Tumblr—Fandom, Art, Chaos

Tumblr, Inc

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About this app

Tumblr. Pure effervescent enrichment. Old internet energy. Home of the Reblogs. All the art you never knew you needed. All the fandoms you could wish for. Enough memes to knock out a moderately-sized mammal. Add to it or simply scroll through and soak it up.

Oh, and influencers? Don’t even go here. Every video you find, every quote you reblog, every tag you curate, every waterfall GIF you secretly gaze at in wonder—that’s all you. You’re the explorer. We’re just a map you all keep on making. Welcome home. Welcome to weird. Make it yours.

Now picture all of the above, but on the go. That’s what this is.

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Chances are if you’ve seen it elsewhere, it probably started here. That text post explaining the exquisite specifics of something you never realized you needed to know. That digital painting you can’t stop thinking about. Tumblr is the home of all things weird and wonderful, funny and fascinating—old-school internet vibes. We’re built a little different, just like everyone else who goes here.

Your dashboard will become the place to see what you want to see: a chronological tapestry of all the wonderful, nonsensical, fantastical things you like. Whether you post, lurk in likes, reblog and add your own take, this is your universe to discover, express, and enjoy. Whatever your community, you’ll find a ready-made home here.

When you have something to say—a hot take on the finer points of a Virgo moon, an image of your turtle Harold that you simply *have* to share with the world, F1 fanfic that your mutuals need to see—you have so many options. Shoot your shot with a photo, a video, or a text post. You can make an audio post of your ramblings or share your current favorite song via Spotify. We even have a pre-set chat post for all your incorrect quotes. Don’t say we don’t spoil you!

The reblog starts conversations in which anyone can join. Reblogging creates jokes and continues them—sometimes across the world and over the years. Whatever you choose to send into our effervescent digital ether, know that it can, and will, go anywhere. (Unless, of course, you use our post-level reblog controls. Private blog? Private post only for a couple of your friends to engage with? All possible here). No matter who you are, where you are, or what you are (looking at you here, Pikaman), this is your space—with as much freedom or privacy as you need.

Tumblr is the home of fandom. Maybe you have a favorite blorbo from your show? There’s fanart you’ll want to stare at, reblog, stare at again—or create yourself. You can read your favorite ficcers from ao3, *and* see their OC art on Tumblr, *and* discuss the finer points of lore with them. Pokémon? Got it. Marvel? Here. Kpop? Check. Supernatural? Of course. Minecraft? Ready and waiting. Star Wars? Yes! Doctor Who? You get the idea: it’s all here. Wait. Frogs. Did we mention the frogs?

It’s a whole world out here. If the prospect of reblogging, shipping, curating, and fanart feels a little daunting, or you simply require a refresher on how all this works, head over to tips.tumblr.com, where Cat Frazier of animatedtext.tumblr.com will take you through the finer points of Tumblr etiquette—the effervescent, the eeby, the deeby.

So. Sign up, follow some tags, and find your place on the dashboard. Then reblog, like, and post to your heart’s content. Or simply drift through the dream you’ve created for yourself—a chronological dashboard curated by you. For you. You hold the keys to this kingdom.

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Terms of Service: https://www.tumblr.com/policy/terms-of-service

Ratings and reviews

Update has improved the app! Perfect for artists, you can upload high quality images and posts can circulate around for ages, which keeps your account active, unlike other social media apps where your art post lasts a day and then dies forever. I don't understand why I can't completely turn off the Tumblr Live feature, there's only an option to "snooze" it. Also I sometimes get repeated notifications for the same thing (X liked your post), even after dismissing it.

getting worse all the time! there was a while there were it was making great improvements, like finally giving us polls, but the new image viewer is terrible, if you scroll down while on an image, you'll go to another post that isn't even on your dashboard. This isn't instagram! And the new video player cuts off the sides of tall videos if the ratio doesn't fit my screen, and there's no option to zoom out. And I hate the bubble they put the notes in.

I've had the tumblr app for quite a few years now, and have had barely any problems with it. But with the recent update I can't scroll for more than a few seconds or post anything without my screen vibrating and the app crashing. I've also experienced the ad audio glitch where it'll just blast into your ears from nowhere, and I'm overall just not a fan of the recent changes to the app (not being able to zoom in, etc). It'd be nice if they could fix these problems sooner than later.

What's new

Thanks for choosing Tumblr, a place to connect with others over shared interests.

There were some bugs with the notes. Now there are not. Carry on.

Follow changes.tumblr.com for further updates and bug fixes.