Tumblr Help - Tumblr Posts
Why can’t I see who follows me?
Can you like posts too?
Can you follow people using a side blog?
Help, the spam accounts keep liking my posts/following me and I can’t stop them 😭
Anyone have any advice on how to keep ‘em away??
I report spam and then block ‘em, but I feel like that’s only making it worse-
Apparently my old millennial ass is too dumb to figure this out: how do I get the link in my description to work?
It works just fine in the web browser but in the app, it’s just text and not a link.
Or is it just me?
yes, I definitely can't see my asks, does anyone know what I can do about this?
I CAN'T WRITE ANGST MY LAPTOP WON'T LET ME ENTER MY FUCKING PIN
Should we block all bots that follow us? Are they harmful somehow? I would like to know as much as possible.
The bots are not directly harmful to you if all the are doing is following you. What they are doing is, the owners of the porn sites who have created the bots want it to look like their website is getting a lot more human traffic than it actually has. This is because the more popular a website is, the better the chance of it ending up on the first page of a Google search. However, Google’s algorithms are smart enough to identify a real human being’s patterns online from a bot designed to artificially create clicks or traffic.
So these websites make bot accounts on tumblr, which is linked to their websites, and then they have those bots interact with YOUR blog, because Google’s algorithm then sees YOUR activity and it is linked to the porn site. And Google thinks “Oh! This blog is run by a real human person judging by their online behaviour! (like how you type and construct sentences etc) So this website must be popular!” and then the site gets pushed up as a search result. And if a site is on the first page, then it will be the most likely site to get clicked on by somebody googling for porn, which increases chances of the site getting clicked on, generating income for the site via clicks or advertising.
This does not do anything to your tumblr account at all, except give you a false number on how many real human followers you might have.
HOWEVER
there are other porn bots on tumblr which are WAY WORSE, but they do not seem to be the kind of bots designed to follow blogs.
These bots will reblog popular posts (over a certain amount of notes) usually a picture, and delete the OP’s text on it and replace it with a link to an external porn site. (sometimes advertising what it is and sometimes just posting up the link without explanation)
Other bots will directly IM you with messages along the lines of “Hey I just got home. You wanna video chat?” with a link that will either go to a pron site or, more often than not, a hack that will rob your account and possibly use it as a porn bot, locking you out by changing the username and password.
To stay safe on tumblr, the best things to do is block and report any accounts you see reblogging pictures and adding the same looking link to all of them. As well as messages left on popular posts linking to porn sites.
NEVER click on a link sent to you via IM if you don’t know the person. Even if it LOOKS like a youtube link or something else like a discord link. the links are specifically designed to look as legit as possible. Luckily the text itself is usually easy to stpo, even if it’s from a person you recognise or a mutual. It’s usually something like “Here’s something just for you, dear” or something weird like that. NEVER CLICK LINKS FROM PEOPLE YOU DON’T KNOW! And DO NOT interact with IMs asking you to video chat.
It is a good idea to block and report porn bots that follow you, however. This is because the more pron bots you have following you, the bigger your chances of getting MORE porn bots following you. And it hurts the people who create bots which deters them from focusing on you.
So porn bot followers don’t hurt you directly or puts your account into direct danger. Mostly it’s just annoying :/ and it IS harmful in a general way? Like it harms tumblr as a social media hub because it annoys users and drives them away, but it’s not directly harmful to your blog in a way that should worry you.
It’s best to block and report the ones you manage to see and catch.
HOW DO I EDIT ALREADY EXISTING POSTS!?!? I USED TO BE ABLE TO I THINK?????
edit: I figured it out but it doesn't work for questions
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Besides my few posts, how do i actually use Tumblr, i never used it before... help
aaaaa im gonna go insane i very clearly received an ask but when i went to check my inbox said it was empty even tho it very clearly has 4 things there and its driving me crazy with curiosity
dammitttt
not working on my phone either btw
Lunar Chronicles fandom, should I spoiler all my memes and live reactions to the books or is it fair game because it’s a 10 year old series?
Help, tumblr says I have a message in my inbox but when I check it's empty
What witchcraft is this?
idk how to ask on here but to anyone who sees this is there a way to spoiler tag posts or would i have to put a separate picture or text saying spoilers?? i wanna post something that has major manga spoilers but i can’t find anything for this 😢
So that's how tumblr tags work...
Okay, so I've been asked by several people why some of my tags weren't working. I noticed it too and was surprised. Shocked. Absolutely speechless.
I kept troubleshooting for a month! But okay, I finally figured it out.
Apparently, Tumblr indexes (even within your own blog!) only the first five tags. You click one of the first five tags on your post? Voila, it shows up in the results. You click the tenth one? Nope, nothing there. Funny how Tumblr’s official blog says that the first 20 tags are indexed—apparently that's not true. Try it for yourself (no really, try it: maybe it's just my blog that’s bugged, lol).
Well, that's that. If you didn't know, now you do! And if you did know, reblog anyway—maybe there’s another newbie out there like me, silently panicking :')
My message bar is missing?? It just happened abruptly and I can’t see any of my message nor can I message anyone. All it says is Something went screwy so i’m not sure what to do here or how to fix this. help?? i’m actually so upset gimme my message bar back please ! I would like it back now, whatever game you’re playing it’s not funny. I can’t even comment on stuff too!! so i’m not ignoring anyone I swear but here’s my discord skata0102
while I go be upset in a corner thanks
(October 15th now & it still hasn’t shown up, just pinning this to my top as I can’t message anyone or comment or see much notifications on tumblr! just in case anyone comes onto my page, i’m not ignoring anyone)
@staff @support
My message bar is missing?? It just happened abruptly and I can’t see any of my message nor can I message anyone. All it says is Something went screwy so i’m not sure what to do here or how to fix this. help?? i’m actually so upset gimme my message bar back please ! I would like it back now, whatever game you’re playing it’s not funny. I can’t even comment on stuff too!! so i’m not ignoring anyone I swear but here’s my discord skata0102
while I go be upset in a corner thanks
(October 15th now & it still hasn’t shown up, just pinning this to my top as I can’t message anyone or comment or see much notifications on tumblr! just in case anyone comes onto my page, i’m not ignoring anyone)
@staff @support
Does anyone know how to add those links that take you to other posts on someone's page? I can't figure it out.
Edit: nvm, figured it out🥲👍
I need your help! Can anyone tell me if posting content with the tik tok watermark hurts my algorithm here in tumblr?
For example i learned that instagram will call your content low quality if it has a watermark from another application. Im wondering if it is the same here? 🤔
Ok wanted to post smth real quick
If you are a real, bonafide, 110%, brazen/meek, good/bad/in between, straight/queer, human being and are, for some godforsaken reason, actually considering following my blog,
please make sure to liven up your blog first. Even if it's as dumb/lazy as what I've done on this page, anything other than sleeze bait will ensure I don't block you on site faster than the L that Steve player made final stock that last match of yours.
(Yes, I know Tumblr's 50-65% bots, but my mind won't let me get away w ignoring all the possibilities, sue me)