[ SECRET POST #6972 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6972 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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[Great British Menu Series 12, South West starters]



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05. [SPOILERS for Stranger Things season 5]




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06. [WARNING for discussion of sexual harassment]






















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #995.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

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[(Anonymous)]

Use fandom tags. People will find you.

[(Anonymous)]

Why are you assuming they didn't tag?

[philstar22]

Because if they tag, people looking at that tag will see it. People tend to follow tags more than people on Tumblr.

[(Anonymous)]

Doesn't mean they will get liked or reblogged.

[philstar22]

More likely to get at least a like. And the way OP framed it, it sounds like they think that only people who follow them can see their stuff.

da

[(Anonymous)]

i wonder if they have their blog set to private

+1

[(Anonymous)]

Also be aware that if you use certain tags, your post won't be seen. if you include tags like "my post" or "nsfw" or even sometimes certain characters' names, it won't show in the tag and people won't see it. tumblr was gotten really stupid about its tag system since whenever it banned porn.

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[(Anonymous)]

I never cared that I have only one follower on tumblr. We do not share any fandoms. But for the first time in ten years, I found an active fandom I want to participate in. I posted a few takes. They will never get a single like or reblog. That stings.

[(Anonymous)]

Have you not heard of ... like. Tags?

I don't have any fandom followers on tumblr for my current fandom, but with the magic of tags, my one fandom shitpost got seen by plenty of people.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I recently made a post for a fandom I've never posted anything for before and it was getting likes and reblogs within a couple of hours because I tagged it for that fandom.

[(Anonymous)]

I rarely got anything when I first started out. Turns out tumblr had shadowbanned me. Nothing I posted showed up in the tags at all.

[(Anonymous)]

Yup tumblr absolutely can shadowban, you can write to help about it, and they will unban... some day.

But also from the language used it seems like OP does not know about tags. If it's a big fandom you absolutely get at least couple of likes

[(Anonymous)]

tumblr makes you wait a few days or a week before your posts appear in tags. i assume it's to discourage bots but obviously it doesn't work. you also have to be careful about what tags you use. you can't include the tag "my post" or "my face" or "me" because the tumblr auto system associates those tags (along with anything remotely sexual and even some character names) with pornographic content and you won't see your post in the fandom tags.

[(Anonymous)]

That's part of what keeps me from using Tumblr properly, not just scrolling and liking posts. I worry that no one would want to read what I have to say and having that actually confirmed for me would kinda suck, especially if I took the time to write something out nicely.

[(Anonymous)]

I feel like most of the people who came to Tumblr from twitter or whatever just...don't know how to use Tumblr, and this is a prime example. How you join a fandom on Tumblr, as opposed to just posting into the void, is that you start seeking out and following fandom blogs that post things you like, reblogging from them, tagging your own posts, and checking the fandom tags regularly to see what's going on. I've done this multiple times. You will eventually get some follows back and even if you don't take off to be one of the big name fans, you will be part of the greater Tumblr fandom. It takes a bit of time, but that's how you do it.

[(Anonymous)]

Do you reblog someone else's posts with your commentary attached? That seems to get likes for me, and I have two non-bot followers!

[(Anonymous)]

Secret OP here. Post cancelled.

Since I submitted the secret, one of my posts got a wonderful comment, a reblog and an amazing addition – from three different people! And another person went through my blog and liked a bunch of posts! I'm so happy! :D :D :D

To answer some questions: I have had a tumblr for over ten years, and have been blogging daily (my queue publishes 4 posts per day) for five. My blog is not private. I only reblog, sometimes add thoughts in the tags, but practically never add to the body or make my own posts. I reblog jokes, art, memes, stories, ... very little fandom content. I do tag, but with very generic tags ("art") or my own highly specific tags; tags are so I can navigate my own blog, not with others finding me in mind. Like I said, I never cared; my tumblr is just my personal collection of fun tumblr posts. I do not follow tags or browse the For You page, I use tumblr classic(TM) where I reblog from people I follow, or go through someone's blog, and I assumed that the majority of users do the same. Over the years, I had maybe three posts liked or reblogged, I assumed from people who went out of their way to check reblog chains and find a blog to repost from that wasn't ~tainted~ in some way.

I had done all the things you suggested for my new fandom posts (tagging the fandom, writing my thoughts as additions to other posts instead of my own; I haven't found anyone I wanted to follow in this fandom, but I did go through several users blogs and like/reblog en masse). Turns out it does work. I was just pessimistic. (Considering the past years why wouldn't I be?) Apparently, fandom has its own dynamics. Who knew.

[(Anonymous)]

That's great news OP :)

[(Anonymous)]

Hooray!

[(Anonymous)]

Ok, I've been on tumblr for 15 years and I find the fact someone had one follower in a decade strange? My new blog is de-indexed because it's a closed off diary for me, I can't post in tags, but I still have at least 30 followers because I follow other people, like posts, reply, and reblog stuff. What were you doing?

[(Anonymous)]

SA, I just now read your follow up response.

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, I technically have 14 followers, but 13 of those are inactive. (I purge the bots.) When I first joined tumblr it was for a fandom, and these 13 were in that fandom. I faded out of that fandom not long after and wasn't visibly active on tumblr then. The blogs are long dead.

I follow 31 blogs, I added maybe five of those in the past year. Only one followed back. It's not that strange, I think? Many are too big to follow everyone back. And the others, well, I assume they checked my blog and didn't vibe with it.