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Livejournal, I'm seriously trying to hang on, I don't want to quit you, but you keep freaking out and also telling me that unknown users are accessing my account when IT'S ALWAYS ME.
So, I made a tumblr. Or, well, I HALF-ASSED a tumblr before I realized that it might make me cry to keep trying to use it and then that site went down too. I'm kellifer-k on there but it's just an expanse of nothing that I haven't fixed yet because of aforementioned site down-age. However, I am going to try and figure this thing out so if you're on there, let me know because buggered if I can find out how to find people any other way other than asking them. (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
johanirae is the only person I have found and is therefore the only person I'm following at the moment).
It kind of scares me, so I'd also appreciate any noob tips. How do you get pictures/your profile/anything on the sidebars, is that all pages stuff? Ugh, I don't know, I love how this is advertised as a simple blog platform and my brain is all OH MY GOD NO, WHAT IS THIS FRESH HELL? Googling 'how do I use tumblr' isn't as helpful as you might think.
ETA: H-okay - I think I've figured this thing out, so for better or for worse, here i am on tumblr. My first act was to reblog something so I feel I'm getting into the spirit of the thing.
So, I made a tumblr. Or, well, I HALF-ASSED a tumblr before I realized that it might make me cry to keep trying to use it and then that site went down too. I'm kellifer-k on there but it's just an expanse of nothing that I haven't fixed yet because of aforementioned site down-age. However, I am going to try and figure this thing out so if you're on there, let me know because buggered if I can find out how to find people any other way other than asking them. (
johanirae is the only person I have found and is therefore the only person I'm following at the moment).It kind of scares me, so I'd also appreciate any noob tips. How do you get pictures/your profile/anything on the sidebars, is that all pages stuff? Ugh, I don't know, I love how this is advertised as a simple blog platform and my brain is all OH MY GOD NO, WHAT IS THIS FRESH HELL? Googling 'how do I use tumblr' isn't as helpful as you might think.
ETA: H-okay - I think I've figured this thing out, so for better or for worse, here i am on tumblr. My first act was to reblog something so I feel I'm getting into the spirit of the thing.
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But if you want to find people, feel free to look through my follows - I've got a lot of LJ people on there! Comics people too. Plus, like, The HawkeyeInitiative, ThisIsJeremyFuckingRennerTalkin and Mansplained...
The best way to find people is just to go to the Tumblr of anyone you do know- or a general Stony or Renner or Teen Wolf or "fuckyeah...whatever" blog and follow the posts they've reblogged that you like back to the source. It can be easy to get carried away - I was just gonna follow
Ummmm...
Tumblr is more like Twitter than LJ - it's not really made for talking- people make announcements, give heads-ups, post pictures, etc. and let others respond by reblogging or liking the posts (you comment by using the "say" icon if it's turned on or simply reblogging with your added comments.) Some people like to do memes and informal polls through their asks (send someone an ask to talk to them - it works like a text or PM on LJ - they will reply to your ask box, or maybe post their reply linked to your ask on their blog, so others can join in the discussion!) Another thing to remember is that people like to mess around with their URLs a lot, so someone may be one thing Tuesday and something else on Wednesday (if you see weird names on your dash that you don't recognize, this may be why)
Welcome! I like your shoelaces.
P.S. a lot of the page decor stuff is from custom themes - some you have to pay for, some you can just nab from someone's blog you like the look of. Look for the "Install Theme" button on their URL (not your dash). The free themes you find with the "customize" button on your URL page (again, not your dash, this messed me up so bad at first) also have limited custom CSS, color options, etc. Beware super fancy themes that don't work well in mobile format, though!
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Just need to figure out the tagging. I'm mostly going to use it for shiny stuff but maybe teeny fic snippets (so I stop writing them on random envelopes and scraps of paper) and recs.
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There is no standardized tagging system. Just use the most generic search terms you can, like "Renner" - that will bring up anything with "renner" in it: "jeremy renner", "crazy renner", "renner gif", etc. Using the tags for a specific set of blog posts will usually work: "rennsday", scifigrl47's "Financial Friday", etc. but everything depends on what the blogger decided to use as tags - some are very conscientious and tag EVERYTHING, some just tag the URLs of people whose asks they are reposting (like twitter @s) To find the original blogger you have to look at the source, which sometimes can only be found on your "reblog" page. Otherwise, post authors are not tagged - meaning you can only search for people in the "Find Blogs" field.
Tag how you feel comfortable - your followers will know to check for personal tagging idiosyncracies and bear them in mind. Also - cool tags are very much a desirable thing. They go hand in hand with a lot of Tumblr, tag and URL ~humor~. {8D