Comments | toothpasta: i am an old man

toothpasta

i am an old man

Jun 22, 2011 00:54

People these days seem to use tumblr, so I finally signed up. I don't understand it. It makes me mad because I don't understand it. Why can't you comment on people's posts? This seems like something you should be able to do. Or maybe you can and I just don't know how. Does everyone just repost other things they find? Like am I allowed to ( Read more... )

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goldenveila June 22 2011, 04:59:35 UTC

To comment on people's posts, the convention of tumblr is to reblog the post and then add your own comment on the bottom. Sometimes they do have a "leave comment" option, but only some people add that feature to their tumblr, definitely not the majority. I think it's kinda dumb, too. Like, a lot of people on LJ have been leaving for tumblr and I don't feel like the level of interaction is really comparable? Meh, I dunno.

toothpasta June 22 2011, 07:08:28 UTC

Okie doke, thanks! Yeah, I guess this all kind of makes sense a little. I dunno why people would move there from LJ, it seems like a great supplement since it would get annoying if people just posted a bunch of pictures and stuff here, but...yeah, they're totally different, moving is silly.

militarypenguin June 22 2011, 05:02:58 UTC

Pretty much what goldenveila said! It's more like a visual Twitter than anything.

immortality June 22 2011, 05:17:57 UTC

This is all you need to know:

Go to here: http://five-items.tumblr.com and http://majesdane.tumblr.com

Click the "follow" button in the upper right hand corner.

Prepare to have your world rocked by my awesomeness.

toothpasta June 22 2011, 05:22:41 UTC

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

all y'all kids have such artsy tumblrs. I've gotta get my act together.

leesers June 22 2011, 05:25:43 UTC

It took me quite some time to get used to but I've finally (at least somewhat) gotten the hang of tumblr. Although I definitely don't utilize it how most users do considering I only post my sketches/art and have never reblogged one single thing.

I was crabby for a while because you essentially can't comment on anything unless the user themselves chooses to enable that option (which I obviously did because I'm the tl;dr chattiest blogger EVER as you well know.) I don't reblog since I try to keep mine solely for my art, but that makes communication difficult. I've fallen into a trend with many of our friends where I'll leave them a comment in their ask box that they don't need to "publish" or respond to. Instead we just banter back and forth- me posting in theirs, they read then delete then post a reply in mine haha.

ANYWAY. I do really enjoy it for the simple dash layout, push for sourcing and keeping the source on materials, and clean blog options. Blogger was getting too cluttered for me (pictures not showing up right, texts being ( ... )

leesers June 22 2011, 15:21:34 UTC

EDIT: I just went to reply to a message from someone and noticed a brand new feature they must have implemented during the huge site overhaul. You can now answer any question "PRIVATELY" or by the traditional "publish"-ing button. Sweeeet! ♥

orijinaru June 22 2011, 05:51:27 UTC

I followed your Tumblr. My has the same name as my Twitter.

Tumblr is okay. I just use it to post random shit I like and/or want to share. It definitely doesn't have a real way to connect to other people, though. It's basically post stuff you like (including porn) and if other people like it they will reblog it.

Oh, one more thing, 99.9% of the time Tumblrs are public. I think there's a way to make it private but I believe you have to input your password with every post.