Are we back?

[kellifer]

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. (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.

Comments

[destina.livejournal.com]

I'm destinaf over there. I enjoy tumblr, but only for posting and looking at pretty pictures. In fact, I don't follow people who make text posts, with rare exceptions, because I think words just screw up tumblr. *g* I don't mess with adding links on sidebars or anything else, so I can't be of any help to you on that.

I highly recommend the Tumblr Savior extension for firefox - all you have to do is type in words which are attached to images you don't want to see - for instance, in my case, Cumberbatch, Avengers, Thor, etc - and those posts are hidden from you. It's like a miracle, and it makes Tumblr manageable.)

This post might also be helpful to you (not mine, reblogged from another source):
http://destinaf.tumblr.com/post/38208762041/tumblr-tips

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

Noice!

Will snag you when I can figure out how to get back in... hee!

I was planning to just use it for shinies, the occassional rec and fic bits.

[destina.livejournal.com]

I seriously have no idea how people do fanfic on tumblr. I don't ever read it there. I actually have that tag blocked on tumblr savior. Words! Unnecessary on tumblr! Except in tags. (You will get used to the whole 'venting your spleen in tags' thing - that's where people put their reactions, instead of attaching their reaction to reblogs in text. It's kind of awesome.)

Speaking of which: tag your posts, if you want people to love you. That's what enables them to block stuff they don't want, and track stuff they do want. Tagging is love.

See you over there! :D

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't post entire fic, yikes. I've tried reading a fic on there ONCE and it made my brain hurt. I would be more likely to post a teeny fic bit or recs. Oops, just made a post and didn't tag so will be doing that!

Is there an easy way to figure out what tags are available - I just tried to tag something and HAVE NO IDEA ugh.

[destina.livejournal.com]

There is a tag search, but because tags are freeform, there must be a billion of them. There isn't any kind of uniform tagging system. You make up your own. Fandoms do develop tags for pairings and whatnot, which you will eventually stumble onto. Some people do uniformly use spoiler tags to protect others, more or less, but Tumblr is a hugely spoileriffic environment without the same courtesy protection as LJ has had, so be forewarned about that; people post spoilers right and left. Other than that, tags are freeform. On one of my recent posts my tags were 'ugh kill me now', 'i really hope they are not fucking with us', 'merlin spoilers', etc. *g*