It’s so important to remember that tumblr is bad. Has been bad. And will likely remain bad for the foreseeable future. And that is vital to our survival. If Tumblr was a good website that worked, it would get turned into a corporate hellscape like every other site. It’s so important that Tumblr is broken and poorly run and impossible to effectively navigate. It’s all that’s keeping us safe.
don’t get complacent about the possibility of tumblr becoming a corporate hellscape
remember that ANY text in a link after a ? is only tracking information and can ALWAYS be safely removed
Quick summary of the (I think) easy way I’ve been getting around this now:
When you copy a link (form your dashboard, not from their page), it’ll come in the format https://at.tumblr.com/[blog name]/[post number]/[tracking junk] (brackets are just for show, don’t include those!)
Delete the tracking junk. That’s anything after the post number.
Replace the “at” before tumblr.com with [blog name]. Replace where [blog name] used to be with “post” (no quotation marks).
Your final format should be https://[blog name].tumblr.com/post/[post number]
Share the link! It should go directly to the post and not route through any app store or tracking nonsense.
It’s so important to remember that tumblr is bad. Has been bad. And will likely remain bad for the foreseeable future. And that is vital to our survival. If Tumblr was a good website that worked, it would get turned into a corporate hellscape like every other site. It’s so important that Tumblr is broken and poorly run and impossible to effectively navigate. It’s all that’s keeping us safe.
don’t get complacent about the possibility of tumblr becoming a corporate hellscape
remember that ANY text in a link after a ? is only tracking information and can ALWAYS be safely removed
Quick summary of the (I think) easy way I’ve been getting around this now:
When you copy a link (form your dashboard, not from their page), it’ll come in the format https://at.tumblr.com/[blog name]/[post number]/[tracking junk] (brackets are just for show, don’t include those!)
Delete the tracking junk. That’s anything after the post number.
Replace the “at” before tumblr.com with [blog name]. Replace where [blog name] used to be with “post” (no quotation marks).
Your final format should be https://[blog name].tumblr.com/post/[post number]
Share the link! It should go directly to the post and not route through any app store or tracking nonsense.
hey man I don't care if your next drawing is the jankiest sketch of a table plant - I love your art in any form and it's gonna be great. Your HTYD hiccup crying was my laptop wallpaper through high school just cause I couldn't get over the sheer intensity of color, textures, and raw emotion you managed to capture. Artists fluctuate. It's just a muscle. It comes back. Go easy on yourself ❤️
first incidence of good writing advice i’ve seen in 10+ years on this platform and it’s in the notes of a mustelid wreaking absolute havoc in a german grocery store