Why are some people hesitant of, or even outright hate, Tumblr?

[TigerClaw]

You can find all sorts of TMNT tumblr pages, Even ones based on specific characters, Like I found this one recently, Its a Tumblr devoted to Mona Lisa and its all about RP.
http://lovely-lizard-lady.tumblr.com/

You can find all sorts of nice Tumblr pages, And just ignore the bad ones.

[pennydreadful]

Originally Posted by Netkeeper

Oh no, the tucutes and their army of crazy pronouns!

The worst part about some of these Tumblr people is that not all of them are kids, some of them are my age. That's scary.

I'm curious now - what sort of pronouns are we talking here? I'm familiar with people using xe/zir type pronouns (which personally I'm ok with) but I'm guessing there's a sub-level of crazy pronouns here connected to otherkin?

I'd love to hear some of your war stories, Net.

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by Netkeeper

I've never understood how someone can find it confusing to communicate on Tumblr. Just reblog the post and add what you want to say. Common sense.

That feels so horribly redundant to me though... like I'm reblogging what they said? While their comment is attached to my post? So I'm essentially posting my own thing a second time, right? Bleh. lol Tumblr tried to get creative with communication and made it weird...

[Netkeeper]

Originally Posted by pennydreadful

I'm curious now - what sort of pronouns are we talking here? I'm familiar with people using xe/zir type pronouns (which personally I'm ok with) but I'm guessing there's a sub-level of crazy pronouns here connected to otherkin?

I'd love to hear some of your war stories, Net.

Yeah, I'm okay with xe/zir type pronouns myself, because hey this awful language NEEDS a singular gender neutral pronoun that isn't ****ing "it". Ew.

No, I'm talking about these:
http://frameacloud.tumblr.com/post/9...hemed-pronouns

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

That feels so horribly redundant to me though... like I'm reblogging what they said? While their comment is attached to my post? So I'm essentially posting my own thing a second time, right? Bleh. lol Tumblr tried to get creative with communication and made it weird...

It's no different than quoting a forum post.

[pennydreadful]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

That feels so horribly redundant to me though... like I'm reblogging what they said? While their comment is attached to my post? So I'm essentially posting my own thing a second time, right? Bleh. lol Tumblr tried to get creative with communication and made it weird...

You can also PM and leave comment on people's posts without reposting if the OP has set it that way (basically the same as Facebook). I dunno, I find it a good fit for me - even if you don't want to talk to anyone, there are still lots of pictures and articles and cool stuff to read/enjoy and post for your own enjoyment. I think of it as a scrapbook with an option to talk to people.

I'm also very anal about tagging my own stuff so I can go back and find it again when I need to.

Originally Posted by Netkeeper

No, I'm talking about these:
http://frameacloud.tumblr.com/post/9...hemed-pronouns

... I blame myself for asking.

[Powder]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

You can find all sorts of TMNT tumblr pages, Even ones based on specific characters, Like I found this one recently, Its a Tumblr devoted to Mona Lisa and its all about RP.
http://lovely-lizard-lady.tumblr.com/

You can find all sorts of nice Tumblr pages, And just ignore the bad ones.

But that is a bad one.

[Cure]

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by Netkeeper

http://frameacloud.tumblr.com/post/9...hemed-pronouns

squid/squids/squidself

I think I've found the Twilight Zone. Or Dimension X. Or where ever I am it's no longer my normal dimension.

[Katie]

I saw a Tumblr once of a person who claimed to be a transpokemon and used special pronouns, which were changed daily. If you didn't use their preferred pronoun, no matter how innocently you came upon their blog or how uninitiated you were in the ways of Tumblr, they pitched fits and their followers would all swoop in and reblog about how insensitive the poor sap was. They once told an 11 year old to kill herself because she didn't use the preferred pronoun "sprout" when she commented on a drawing.

Also, stuff like what Cure posted is why alot of "non-special snowflakes" avoid Tumblr like the plague.

[Candy Kappa]

What, there's no Turtle or Ninja pronouns? I am disappoint.

[Katie]

I'm sure their are, just keep looking.

I'm sure there is a trans ninja turtle superwholock with Pokemon and Marvel head mates out there raging on the het/cis normies who keep leaving the true turtlecest canon out of the Nick show.

