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kimdokjas · 10 months

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wait wait, what’s the change tumblr did to the reblog chains ? 🥲🥲🥲 I’m so lost

okay so basically, let's say you see a post on your dash

before the update, if you clicked on a url, you could do 3 things:

view that specific reblog on the blog you follow (A)

view the previous reblog on the blog A reblogged it from (B)

view the original post on op's blog (C)

however, staff recently implemented an update where clicking on a url no longer takes you to that specific post. now, clicking on a url just takes you to the blog itself.

this means that you now get 5 things:

view ONLY that specific reblog on the blog you follow (A) -> changed location near header. also, you will now ONLY see that post and nothing else

view ONLY the original post on op's blog (C) -> changed location near header. you will only see that post and nothing else. and ONLY if the op hasn't deleted it, otherwise it just shows an error

view the blog of the person you follow (D)

view the blog of the person D reblogged it from (F) -> option B no longer exists

view the blog of the op (E)

you might be thinking: "cool! i get more options so that's good, right?" well, no.

there are SEVERAL things wrong with this and it goes beyond the prev tags issue

1) first of all, it's counterintuitive that A and C changed locations to the area near the header, especially if your userbase was already used to the previous functions. it just seems like horrible UX design to me but let's put that aside for now.

2) as you can see, option B which allowed you to see the previous reblog of a post no longer exists.

now, if you click on the previous url, you will just be taken to their entire blog. you can no longer view the post itself.

someone asked staff about this, and they replied in this post that the change was INTENTIONAL and if you want to view the previous reblog you would have to "go through the notes view".

to borrow what someone else said:

basically, this update just killed the prev tags culture in one fell swoop.

(sure, you can still use it to reply directly to the person you're reblogging from, but it's now literally useless to use "prev tags" for everyone else involved. sure, you can choose to copy tags or peer review them, but again, if people will have to copy them then the less people are likely to use them, and not every prev lends itself to peer-reviewing imo)

now, listen. i know not everyone likes the prev tags culture, but it just seems like such a poorly-thought decision to kill a culture that like... half of your entire userbase uses (see this poll as a quick reference) and that's UNIQUE to your site and sets you apart from other social media.

but it's also not even just prev tags. let's say you want to remove an annoying addition on a post's reblog chain? you can no longer do that.

however, i feel like this is the most important point:

regardless of how you may feel about the prev tags culture, the pure UI aspect of it should remain

what i mean by this is: even if you don't like prev tags, simply 1) being able to access the reblog chain, and 2) clicking on a post and actually have it take you to their BLOG (and not just a page with that one single post) is literally essential navigation.

this update threatens to drive down user engagement (which is already critically low) by making it harder to navigate. which is actually another point:

3) even if you click on A and C now to view those specific posts, it's NOT the same as it used to be.

before, you could view the reblog directly on the blog. so you could just scroll down and see the other posts leading up to it. now, you will be taken to a page where you will ONLY see that post and nothing else.

but also, you can no longer easily navigate other people's blogs.

you know how sometimes you would see like 50 notifications of someone going through an entire tag on your blog? that's going to happen a lot less, i'm afraid.

let's suppose you want to go to op's blog because they're an artist and you want to see more of their art. so you click on C and see that the tag they use for posts with their art is "#my art"

cool! before, you could just click on that tag and immediately view ALL of their art as long as the posts have that tag.

but now, if you click on that tag, it will take you to the ENTIRE tumblr tag with literally all the posts that everyone in the history of time has tagged with that specific tag.

now, to do the same thing that just took 2 clicks before, you would have to: click on C to view the post -> look for the tag you want to navigate -> click E to view their whole blog -> scroll and look for a post that just so happens to have that tag (the search function is literally useless) and hope to god that there's a recent one or you'll have to scroll for ages or simply give up -> if you happen to find it, click on that tag to navigate their posts.

you see how this is counterproductive, right? you see how this can literally drive down engagement with content creators, right?

if you make people's blogs harder to navigate, you will literally drive down the number of likes and reblogs on their posts, which have already been steadily declining for years now.

