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zhilan · 3 years

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Hello!

I'm doing some research for a paper on social media/blogging, so I wonder if I may ask some questions about the graphics you post? No usernames or personal information will be disclosed, your privacy will be completely respected. I'm sending this to the content creators I like most in the fandoms I like, so maybe you'll see some other people with the same weird anon.

- how long have you been on tumblr?

- do you work with graphics-related stuff irl?

- how many followers do you have?

- which were the main fandoms your blog has been through?

- have you ever quit or thought of quitting making content? if yes, why?

- do you ever get creative and/or artistic (like make things inspired by lyrics, fanfics, AUs etc)? link 2 or 3 examples?

- why do you like making content for tumblr? (personal satisfaction, people's reactions/tags, number of notes, etc)

- do you care how many notes your content generate? link 2 or 3 of the ones with the most notes?

Thank you very much and sorry for the long ask!

Yeah! No problem at all!

How long have you been on tumblr? Hmm. maybe 10 years, but on and off. Probably around 5 years not counting the in-betweens where I fall off the face of Tumblr

Do you work with graphics-related stuff irl? I used to do graphic design, but I don't do that anymore.

How many followers do you have? Idk I've always just liked the fact that this isn't accessible for anyone so I don't want to publish it (but I can tell you privately if you really need the number!)

Which were the main fandoms your blog has been through? This blog is my third move but... not counting my old blogs ~ Batwoman, Person of Interest, Charmed reboot, Lucifer, TLWGQ, Black Lightning, Supergirl

Have you ever quit or thought of quitting making content? If yes, why? Yeah. I mean I generally will still gif even when I know the fandom for it is dead. As long I love it, I have the motivation. So I'd still gif something despite knowing it'll get 25 notes because I love it. I just get really annoyed when people steal my gifs here and then post them on twitter without so much as asking or even bothering to give credit. And they do it a lot, and I know because I'm in those same fandoms and I literally see it on my twitter timeline. So that annoys me and that's what makes me want to quit. Like idk how gif stealers think gifs are made, but they literally take time. And I'm not asking for anything other than for people to not repost it, yk? Just reblog from me if you're gonna reblog. Retweet from me if you're gonna retweet. Like my post if you're gonna like it. Because I made that thing. That's literally it.

Do you ever get creative and/or artistic (like make things inspired by lyrics, fanfics, AUs etc)? link 2 or 3 examples? I'm not that creative with gifs honestly :)) I prefer gifing scenes, because those are what get me excited, but. I've done a couple of terrible ones (x, x)

Why do you like making content for tumblr? It's my way of fangirling. When I get excited, I gif, and it makes me happy, and I feel like it's a way to express my feelings and share my joy (or pain) about whatever I'm watching. No one in my real life loves shows the way I do so if I'm excited, even if I tell them I'm excited, they don't really understand it, if that makes sense. Not in the way that tumblr people do, when people reblog, comment, put their own thoughts in the tag, in a way that feels like I'm sharing my excitement and they're sharing their excitement with me as well. (Without necessarily having to have a direct conversation which helps because I'm a very anxious person lmao) So it's a pretty cool arrangement for me and I love it. Gifing also calms me down when I'm anxious, it keeps me occupied but not in a way that feels exhausting.

Do you care how many notes your content generate? To some extent. Like I mentioned before, I don't mind if my posts don't get a lot of notes, but it's also nice when they do get notes because it feels like people appreciate something you made, or people are happy about the same things that I'm happy about. Overall though, I honestly don't really check for notes past the first couple of hours I post, so I don't always notice how they progress unless I see someone reblog my gifset onto my dash 😂I don't have the patience to keep tabs on those so I legit have no idea which of my posts have most notes 😂😂 Sorry.

Hope this helps! Goodluck with your research!! ♥

#inbox #i know this is late im sorry! it's been a busy few days :3

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