obligatory welcome guide for redditors

A lot of the guides I've seen don't actually seem to understand how reddit works in comparison to tumblr so

• your blog is basically your own small subreddit. some people curate this heavily to fit a theme, like a sub, most people don't
• reblogs are culturally equivilant to upvotes but functionally equvilant to crossposting
• there is an algorithm. it sucks and nobody uses it. turn it off in settings. everything is generally chronological
• likes are functionally equivilant to saving a post
• you've probably already seen this but change your icon and put something in your bio or people WILL assume you're a bot. personal info not required
• generally, anything you would put as a comment on a thread should go in the tags or the replies of a post. only add comments in reblogs if you want it to become part of the base post
• tags are mostly equivilant to flairs, used for organization and commentary
• your dashboard is an aggregation of everyone you follow
• there is an r/all equivilant(trending page) but it sucks and nobody uses it
• our search also sucks. your best bet is using tumblr.com/tagged/[TAG] and not /search
• there are no mods
• by extension, reporting something doesn't put it in front of the mods, it sends it to staff, who may or may not do anything(usually they don't)
• there is no karma, there are no karma limits. anyone can reblog anything, comment/reply to anything, or post in any tag
• "reposting"(reblogging) old content doesn't matter. people can and will reblog the same post multiple times, including in a row
• CAVEAT. reposting someones art(NOT reblogging, making a new post) is a dick move. i know this is commonplace on fandom subs but its not necessary here. everything you post should be [OC] unless you are reblogging. or posting shitty memes
• we have our own sitelore, you'll pick it up
• (though im not opposed to bringing some over from reddit)
• our app also sucks. we do not have third party apps and any that claim to be are scams. sorry
• for desktop, most people use the XKit Rewritten extension for QoL improvements and to revert shitty aesthetic updates, much like old.reddit
• we have no idea where the porn rules are at either. add a mature content flag to anything you'd get fired for looking at at work, that's about it

finally, from the bottom of my heart, fuck u/spez

Hey. Why isn’t the moon landing a national holiday in the US. Isn’t that fucked up? Does anyone else think that’s absurd?

It was a huge milestone of scientific and technological advancement. (Plus, at the time, politically significant). Humanity went to space! We set foot on a celestial body that was not earth for the first time in human history! That’s a big deal! I’ve never thought about it before but now that I have, it’s ridiculous to me that that’s not part of our everyday lives and the public consciousness anymore. Why don’t we have a public holiday and a family barbecue about it. Why have I never seen the original broadcast of the moon landing? It should be all over the news every year!

It’s July 20th. That’s the day of the moon landing. Next year is going to be the 54th anniversary. I’m ordering astronaut shaped cookie cutters on Etsy and I’m going to have a goddamn potluck. You’re all invited.

DASHBOARD UNFUCKER V1.0

as 90% of desktop users have probably found out, today @staff released an update that for some insane reason COMPLETELY remodels the dashboard to replicate twitter's. this is of course in the wake of numerous other thoroughly hated changes and a continued refusal to fix any of the site's actual problems, half of which stem directly from site management.

HOWEVER, thanks to the power of jQuery, i was able to throw together a userscript that remodels the dashboard back to its original look almost perfectly.

here is my dashboard right now, with the script active:

and here is the old dashboard in separate tab container that hasn't received the update:

it's hardly perfect; i had trouble making it force reload to the fixed layout when switching between other pages and the dashboard, and it currently only fixes just the dashboard. it's also completely untested on browsers other than firefox, and chances are it looks a bit screwy on ultrawide monitors. but for now at least, it's a good fix.

the unfucker is a tampermonkey userscript. all you have to do to use it is install the tampermonkey extension, hit "create new script", and replace the default code on the page with the script (link here) and save it.

We live at a time when anyone over the age of, say, 20 who has a functional long term memory can tell you it's more than unfortunate weather; it's observable climate change year on year.

"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command"

-George Orwell, 1984

"Liberals blame global warming for heat wave. They also blame the ocean for making the beach wet, and gravity for our inability to fly."

me liking posts from my mutuals hyperfixations that i dont actually understand at all

As if I didn't hate Texas enough now it's 100+ everyday