[Amaranthus]

I used to pretend to be a dog when I was little.
Does this make me a dogkin?

[TigerClaw]

a lot of people use Tumblr to post animated GIFs.

[Netkeeper]

Originally Posted by Katie

I saw a Tumblr once of a person who claimed to be a transpokemon and used special pronouns, which were changed daily. If you didn't use their preferred pronoun, no matter how innocently you came upon their blog or how uninitiated you were in the ways of Tumblr, they pitched fits and their followers would all swoop in and reblog about how insensitive the poor sap was. They once told an 11 year old to kill herself because she didn't use the preferred pronoun "sprout" when she commented on a drawing.

Also, stuff like what Cure posted is why alot of "non-special snowflakes" avoid Tumblr like the plague.

This all sounds good, but I'm gonna stop you at that last bit: that post Cure posted was a meme. Everyone made fun of that SuperWhoLockshithead

[snake]

Originally Posted by Katie

Drama. Special pronouns. Otherkin. People who try to be the "most" special. Crabs in a bucket. People with limited life experience who bite at people who actually do live in the real world.



Take that stuff away and it might be a good site.

All this. Tumblr should only be used for art. Don't get me started on tumblr "humor" either.

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by snake

All this. Tumblr should only be used for art. Don't get me started on tumblr "humor" either.

Yeah, You usually find fan art posted on Tumblr pages.

[Leo656]

I know nothing about Tumblr, but reading this stuff reminds me of this one time my wife got sniped at on FB by some obsessive Xena fans. She's like, the biggest Xena fan ever, so naturally when she joined FB she thought joining a Xena-based discussion page would be a great idea. Please forgive her naivety. Anyways, apparently some super-militant lesbians ran the group, and most of the conversations turned into the lesbian fans projecting their own interpretation into the material - which is fine - and attacking anyone who wasn't 100% in agreement - which is Not Fine.

So anyways, my wife tried to make a point about how what's great about that show is that a lot of things are IMPLIED but not stated outright, so people can enjoy the show whether they're gay or straight or whatever. OHHHHH BOY. She got every single comment you can imagine, from "straight people can't GET Xena, they can't UNDERSTAND it," to "Stop trying to take OUR show away from us," to "you don't belong in OUR fandom", to "kill yourself". I mean, she's probably been watching that show longer than some of those people have been cognizant or even born yet. But because she's straight, has zero problem with gay people but makes a choice NOT to watch her favorite show as being overtly lesbian-themed, and suddenly she's an insensitive, horrible, awful person who isn't properly equipped to watch her favorite TV show. Then they blocked her from the group, which by that point was a gift.

Seems like the entire internet is full of these types nowadays. Which makes me wonder why anyone on Earth ever goes on more than 3 or 4 websites.

[IndigoErth]

People are seriously losing touch...Nothing wrong with a little fantasy, daydreaming, and whatnot, but taking that second foot out of reality and taking offense to people not behaving "properly" in a way that caters to your fantasy... Wtf, humanity, just wtf.

We're just self-destructing as a species, aren't we. Wars, selfishness, minds melting and losing touch with realty...


Turtles - I've seen one out there who's seems to have some kind of fantasy like that. Not even going to say where because in the end it's their own business, if they want to live in some fantasy world, well it's their own life, and I think they just want attention anyhow so I'll just leave out any identifying details, but the stuff they say... wtf. I'm sure many who frequent the unnamed site have probably run across this one. Annoying for certain reasons, though in a way it's almost become a guilty pleasure at this point to see what they come up with next.

Originally Posted by Amaranthus

I used to pretend to be a dog when I was little.
Does this make me a dogkin?

In that case I'm totally a catkin.

If I were to leave a dead rodent on the floor, claw the window screens and throw up on the carpet, I wonder if I could rightfully throw a fit about being disrespected if anyone disagrees with those actions.

[Amaranthus]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

In that case I'm totally a catkin.

If I were to leave a dead rodent on the floor, claw the window screens and throw up on the carpet, I wonder if I could rightfully throw a fit about being disrespected if anyone disagrees with those actions.

Claw their eyes out.

[TurtleTitan97]

Because tumblr is 98% filled with all kinds of weirdos.