So, This Original Post Was All About The Undocumented Usage Of Tumblr, I'd Like To Share A Few Of My

So, this original post was all about the undocumented usage of tumblr, I'd like to share a few of my opinions on the more cultural aspect surrounding some of these items.

(The word OPINIONS is important, these are just my personal viewpoints)

Comments/Likes/Reblogs: above, I detailed HOW tumblr functions regarding reblogs but the WHY it's important will come down to personal preference of each blogger. There's been a lot of vocal hate for Likes recently but there's nothing inherently wrong with using this function, it just depends on what the bloggers motivation is.

For example, I'm personally more motivated by discourse. I'm so excited when I see a comment on one of my posts. I love the back and forth in comments. (Some of you know how wordy I can get in DMs too but that's beside the point!) I genuinely get a little sad when I see an interesting post but I'm not able to leave a comment. I realize many bloggers do this because they want to encourage reblogs or the post is getting a lot of traction. Sometimes adding my comments via reblog feels like I'm taking the blogger's idea and using it to shout out at the world instead of having a conversation with them. I realize that's not how the culture of tumblr has grown around reblogs and I absolutely never think anyone that reblogs my posts has Ill intentions. I'm just saying personally, the comments feel more like having an actual conversation than reblogs do and that's a more motivating aspect to my personal presence on tumblr. I try to reblog when I specifically want to amplify the discussion, or when I have too much to add for more than a few comments. (That character count limit and the inability to edit are my actual nemesis.)

I also have absolutely no hate for the Like button. I use it frequently when I want to acknowledge that I agree with the post, that I've read it, or just to show that I support the poster. Usually when I don't have any actual words to say.

Fandom Rivalries: OK, let's be real here, rivalries can be fun. That's kinda the whole point. BUUUT it's also easy to fall into a place where genuine negativity and harmful behavior can blossom. As someone who spent decades surrounded by and caring for people with vastly different political viewpoints, let me share a little advice:

You will NEVER convince anyone to change their viewpoint by spouting 'reasoning' AT them.

There's a lot more to be said about the why behind this but it boils down to human nature and autonomy of thought. Once someone has decided on a viewpoint, the only way to change that viewpoint has to come from within themselves. And we won't trust anyone to influence our innerselves if we don't trust the speaker either as an expert or as someone that has our welfare as a genuine motivation (and even then, there's ways we justify not trusting ppl).

Suffice it to say, if you're spending your time with genuine heartache because 'The Others' just won't listen, I'd advise you to reflect on why you joined those spaces in the first place. Were you on a mission to try to convert and save as many 'lost souls' as possible? I doubt it. You joined that space because you were finding joy in something and were curious how others were experiencing the same thing. You wanted to know more about something. You wanted to engage with others that also knew about the thing.

Blog police/Cancel Culture: look, the fact that we're on tumblr in the first place means that we recognize there are alternate ways of enjoying life than the mainstream likes to imply. That also means that some ppl will enjoy something in a way that is different from yours. The idea of regulating how others utilize their space us actually problematic. The 'court of public opinion' via cancelling someone if they interact with others that may have disagreeable viewpoint is tantamount to fear mongering.

And yes, I understand the irony of this point in a post about other's behavior. I think a view to help keep from falling down the slippery slope of judgement is to view this discussion as behavior that I would like to exemplify myself rather than calling out others for. I don't claim to be a good example of these ideals but it's definitely something I'm trying for.

Tumblr cultural knowledge

The phrase 'cultural knowledge' is basically an insult and a criticism in my industry. If something isn't written down and shared in a way that's identifiable, accessible, and clear to the applicable individuals, it doesn't exist. Meaning that the correct usage will be lost as time and people change.

Here are a few things I've gleaned in my relatively short time of being an active tumblr user. (NOTE: 95% of my time here is via the mobile app). Please correct me if I've got anything wrong. I'd adore to see any that you've picked up as well.

Continue Reading Button: it's the last one in the tool bar. Looks like a zigzag line between two straight lines. I've added one to this post after this point. Even if you've selected the 'shorten long posts' option on your profile, that won't apply to reblogs. Save everyone's feeds and add it yourself to posts longer than three standard paragraphs.

Gifs: the search utility for gifs legit sucks. There is a logic applied but I can't say I've fully cracked it. What you CAN do if you want to add a specific gif to a post is paste the url of the gif's post into the gif search. Grab this via the three dots menu of any post, there'll be a copy link option. This will only grab the first image of that post though. BUT it will include the proper credit below the gif. Here's an example:

Gif credit: tapping the username below gif will open the source post.

Reblogs: the reason reblogs are so important for tumblr specifically is because the feed doesn't present posts to you outside of your parameters. Those parameters are mainly: 1) blogs you've followed and 2) tags you've followed. You reblogging a post gives it a chance to be seen again within the parameters you influence. So if you don't have any followers, you've got to add tags that ppl may have followed. If you don't use tags on posts, it can only be seen by those who follow you (theoretically, I've chatted with a few moots about the fact that we don't see each other's posts in the feed).

Post Edits: Reblogs don't sync with the original posts. If you edit a post, all of the reblogs will not update with the edits and will exist exactly as the post was when it was reblogged.

Was this helpful? I've got a few more oddities I've encountered but they seem more like workarounds to defects and I've tried to list the pain points I've personally noticed that seem to result from the intended design of tumblr.

