Oh Theyre Not Taking Away Chronological Dashboard, Well Everythings Okay Then They Also Said In The Post

“oh they’re not taking away chronological dashboard, well everything’s okay then” they also said in the post they’re making reblogs collapsed (like comments on twitter) so you won’t see the full conversation in a post. they also won’t get rid of tumblr live despite it being an annoying and cancerous data-miner that isn’t legal in much of the world. they won’t even let you opt out of tumblr live for more than seven days. they implemented a terrible photo viewer that mimics tiktok and makes it so you can’t zoom in on images. they took away the ability to view prev tags. they’re making it so you have to sign in with your email to view almost any thing on tumblr. they’ve already made it so you have to sign in to send asks, even on anon. they’re slowly phasing out custom blog themes.

the things that make tumblr at all usable and favored by us– the older web blog features, the anonymity– that is still being taken away. it HAS been being taken away for some time now. i am urging you people to reveiwbomb the tumblr app. force them to acknowledge that users do not like these changes.

turn that https:/ into https:)

background music from windows xp installation. few people actually heard it, because it was set to play before the audio drivers were configured.

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Reminders for new ao3 users (in no particular order):

- filter your searches like you would on a library website or in an online catalogue

- don’t post placeholders, fic searches, or recommendations as fics. DON’T! It’s against ao3 TOS

- there is no algorithm. ao3 sorts by date posted/updated unless you filter with specific search criteria

- ao3 is a non profit. that means it doesn’t sell ads to make money — it only survives on donations. this is why it can show you so many fics without ever flashing an ad or pop up at you!

- report fics that break TOS when you see them (I.e., placeholder fics, searches) to help other users navigate better

- the tag “dead dove, do not eat” doesn’t equate to gore/awfulness automatically. it is a complementary tag that enhances current tags. E.g., if the fic is tagged “gore” and “dead dove, do not eat” the author really wants you to mind the gore tag

- most fandoms have a variation of “no beta, we die like (x character)” and they all link back to the “No beta” tag

- publishing a new fic sometimes means it won’t show up in the fandom/pairing tag for a few minutes

- subscribers receive update emails at different times, depending on when you update/publish your fic. there’s no good way to predict when an e-mail will be sent — it can be in 30 seconds, or two hours later

- some fics are restricted by authors to those with ao3 accounts only. if you see a blue lock in the upper right corner, that fic is only visible to logged in ao3 users

- you can block commenters now! this didn’t use to be a thing

- updating a fic just to stay at the top of the pairing tag/fandom tag is a dick move. unless you’re legitimately editing or adding chapters, this just annoys readers and fellow authors, and people will skip over your fic

Summary: Everyone knows that after a break up, Steve Harrington invites as many people over to his house as he possibly can. And every girl knows that if you want a chance to be with him, even for a night, going to a party like this is your best bet.

Chapter 1 - A Moment’s Pleasure

Carol’s idea of a mash up between spin-the-bottle and seven-minutes-in-heaven brings life back into a dwindling party that Chrissy was looking forward to concluding early.

She’s been the butt of a few mean girl jokes and some of the guys keep picking on her and talking about her like she’s some kind of piece of meat, but she’s dragged to the circle and sat down in a corner where the girls around her shuffle away and she’s left with twin gaps on either side of her that make it glaringly obvious she’s not welcome.

Doing her best not to call attention to it more than it already does itself, she forces a smile and crosses her legs, feeling self conscious when the guys start to join them.

With her jacket off, she feels weirdly naked and she considers going back to the door to get it, but then worries that it might just make this all worse. She keeps her hands in her lap instead and does her best to remain calm.

She barely glances up to see Steve Harrington coming in to take a seat on her left side, filling up some of the gap left behind. The girl on the other side of him moves over suddenly, trying to be closer to him until they’re touching arms, she’s shameless, but Chrissy gets it.

He looks incredibly good tonight even though he’s drunk, hair a little more free than it would be in school, a tight sweatshirt with the sleeves pushed up to expose his forearms, cheeks flush from the alcohol, and lipstick stains dusting along the right side of his neck, leading down to the collar of his shirt and disappearing underneath.

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Don’t Add Fanfiction To Your Goodreads Shelf

Hi folks, I know some of you like to use Goodreads to track all your reading and don’t want to distinguish between books and fanfiction.

I am, however, begging you not to do this. It is extremely jarring and disconcerting to be a fic author and find your works somewhere in the wild where you did not personally put them. Fics are not books, are not published in the same way as books, and exist in a precarious legal space.

Please don’t attempt to elide the separation that exists between fandom and the world of official publishing.