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Hello Tumblrverse,

Firstly - It’s been a blessing and a joy to see the outpouring of support, the conversations being had, and the care in the community these last few days. Its an important conversation that needs to be had - and it’s beautiful to see all the camaraderie, information, and support for BLM, for justice, and for equality. In that same vein, please make sure you’re taking time to breathe and disconnect for your well-being. Please check out ChangesWithLuv a project that includes multiple networks raising money via requests for art, gifs, and fics from your favorite content creators on Tumblr. We’re in this together!

Now!

As you all know, Admin E has had a burst of inspiration to work on a new fic! Here are the current doings/offerings from the BiasRekkers Crew!

Admin E (aka Eden):

Make it Right Season 2. [Mafia AU] - Ongoing

Fragmentation [Defragmentation Prequel] [Matrix AU] - Ongoing

Shadow’s Birthright Season 1 [Historical / Time Slip AU] = In progress.

Admin L (aka Lavadakins):

Edge Of Forever Season 1 [Outlaw Star/ Space AU] - Ongoing

Star of Fate [VIXX Vampire AU] - In Progress

Admin T (aka Tomi):

No Words [Idol/Poly/Interracial AU] - Resuming 6/12

Lost In The Dream [Monsta X ] - In Progress

Admin E’s Second Season of Make It Right is beginning to pick up. Keep an eye out for the warning tags on these upcoming chapters. The Golden Jackals will be stepping in the muck soon enough! 

Fragmentation represents a cast of character origins for Defragmentation! Delve into the extraordinary beginnings of how they find their way into the Matrix. 

Shadow’s Birthright is a Historical AU tale of twin brothers, a kingdom, and a strange fate that awaits them. Based on the Daechwita MV, this future trilogy promises to be a wild ride! 

Admin L will be wrapping up Season 1 of Edge of Forever. The ragtag crew have yet to understand their purpose. But so far, destiny has slapped the pieces down perfectly! 

The Star of Fate will bring what we all love: Vampires and VIXX! 

Admin T will [FINALLYIKNOWIMSOSORRY] resume No Words on 6/12. Taehyung and Jungkook have staked their claim, now what? Aside from avoiding Vivian and preventing their new lover from giving into her own insecurities? There’s still time to convince her that this triangle could work.

Lost In The Dream will bring Monsta X into a world where there is no separation between the dream world and their own. At least there’s no separation for one of them. 

And that’s that! As always, if you’d like to be on a tag list for any current or future stories? Please drop your name in a reply here or in our ask box! We would love to hear from you!!

Please be safe. Stay healthy. Drink water. Know you matter. Step outside and take a deep breath. You are loved.

~ The BiasRekkers

I wanted to reblog this bc I’ve been seeing a lot of decrease of interaction on my page. Considering one of the most popular stories I’ve ever written was just published a few weeks ago and my blog engagement was at its peak, it’s odd how much it’s gone down.

I used the advice in her post and upgraded my tagging. I don’t usually tag a lot bc I’ve never really needed to before now. But now that I have gratuitously started tagging, like an obnoxious amount, I’ve noticed my engagement kind of normalizing again.

I think tumblr might be eating up stories or something idk. I just know I’ll find fics from really popular authors (in popular fandoms) that just aren’t getting the attention the normally should. I was just hoping reblogging her advice might help others. Bc honestly the lack of engagement has been really discouraging but @zepskies helped a lot.

PSA on Tumblr Tags: Tag Lists & # Tags

Just wanted to spread this news for people who don't know the new Tumblr updates that have to do with tagging on posts, both for user tag lists and for descriptive hashtags to help people find your post. I've had to learn them the hard way. 😅

User Tagging:

This first part is for people who have tag lists. Tumblr has recently changed the rules on tagging other blogs/users on a post.

You can still tag up to 50 blogs per post, but they must be spread out into groups of 5. Otherwise, the blog won't be highlighted/tagged and the person will not be notified.

Example (and more) below the cut: ⤵️

✅ Example:

And this is what it will probably look like if you don't spread them out into groups of 5:

Notice that only the first 5 blogs in each section are actually tagged.

Also something important to note: copy/pasting a tag list alone often isn't enough. After I copy over a tag list from another post, I always have to click on each blog name individually to select the blog and make sure it's tagged properly, so people get notified.

Trust me, I get why some writers have decided to ditch tag lists altogether. They can be tricky. 😂

Hashtags on Posts:

As most of you guys know, hashtags help people find your post. The limit of how many tags you can use has bumped up to 30 tags.

Now, this doesn't mean you have to use all 30 slots. But using the most popular tags will increase the likelihood that people will find your post.

By no means am I an expert on this, but I've been reading a lot of stories that should have SO many more reblogs, comments, etc. If some of them were using a few more key tags, they'd likely be getting much more traffic and notes on them.

Want to find out which hashtags are the most popular, relevant to your post?

Well, you can actually search them in the Your Tags tab, Tags You Follow, and go to Manage:

For Dean Winchester fanfiction, for example, here are the tags I use most often:

Ignore the first and last tags, which are just for me to organize the post for my blog. But I would say the most important tags here are the first few:

[character's full name]

[character's full name] x reader or [character's full name] x oc

fandom name

These three are absolutely key for any romance pairing fanfiction post, in my opinion.

Aside from being the most relevant for a pairing fanfic, these are often the most popular tags overall, as they are the tags with a high follower count. The rest can also be important supplemental hashtags relevant to the post.

You can also just start typing into this bar in your post draft and see what "popular tag" recommendations Tumblr gives you:

And that's it! For anyone who finds this PSA helpful, I salute you! 🫡 And I wish you all luck on future tagging endeavors. 💜

I'm also including some of my fellow writers just in case they have something to add to this — or if they don't know this info, though I'm sure they probably do already:

@luci-in-trenchcoats @dean-winchester-is-a-warrior @rizlowwritessortof @artyandink @waynes-multiverse

@jacklesbrainworms @deanwritings @deanwinchesterswitch @deanbrainrotwritings @waywardxwords

@angelbabyyy99 @jackles010378 @cevansbaby-dove @kaleldobrev @kayleighwinchester