tumblr support must dread updates coming out. because it means they will receive very impassioned and detailed emails from me
- Reblogging a post used to require two clicks. The reblog button, and then the post button. Now it takes three to do the exact same thing. This doesn’t seem like a lot when stated like that, but it makes me want to reblog less, which is unfortunate as reblogging is Tumblr’s core functionality.
- The note count has been removed entirely, separating them into individual reblogs and likes. Before, I could see the number of notes a post had at a glance. Easy. Effortless. Now I have to do math. Bad. Annoying.
- Previously one could go through the activity on a post by clicking the note count. Now, because the note count is gone, viewing who reblogged a post now requires even more clicks. Bad design choice. The location of that information is also not intuitive, particularly if you’re used to the old layout.
- Likewise, you could previously view who liked a post by clicking on the note count. Now, unless someone has reblogged the post already, you cannot view the likes on a post AT ALL, because the menu to do so is only available on posts with reblogs. What?????
- You moved the edit and delete buttons from the post footer into the top right corner drop down menu. Unintuitive: why would buttons related to generating content (like the reblog button) be hidden in a separate menu? And again: previously, editing a post took one click. Now I have to go searching for the option.
This is an even wilder choice on Tumblr’s part because there’s SO MUCH empty space in between icons (bad design choice) so, it’s not like there’s not space for them.
- Similarly, liking and deleting reblogs is also now unintiuitive. There are two “more option” drop down menus on a reblogged post: one at the top header, and one underneath, next to the body of the original post. That’s silly on its own - but even more so because the edit and delete buttons only appear on one menu, and not the other. Confusing!
- It occurs to me that the layout and functionality of the new post header is probably trying to mimic Twitter/Bluesky/etc? I hate this. If I wanted to use Twitter or Bluesky, I would open up Twitter or Bluesky. I come to Tumblr to use Tumblr. Why remove Tumblr’s unique, defining features?
Watching people talk about terrible Tumblr updates that haven’t hit you yet is like
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