Tumblr: Where attention whores and over dramatic teenagers come to moan about how much they hate eating or whatever.
"Rule #1 of Tumblr: Don't fucking talk about Tumblr on FB/other sites/etc."
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This has been a hidden "rule" that's bugged me for a while now.
I have a Tumblr, as a few of you know. In the two years I've used it, I've been more or less transparent about it--if my friends, real-life and Internet--find it, then they're free to follow me.
It was only in recent months did I learn that apparently, mentioning Tumblr on other sites, especially its userbase's rival Facebook, is Serious Business™ and one of the most important "rules" of Tumblr.
I can understand people not wanting their blogs to be made known to their RL friends, as many people use Tumblr as an escape and stress relief cut off from their real-world life, but do people have to extend this to mean that NOBODY can talk about a silly blogging site, let alone their own blogs, outside of the site itself? It's not like it's some sort of secret society--the site is available for anyone who knows its domain name to access, and anyone can make an account in about 30 seconds (I think the only requirement is through email, for anti-spam purposes).
Hell, even if this is just a meme that I shouldn't be taking seriously, it's an even less funny meme than the Touhou "easy moodo" one.
Post edited by Raydere at 2012-08-05 08:15:50 -
> userbase's rival Facebook
Hmm, sounds like I should get a tumblr. Just to fuck with Facebook.
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I'm not surprised, Tumblr quickly turns into circle jerks and this is a symptom of that.
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Tumblr users are somehow convinced that nobody knows about Tumblr, despite it being one of the most popular sites on the web.
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People usually don't talk about it because they don't want to be associated with the rabid SJW's Tumblr is now infamous for.
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Always remember; the internet is stupid.
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^^ For me, Tumblr feels like the kind of social networking site where people are perfectly alright with showing you the porn they like if you just so happen to know their blog.
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I'd find it much weirder if anyone used their real name on their tumblrs.
I have one but I never really use it for anything but the odd reblog.
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Tumblr is the reason this exists. (Warning: Not worksafe or mindsafe.)
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I don't know what's worse, that that exists, or that I find absolutely nothing surprising about it.
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On the other hand, the blog lists "sanism" as a type of bigotry. I'm not sure what to think about that.
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That is a word people use when they are offended by people accusing others of being insane. Or retarded. Or really, anything that your average nitpicker could recognize as a synonym for a mental disorder.
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The whole tumblr-facebook rivalry struck me as similar to the whole "main difference between Europe and USA" fiasco, only taken seriously.
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It's kind of hilarious to even imply that it's possible for tumblr and Facebook's userbases to have a rivalry. Mostly because the latter is such a huge service that it doesn't even have a single userbase.
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Basically, it's just petty tribalism.
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It's funny how often big sites feud even though they're all so similar.
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Still laughing at the MLP thing. Screen capped it too. This needs to be remembered. At one point, someone made this their war cry. And dragged everyone else into it.
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It's great to me that a flash cartoon targeted at little girls has become the source of a good third of the things the whole Social Justice community likes to pick on.
It's just so 21st Century.
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Now reading all the reactions from the reposts
so
much
lulz
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I can't take all the blatant ableism in this thread, it disgusts me so *flees back to tumblr and reblogs about it*
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^The scariest part is that there are pro-anorexia tumblrs out there.
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There are some blogs I like, such as Cosplaying and Con Etiquette and My Gaming Confessions (one of the few confession blogs that is actually comprised of confessions, not just an unpopular opinions blog in disguise), and some of my friends maintain blogs that are pretty thought-provoking. But yeah most blogs are just Unlimited Reblog Works. (Nothing inherently wrong with that, but it makes it hard for me to care about following someone, even a close friend, if they don't post anything original, unless what they reblog is relevant to my interests.)
I also don't like the lack of a proper commenting system. As I said on YMMV/Tumblr: The most lenient settings you'll see on a blog are "let people I'm following reply to my posts" + "let people following me for >2 weeks reply to me", and even then you're bound to a 250-character limit. You also cannot reply to your own posts, or delete your comments. (Perhaps this is why Tumblr is thought of as a chill place? Because it stifles inter-user interactivity?)
I'm also surprised people don't really take tagging seriously, this coming from someone whose tagging methods are inspired by Danbooru.
