Little Elven Archer

[Little Elven Archer]

[clusterduck28]

So I think the best strat here is for the users who did get the new layout to just stop using the desktop version of the site for a while, like a week or a month or however long their 'experiment' is supposed to last, while the users who didn't get the new layout should keep using the desktop version like normal or, perhaps, use it even more than usual.

My guess is that they're doing basic A/B testing on the new layout to see if it would boost engagement: the userbase is split roughly 50/50 between the 2 versions and they are going to be comparing the engagement data between the 2 groups of users to see if it's worth it switching everyone to the new layout or not.

Basically, if you got the new layout and don't like it - don't use it. If engagement metrics of group B (new layout) are lower than those of group A (no change), the experiment will be considered a failure and they will have to reverse the change.

If your tumblr suddenly looks like twitter - it's a sign to log off and go touch some grass! (or just use the mobile app since that engagement data isn't relevant to this particular experiment)

[worrywrite]

Don't just not use it, send feedback too!

There's a "contact us" option to send feedback about features being launched. GIVE FEEDBACK IN THE APPROPRIATE SPACE!

[glitterdustcyclops]

Not to "As a professional UX researcher" on this thread, but yeah, as a professional UX researcher, now is the exact time to provide clear (but kind!! the poor UX team is usually not responsible for these decisions) feedback on what your thoughts are in regards to this change.

In my job, if I were doing an AB test on a site layout and every person I interviewed said "I hate it, it looks like knockoff twitter, please put the old one back" then I would be very excited to include a nice little bullet point in my report that says "[x] number of participants disliked the new layout :)"

[beambayonet]

i recently sent feedback and was told that this https://wip.tumblr.com/ was established specifically for new feature feedback. their asks are open from 6a to 6p eastern. it looks like they really listen to what people say given their response to me so highly rec reaching out through these channels

[Little Elven Archer]

[jeijj]

Percy

[Little Elven Archer]

[crazy-lazy-elder-sims]

i got the old tumblr dashboard back T_T

i got the old tumblr dashboard back T_T i used the xkit rewriten options in this post and installed the firefox application called stylus and installed this script through it for the old tumblr layout <3

[Little Elven Archer]

[transarsonist]

but no yeah lets have the conversation:

"the CEO doesnt want to run that kind of website"
Excuse, shouldnt have bought the 'go nuts show nuts whatever' website if thats the case. APPEAL DENIED

"we have to follow the TOS of the appstores we're hosted on"
Excuse item one, no you dont, item two, you have since those days implimented infrastructure that would allow pornography and sex work on this platform Without violating TOS of any applicable app store. APPEAL DENIED

"we own the site we get to make the rules"
Incorrect, this site has only ever made profit when the users willed it. we collectively own the site as a hive mind and no legal change in ownership will change that. APPEAL DENIED

"we have to keep this website safe for the children who use it"
Argument based on fallacy banning pornography and sex workers does not prevent pornography and sex work from occuring on the site, it only forces aforementioned users to hide and avoid labling their content appropriately, which REDUCES the safety for children and sex workers alike instead of increasing it, this has been shown to the point that making this argument at all is tantamount to admiting fascist intent APPEAL DENIED

[transarsonist]

Reblog it. I want this to be on Tumblr radar by end of the week, i want my notes to be useless from the discourse, i want every single person on Tumblr to have seen this post at some point

[thatdogmagic]

sing it from the fucking rooftops, this website is fucking garbage and it trying to be Twitter while it whines and cries and has 50,000 meltdowns over seeing a titty should be funnier than it is but given all of the above, it's mostly just fucking infuriating.

[Little Elven Archer]

[deadsprout]

At first Netflix said, come write for us. We’ll save your cancelled shows and write about whatever niche story you want. Our algorithm says people will watch it!

Then a few years later they said, regardless of our promises or contract obligations we are cancelling shows after two seasons without telling anyone. Turns out no matter how loved a show is, we get less subscriptions after the second season.

How many subscriptions did we bring you? Netflix won’t say.

So writers started writing two season shows. Just give us two seasons, Netflix. Like you promised.

Then Netflix said, oops sorry! Turns out your show didn’t premiere at #1 and the views in the first day weren’t what we wanted so we’re cancelling your second season.

What were the numbers? How many people watched our show? Netflix doesn’t say.

Then, they did something extra special. They started taking shows and splitting their first season into two halves. Inside Job was not two seasons. It was one season split in half.

Oops! Sorry! The second half of your first season didn’t do as well as the first half, so now your show is cancelled!

Why? How many people? How much money? These companies are making cash hand over fist and they refuse to tell people the truth: people loved your show. Loved it. But some corpo exec wanted an infinite money making machine. Do you know how long shows are in production for before you watch them? Years. Like, 5+, even 10+ years. And Netflix gives it less than a week before they decide whether you’re getting cancelled.

Support #WGA Support #SAGAFTRA

[Little Elven Archer]

[zarla-s]

oops

[patreon]

[Little Elven Archer]

[tf2heritageposts]

you want to help stop tumblr from murdering itself? here's how!

• click this link and go to the support page, then click "contact support"
• click on the category list and click on feedback

• now you need to tell staff WHY putting in an algorithm will cause the site to fucking die, and be sure to be detailed and not a dick in it. theyre not gonna listen to feedback calling them assholes
• viola, if @staff listens, we'll be fine

i encourage you to reblog this so we can get as many people leaving feedback as humanly possible. we need to let staff know this is an utterly terrible idea

[tf2heritageposts]

by the way, tumblr has turned off asks on all of their staff blogs, so this is the only way to tell tumblr how you feel

[modmad]

here it is again because uh. seems relevant.

[Little Elven Archer]

[madphantom]

Hey guys I'm making a movie soon and I need a photo of a cat / kitten that looks somewhat like this one, do y'all think you could reblog and boost this until someone happens to have one?

[little-elven-archer]

i got these of Gandalf, she grown up now. But uh all the photos i have of her as an adult atm she either with another cat or its a stupid photo.

[Little Elven Archer]

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

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[Little Elven Archer]

[lowdowndandy]

If you'd like a reference for what Tumblr looked like when I joined it and then you might understand why people are saying it's copying Twitter