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cimoreneI had to turn replies back on at my design blog (![[tumblr.com profile]](https://www.tumblr.com/favicon.ico)
designobjectory) because I invited readers to give me ideas for what to do to celebrate 7000 followers.
And now once again I am plagued by Reply Guys who for some reason don't want to reblog a post, so they aren't interested in sharing their thoughts with their followers, but rather think for some reason that the owner of a decorative arts blog will be interested in their opinion along the lines of "This furniture would be nice but it's ruined by the ugly legs 😐". I mean, yes, other people who see the post can see the replies, but they'd have to click through on purpose to read them, so I doubt it's really joining the public discourse on the subject.
Are they just trying to start a conversation? Is it like walking up to someone taking a photograph of a famous building and saying "It's a nice cathedral but the steeple is so awkward and clunky that it ruins the WHOLE thing" and then giving them an exaggerated grimace of distaste?
...Actually that would be so bizarre and hilarious IRL that I might respond much more positively to it this way, assuming the stranger-speaking approach wasn't scary. Like I guess at a tourist destination with other people around but not too much ambient noise it might not be alarming. But then again, they wouldn't be answering my post, just sharing the view.
And now once again I am plagued by Reply Guys who for some reason don't want to reblog a post, so they aren't interested in sharing their thoughts with their followers, but rather think for some reason that the owner of a decorative arts blog will be interested in their opinion along the lines of "This furniture would be nice but it's ruined by the ugly legs 😐". I mean, yes, other people who see the post can see the replies, but they'd have to click through on purpose to read them, so I doubt it's really joining the public discourse on the subject.
Are they just trying to start a conversation? Is it like walking up to someone taking a photograph of a famous building and saying "It's a nice cathedral but the steeple is so awkward and clunky that it ruins the WHOLE thing" and then giving them an exaggerated grimace of distaste?
...Actually that would be so bizarre and hilarious IRL that I might respond much more positively to it this way, assuming the stranger-speaking approach wasn't scary. Like I guess at a tourist destination with other people around but not too much ambient noise it might not be alarming. But then again, they wouldn't be answering my post, just sharing the view.
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Date: 21 Apr 2022 01:09 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 21 Apr 2022 01:32 pm (UTC)Except not understanding Tumblr... that's plausible.
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Date: 21 Apr 2022 01:55 am (UTC)You assume people like this think about what the people they talk to get out of a conversation instead of just compulsively verbalising their thoughts xD
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Date: 21 Apr 2022 01:31 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 21 Apr 2022 12:38 pm (UTC)They may not want content on their blog (attention is trouble on Tumblr) or feel that their content is curated to not include furniture so reblogging would lose them followers (if they value attention anyway)
No accounting for conversational style, but 'here's my bad opinion, argue with me' can work to get replies.
Eh, no matter their motive, you've suffered. I'm sorry you're not getting the interactions you want. At least you can close replies again soon.
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Date: 21 Apr 2022 01:31 pm (UTC)