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An alignment chart I thought you'd enjoy:
Hate it!!
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Hearing the words "they called them flamewars back then" in the latest strange-aeons aged me to dust.
wait, what do they call them now?
'Discourse.'
I can not BEGIN to tell you how twitchy it makes me that “discourse” has become a euphemism for “flamewars”. Because, of course, now “discourse” has negative connotations it didn’t have before.
I’d also argue that calling it discourse lends some legitimacy to what the bad-faith actors are doing and that the switch was intentional to avoid being called out for what they really are: bullies.
Like legit, some people use discourse to mean what it means (i.e., a (hopefully) well-informed debate), but too often now, I see posts tagged as ‘discourse’ when what they really are is either fandom wank or flaming.
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inspiration
that's a human woman
So I was just watching Strange Aeons new vid about the tumblr Blaze Feature this morning during breakfast, and something very clever about it occurred to me: you can’t see Blazed posts if you’re using an unmodified ad-blocker(I mean: presumably you can find the Blaze element and unblock that specifically, and you’d be fine but shushshushshush: Give Me a Second Alright?!?).
So: Blaze isn’t JUST a way to monetize aspects of tumblr users enjoy; it’s also a very subtle, no pressure, all-upside-way to ENCOURAGE users to stop using adblockers on tumblr; if you don’t, you can’t be randomly cursed by other users, afterall. And they released it After releasing a no-ad subscription feature, which(OK this next part’s just assumption I could be wrong about it) presumably still shows, or allows you to enable, Blazed posts; also-also making it an even-subtler way to encourage users to buy subscriptions!
It’s SO SMART, you guys :> :> :>
#strange aeons#tumblr#tumblr Blaze#AdBlockers#tumblr Subscription#tumblr Monetization#blogmeta#zA Thinks#also plz stop capitalizing tumblr#I COULD go all Cato the Elder on this and start putting it in the body of all my posts but I REALLY dont want to#Dont Make Me >:( >:(#and dont worry Dear Sweet Sweet Dear Readers: this isn't directed at any of you#You're all Perfect#but those Other PEOPLE!#>:( >:(#STOP IT!!!#it's tumblr not Tumblr#ok Im done#u_u#minitagrants
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Scientists have taught bingus to send emails
Reply-Reply to Purified-Zone: Seeds of Conflict
purified-zone replied to your photoset: rubbersoles19: chotomy: – based on these...
GIVE ME YOUR TEETH
That’s such a great line u_u
Also that hero is CLEARLY a follower of Thursday u_u u_u