Run BTS: 052 | BTS Escape

Original Air Date: 26 JUN 2018 Episode Length: 35:28 Total Parts: 1 YouTube English Subtitles: No Title Song: Blood Sweat & Tears

Synopsis: Official Escape rooms! the guys are divided into two teams and completing separate escape rooms to see which team completes theirs first.

Production: This was an excellent location to work with for an escape room episode. Having two teams do separate rooms that expanded into several spaces beyond the initial room was perfect for the visual storytelling. The edit was excellent as well. They had excellent pacing throughout whilst also keeping us up-to-date with both teams' progress. One note though regarding the two rooms for those that don't do escape rooms: There was a difficulty difference between the two. With the information shown to us this episode, i can tell you the main difference is Jin's room is pretty linear and the Jimin's is concurrent, which is what makes it more suited to a higher player count. the first room in Jin's space only has one puzzle to work on at a time, once they're done with that room, they only briefly have to return and they keep getting to progress to the next rooms. There aren't as many 'active' puzzle at the same time like Jimin's room. There's so many puzzles presented at first that the difficulty can be in knowing which ones to focus on that you can solve and which you just dont have enough information for.

Endearment: I do think Jimin's team was a little stronger in the endearment category. Jin's team was a little more focused on the puzzle than on being entertainers. Nothing wrong with that, we got to see how every member responds in this type of setting.

Winner: JN, YG, V (39min56sec 5 hints)

Loser: RM, JH, JM, JK (40min53sec 4 hints)

Best Cheater: There's a theory that i see go around occaissionallu about JK getting a peak at his team assignment before opting to switch with V but if you watch, he really only opens it halfway before he stops. So this only holds if the font is visible through the paper which it doesn't really look like it is. So I'm not counting this as a cheat. Everything else that we see in the ep was using the approved method of hints so I'm saying none for this ep.

Member Moments:

RM: Ah, RM. It took him a while to get used to the escape room ways but I think he's got it now!

JN: Jin has an interesting strategy for the escape room. Since he knows he's competing against the other team for speed, he has no hesitation calling for hints. They call for their first one barely 4 min in the room! Definitely not a common tactic but it works in this specific scenario.

YG: Yoongi is so thrilled with himself when he puts that cane in the right place!

JH: We've seen hints of this before, but i love Hobi's method of team-based problem solving. He's actually pretty intuitive regarding picking out info that's helpful and just shouts it out. (an excellent escape room strategy if you've never done one, have everyone say what they're finding/working on). anyway, i love his comments right at the beginning: 'who am i talking to?'

JM: I was confused the first time I watched this why Jimin was preselected to be one of the team captains but it's obvious that he actually enjoys this kind of activity. a puzzle that he knows he can solve, especially when he has the team lead role. I love seeing Jimin when he's confident as a leader.

V: V with Jin and Yoongi is such an interesting dynamic, especially in this kind of challenge. You can tell just how earnest he is and he wants to be a good helper to his hyungs.

JK: JK absolutely holds his own on this team. He speaks up when he sees connections and then proceeds with his theory if he others move on. a great teammate for an escape room.

Bonus Content: There is some good content in this one. great moments of memory squirrel jimin with his Polaroids and lots of extra footage that didn't make it into the ep (i still dont understand why they didnt give us the extra footage like this in the blue village episodes....)

CQ Rank: 4.5

(CQ Eval Date: 25 FEB 2024)

Check out this post for my Masterlist of all episodes and descriptions of how I'm evaluating these.

Previous Episode: 051

Next Episode: 053

QUICK COMBO: D-DAY | INTERLUDE : SHADOW | AMYGDALA

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY YOONGI

Listening links and my thoughts on this QC below the cut:

Like most songs I end up liking, I didn't vibe with D-Day right at first but it didn't actually take me as long as many others do. It's not exactly the kind of music I expected myself to like even 5 years ago but I'm so happy to have it now.

Interlude : Shadow is THE song that sold me on Singer!Yoongi. I still wasn't really vibing with much of the rapline during my journey into BTS but when I found this song, the chorus about not letting him shine is just so absolutely gut-wrenching that I couldn't resist.

I adored Amygdala from first listen, even before I read the lyrics. But I did keep myself from watching the mv for quite some time due to the warning and my own mental headspace at the time. I'd been unexpectedly effected by another mv right before it but in hindsight, I would have been fine. This is the absolute definition of beauty in tragedy for me.

Help! This really can't end in a tie. If you have voted yet, please do!

DESERT ISLAND DISC: Round

We're about to be stranded on a desert island with just one of BTS's cds. Check out this post for the bracket and updates!

LAST CALL: Which member most embodies the depiction of Anpanman?

Reblog if you say "Y'all"

Ahhhh! So Much blonde!jimin in one place. My heart! I've been blessed! 💜

✨The Blondie Park Jimin✨

Cool, warm, golden, silver, platinum, chestnut, any and every variation of blonde belongs to him first, so says the people!

Grammys Blonde Jimin 🫠

Sweet & Sultry Blondie🍬🌶️

Bare faced & Beautiful Blondie☺️

Hanbok Minie Jagi Blondie 😍

😁 Blondie

144p Blondie🫨

Blonde CEO Park💳

Stage King Ethereal Blondie✨

Poutie Blondie👄

2023 Wish Fulfiller Blondie💖

Lets be real, every colour is his colour!

💜