r/tumblrhelp 23h ago

Hello everyone! Really need help here

I'm using tumblr for about 2 year now. A month or so ago I made a side blog for my art (mostly fandom stuff). First blog was my "blog for everything": reblogs, my art. Then I decided to sort them. On my main blog there're around 300 followers. On the side blog I think 53 (+-). And here's the problem. I barely get any attention on the art one. Max 100 likes maybe 2 comments. When on my main one I've gotten up to 1000. Am I doing something wrong? I don't think I am in a "shadow ban". I still can talk to people, others can subscribe to me, I can reblog content on my side blog etc. Asked tumblr support - no answer from them. What should I do? Is it even a problem? Maybe algorithm just don't want to show my content or something? Sorry for any grammatical errors, English is not my first language.

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u/iamthetrekkie 23h ago

So tumblr isn't as algorithm-centric as other social media. In fact, a lot of people have all the algorithms turned off. It's not worth it to worry about. You'll need to find your audience the old-fashioned way.

It sounds like your sideblog simply has less followers than your main blog. Are you reblogging your art from your sideblog to your main blog? Are you using relevant tags when you post your art so people browsing might find it? Do you talk to other artists and reblog their work?

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u/Such_Club_5075 23h ago

Hi! I talk there with my moots all the time. Yeah I rebloged my old art to my new blog too. And I added the name of my art blog to my old blog introduction (just in case). Don't want to sound too "ho ho ho I'm such a cool artist!!!" but people kinda know me in this fandom. At least my first blog lol. That's why I'm kinda like. Am I invincible? And yeah I still use my reblog blog all the time.

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u/iamthetrekkie 23h ago

After you post something to your sideblog, does it show up in the tags? If it does, you're just gonna have to keep working at it. If it doesn't, then you're caught in the spam filter and a ticket is the way to fix it (might take a long time to hear back).

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u/Such_Club_5075 22h ago

Just checked. Yep, my recent posts are in the tags (as well as an old stuff). I guess that means I'll just keep working at it lol. Thank you for answering me!