Welcome to my blog!

Let’s start off with my DNI list. Mine is a bit different from normal ones, so bear with me. This list is subject to update at any time. I’m okay with people who fit my DNI asking about my DNI if they’re confused.

Red flags: (If any ONE or more of these apply to you, please do not interact with me)

NSFW blogs, DSMP + co. fans, terfs, maps/nomaps/proshippers/comshippers, white supremacists, Qanon, PewDiePie fans, Donald Trump supporters, anti-abortion, “empaths”, endos + supporters, Harry Potter fans, ace exclusionists, pan exclusionists, Beastars fans, PETA supporters, transautistic/transethnic/transabled/transage/transspecies, people that hate addicts, anti-vaxxers, superstraights, anti self diagnosis, radfems, ARAs, Conservatives, followers of gen/derflu/idluc/ifer*, cryptocurrency investors, Omegaverse trope likers, Yandere trope likers, anti sex work, Christian nationalists, cops

(* without the slashes. These are here to avoid these people finding me and possibly sending hate my way.)

Yellow flags: (If any THREE or more of these apply to you, please do not interact with me.)

Homestuck fans, Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss fans, Republicans, OFF fans, Poppy Playtime fans, Enchanted Mob fans, Zamination fans, Danganropa fans, Stranger Things fans, social media influencers, Technoblade fans, Attack On Titan fans

Some more boundaries I’d like to put in place:

-Most of my posts are reblogs. Please actually be interested in what I share. Lurkers may eventually be blocked
-Do not DM me unless you are a mutual, friend, or it’s otherwise important. People I do not know well that DM me for unimportant reasons will be blocked.
-Do not reblog posts tagged as vent unless I say it’s okay to reblog
-Don’t ask me to reblog posts unless we’re close
-Don’t be afraid to tell me I should add a tag to any of my posts!
-Do not use any content tagged as #my art without my express permission. Even if you do receive permission, you MUST credit me and explicitly state that others are not allowed to use it.

If you’ve made it this far while respecting my DNI and understanding my boundaries, let’s talk about me now!

Hi! I’m Lily! I use she/they/xe pronouns.

I like Pokémon, FNAF, MLP, TF2, HLVRAI, memes, and many more things!

I want to learn more about the perspectives of people of color, disabled people, LGBTQIA+ people, neurodivergent people, and other minorities, and share them with others in hopes that people can come to understand eachother more!

I’m not very good with words, so if anything I say sounds weird or off, I sincerely apologize.

My sideblogs:

@fnadc: FNAF-themed HLVRAI AU askblog (On indefinite hiatus due to lack of participation and motivation. Seeing people enjoy it would still make me happy tho :) )
@dr-l-blade: Half Life RP blog (Currently inactive.)
@madtegu: Flight Rising sideblog (no longer using, but does have a link to my FR if you’re interested)

I AM THE LORAX

I SPEAK FOR THE TREES

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magnusbae

To illustrate this post by @mayahawkse I would like to visualize to you the difference:

A post in 2023:

A post in 2014:

A zoom out of the same post:

This is what a community looks like.

See how in 2023 almost all of the reblogs come from the OP, from their few hours/days in the tag search. Meanwhile in 2014 the % of reblogs from OP is insignificant, because most of the reblogs come from the reblogs within the fandom, within the micro-communities formed there. You didn't need to rely on tags, or search, or being featured. Because the community took care of you, made sure to pass the work between themselves and onto their blog and exposed their followers to it. It kept works alive for years.

It's not JUST the reblog/like ratio that causing this issue, it's the type of interaction people have. They're content with scrolling and liking the search engine, instead of actually having a reblogging relationship with other blogs in their community.

Anyways, if you want to see more content you like, the only true way to make it happen is to reblog it. Likes do not forward content in no way but making OP feel nice. Reblogs on the other hand make content eternal. They make it relevant, they make it exist outside of a fickle tumblr search that hardly works on the best of days.

If you want more of something, reblog it.

magnusbae

Something I see mentioned often is "I don't have many followers, my reblog won't matter" which is untrue.

First of all, reblogging, commenting and interacting is how you start gathering your own micro community, second of all— you literally do not know how far a single reblog from you could go in the long run.

For instance, let's say you only have one person reblog from you, and that person only have one person who reblogged from them also, and so on, and somewhere ten reblogs down the line a very large blog reblogs it and boom, the post is getting more and more exposure!

You see, it does not matter if you don't have a large following so long as you cultivate a micro community with the people you do enjoy interacting daily with.

As you can see in the second picture I added, most of the reblogs were between very small groups of people, and occasionally it'll lapse into a large blog that would create a bigger reblog pool. BUT STILL. Saying that you don't have many followers and so it doesn't matter if you don't reblog is UNTRUE.

Even if someone just randomly wanders into your blog one day, it's beneficial for both sides because A. Seeing you reblog content they like might be enough for them to follow you B. They would be exposed to new content creators they didn't know previously and might also follow / reblog from them!

So yes, do not underestimate what your reblogs and words mean, just because you're not 'big' or whatever. It is not how tumblr works!!

P.S IT IS NOT CRINGE TO REBLOG 10 YEARS OLD CONTENT ON TUMBLR. YOU SEE IT. YOU LIKE IT? REBLOG IT. DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU DIG IT FROM THE DEPTHS OF HELL ITSELF. XOXO :'D <3