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CountryPumpkin
2012-08-04 21:10:53
I clench my fists and yell "anime" towards an uncaring, absent God, and swear solemnly to press my thumbs into Chocolate America's eyeballs until he is blinded, to directly emasculate sporting figures, to beat the shit out of tumblr users with baseball bats, and to quietly appreciate what Waylon Smithers being gay means to me.Hey as long as there aren't any bug-chasing Tumblrs it's not the worst site on the Internet
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Tumblr: Where attention whores and over dramatic teenagers come to moan about how much they hate eating or whatever.Facebook: Where everybody reposts shit from unfunny meme sites.
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Watch out guys, we got a humor expert over here.
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Because you're one to talk, right?
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ooooooh.
are you gunna fight or you gonna go sissy
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^^^, ^^ Oi.
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Wait, Sanism?
I though Ablism covered mental disorders?
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Ponicalica
2012-08-05 02:57:02
The path has been laid out for you. Your only option is to revolutionize the world.It does, in non-ridiculous-land.
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If you're looking for more delicious clashing between world improvers picking silly causes and clueless autistics, try http://bronyetiquette.tumblr.com/tagged/bronyetiquette.
As for Tumblr, the only interesting part I find about it are the Ask blogs. Plenty of good art in there, only a shame the questions crop are put up in the pictures and the shit isn't watermarked, so usage as a reaction image would mean shooping the shit over and over.
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It's funny, amongst the local cosplay community, more people use Tumblr than Twitter (which I think has the larger userbase), and they talk about their Tumblrs from time to time. They don't act like it's Fight Club Turbo Championship Blog Edition.
Hell, I'm even mutual followers with some of them. So, nyah.
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I've never seen the point of Twitter, honestly.
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Think of it as Facebook's status feed, but without having to have Facebook attached.
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Which doesn't really mean that much to me, as I tend to see Facebook status messages as something completely auxilliary to the whole thing. I've always appreciated Facebook's versatility, and the 140 character limit on Twitter makes it impossible to write anything of real substance. Also, it makes conversations a pain in the ass.
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Twitter isn't for conversations.
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Twitter can have it's uses, like for status updates at an event or companies dropping links and updates. But for your average user, the character limit is too strict to be of any real use.
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^ Yeah, that and perhaps celebrity feeds.
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IJBM: I'm creating a Tumblr in the event that I ever feel like using it, but apparently allnines is taken. What's more, i had a bunch of ideas for alternate usernames recently, but I can't remember any of them.
Maybe ninetheclimber?
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Forzare
2012-08-05 21:11:29
Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.You could try all-nines, or all-9s or something.Post edited by Forzare at 2012-08-05 21:12:07 -
Maybe. But even then, I sorta want to try for something that feels more like a proper username this time around. I dunno.
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Twitter is much more of a publicity tool than Facebook. Twitter is also a great way to get sensitive information out and let it travel peer-to-peer.
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I don't plan on getting a Tumblr until I actually have something of my own to contribute to it. >_> So, it may be a while.
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(God, why the fuck did I bring Twitter into this discussion...)
The 140-character limit is a holdover from when Twitter was mostly for cellphone users--140 characters for the tweet itself and 20 more for the username field. Unless they do away with their SMS service or SMSes somehow get a larger character limit, it's not going away anytime soon.
Personally I don't care for celebritity tweets. It is very possible to have a conversation, you just need to use your words more creatively. (It's also more useful for people speaking East Asian languages, since they can cram more content into 140 characters.)
If Twitter was pointless then I wouldn't have so many favorites :P
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Tumblr is.
That is all.
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Tomorrow (August 2, since I’m in Japan) is “Pantsu no Hi” or Pantsu Day. Because 8/2 can be read “pants”
It was pantsu day and nobody told me? :c
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That is the most wonderfully ludicrous concept that I have ever heard. It's like Pi Day with underwear, or an even more ridiculous answer to 4/20.
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Yeah. I think Pantsu Day is even sillier than Twintail Day (February 2), though I'm quite amused by both of them.
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I think a lot of people treat Tumblr as a place that should be immune from RL consequences where they can let their inner whatever out. Whether that "whatever" is judgmental-ass, fetishist, obsessive fan, bigot ...
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