☕ this fandom preaches about reblogging fics/art when they see it but they only do it for big blogs -🐌

thelogicalloganipus:

sanders-sides-thuri:

organizeddiscord:

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A g r e e. The only stuff that gets big is from those who already have a sizable following

🍵 *sips* hmmmmm

It’s almost as if showing something to more people means more people see it. It’s almost as if more people see something Thomas reblogs than something I reblog. It’s almost as if having followers means more people follow you.

Look, no one who has more followers than someone else is any more valid of a person, any more valid of a creator, or deserves it more than anyone else. Nor does it mean they’ve done anything–I can’t force people to follow me, I have no control over whether they do or not. What I can do is reblog things from the people I follow–which I do. Does that mean that I reblog the things I see? Yes. Does it mean I see everything in the fandom? Fuck no. I don’t have time to keep up with my dash, much less go to the tags. Which means yes–I am more likely to see something if it’s from a blog 10k people follow than one that only 100 do, because it’s more likely that one of the 300 odd people I follow will have seen it.

Reblog what you like, reblog what you enjoy, but reblog only what you want on your own blog. No one should be required to reblog anything out of emotionally manipulative passive aggressive guilt trips, no matter how many people have decided to follow them. I wouldn’t want someone to reblog my work if they didn’t want to. I don’t expect my smut to get reblogged–many people are embarrassed to have that on their dash. I don’t expect a hardcore logicality shipper to reblog my logince–in fact I wouldn’t expect them to follow me in the first place.

People have a choice in the content they place on their own blogs. Trying to guilt them into changing their behavior will not succeed–it will cause them to disengage with you, unfollow you, and avoid your content entirely.

Which you are welcome to do with mine, if it is not something you wish to see. I’d like my follows, reblogs and likes to be inspired by honest appreciation, not obligation.

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