tumblr?

[rusty_halo]

I do not understand tumblr at all (how do you have conversations???) but it gives me things like this so I keep going back and spending inordinate amounts of time there…

(But seriously I do not understand how to interact. The etiquette is incomprehensible. And when I see something interesting, how do I find where people might be talking about it? I mean I guess it’s mostly just like, shiny pictures anyway, not a lot to talk about, but I keep getting glimpses of SPN wank that I can’t find the source of because it’s like, a zillion reblogs with a line added. And what about the etiquette around adding people–is it like eljay with all the ~drama~ if you “defriend”? Is it rude to reblog too much stuff from the same person? Do you get shunned for spamming if you post too often? I’M SO CONFUSED. This is why I never got into Twitter, except Twitter was a lot less tempting because it didn’t give me an endless influx of pictures of Tom Hiddleston looking beautiful…)

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Comments

[tardis_stowaway]

I've had a tumblr since January and I have yet to figure any of this out! It's such a weird platform. It seems impossible to have a conversation. I have decided to treat tumblr as a mutual admiration society where I reblog things that make me happy, saving meaningful social interaction for LJ.

My general impression is that un-following someone may cause a bit of drama but not nearly as much as on LJ, unless it is someone you interact with frequently. I'm not sure how broadly applicable that impression is.

[rusty_halo]

Ah, ok. Well, hopefully I will start to figure it out! I'm glad places like DW/LJ are still around for those of us who are more interested in conversations and meta as well. :)