Five Things I Like About Tumblr Right Now

[minoanmiss]

since I complain about the place so often (and the time someone I thought liked me accused me of hate-reading sticks in my memory).

1) Pictures as ever! So much beautiful free art, so many opportunities to write people and praise their art.

2) Seeing Elon Musk get roasted heals some of the scars I bear from spending the 2000s hanging out with Libertarian tech types. Not all, but some.

3) Seeing so many people agree that we are not required to cook and share holiday meals for/with those who voted against our rights is bolstering.

4) Fandom. I am not as fannish as I have been I hope this will change when I watch _Wicked_ oh femslash heal my soul but I do enjoy many things people write, draw, and otherwise create.

5) Tumblr filters TikTok the way friendly bacteria filter sewer water. I love watching videos people filmed of themselves being talented (dancing, singing, playing music, etc)

Comments

[sovay]

oh femslash heal my soul

I had never heard of the film that gave rise to this gifset, but it seemed relevant on its own merits and led also to this delightful review: "The film made me hungrier for curry than it did for women. I’m not if that's a good or bad thing but there you go."

[readera]

I recently started using tumblr again after a long absence & it is lovely. I missed all of the micro fics and blogs by my mutuals about their lives.

[julian]

That's a very good way of putting it, with TikTok. I have the feeling I would be one of the folks who Just Can't Stop Scrolling, so I don't get on it in the first place, but I also enjoy Tumblr's light seasoning of TikTokkishness.

[grayestofghosts]

Tumblr is actually a really nice place when your feed is properly curated.

[gwydion]

I like the tumblr filtering of tiktok too! :)

[sabotabby]

Ahahah that last one is trufax.