4) options D and E to view the blogs and not the posts are literally useless because you could already access other people's blogs before. you just had to click on their url to view their blogs starting from that specific post AND you could choose to just refresh it to view their newest posts.

either way, the change just seems completely unnecessary. and again, it's not just about the prev tags culture but about basic UI.

so what can we do about it?

i normally don't advocate for flooding staff with messages but i do feel like this is one of the worst updates staff has ever done (and that's saying something) and something needs to change.

even if they don't retcon the entire update, that's fine, but staff could at least add the option to view the reblog chain as a different feature (maybe even opt-in) for example. there are better ways to go about this than just axing an entire existing feature.

also, this same issue that makes it harder to navigate blogs needs to change. i feel like content creators will be especially affected by this unless this changes because you can no longer easily navigate their tags, so it will inevitably drive down engagement.

so please, contact staff and let them know we want a change.

you can contact support here!

here's a template for a possible message you could send, but feel free to edit it. (under category you can choose "Feedback")

Hi, I would like to politely request a change to the recent update that affects the reblog chain of posts. Regardless of the "prev tags" culture itself, the UI aspect of being able to view the reblog chain of a post is essential for navigation on this website. Even adding it as a separate, opt-in feature would be a huge help. Additionally, clicking on a post and then on one of the tags now takes you to the entire tumblr tag instead of the tag on that blog, which makes it harder to navigate blogs. Both of these issues have the potential to drive down user engagement by actively making it harder to navigate Tumblr, but especially for content creators. I hope you can do something to address these issues as soon as possible. Thanks in advance and have a nice day.

also, if you can and/or want, reblogs are appreciated to help spread the word!

that's pretty much the gist of the issue from what i've seen, but if anyone else has anything to add or a different way we could contact staff to make ourselves heard, please feel free to let me know!

TLDR: it's not just about prev tags, this update affects basic functionality and content creators as well

#pls reblog if u can to help spread the word!!#@anon this turned out a lot longer than i expected omg #i hope u don't mind me hijacking this ask to make a general informative post about this issue!!#ask #anonymous #tumblr #tumblr update #prev tags #signal boost #supportcontentcreators #evansyhelp #staff #long post for ts #196

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cometcare · 19 days

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I LOVE HOW THE APRIL FOOL UPDATE IS FROM UNI’S PERSPECTIVE, AND THE CANON ENDING IS FROM BARRY’S PERSPECTIVE,,, it honestly feels like they’re both ‘canon’ to me, the diverging perspectives of what happened to them both after!!!

IDEA of letting the reader pick between uni and barry’s endings after the site revamp, and then letting them go back to read the other one… 👀

#GENUINELY I ADORE THEM #i said this in prev tags but omg i hope theres a way to access both after the site revamp #instead of having to know the april fools end already exists #I LOVE THEMM :(#sparklecare #sparklecare spoilers #d. doomi puppet comic………

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idkwhatthisisbutheresdcandstuff · 19 days

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So uuuhhhhh

I had a dream last night......

Where PO and Tai lung

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Had a slow burn romance....

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AND THEN PO'S DAD (THE GOOSE) BIT TAI LUNG!??!

Anyways if y'all see Tai lung x Po art on your dash its just me lmao

#tai lung x po #< prev tags #OMG ITS AN ACTUAL SHIP THAT PEOPLE SHIP IM ACTUALLY REALLY HAPPY!?!?!#kung fu panda

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cyarskj52 · 3 months

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#nicki is a weird tired evil ass bitch #like omg i could really go on a rant fuck her fuck the barbs #them miserble bitches have no life harassing ppl over nicki minaj youre a goner hoe!#and my girl meg sitting pretty ik thats right miss stallion she that girl <3 #nicki has been online for over 48 hours straight meanwhile megan has been out minding her own business #it’s crazy how badly nicki has WILLINGLY tarnished her own legacy #this is the same woman who wrote the verse in monster????#🫢#didn’t Nicki help silence the woman who was SA by her now husband?#megan thee stallion #Tina Snow #it girl #worrying about the wrong foot Nicki #pack it up #prev tags #I mean…#Nicki it’s not funny anymore that man should be still serving time #I’m so happy Megan didn’t fold and I hope she gets all the happiness in the world #that girl went through enough #A HOMELESS MAN SHE PICKED UP AT A TURKEY RAFFLE #PLEASE!!!!#now Nicki hyping up a new release called ‘Bigfoot’ and claiming it’s not a diss track #the barbs are out in force I’m tired #the Megan’s law line was a slay tho honestly who can deny

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dollsuguru · 2 months

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KAIROOOO HIIIIII!!!!! I'M HERE TO YELL SOME MORE<333 WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE SCARY MOVIE HEHEHHE no fr thoughh what's your favourite scream movie what's your favourite horror movie?????? i NEEED to know aalso what are you feelings towards blood🤔🤔🤔 totally normal question btw (i'm a blood lover myself hehehe) anyway MWAHHH i hope you're having a sexy day/night

