Currently the plan is to repost popular quotations of the week, cosplayer photos, artist drawings/photos, popular threads, and the like. But we'd love to hear more suggestions and get you guys following this tumblr too!
Please post in this thread with suggestions of how you'd like to see this used!
#2
Dave
I guess I'll join Tumblr and see what it is.
#3
Wahad
Followed. The plan you mentioned seems about right. It might also be a good way for people to get to know eachother's tumblr.
Monthly? Weekly? Hourly?[DOUBLEPOST=1357782560][/DOUBLEPOST]Oh, we have heatherling and LittleKagsin as our resident cosplayers, I'm sure we could 'reblog' or post some of their sets if they wanted. figmentPez mentioned he has some cosplayers he stumbled into as well, we could do a cosplayer of the month along those lines as well.
If Zappit has an icon he wants to use for a watermark, I'll totally convert it to an .ai file and place it on his comics (or we could do the HalForums logo, it's his art so whatever he wants). We could post those weekly/monthly/whatever too. Add to his fanbase as well and draw some people in.
Book reviews could be placed on the page as well. Any podcasts you guys want to do.
I don't know, I feel like this would be a great way to get exposure.
#7
Zappit
I'll try to put a watermark together by this weekend.
#8
DarkAudit
In the tradition of other meme Tumblrs, we need a fuckyeahleapinglawyer Tumblr.
#9
LittleSin
Followed.
I'm sorry for all things you will see on my dash.
All of them.
#10
BananaHands
I'm so nervous on what to post first on the tumblr.
I also am slightly worried about what you guys may see on my tumblr....My shameless obsessions will probably now come to light and I'm not as sorry as I probably should be.
There are seriously no limits. You can do photos, videos, stories, music, just..whatever you want. And then there is also reblogging things from other tumblr users, and you can reblog anything anyone else posts.
I also am slightly worried about what you guys may see on my tumblr....My shameless obsessions will probably now come to light and I'm not as sorry as I probably should be.
It's possible. It says your tumblr title at the top with white boxes around it, but nothing clickable or anything that says 'follow'. And if I scroll the bottom, it just shows me who you follow, or I can search, random post, RSS feed or archive.
I just gave you a follow back when my dash showed me that you follow me now.
It ''updates'' in the sense that whenever LittleKagsin posts something, it shows up on the dash of whoever is controlling the halforums account. It won't actually show anything on the blog until they decide to reblog it.
#33
Dave
There's no auto-reblog function?
#34
BananaHands
Since the HalForums page is one that can have multiple mods, it can't follow any blogs. But! People can follow them and you can see which mod posted what.
Speaking of which, Dave time to figure out how to do this mod thing. Who's gonna be them?
Since the HalForums page is one that can have multiple mods, it can't follow any blogs. But! People can follow them and you can see which mod posted what.
Speaking of which, Dave time to figure out how to do this mod thing. Who's gonna be them?
Fine. I guess I'll figure out another way to get Gusto topless.[DOUBLEPOST=1357838434][/DOUBLEPOST]But seriously, we could run the tumblr like the page here using some clever navigation.
We can set it up with links that direct people to:
General humor
Cosplay
Memes
Pictures
Videos.
#42
figmentPez
So, come up with some standard tags, make sure posts are tagged appropriately, and put links on Halforums layout?
Gah! Me too! My little brain can't even handle it. HNnn, I love foxes, so very much. (That Robin Hood is actually one of my favorite love stories in the Disneyverse, of all time even.)
Since the HalForums page is one that can have multiple mods, it can't follow any blogs. But! People can follow them and you can see which mod posted what.
Speaking of which, Dave time to figure out how to do this mod thing. Who's gonna be them?
I would do people who Tumblr frequently. Kags would be a good one.[DOUBLEPOST=1357841798][/DOUBLEPOST]I'd also pick an actual board mod. I'd pass on me because I don't know wtf I'm doing and we've all had enough of THAT!
#53
LittleKagsin
I'm pleased with all the fox gifs popping up. You guys are brilliant.[DOUBLEPOST=1357841903][/DOUBLEPOST]Also....I'd be happy to be a mod if you need me to be BananaHands. Even the thought just makes me feel awesome.
#54
Gusto
I vot for me, L-Kagz, Bananas, and possibly figmentPez.
#55
Dave
Having Gusto would give us the ability to work with stuff here on the boards as well as Tumblr.
It's not much more than another Facebook/Twitter thing. You subscribe/friend someone and then you get updates/pictures from them and you can do the same.
