Answer: Hello, @barbieharrington!

We are looking to give a limited amount of extra exposure of new posts to a wider audience. Right now, if you’re new to Tumblr and create a post, there’s a high chance it will never be seen by someone else. And thus, as a new creator on Tumblr, it can be difficult to find an audience. 

We’d like to make it slightly easier by giving these creator’s posts a little extra exposure, in the hope that those posts find their way to people that will love them—and perhaps even reblog and follow. This can help encourage creators to continue posting great content for all of us to enjoy. Existing creators with a large number of followers don’t have this problem, as all of their posts are likely going to be seen by many people already.

In addition, we are also exploring features and tools to help creators, and we are excited to tell you more about this as and when we can.

Thanks for your question—this is an important point to address, and we’re grateful you asked.

Best,

—Eli and Marina

Answer: Hi there @mohdasif!

Thank you for your question. As it happens, we recently answered something similar right here.

In short: we are currently working on migrating Tumblr’s backend to WordPress, and this will take time and effort. You can also check out this recent article for the latest on our Fediverse plans.

Keep the questions coming, folks.

Answer: Hi, @captainstrawberrywings!

Thanks for getting in touch here, and we hope you’ve been enjoying Year in Review 2024!

Unfortunately, while we had a really fun time building Your Year in Review in 2022, it’s true that it was a fair amount of work, and we struggled to make it a feature we could repeat again. It didn’t make the cut of projects to work on in 2023, sadly, and it didn’t make the cut to work on this year either, as you may have seen by now. As things stand, it’s not on our roadmap to do again.

That said, there is a lot of love for this feature on staff, too, and we would love to make it happen—so never say never!

Hey, @limelocked!

Great question! We have, we hope, a great answer for you. First up is a comprehensive list of all of current active staff blogs.

You can find ’em by simply searching each name, + @, in the search bar. (i.e., @action)

@action: Highlighting Tumblr’s long-standing social justice priorities of racial justice, mental health, equality, and beyond.

@art Exploring and featuring original artists on Tumblr.

@artistalley: Supporting local artists on Tumblr by buying directly from their storefronts.

@artistpicks: Monthly curated experience by artists and creators on Tumblr.

@best-of-reblogs: A curated collection of some of the best reblog threads on Tumblr.

@bigweekon: Tumblr’s beloved podcast highlighting recent trends, memes, and more.

@blackexcellence: A showcase of things all Black, all excellent, past and present—literature, fashion, music, historical spotlights, and beyond.

@books: Exclusive interviews and curated content from authors, publishers, and book fans.

@changes: Your go-to for new Tumblr launches, bug fixes, and updates on platform.

@creatrs: A network that connects artists, makers, and builders with brands.

@emporium: The Official Blog of the Tumblr Shop™, run by Brick Whartley back from the Island.

@entertainment: Exclusive content and features from across TV, film, and streaming.

@engineering: Behind-the-scenes work on how Tumblr engineers build Tumblr.

@fandom: Home of Fandometrics, Tumblr’s weekly ranking of entertainment properties.

@fashion: Runways to streetwear and every style in between.

@featured: Featuring exclusive content from Tumblr’s many good, good blogs.

@gaming: Exclusive and curated content across mainstream and indie games.

@getloudr An in-kind ad donation program dedicated to amplifying marginalized voices.

@happytuesday: A blog dedicated to all our Tumblr Tuesdays, posts featuring users based on a weekly theme.

@humans: A blog we use so we can reply in the notes of various posts.

@kpop: Exclusive content and a curated experience of K-Pop on Tumblr.

@labs: A way for engineers at Tumblr to experiment in public.

@music: Exclusive content and features on all your favorite musical artists.

@postitforward: Supporting the community with resources for mental health, self-care, and wellness.

@prideplus: Your home for all things LGBTQIA+ on Tumblr.

@radar: Sharing four pieces of original posts from Tumblr artists per day, hand-curated by our team from across the globe.

@staff: The ultimate source for big news, platform updates, and everything that makes Tumblr, Tumblr.

@support: News, tips, and nerdy details from Tumblr Support.

@tee: A blog from your friendly neighborhood Tumblr user, Tee.

@todayontumblr: Daily curated content around trending topics on Tumblr.

@wip: Dedicated to feedback and questions from Tumblr users to Tumblr staff.

There’s more. For our global audiences, you can find all the localized Staff blogs. They’re linked here!

We also have a carousel in the feed somewhere called “Official Blogs,” but it might be that we need to make that more obvious or provide a dedicated feed or page somewhere.