- @softgirlgonehaywire

OMG HI MICKEY HI BESTIE :3 OMFMDMFMD I HAVE SOOOOO MANY MOVIES I LOVE (of the horror genre) it’s so funny though bc none of the movies are actually that scary so if you have any ACTUAL scary movies pleek lmk legend <3

AND OMG OKAY SOME FAVS……… i have such a soft spot for freddy vs jason ok i love jason voorhees so much that’s the bestie 4 life actually <3 i also love scream (obviously) and methinks the first is the best one bc omfg…….. friend when i first saw billy loomis i was like oh……. OHHHHHHH 👀🫦 hmmmm i’ve watched so many horrors but not all of them are good/have scared me unfortunately 😭 i liked “US”! “it” was also good it wasn’t scary i just loved the kids so much they were hilarious <3 i’ve watched babadook & the annabelle series in theaters w my friends and they were so funnyfnfnnffn omg someone needs to make an actual scary movie soon fr like can we PLEASEEEEEEE get some scary films 😭

AND BLOOD I LOOOOOOOOOVE BLOOD <333 i am also a blood lover methinks we should see more of it in film <3 also think that we should get more poetic cannibalism in film but that’s just me though <3 need a heian era sukuna film where it’s just a horror movie of all his misdeeds i would Simply Give It 5 Stars <333 WBU BESTIE WHAT ARE YOUR FAVS/YOUR THOUGHTS PLEEK LMK HEHE

#asks #HOPE YOU HAVE A SEXY DAY/NIGHT TOO BELOVED MWAH MWAH MWAHHHHHHHHH <33333333 #I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ALL YOUR THOUGHTS ABT EVERYTHING I WILL BE SALIVATING & WAITING PATIENTLY <3 #omg i should make name tags too…….. LMK DO THAT RN #let me turned into lmk……. Love That For Me #mickey tag <3 #let me go thru my prev asks and do that rn :3 hehehe

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moraygrotto · 4 months

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on the flip side of this, i should assert how important i think it is not to idolize someone too much in the tumblr kink community—if ur a fan of someone's blog, and they make posts that hit your kinks perfectly, that person is also invariably going to Absolutely Not be into at least one of the topics you love. they are creating for themself, not for you. especially for those who struggle with RSD, it's important to come to terms with this fact as early as possible, and try your best to conceptualize the people you look up to as people first & kink creators second

#moray rambles #NOT a follow up to my prev post abt the thing i dont like lmao im just thinking in general #& obligatory note that if someone you like is an asshole abt a kink you have then u have the right to be mad #anyway. continuing my tag rambling. i desperately need to practice what i preach here bc every time someone seems to have the exact same #interests as me im all like 🥰omg hiiiiiii🥰 lol

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carpisuns · 1 year

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i love when people prev tags me. it feels like I got a good grade in tumblr tags, a thing which is normal to want and possible to achieve

#back in the day (aka not that long ago) the norm was to screenshot or copy paste tags into the rbelog and tag the tag writer #which was even more ‘omg my tags passed peer reveal wow<3’ dhdjd #but now it’s like a game of telephone or soemthing lol #passing notes in class #whispering in the halls #did you hear what prev prev said #yeah it was funny haha #dhjsks #mine

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krumulent · 1 year

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honestly what would you do. how would u react. if you were surrounded by a thousand mini versions of your favorite character. personally, i'd gobble them all up. like what am i supposed to do?? they're bite-sized!!!!

#orv #omniscient reader #omniscient reader's viewpoint #kkomas #omg a prev tag i used was #i would like a kkoma!yjh #still true #m

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usoratonkachi · 1 year

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when u lurk on a mutual's blog and u see them in the process of changing their theme and u gasp and escape bc u shouldnt have walked in on them at such a private moment..............

#I SAW AN RB FROM THEM AND IM LIKE OH WHAT ARE THE PREV TAGS and then CLICK on them and then omg they are changing their theme so i ran away

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nomaishuttle · 6 months

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if tumblr users arent overly familiar and condescending with strangers they explode into 5billion pieces

#sry im annoyed. somebody was condescending as shit to me on that skyrim post like. fuck off. i do not fucking know you #<- not a mutual legit just some random person who ig was just scrolling through the tags #literally going omg prev yr such a dumb baby awww awww the solution was on the claw :] i love you sooo much prev yr so silly and stupid !!#genuinely fuck off i do not know you we are not friends do not pull this shit with me #i legit said haha yeah i figured it out it was so obvious idk how i missed it.

