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Dean Kissick said these were “dead” last summer but that’s not true. I see them all the time. Niche accounts that beat a single subject into the ground. I hope the new generation of pics-artists who migrate to Urbit or whatever Web3 becomes keep up the cellectuals style post-erinos for as long as we’re not extinct.
May 31, 2022
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I'm not apologizing for making a list within a list. Somehow this is the imagined side of the internet I occupy shared with people like Dana Dawud, Barrett Avner, Joshua Citarella, Angel Emoji, Shumon Basar, Will Sennett, Dean Kissick, Ben Ditto, Girlgod, Petra Cortright, Pool Honeys, Dagsen, Benjamin Bratton, Spiral Jette, Poorspigga, Adina, Emily, and hannah (mentioned above), NPCC, Jack Halberstam, postpostpost, wonderful cringe, Prada Horse Shoe, Charlie Baker, Marianne Williamson, Manifest Destiny Children, Michelle Lhooq, Corporate Kafka, Alex Tyson, Henry Williams, Rachellcells, Devon Young, Jak Ritger, Iceberg Anthro, Tey Meadow, Olive Kimoto, Taylor Scarabelli, Günseli, K-Allando Mcdowell, Megan Nolan, Taylor, Paige Emery, Caroline Busta, Serge, Brad, and my podmates Neoliberalhell and Anti-art. These are the people that I steal all my ideas from!
Aug 23, 2023
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Cool part of the web that may go unnoticed. Gives you a spark of what the web can be if more of us were onboarded before the big apps became our main entry point
Example: https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/9477-IndieWeb-Tumblr (furries have some of the best tech writeups lol)
Apr 11, 2025
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i think that while it had it's own host of problems it was really the ideal social media.
multiple media formats were supported. it was easily searchable. the ui was perfect; minimalist, iconic, but also customizable. while there was some kind of recommendation algorithm it really was just largely user-sourced: you followed specific blogs, specific tags, and that ultimately led to a super rich online experience where for certain the stuff you wanted to see was on your timeline and if you saw something you didn't recognize but liked (or something you recognized but didn't like) you could actually change your feed to include (or exclude) that new content, which more often than not came from people / tags you were already following
subculture on tumblr flourished in a way that instagram and twitter have never replicated; the fact that you could follow a$ap yams, frank ocean, et al and be tapped into this new moment in art and media or be in the pits of fandom tumblr or just be somewhere in the middle and constantly see cool photos, essays, etc. (where again, all of this is indexed on specific tags so people can post common stuff on the same thread) is just so much what the ideal digital platform is (for me, at least) - and unlike ig and twitter, you could be multi-faceted on tumblr; the algorithm (or your followers) didn't punish you for liking and posting about multiple things
instagram has carved its niche out by asking users "how monetizable can you make yourself?" twitter has carved its niche out by asking users "how disaffected and aloof can you make yourself?" tumblr was the only place where you weren't actively punished just for being earnest. it's still around but it absolutely isn't the same and the second someone can make a website with the exact same feature set without getting sued i'm so fucking there. pi.fyi is the first site that feels "tumblr-esque" in a while (honorable mention to are.na which i just haven't had the patience to figure out yet)
Apr 1, 2024
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I didn’t touch grass until I was 16 years old, but it changed my life for the better! Nature can be more restorative than man-made cures/therapies, so how can I not recommend touching grass!
Sep 9, 2024
Dear Haters, keep sucking, I’m about to cum(plete this list). Being a lover is powerful. Being a lover is productive. Being a hater is cucked and pathetic.
Sep 9, 2024
People say going online is bad for mental health and they’re not entirely wrong. But aside from inducing the occasional bout of mania or depression, I’ve also met my best friends and cultivated profound life experiences going online. So, go for it! Get your screen time up! Like, post, scroll, or participate in a group chat for recovering edgelord men! Like I always say, “it’s never a crime to have fun online!”
Sep 9, 2024