Unwrapping Tumblr

Hello Tumblr! 

@jubs here, today, to tell you about a feature we're building: Comments by author!

Comments (or replies) have been around for a while, but they have always been tucked away from your regular feed, and so we're working on a few ways to integrate them into the rest of our experience.

Soon, blogs will have a Comments tab alongside Posts, Likes, and Following. There, you will be able to see posts other people have been commenting on, and, more importantly, find your own comments! This was not possible before, except through notifications if someone engaged with your comment.

We're also working on a way to surface posts commented on by people you follow in your feeds. You will be able to find those in the For You tab, and later, alongside chronological posts in the Following tab.

So, how do you identify those posts in the feeds? 

Replied posts will show a small preview right there in your dashboard, before you click anything. 

@jubs again!

First of all, thank you all for the feedback in the original post!

Today, we're launching the new "Comments" tab for Blog pages, and we'll be testing a For You recommendation based on comments from people you follow. The posts will have a preview of the reply, so you know why you're seeing that post.

You will be able to control the new tab visibility, and whether we should include your comments in your follower's feeds, through a new setting:

The toggle can be found on https://www.tumblr.com/settings/blog/YOUR_BLOG or in the General Settings > Replies section, on Mobile. If you have already disabled the "Share posts you like" setting, the setting will default to disabled.

The new tab is only available on Web and iOS (44.8+) for now, but the toggle is available to everyone (including on Android), so you can control what other people see on your blogs, even if you don't have the new feature yet. Don't worry, we have plans to implement the tab and posts on Android, soon!

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We want to later include these replied posts to the Following feed as well, and we're planning on adapting the current "Include posts liked by the blogs you follow" toggle to also consider comments, in case you don't want to see shared comments from people you follow.

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🌟 New

You can now sort your likes from oldest to newest on web and iOS. Do you remember what your first liked post was?

You can now search for posts within Communities on web.

Redesigned blog headers on iOS — Same as Android, now following and subscribing to a blog are front and center.

Tapping "Not interested in this post" now temporarily filters that blog and their posts from recommendations. This is an additional improvement to how "Not interested in this post" works. We had announced that tapping this option will down-weight the tags from that post in your interest profile, and filter out recommended posts similar to the ones you have dismissed.

A new Media auto-play setting on web lets you choose whether GIFs and videos auto-play, independent of your system's reduced-motion preference. Find it in Settings → Dashboard.

The reblog graph explorer on web now shows at a glance which reblogs have commentary.

🛠 Fixed

We fixed an issue on web where high-resolution image thumbnails appeared noticeably degraded in quality.

We fixed an issue on iOS that was causing crashes related to image decoding, particularly with GIF-heavy content.

We fixed an issue in the iOS and Android apps where users with unverified age in mature-labeled communities couldn't see the "Leave community" button.

We fixed an issue in the iOS app where the Unblock button in the Blocked Blogs list stopped responding to taps after scrolling.

We fixed an issue where blogs previously marked as "not mature" by our team couldn't add content labels to their posts.

We fixed an issue where blocking anonymous ask senders from a sideblog would fail with an error.

We fixed an issue where users on older operating systems encountered SSL errors when clicking password reset or email verification links.

🚧 Ongoing

We're aware that some blog exports are failing. If you're affected, please file a Support Request so we can track your case.

We're investigating reports of some image thumbnails appearing pixelated in the mobile apps, despite looking fine on web.

We're investigating reports from some iOS users who are unable to view mature content despite having their settings correctly configured.

We're aware that some users are seeing an empty For You feed. We're investigating.

We're aware that some Firefox users are encountering errors when editing and publishing posts or sending messages. Sometimes, trying a second time works. We're investigating.

We're also aware that the Home and Activity notification badges are getting stuck for some Firefox users. We're investigating.

🌱 Upcoming

We're trying out a redesigned Trending tab on web, with topic blocks showing follower counts, preview posts, and related tags for each trending topic.

We're trying out a new post editor entry at the top of the dashboard on web.

As shared previously, we're building some new features for replies, including a new blog tab to see a blog's comments!

We're working on some updates to account deletion. In the future, when you delete your account, we will keep your data for 30 days. This will allow you to restore your account if you regret your decision, deleted your account by accident, or your account is hacked and deleted.

Experiencing an issue? Check for Known Issues and file a Support Request if you have something new. We'll get back to you as soon as we can!

After 19 years in development, it is now finally possible to see what conversations people are having in the reblogs of a post on tumblr.

Hello Tumblr! 

@jubs here, today, to tell you about a feature we're building: Comments by author!

Comments (or replies) have been around for a while, but they have always been tucked away from your regular feed, and so we're working on a few ways to integrate them into the rest of our experience.

Soon, blogs will have a Comments tab alongside Posts, Likes, and Following. There, you will be able to see posts other people have been commenting on, and, more importantly, find your own comments! This was not possible before, except through notifications if someone engaged with your comment.

We're also working on a way to surface posts commented on by people you follow in your feeds. You will be able to find those in the For You tab, and later, alongside chronological posts in the Following tab.

So, how do you identify those posts in the feeds? 

Replied posts will show a small preview right there in your dashboard, before you click anything.