Why do social networking sites insist on making unwanted, unhelpful upgrades?

[clevermanka]

The new Tumblr posting format sucks ass. It's so horrible, you guys. It's fine if you're posting something that you want to go up right away, and it's even okay for things you're putting in a regular queue. But for arranging a whole collection of stuff to go up on a certain day, it's tedious and frustrating and UGH. First I have to type in the date on each entry in the Post Date box (January 29, 2013 for example) and then choose another option that does the exact same thing, only in a different spot on the page, called Publish On that has the usual default of Next Tuesday, 10am. And you have to do both or it posts it immediately (I checked). It's not so bad for a couple images here and there, but my collections have upwards of twenty images every time.

So it's possible that today's collection will be my last one, unless Tumblr staff changes the posting format. At least I'm going out on a high note. Tuesday, January 29: Tom Hiddleston, part 2.

OH HOW CHARMING. For some reason, Tumblr decided to change the date for that collection. It will not (I hope) go up Tuesday, February 5. Even though when I set up this collection last week, I specified next Tuesday. Which would've been today. Fuck you, Tumblr. Just fuck you. No collection today.



Oh wait. What the fuck. Now some of them are showing up. JESUS CHRIST TUMBLR.

Aaaaaand now they're all up, and the ones that said queued for February 5 are up today.

I don't even know.



Thank you to everyone who commented on yesterday's post. To answer annamatic's question, no I haven't made the jewelry from her bones yet. Someday.

Comments

[carmy-w.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. I just saw your post, and after going and taking a virtual cold shower, I came over to say....

Um....

Well, now I need ANOTHER virtual cold shower!


Anyway, they showed up fine on my dashboard! ;p

Better than disappearing altogether, I would say. I know the changes are driving a lot of people to drink and destruction, though!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear they showed up for you! Honestly, I was kinda worried.

Very sad I might not make any more collections, though. Things I was saving up for:

Cowboys
Avengers
Aliens & Predators
Heights
Guys with guns
Motorcycles
Sculptures
Texts from Last Night (various fandoms)
Boys kissing
Derrières
Supernatural

*le sigh*

[carmy-w.livejournal.com]

Oh, and they would be GOOD, too! All of them! Here's hoping tumblr gets it's head out of it's ass.

And to think I'm just cross because they disappeared the collapse button when you expand notes!

I feel really bad for you and the other contributors!

OT-do you watch/read/like NCIS?

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Tumblr seems to be like FB now, more trouble than its worth.
Bummer.

"distracted by my own crotch"

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I still like browsing through the images, at least. But yeah, unless they fix that posting format, I won't be putting up collections. SADNESS.

[siro-gravity.livejournal.com]

One site I use regularly recently "updated" it's platform, but at least it gave me the opportunity to go back and use the old one.

I clicked back on your page a bit.
omg, the dog in socks!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Isn't he ADORABLE?

[belluthien.livejournal.com]

*comes in to wave*

... I have never made it to tumbler. Heh, I'm having a hard time sticking to just LJ and FB!
y

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I think you'd love it for costuming stuff. There's tons of cosplayers on Tumblr. But now is NOT the time to join.

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't mind it, but then I tend to just either post things immediately or stick them in the queue, rather than set dates. :/

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

For people who post like that, I'm sure it's no big deal. They seem to have fixed the problem that makes you set the date twice, though, so that's something...

[nottygypsy.livejournal.com]

I never got your Tom thing, NOW I DO.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME.

[carmy-w.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. I just saw your post, and after going and taking a virtual cold shower, I came over to say....

Um....

Well, now I need ANOTHER virtual cold shower!


Anyway, they showed up fine on my dashboard! ;p

Better than disappearing altogether, I would say. I know the changes are driving a lot of people to drink and destruction, though!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear they showed up for you! Honestly, I was kinda worried.

Very sad I might not make any more collections, though. Things I was saving up for:

Cowboys
Avengers
Aliens & Predators
Heights
Guys with guns
Motorcycles
Sculptures
Texts from Last Night (various fandoms)
Boys kissing
Derrières
Supernatural

*le sigh*

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Tumblr seems to be like FB now, more trouble than its worth.
Bummer.

"distracted by my own crotch"

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I still like browsing through the images, at least. But yeah, unless they fix that posting format, I won't be putting up collections. SADNESS.

[siro-gravity.livejournal.com]

One site I use regularly recently "updated" it's platform, but at least it gave me the opportunity to go back and use the old one.

I clicked back on your page a bit.
omg, the dog in socks!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Isn't he ADORABLE?

[belluthien.livejournal.com]

*comes in to wave*

... I have never made it to tumbler. Heh, I'm having a hard time sticking to just LJ and FB!
y

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I think you'd love it for costuming stuff. There's tons of cosplayers on Tumblr. But now is NOT the time to join.

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't mind it, but then I tend to just either post things immediately or stick them in the queue, rather than set dates. :/

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

For people who post like that, I'm sure it's no big deal. They seem to have fixed the problem that makes you set the date twice, though, so that's something...

[nottygypsy.livejournal.com]

I never got your Tom thing, NOW I DO.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME.