I think the most important thing I want to say is that I really appreciate all the work you're doing. I sincerely mean it. I've linked to your DW for tumblr guide, and I know a lot of people have been using it. And I think it's fantastic. I know it's a lot of work, and I really love that you're putting it together. I just makes me really happy that people are moving to this site and figuring out how to make it work for them, and that doesn't have to be the same as how it works for people who've been here since the lights turned on. (For that matter, people who have been here for ten years use the site very differently one from another. There isn't a right way to do this.)
However, I think you're not understanding... probably three things.
1. Most of the people flipping the heck out in my comments section have used tumblr and understand how tumblr works. Myself included. That's why they're flipping the heck out.
2. The term "Reblog" has a meaning. People are associating that meaning with what it is on other sites. What you're trying to do on DW by using "reblog" to mean "link" is causing confusion and upset with users who have seen how reblogging works on tumblr and don't like it.
3. Privacy controls are the most important part of this site for a lot of people. I get that's not how you personally use the site, but even hinting at the suggestion of "breaking flock"/reposting locked content is actually shocking to people who are interested in those privacy controls. It's the equivalent of saying, "Hey, you know what's cool? Getting invited over for dinner, and then stealing the host's silverware!" I very, very much think you don't mean it that way, but that's how it's coming off. Reposting large chunks of text without permission is going to net you a similar reaction.
4. (I said three! Sorry!) the tumblr magic of zany reblog chains? Happens in comments here. I post a picture of a mushroom that looks like a dick, someone in comments makes a dick joke, someone else writes a poem to the dick, a couple people link around to the dick mushroom convo and stuff they've added to it. Someone later may repost the poem they wrote with a link back to my mushroom picture. They may ask if they can repost the mushroom picture, and I may or may not say yes.
5. (OH NO! YOU SAY, SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING AWAY AFTER THREE!) I am sorry things got so heated last night. I had a knee jerk negative reaction, and posted publicly about it, and a lot of other people had the same. I really do not want to set up new users v. old as balls users, and I did that. And it sucked.
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However, I think you're not understanding... probably three things.
1. Most of the people flipping the heck out in my comments section have used tumblr and understand how tumblr works. Myself included. That's why they're flipping the heck out.
2. The term "Reblog" has a meaning. People are associating that meaning with what it is on other sites. What you're trying to do on DW by using "reblog" to mean "link" is causing confusion and upset with users who have seen how reblogging works on tumblr and don't like it.
3. Privacy controls are the most important part of this site for a lot of people. I get that's not how you personally use the site, but even hinting at the suggestion of "breaking flock"/reposting locked content is actually shocking to people who are interested in those privacy controls. It's the equivalent of saying, "Hey, you know what's cool? Getting invited over for dinner, and then stealing the host's silverware!" I very, very much think you don't mean it that way, but that's how it's coming off. Reposting large chunks of text without permission is going to net you a similar reaction.
4. (I said three! Sorry!) the tumblr magic of zany reblog chains? Happens in comments here. I post a picture of a mushroom that looks like a dick, someone in comments makes a dick joke, someone else writes a poem to the dick, a couple people link around to the dick mushroom convo and stuff they've added to it. Someone later may repost the poem they wrote with a link back to my mushroom picture. They may ask if they can repost the mushroom picture, and I may or may not say yes.
5. (OH NO! YOU SAY, SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING AWAY AFTER THREE!) I am sorry things got so heated last night. I had a knee jerk negative reaction, and posted publicly about it, and a lot of other people had the same. I really do not want to set up new users v. old as balls users, and I did that. And it sucked.