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⌈ Secret Post #2793 ⌋

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I'm wondering if I should get a Tumblr. I don't make any gifs/photos/pics, and that seems to be what Tumblr is best at. I'm more of an author but I don't really care about advertising my fics. I'm happy to post my meta on LJ or DW. But it seems like most fandoms have migrated to Tumblr so if I want to be in fandom, I feel like I should have one.

Thoughts? Advice? What's the best way to use Tumblr for the non-photo crowd? Are there Tumblrs were no one posts anything? Is there any etiquette to reblogging or anything? If people start following me, what are they expecting? I know almost nothing about it, except that I watch a few Tumblrs with pretty pics.

As a strictly writer who's not interested in images, I'd personally just stick to AO3. I find Tmblr to be a shitty format for writing, but that's just me.

Thanks for answering.

I don't intend to write in it. I just feel like fandom is on Tumblr now. Like that's where the meta and discussions are going on. That's where people talk about the new episodes or the spoilers or whatever. Maybe I'm wrong, and maybe that's what I want to know. I've seen a lot of people complain about how unfortunate Tumblr is for these things but if that's where they're happening, wouldn't it be easier for me to find them if I had a Tumblr? I don't know...

I personally can't use it for discussion, because the format drives me nuts for actually communicating. But maybe that's just me. But yeah, obviously you can just subscribe to a few blogs that are relevant to you and follow them. It's really what I do (though I am into fan art a lot).

It's not hard to set up, and you do not NEED to post content yourself.

Okay, I'm super Tumblr-illiterate here. When you say subscribe, that happens only with a Tumblr account right? Or is there a way to follow the blogs without a Tumblr account?

I like art but the reblogging thing seems a little weird to me. Like, there's a list at the bottom, right? So, it follows you around? You can't anonymously reblog? The only thing you could do is remake the post, which could border on stealing? But is the mindset that everything should be reblogged so it's no big deal? Is there notification of being reblogged?

I'm just trying to figure the system out before I incur the wrath of some SJW or something.

Well, you can read it without an account, but you can't follow blogs. I guess you could just bookmark a few, that's what I did in the beginning.

But you can really just create a new e-mailadress and have a generic tumblr account. You can follow blogs and like things without re-blogging stuff.

And yeah, if you created a post you can see who reblogged it. Re-posting art if the author already posted herself is indeed frowned upon, but it's not "stealing", it's more seen as stealing likes.

Okay, cool. Thanks!

There are ways to just follow the RSS feed of a tumblr blog, but it's not something I have done. You could just fave the blog in your browser, for that matter.

To sign in to Tumblr, give them an email address, and you can have an account with a "dashboard" of other tumblr users. Following them that way is actually pretty different from reading their blog from the outside, because the dashboard strips away the specific html design and some of the coding. This can be good or bad.

I do not do .gifs, etc., either. I got on Tumblr and followed a friend. Basically 'liked' (clicked the little heart) on a ton o f stuff, and reblogged things i liked, like beautiful pictures of the ocean, Portugal, my favorite boys.....

And then i followed some of those Tumblrs 'cause they always seemed to post neat stuff, and i reblogged more things, and follwoed more and...i have followers now. It's really odd, but fun. I don't make anything, or put up any fiction, or anything personal, i just reblog and yet - I have 84 followers, how weird is that?? And i only actually know about ten of them from LJ/DW.

So - go forth! Make a Tumblr! Make it pretty, choose a fun name, have fun! Reblog all the pretty and enjoy!

This is me, btw, in case you are curious (and because, well, PRETTY) :)
http://cheynelightning.tumblr.com/

Don't get one. It's just a cesspool of hate and anger.

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