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what-is-my-aesthetic · 1 year

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Meet Ashley Wilsonsonson Jr.

So much promise. Graduated top of her class. No one knew she would stoop so low as to reveal her ex’s feet pics…. Talk about a petty crime! shaking my smh!

#blorbo from my crimes #blorbo from my crime #real crime #sad story #true sad stories #true sad stories that will change your life #follow for more criminals <3 #prev tags omg

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nientedal · 11 months

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I just saw ANOTHER post lamenting this change, so I'm just gonna say "fuck it" and make a how to do the thing post, and if I'm misunderstanding the outrage... lol, this is tumblr, I'm sure someone will tell me.

Currently, if you want to go to a post in the middle of a reblog thread, you have to click the empty space in what I call the reblog header. The reblog header is the space that holds a user's name and reblog details, and on desktop, it turns a different color when you move your cursor over it. It's this space:

It doesn't change colors on mobile, obviously, because no cursor, but I think tapping is a little more intuitive on mobile anyway and afaik this particular thing has been this way here for a while now...? Whatever. Anyway, that's how you get to a mid-thread reblog!

(I actually do kinda like this new setup. It's not perfect, it can be annoying if someone's URL is long or if I accidentally click "Follow" instead of the header space. But overall, the space to click into a prior reblog is bigger now and I like that. I don't think I'll have to worry as much about mouse precision or drowsy coordination issues, which is nice. Maybe I'll be able to use the desktop version more.)

However, this means that in order to see "prev tags," you apparently have to click into the notes view and scroll until you find them. That's annoying for those who want to see them, and I can't blame anyone for being irritated. If you're new here you may be surprised to learn "prev tags" is fairly recent, so my recommendation (if you're looking for an alternative) is to put the actual tags from the user you're reblogging from, instead. This was normal prior to the "prev tags" trend if you wanted to share tags without screenshotting them, and it seems like tumblr has made it super easy now. The mobile app now automatically suggests the previous tags, and on desktop, they show up in a dropdown when you click to tag your post. Personally, I like to put "<-borrowing your tags bc funny" or "<-stole your tags for truth" or something right after, so I don't feel like I'm taking credit for someone else's phrasing. But either way, it's handy for your followers to be able to read the tags you liked without having to click to a different blog.

I'm hoping this particular change will be seen as useful after the rocky adjustment period is over.

All this being said, I personally like these particular changes, but I wish Tumblr would not roll out changes as rapidly as they seem to be recently. Either change everything at the same time or give it a rest, holy shlamoly! I stopped using Facebook because it seemed like every time I opened it, something was different, and it became jarring and uncomfortable to try to use. I'm starting to have a similar feeling about tumblr, and I don't like it.

#i suspect the prev tags trend is the reason for this change tbh #a tagging system is an organizational system and 'prev tags' is literal junk for organization purposes #even in conversational or informal context #they made copying tags super convenient? and using prev tags obnoxiously INconvenient?#like......i dunno. do the math. 🤷#doesn't mean you gotta be happy about it of course; I'm just saying. i bet that's why #honestly I'm just looking forward to not having to click through to a blog i don't care about just to see what the prev tags were #usually i don't even bother but occasionally someone will talk about the previous tags in THEIR tags #and i wanna know context. so. looking forward to that maybe not being a thing #anyways #dal is a text post #tumblr update #also i don't have hand tremors or anything like that but when I'm tired oh my god #precision is my enemy lol #really looking forward to just. header click! yay!#that's gonna be so nice on desktop omg #but uh. as long as I'm yelling in the tags? prev tags can die in a fire and i will cheerfully roast marshmallows over its flickering corpse #it's a mildly annoying trend at worst but it does not belong with the way this website works #just tumblr things #new user

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hella1975 · 2 years

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'previous tags' vs 'prev tags' feels like being called by your full name after you just tagged something with the vilest most abhorrent shit no i will not elaborate

#it's like a telling off. it oozes disappointment and disgust and im obsessed with it #one thing about me is one (1) prev tags will absolutely make my day #like yes omg tell me im funny you're worthless

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andtwelfth · 5 months

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get to know me

@talesfromthecrypts tagged me hello bestie <3

Nickname: riot

Sign: scorpio

Height: 5'4"

Last thing I googled: clone fucking meme (you know the one where it's like 'that's just masturbation' and 'i'd have an orgy with my clones)

Amount of sleep: six or so

Dream job: museum curator or astronomer