Oof haven’t been there in a long time. When I used it, it was a fun place for writing advice and discussing fiction. Loads of nerdy fanbases there and loads of fanfic naturally. I had my potterhead era there and its where I discovered lord of the rings (beyond the movies) and wheel of time etc.
And now I’m making a map of my own world drawing mountains making sure I know where the tectonic plates are, creating rivers making sure I know the topology of my land. Creating a new language from scratch. Creating gods and their stories, religions and their rules. A rough history of 50000 years so I can include none of that in a story I intend to write just so there’s good world building. That world building knowledge comes from tumblr.
I haven’t used Tumblr since 2009.
Back then it was overrun with social justice activists who constantly criticized each other in an exceedingly toxic manner. I can’t speak to how it is now.
It’s fun! Tumblr has been basically singlehandedly supporting the textpost meme industry on Instagram for years. I like that Tumblr tends to tilt toward text rather than words; here’s my favorite example of that:
https://www.tumblr.com/headspace-hotel/661331419218509824
If you’re thinking of joining, the #1 thing to remember is to reblog (and optionally tag) things you like, not just tap the heart icon. Tumblr is for curating a blog of things you like, and if you don’t reblog anything, you look like a bot and you will get blocked. Also, likes don’t actually do anything for the algorithm; likes are more like “save for later”.
You decide your own algorithm, to some extent, by hitting Follow on people whose blogs you like. I like that. I think it might resonate with Lemmy users too :)
Given that, wouldn’t all bots just be written to reblog things, making that blockage criteria useless?
Text rather than words?
That is exactly the kind of post I associate with tumblr.
Awful, it’s just people posting unfunny memes, mini fanfics and furry art. Plus any actually worth watching NSFW stuff has been banned.
It’s pretty much like this.