Francis

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
knifesimmons
breelandwalker

Once again, I am BEGGING people to realize that tumblr tags are a filing system and not a visibility metric.

One does not come to tumblr to tag-spam for notes and get popular. There is no algorithm here. There is no monetization here. There are no influencers here.

This is where every other social media system comes to die. And we cackle and roast marshmallows on the pyre like the gremlins we are.

actualaster

If you tag-spam to get your post seen by as many people as possible you are actually getting blocked by a bunch of people pissed off that you shoved an unrelated post into a tag they were looking through for relevant content. You also are going to be reported by people for spam. Because you are spamming.

ralfmaximus

I've caught a couple of recent refugees doing that here and had gentle conversations with them about how tags work on tumblr.

THEY HAD NO IDEA. It's not that they were malevolent evil clout-seeking morons, they'd just been trained by other social media algorithms.

Reach out. Communicate. Educate.

You might also make a new friend. Or, if they really are clout weasels... a new addition to your block list. Win/win.