#undo it

This tumblr update literally makes reblogs the same as reposting posts (whether to IG or otherwise). Reblogs now remove credits from op and exclude them from the sharing of their own creation. It cuts creators off from their own creations. Not only that but the update encourages the "no engagement, only likes" format of instagram, among other shitty websites.

I don't want my posts to be screenshots. I don't want to come upon them as I surf the web. I don't want thousands of likes but nothing to say.

what was i thinking?

did i think it would feel easy?

did i think i’d wake up one day and suddenly be ready?

how can i turn back

when it’s already real?

when it’s already mine?

it wasn’t supposed to be like this.

it wasn’t supposed to feel like i’m constantly behind.

like everyone else knows what they’re doing

and i’m just pretending.

i can’t do it.

i can’t be what i’m supposed to be.

and i hate that i still keep going.

because i have to.

sometimes i miss who i was so much

it feels like grief.

and i wake up with the same thought every day:

"girl, I wanna see you undo it i wanna see you but you're not mine"

You could already reply to a specific reblog in the chain. You only had to click View Post on the reblog to highlight that specific one to reply to it.

This wasn't a secret and it kept the numbers/reach going.

What you've implemented makes even less sense when what you're touting as the improvement was already possible.

So what's the real reason? Are you trying drive creatives away? Certain communities you don't want sharing or interacting, especially in terms of mutual aid and/or larger fundraisers? All of the above?

What was the point outside of pissing off the majority of your userbase you and trolls haven't already driven away?