lifeattomsdiner:

So a lot of people have been talking about how Tumblr’s pre-engagement algorithm structure makes it a much more pleasant experience for the user, and I think there’s something to that, but I also don’t think we can understate the effect of most of the site’s most insufferable users self-selecting out in favor of sites where you can actually gain social clout over the last few years

Oh yeah when I first came here there was a lot more effort to make it the Twitter-upgrade Main Interface for brands & celebrities, and the writers who came through post-Gawker, pre-clickbait blogging as it expanded through feminism to other identity used it to do heavy Discourse and cliquefighting as editorial brands were eclipsed… it was a scene.