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FirstLight

(14,270 posts)
Tue Mar 2, 2021, 07:56 PM Mar 2021

Hey you young popular kids... how do I use tumblr...?

Im a gen Xer and have gotten very settled into my social media use. I dont really do much twitter, maybe scroll around once a week. I belong to a few FB groups etc...

I asked one of my fanfiction writers groups about where to find illustrators in the group or fandom to see if they be interested in collaboration...and everyone says tumblr and Im like...what? who?

I have an account but have no idea how to start getting it going... or finding people, especially ones I know.

Should this be something I am blogging in daily? what's the point? Is it like Twitter and Instagram?

Any words of wisdom would help! Lol

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Hey you young popular kids... how do I use tumblr...? (Original Post) FirstLight Mar 2021 OP
I didn't know Tumblr was still a thing. targetpractice Mar 2021 #1
What's the current hot social media platform today? OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2021 #2
Instagram, apparently... targetpractice Mar 2021 #4
LOL, irt to social media, I think back over 20 years and the 1 constant I have is DU. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2021 #5
I think it it used more to link fandoms and artists more than anything. FirstLight Mar 2021 #3

targetpractice

(4,919 posts)
4. Instagram, apparently...
Tue Mar 2, 2021, 08:17 PM
Mar 2021

... My artist friends (from illustrators to painters to sculptors to fashion designers) use it to showcase their work.

But, of course there is no blogging or long-form text really. I glanced over the original post... Instagram is not the right choice for fan fiction. My bad. Sorry.

OAITW r.2.0

(28,518 posts)
5. LOL, irt to social media, I think back over 20 years and the 1 constant I have is DU.
Tue Mar 2, 2021, 08:28 PM
Mar 2021

Visit a few places like Digg and Boing-Boing, but DU is the only place I spend serious time.

FirstLight

(14,270 posts)
3. I think it it used more to link fandoms and artists more than anything.
Tue Mar 2, 2021, 08:14 PM
Mar 2021

I read stories on a differnt platform that my friends write for fun (AO3), but most of them have tumblr handles too.

I guess a way to start is by going to their other posts and then linking up... seems pretty typical.

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