Leave that last point with us, but we hope that helps! Thanks for your question, and have a good day.

(And a tip of the hat to you, @lizzieonka! Consider them tagged)

Best,

—Caragh, Cates, and Cyle

Answer: Hello there @toasthaste.

So, if you sign up for Tumblr today, you will see recommended blogs to follow while you sign up. Last year, we also ran an experiment where we showed a post from @welcomebot to new users with some starting tips, but unfortunately, that didn’t end up helping much. We are still experimenting though! And there’s more to come, so we will keep you posted on this one.

Might we also recommend you visit Hellsite High? It is full of handy tips, though we must add: we haven’t updated it in at least a year, so we might have to audit some things on the blog or you will have to forgive us the occasional discrepancy—since it might cause confusion to new users.

Best,

—Jon and Cyle

Answer: Hello there, @mxkoifish!

Let us start by saying that, given the sheer volume, it is not possible for us to respond to all feedback we receive. As much as we might like to, and indeed as much as we try. A human reads each piece of feedback you submit to us, which we can assure you really does count for something—and is a waste of no one’s time.

Moreover, there are some questions which, due to the sheer scale and complexity of running a website such as this, we cannot answer publicly. This is something to bear in mind: if we do not answer your question, remember there may well be a very good reason why. As much as we might like to.

In any case, we are always trying to get better at responding to the community’s feedback—this blog is one such example of us trying to find more ways of reaching back out to people based on feedback we receive each week. We’re also trying to find other ways to open up easier venues for feedback, like maybe a community forum. We’ll see where that takes us!

We hope this answers your frustrations in some way—but do know we are trying our best with what we have. Thanks for your question, and have a good day.

Best,

—Jon and Cyle

Hi @encyclopediabitch,

Thanks for sending in this fundamental question. I’ll come clean here: I am not a dinosaur knower. It turns out I’m not alone in that. I asked around, and here are some of the team’s favorite ‘saurs—ranging from actual dinos to…not-dinos ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.  
What’s your favorite dino?

Good day to you,
—Loll (Tumblr Marketing)

~

Yes. 
—L (Tumblr Engineering)

As a huge fan of birds and Birblr, I’d have to go with Archaeopteryx!
—Cates, Bird Enthusiast (Tumblr Marketing)

I’m partial to dessert dinos. But also, do birds count as modern dinosaurs?
—C (Tumblr Engineering)

I am a classic T. rex fan myself, mostly because of its roller-coaster evolution in human perception from big scary monster to tiny-armed and awkwardly inefficient predator.
—Cyle (Tumblr Engineering)

…Do some Pokémon count as dinosaurs? 🤔
—Bea (Tumblr Marketing)

Hi @encyclopediabitch,

The short answer is yes. We’re finally coming out of our caves with this. We read fanfic, and we love it. The long answer, provided by some of our WIP regulars, can be found below. So I guess the only question now is: Do you read fanfic? Do you write it? Do you want to tell us about it?

—Loll (Dragon Age fic enjoyer, Tumblr Marketing)

~

“Yes, I read fanfiction every day of my life, and if it’s not a roommate au, I don’t want it!!”
—Bea (Tumblr Marketing)

“HAHAHA YES. If I said I don’t read fanfiction, I would be lying. I go back to the same ones over and over again. Please leave your recs in the comments!”
—Jas (Tumblr Marketing)

“Another big fanfic reader here. I recently binged a bunch of fix-it fics because a show didn’t end the way I wanted 😭.”
—C (Tumblr Engineering)

“Yep, I read a ton of fanfic. I won’t be sharing my bookmarks, but suffice it to say a lot of ’em are good ol’ fashioned fake dating fics.”
—Cates (Tumblr Marketing)

“Yes…Are examples needed? Some of the actors from Deep Space Nine (the best Star Trek) acted out fics over the pandemic on Youtube…”
—Kat (Tumblr Support)

“I used to read and write a fair bit of Command & Conquer fanfic back in the pre-Tumblr 00s, lol.” 
—Cyle (Tumblr Engineering)

Hello @zakharamundsen.

*evil laughter* You’ll never know.

Erm, do you mean here, on this blog? Or more generally? In general, I mean, do we ever really know whether we’re talking to a human or whether it’s actually just a lizard…eating camembert…inside a human suit?

Here on @wip, though, I can assure you we’re actually all really real humans, which is why we’re a bit slow: we’re terrible at multitasking and there’s so much to do.

—Sincerely, Loll (Very Real Human™, Tumblr Marketing)