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its like every time i think it has finally run out of pointless detractions to make to itself it just BLINDSIDES US WITH YET ANOTHER

im almost impressed tumblr. almost

almost

a userbase which thinks its sexuality and taste in anime define them&offer a point of superiority does it, imo

tbf that likely doesnt help

but the site proper is running itself into the ground fair enough without their userbases approval either way. god. why are we all still using this shit, even its best moments are mediocre at a stretch I HONESTLY HATE THAT SITE AND IM HOPING REALLY HARD THAT WE ALL MIGRATE BACK TO PROPER JOURNAL-BASED BLOGGING SOMEDAY EVEN IF ITS LOOKING LESS AND LESS LIKELY EVERY DAY

Have they done anything new since about a week or so ago? Not to say the site hasn't been fun to use long before then; I basically clocked out any of my respect for the site as an ~adventurous and creative take on social networking~ when they took the brilliant stance that plugins to improve their service were not worth learning from, but the unholiest of artifacts wielded by hellfiends and heretics. It's really hard to take something seriously when it's making blatantly counter-intuitive moves.

Even beyond the administrative/developmental aspects of the site, I really don't like it that much. It's just so addictive, and it ropes you in, as you say. It has sort of a disgusting core, I feel - it's essential purpose is to provide its userbase with an unrelenting source of information overload more than simply surfing the internet can provide. And while racking your brain with constant, unsolicited stimulus can be beneficially creatively and emotionally, that tumblr turns it into a lifestyle - and its content generally makes it a lifestyle of consuming utter garbage - makes it a none-too-wonderful thing that too many are consumed by, in my eyes. I, too, wish for the unlikely revival of journaling as a standard - that being able to share ideas without treading through garbage has become a rarity is all too sad...

you both put it so well! i feel the same. it really makes me a bit sad that it's unlikely we will go back to this kind of journaling (since this, to me, feels more like actual communication and it doesn't move so fast, while tumblr's going a mile a minute)...

what hath tumblr wrought

you put it perfectly tbh
tumblr is too much and too fast -- a constant endless barrage of shit to wade through for the occasional diamond of a post that nine times out of ten you'll miss because the way tumblr is set up, the 'ideal' dash is one that moves too fuckin fast for you to actually KEEP UP with
people often complain about their dashes being too slow but if anything i find ours is never slow enough

content is recycled and redone to the point that very little feels genuinely original -- even people! tumblr as a site may as well center on the concept of making your personal presentation entirely from the foundations of other peoples. everything is arranged perfectly to give an impression of a person rather than a reality: icons, themes, urls, commentary-less reblogs, about pages, all of it, its often just about making yourself seem this or that instead of just letting yourself be a PERSON. its creepy

not helped by the fact that there seem to be a growing amount of bloggers that fucking present themselves ironically, like their entire existences are the punchline to an obscure in-joke nobody will explain to you

i feel kind of nervous on tumblr a lot of the time because i often have trouble differentiating between sarcasm and sincerity and i always worry if we get it wrong we'll be made fun of, or appear 'stupid'
in that regard alone its not the best environment for us
i just... really feel like 90% of the people there are barely real people at all, just ideas, images. interaction is shallow and uninvolved, originality and sincerity are disregarded, the result is nobody feels like anybody at all
does any of that make sense?

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