okay, I want to start off by saying that I don’t really like to judge people, and while this isn’t so much an act of judgement as it is an issue regarding my personal comfort zones and what not, it will come off as judgemental to some people - also, this is going to be a textwall of opinionated junk.
Everything, nearly without exception, is exactly the same. Every one, save for the people with personal blogs of some sort, has turned to posting the same things. There are “kawaii” blogs, and then there’s the blogs that try to post in the same style that kiss-shot essentially popularised (the mix of a certain style of art + photography), blogs that are like over-ture, and then we’ve got out kpop and asian fashion. I like all these things, but they’re just… all the same, now. This may not bug you, but I just find the repetition boring.
There’s a lot of ass kissing and insincerity between female posters (ie. the majority) that drives me crazy, it’s a large reason why I’ve stopped answering my asks consistently for the last year. Everywhere I look all I see is the same people leaving asks in essentially anyone popular’s inbox with “omgosh I LOVE your tumblr you’re so <insert positive words here> *A*;;; ~!! your theme is so pretty!”. Yes, some people actually mean these things, but a lot of people are also only doing it as a means of gaining popularity. Because of that, it’s really hard to tell what’s sincere and what isn’t. On a personal note, thank you for anyone who has ever complimented me and sincerely meant it. This is not to rip on anyone who says these things because they mean it. I love a whole lot of you too, but when my inbox is full of stuff like “Your <x> is so pretty!” I often don’t know how to reply, because I feel like I’m expected to play up to this “OMGOSH ♥ UGUU~~” standard on tumblr instead of just saying thank you, and well, I’m not comfortable being fake. I’ll gush and be cute and do whatever when I really feel that way, but forcing it is not my thing. I don’t mean to be frigid.
I don’t want to offend anyone with this post (although I’m assuming most people who would find themselves offended would have a guilty conscience, so eh) - and this isn’t to say I’m never going to use tumblr again. I’ll keep using it, maybe I’ll find my “groove”, but between my misgivings about it and how hectic life has been for me recently, I most certainly won’t post as many edits or be… well, useful. If you want to talk, because you sincerely enjoy it and not because I have a lot of followers, poke me and let’s be friends and maybe you can make tumblr more exciting for me.
