it is 10 am and I have not been on Tumblr even once

[girlbookwrm]

Things that I do when not infiniscrolling through the hellsite:

• Work on my mom's Christmas present (I'm defacing a copy of the Silmarillion for her amusement)
• hang out on Dreamwidth like a lot
• noodle at the Steve VS the Guggenheim idea (boogiewoogiebuglegal  yoU AND ICEWHISPER ARE REAL BASTARDS YOU KNOW THAT??)

so I think I maybe actually like being free of the blue purgatory? I want to try and spend less time on Tumblr, going forward. I don't think there's any website that quite matches it for social media experience -- it suited me really well, I adapted to it very quickly and I've gotten endless hours of amusement from it, BUT.

it was the vibrancy of the community I found there that worked for me. That community can be built -- or rebuilt -- anywhere. 

Comments

[norsellie]

Yes, yes it can! ♥

[pennie_dreadful]

Without Tumblr to distract me I actually updated my Dw profile and interest list, and uploaded my icon to Pf. And looked up more of my mutuals and people i follow on both sites, whoops

[hlagol]

So much dreamwidth. Less scrolling, but more open tabs to actively type replies to. It makes me feel virtuous. haha.

Also I downloaded the week-long photoshop free trial because if we're going back to 2008 I'm gonna need to relearn how to make icons, I guess.

(though I'm sure I'll be back scrolling here are there. sometimes I just want memes and hot takes)

[boogiewoogiebuglegal]

I wear the “right bastard” tag with utter joy, you know that. Besides, I know the Steve v. the Giggenheim story will be fantastic ;)

I haven’t been on Tumblr since I logged out of the desktop app this morning. Which feels a bit weird but... I’ve seen a lot of fandom history and communities can always be rebuilt so long as someone leaves the light on. Here we are.

[kurgaya]

Honestly this is *exactly* how I feel today and about tumblr in general. I've not logged on today and it feels kinda nice?? But at the same time, there really is nothing that compares to tumblr and I *like* the overall experience it offers. Shame really.

[potofsoup]

Agreed on the complicated feeling of (a) being freed from the hellsite is kind of nice, (b) dammit I really liked the vibe and energy there, and (c) community can be rebuilt -- starting with DW! <3