LadyDreilgard

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Polyam trans lesbian. 30's.
Tumblr refugee. Can't say how much I'll use this. Just want this here in case it becomes the only way to keep in contact with some of my mutuals


transmortifried
@transmortifried

so you don't get notifications for when someone shares a post from you that you shared from someone else, which was like 90% of how i found new people to follow on tumblr

on top of that p sure there isn't a way to see if other people added commentary to a post in their reblog that isn't in the version the person you're reblogging it from has, which might be user error on my part but based on the ethos of the devs feels fully intentional

no internal messaging system, and i'm pretty sure i saw a devpost saying that they refuse to implement one, which sucks bc my girlfriends are always sending me posts they like which is so so cute

you also to the best of my knowledge can't tag people in posts

it REALLY feels like the only way to interact with people on this site is through divine luck or total accident. like everyone's page is their own Gary Larsonesque tiny desert island and the only way to talk to other people is to huck a message in a bottle in their general direction and pray


transmortifried
@transmortifried

you also get notifications when people like or share your original posts but you can't look at the post itself and see any of that information which baffles me


deadryn
@deadryn

Agreed. Not being able to see what other people are saying about a post sucks. Makes each account feel that much more isolated.


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in reply to @transmortifried's post:

in reply to @transmortifried's post:

I'm not sure what you mean; clicking on "your post" in "X liked your post" takes me to the post, or in the case of a share, to their share.

In the case of a share with content (vs just tags) the notification will also include the content or at least part of it

Revisiting this, I get what you're talking about now and I find it a relief that that particular "feature" is probably never coming here. It's a panopticon and leads to bad things and I don't like it. We don't need to have the fact we've interacted with a post on a permanent record. Staff is working on alternative social networking features.

in reply to @deadryn's post:

i am not the guy you probably want to debate this point with considering i have chronic illnesses. i only have so much energy to scream at people in a void to try and get interactions, and so does everyone else

i dont think cohost being quiet is bad, though. it's intended in the design, and i think a lot of the feeling of "void" comes from the dopamine loop + young website stuff

idk im just here for fun, dont take this as me yelling at you cause im not, i think we both agree with eachother on the fact that you have to Make It Happen

I think the idea is that tagging and people searching tags is supposed to be the norm, that's what needs to Happen. not just an anonymous algorithm stringing posters together with haphazard, unspoken rules, in order to make Numbers go Up, and make a company money off your back.

Which unfortunately seems to hit those of us with autism and/or social anxiety issues

i know I've /heavily/ relied on seeing others follows in order to find more people to follow on other sites because DMs/Replies/Normal human interaction is way harder sometimes

i dont know if its possible to add that sort of accessibility without adding the algorithm bullshit though

yeah, but i've got no idea what tags are the right tags, how much i should tag, and not to mention the energy it would take to constantly remember a list of tags to put on every post.

i understand the idea, and i love the idea of no longer fighting on an algorithm. ive just got too many things wrong with me to try and be someone who pioneers the culture ( i dont know better words for this ). i dont think we are disagreeing in whats being said, i think that effort does need to be made by everyone to change how they use social media. im just tired.