#upvotes

man I gotta say the best thing about tumblr after I migrated here from reddit is the lack of a voting system. I cannot stress enough how badly upvotes and downvotes KILLED a site whose overall layout I found very nice and intuitive to pick up. Now I just wonder why it took me so long to realize and understand why a website in which visibility depends on how many people clicked the "I agree" button became host to echo chambers, loathsomely transparent pandering, and the most milquetoast saltine cracker ass opinions I've ever fucking seen.

You're scrolling down Reddit. You see a Tumblr post you haven't seen before with no notes but several upvotes. It must be theirs. You upvote it. You keep scrolling you see a post obessing over a fandom your vaguely in. You upvote. You scroll. You see a screenshot of a Tumblr post from 10 years ago which you've read 100 times. You read it again. You see someone who you could never be doing something you could never do. You upvote. You scroll. You see a post of someone asking for advice. You go into the comments. You offer no advice. You scroll. You see the same Tumblr screenshot again. You read it. You upvote. You scroll. You close the app. You stare at your home screen. You open it again.