As of today, November 17, 2018, any post with links, any links, even to other tumblr posts, just don’t show up anymore in tumblr’s search engine.
I just found out about it, after I posted a fic with a link to my masterlist and it got little to no notes (it shuldn’t). I was right – the moment I deleted the links, my post magically appeared in the search again. Wow.
Please spread the word to warn the others.
This affects artists who want to cross promote their work, writers who want to link to previous chapters or to a masterlist, and editors who want to link to their YouTube channels, among just a few. This new policy will kill content creators’ ability to spread their work, and for what? A poor attempt to use the algorithm to crack down on porn bots and scammers? Sad.
In the meantime, here’s what I suggest: post your work with no added links, and tell people to check the notes for your masterlist, story navigation, links to ko-fi, patreon, and other social media sites. Make sure you have all those things ready, then paste it into a reblog and have people access them that way. It’s stupid, but it’s a work around we’ll have to use until tumblr gets their act together.
Reblogging again because I need advice on creating masterpost links.
the appeal of buzzfeed unsolved is that it’s not just a wacky believer and a strait-laced skeptic bc the skeptic is much weirder as a person than the believer. obviously the classic scully/mulder dynamic is very entertaining but there’s just something about a man who firmly does not believe in ghosts but does believe that it’s ok to eat a pickle floating in a pond “if it’s fresh”
I’m gonna be real here for a sec, and I’m sorry for being the one to say it. Every single one of you who is advocating for shows that tried to be inclusive and had hiccups to be voted down and be punished by attempting to lower the ratings and sending messages to the higher ups are playing themselves. You all turned on SU, Korra, Voltron, and will turn on the Dragon Prince and She-Ra as well when those also turn out to be flawed shows and not peak respectability politics as well. There is no such thing as a perfect show, let alone the prefect rep.
Do you really believe execs care about what you’re saying? All that they will see is that people hate shows with reps, and that shows with reps get the most hate and more so than shows that don’t even try, so the message to them is that we shouldn’t try since people will eventually turn on them. All you’re doing is making creators see what these shows go through and go you know what, it’s not worth it. Because the level of outright malice is vicious and horrifying.
Execs don’t care what you’re saying all they see is that you hated the rep so to them it’s better to not have rep. If you think big corporations care about your plight then you are heavily misguided. Creators have to fight and fight to get scraps and there are many internal politics on what goes down and how. They aren’t kidding when they say they fight for it. Shows that try will always be held on a higher standard and when that isn’t met it’s punished for trying and those above the shows will go welp, better never include those nasty queers if they’re gonna hate it. Thats’ the bitter reality of it and it will never change so choose your words and actions carefully.
netflix is literally losing money over regions that prohibit queer representation, you KNOW they will JUMP on the chance to cancel shows with rep to replace them with more hetero (mainstream) shows they can show in all regions! so please don’t be the reason they cancel these shows, and please remember that in the end, it is a cartoon aimed at children, there are a lot of restrictions on them already.
100 wintery prompts for all your writing needs. most of these are based off my favourite type of wintery aus, and anything that has been pulled from someone else’s list has been credited with the link at the end of the prompt.
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01. we just had a one-night stand but a massive storm hit so now we’re snowed in, hello awkward 02. i sit at the rental booth at our local ice rink and watch you teach children how to skate 03. alternatively, i watch kids teach you how to skate because you’re a terrible skater 04. i’m running late to an important interview/meeting and you accidentally spill your hot cocoa all over my outfit 05. your car slid into a snowbank and i’m the mechanic that comes to tow you 06. we always carpool home for the holidays from college but a storm hit and now we’re taking the last room at the local b&b (bonus: bedsharing! we’re adults!) 07. you’re my hot ski instructor and i’m failing the bunny hill 08. i slip on some ice and you’re the stranger who catches me 09. i gave my winter coat to a homeless person and come into your store to warm up 10. our friends rent a cabin to go skiing and we’re the only ones who stay inside 11. you’re the asshole of our group and we don’t get along, but then i find out you make soup for the local shelter 12. we’re waiting in line for the club when you complain that your roommate stole your gloves so let me warm your hands up with mine 13. my family invites you to join our holiday meal as an obvious setup and i’m so sorry 14. the power goes out in our apartment building, but i’m not prepared for this, and you come to check on me 15. i’m having a snowball fight with my friend in the park and i hit you instead
So I was annoying my siblings by misusing memes at them and then the brother absolutely destroyed me by announcing seriously “I know people think that middle aged is like 45 but honestly it should count when you’re 30 cause that’s when you start getting Old.”
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