality and ethics - they were formative [cut for length]

And that bolded tag should go after "#a message that spans a lot of his books though is" but it's been moved which totally changes context.

Other examples from today on my other blog: #why do you care what other people think? #see also those are meant to be the other way around.

Or this politics one that's like, mate the order these tags go in is important: #surely this is the end for them #you just hear one thing after another #and you think #and then it's not this should read #you just hear one thing after another #and you think #surely this is the end for them #and then it's not

Has anyone else been having this issue? It happened the other day but it's been all three things I reblogged the day.

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