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eldabeWhile I'm musing on platforms, here's a hangup.
People on tumblr will say things like "don't reblog" (on specific posts) and "do not interact" (generally on their little bio bit on their tumblr main page).
My dudes. My fellow fandom internet people. My peeps.
If you want people to not reblog things...you should not post them...on a platform where reblogging is at least half of the functioning of the platform.
Like. I get it. I get it when people are like, oh, someone tries to violate my boundaries by reblogging, so I am going to block them. Legit! Go for it!
But it's tumblr. Rebloggin' is what tumblr does. You are demanding manipulation of the platform that the platform doesn't really, IDK, accommodate? (I think pillowfort actually does allow locking down of posts, but pollowfort has, uh, other problems.)
This is to say nothing of the whole "only reblog if you are a specific race/religion/sexuality" which. Whoo boy. I have a lot of thoughts about how culture has shifted to the idea that people don't lie on the internet but. But. Oh no. This is a bad trend.
And.
Oh boy.
Do not interacts.
Like, I saw some point out online that it's just like "here are a list of things that bother me, to make it easier for internet trolls to harass and traumatize me" which! Good point! Maybe don't make that information easy to access!
But back to trying to shove round platforms in square holes...most people are never going to see the little tumblr bio because most people are going to see tumblr posts in reblog, stripped of all context. Unless your USERNAME is "RacistsDNI" or something, there's just no way to keep that preference attached to the reblog cycle.
I mean, even facebook has more control over their stuff (you can lock down an individual facebook post to make it impossible to share, whereas I don't see anyone using the tumblr "password lock" post feature, if it even still exists.)
I don't blame people for trying to establish boundaries, they are absolutely free to do so. But I can't lie, I find it exasperating. It's liking walking into an ice cream store and declaring I AM LACTOSE INTOLERANT NO ONE OFFER ME DAIRY PRODUCTS. You are absolutely allowed to do that! Your choices deserve to be respected! But your choice of venue is going to hinder your message a little.
(Bad analogy is bad, but I should be asleep XD)
People on tumblr will say things like "don't reblog" (on specific posts) and "do not interact" (generally on their little bio bit on their tumblr main page).
My dudes. My fellow fandom internet people. My peeps.
If you want people to not reblog things...you should not post them...on a platform where reblogging is at least half of the functioning of the platform.
Like. I get it. I get it when people are like, oh, someone tries to violate my boundaries by reblogging, so I am going to block them. Legit! Go for it!
But it's tumblr. Rebloggin' is what tumblr does. You are demanding manipulation of the platform that the platform doesn't really, IDK, accommodate? (I think pillowfort actually does allow locking down of posts, but pollowfort has, uh, other problems.)
This is to say nothing of the whole "only reblog if you are a specific race/religion/sexuality" which. Whoo boy. I have a lot of thoughts about how culture has shifted to the idea that people don't lie on the internet but. But. Oh no. This is a bad trend.
And.
Oh boy.
Do not interacts.
Like, I saw some point out online that it's just like "here are a list of things that bother me, to make it easier for internet trolls to harass and traumatize me" which! Good point! Maybe don't make that information easy to access!
But back to trying to shove round platforms in square holes...most people are never going to see the little tumblr bio because most people are going to see tumblr posts in reblog, stripped of all context. Unless your USERNAME is "RacistsDNI" or something, there's just no way to keep that preference attached to the reblog cycle.
I mean, even facebook has more control over their stuff (you can lock down an individual facebook post to make it impossible to share, whereas I don't see anyone using the tumblr "password lock" post feature, if it even still exists.)
I don't blame people for trying to establish boundaries, they are absolutely free to do so. But I can't lie, I find it exasperating. It's liking walking into an ice cream store and declaring I AM LACTOSE INTOLERANT NO ONE OFFER ME DAIRY PRODUCTS. You are absolutely allowed to do that! Your choices deserve to be respected! But your choice of venue is going to hinder your message a little.
(Bad analogy is bad, but I should be asleep XD)
