To be honest, I still didn't figure out lik 87% of those unwritten rules and accepted my status as an old person who doesn't get the kids these days. Actually I think the kids can't really figure it out themselves, but each and all of them are dead sure they did, and everyone else is just awful for not keeping these rules. Thing is, comparison of what I keep seeing indicates that 87% Tumblr rules isn't universally agreed on at all! Some are miffed by liking their private posts and throw fits when someone dares to reblog their private rants, and at the same time others cry "Why no one likes my private posts! You don't care about me at all!", to give only one example of contradiction. But none of them ever seem to realize that their idea of netiquette might be not obvious for others.
And now on AO3 if you don't like something you're generally not supposed to say anyting. On LJ this "say nice or nothing" is maybe more popular now than before, too, though here it's unwritten, and I think if you break it, it won't be always meet with this Tumblrish how-dare-you response. Meanwhile, on Tumblr the attitude "disagreeing = hurting precious feels = no no" is prevailing, and not just as something that hangs in the air, but what's openly stated. I keep seeing posts "Don't tell anything contradicting in notes; make your own post instead," and "Don't use tags for the [given ship, or whatever], if you say anything less than rainbow-gushing on it; these tags are only for positive things."
Actually I think the kids can't really figure it out themselves, but each and all of them are dead sure they did, and everyone else is just awful for not keeping these rules. Thing is, comparison of what I keep seeing indicates that 87% Tumblr rules isn't universally agreed on at all! Some are miffed by liking their private posts and throw fits when someone dares to reblog their private rants, and at the same time others cry "Why no one likes my private posts! You don't care about me at all!", to give only one example of contradiction. But none of them ever seem to realize that their idea of netiquette might be not obvious for others.
And now on AO3 if you don't like something you're generally not supposed to say anyting.
On LJ this "say nice or nothing" is maybe more popular now than before, too, though here it's unwritten, and I think if you break it, it won't be always meet with this Tumblrish how-dare-you response. Meanwhile, on Tumblr the attitude "disagreeing = hurting precious feels = no no" is prevailing, and not just as something that hangs in the air, but what's openly stated. I keep seeing posts "Don't tell anything contradicting in notes; make your own post instead," and "Don't use tags for the [given ship, or whatever], if you say anything less than rainbow-gushing on it; these tags are only for positive things."
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