the comments were literally half the fun, if not more
Very much so. I've been reading both Jezebel and io9 a lot less since I can't figure out how to navigate the comments.
It's a real burden being right so often.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Jul 05, 2012 5:43:09 pm PDT #12933 of 30001
Because books.
Tom Scola - Jul 05, 2012 6:08:20 pm PDT #12934 of 30001
hwæt
Nick Denton, man!
The dude just can’t leave well enough alone. C’mon.
Atropa - Jul 05, 2012 6:10:10 pm PDT #12935 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
scurries back into the relative safety of b.org
There are times when the fact that I'm an Internet PresenceTM is a little weird. On a whim I took a photo of my evening snack, then posted it on Tumblr. 20 minutes later it has 54 notes. I'm very grateful for my fanbase (and let me tell you, thinking about my "fanbase" is another basket of mutant kittens), but still. Weird.
billytea - Jul 05, 2012 6:12:47 pm PDT #12936 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
There are times when the fact that I'm an Internet PresenceTM is a little weird. On a whim I took a photo of my evening snack, then posted it on Tumblr. 20 minutes later it has 54 notes. I'm very grateful for my fanbase (and let me tell you, thinking about my "fanbase" is another basket of mutant kittens), but still. Weird.
Or, alternatively, your snack was just that awesome.
Tom Scola - Jul 05, 2012 6:13:39 pm PDT #12937 of 30001
hwæt
My best post to Tumblr has 38 notes after six weeks.
Amy - Jul 05, 2012 6:15:05 pm PDT #12938 of 30001
Because books.
I don't think I have any notes on mine. I'm not even sure how many followers I have, which is sad because I like Tumblr a lot more than Twitter or Facebook.
DebetEsse - Jul 05, 2012 6:17:33 pm PDT #12939 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
To be fair, Jilli, your snack did have a pink drink with a bat stirrer, which lends credence to billytea's theory.
Scola, it is not cool that my best post has almost as many notes as yours, as your photos are friggin awesome.
Zenkitty - Jul 05, 2012 6:26:25 pm PDT #12940 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
If I say something awesome or cute enough about Jilli's snack, she will notice me and thus validate my existence! And maybe we can be friends!
Atropa - Jul 05, 2012 6:32:57 pm PDT #12941 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Scola, you reminded me! I need to go make sure I've put some of your posts in my queue.
§ ita § - Jul 05, 2012 6:35:06 pm PDT #12942 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Very little of my original graphical content gets more than ten or so notes, but some of the stuff of other people's that I posted has gotten hundreds of notes. Torchwood and Avenue Q? Who knew? But the fairy tale posters are still be reblogged months later. It's kind of depressing, really. Nobody likes me for me... ::sniff::
Oh, yeah--and getting reblogged by Jilli is totally shortcut to the big time.
I make bets with myself on which provocateuse posts will get the most notes, but I'm not very good at predicting. Katherine Moennig? Actually, I should have seen that coming...
And on the Cas tumblr, people strip off the fandom bits! No! That was carefully chosen synergy, and you're breaking it up because you like reposting pictures of weed....HEATHENS.