#63
fade
And porn. So much porn. Tumblr is the funnel through which all internet porn eventually passes.
#64
Chad Sexington
So, I followed the HalForums tumblr. We'll see if I use mine. Maybe I'll try to update it. I like to write, I just have to get off my ass and do it.
My tumblr is this: http://signatory.tumblr.com/ (it is empty right now). Feel free to follow or not or whatever. Don't be offended if I don't follow yours. I am not much into cosplay (but sometimes it is admittedly pretty awesome) or anime/manga and it seems like cosplay and Hetalia are popular choices for tumblrs round these parts
Wait, actually? That seems... weird to me. Most social media doesn't become concentrated porn.
#65
fade
It's anonymous and lets you repost/share/like images.
#66
figmentPez
I'm not sure my Tumblr actually is predominantly cosplay. I don't have a theme, just whatever I find interesting. It's kind of varied in it's nerdery.
#67
DarkAudit
I post so rarely to mine. It's more of an excuse to have a dashboard to catch up on what everyone else is posting.
I'm trying to motivate myself to set up the fuckyeahleapinlawyer tumblr, but at this stage, we'd get "oh, you're just ripping off McKayla Is Not Impressed," even though we predate that by years.
[ETA: it is done. Same deal as the the HF tumblr, need email addresses to add mods before opening this up to public submissions.]
#68
figmentPez
I've got an idea for a post, I want to see if others like it first. I found this story on Slashdot:
That made me wonder what Watson would do after reading Tumblr for a bit. I figure he'd start writing fan-fic with Kasparov / Deep Blue as his OTP, with the occasional Kasparov / Deep Blue / Turing as his OT3 (tumblr loves Turing).
So, write that up as a (hopefully) witty Tumblr post, give it a good headline (I'm thinking "Urban Dictionary gives Watson a potty mouth"), we milk the Watson tag for all it's worth and hope the Sherlock fandom thinks my post is funny enough to reblog.
Any objections to my posting a thread on the subject on Halforums, a post on the Halforums Tumblr with a link to the thread and hoping for the best?
#69
Allen who is Quiet
If you really want to shamelessly whore like that, just get somebody to draw the homestuck trolls as ponies. Less effort.
Gah! Me too! My little brain can't even handle it. HNnn, I love foxes, so very much. (That Robin Hood is actually one of my favorite love stories in the Disneyverse, of all time even.)
Is there a tumblr ettiquette? Like, if I'm gonna post some of my February sketches in my new tumblr, is it poor form to post some of my older sketches in the meantime? Ones I did for past draw-every-days?
Or is the purpose of a blog to capture "these moments in time" or some bullshit?
Is there a tumblr ettiquette? Like, if I'm gonna post some of my February sketches in my new tumblr, is it poor form to post some of my older sketches in the meantime? Ones I did for past draw-every-days?
Or is the purpose of a blog to capture "these moments in time" or some bullshit?
Yes, but it has nothing to do with anything in the rest of your post. I'll mock the social justice side of Tumblr later, right now I've got to get ready for school.
#78
Gusto
Thanks homies.
I think when I get home I'll upload one of my 2011 pose sketches when I get home, and another one every day until February.
Naw. I try to keep the truly gay stuff to my self.
#83
LittleKagsin
I feel bad for anyone who follows me....My extreme obsession with Once Upon a time (and when I say Once Upon a Time...I mean Hook from Once Upon a Time) is revealed. It's really not okay, but I don't try to stop myself at all.
I wish I put up more...content from myself. Like more me generated content. But, I just really have nothing to say, so I reblog. My tumblr consists of Hook posts, random gifs, MANY fox pics, reblogs and smatter of cosplay here and there.
...I was really hoping to keep that obsession under wraps as long as possible, because then you guys will see how much like every other girl I am...and that's a bummer....
#86
Gilgamesh
Mr Gold > Hook.
#87
LittleKagsin
Hook is more attractive. Rumpel is favorite character.
#88
Jay
The actor who plays Rumpel is one of my favs.
Loved him in 28 weeks later.
The first 10 minutes of that movie... DAMN
#89
LittleKagsin
HNNNN, Robert Carlyle is AWESOME. You know, I've never seen 28 weeks later, but I just might now.
Honestly, you're not that strange compared to some of the people I already follow on Tumblr. Solo-Forever already posts way more dudes kissing each other than you do (and occasionally forgets and reblogs outright porn.) Hetalia seems preferrable to the Homestuck that Viria has started posting lately. Heck, I had to unfollow Obscurus Lupa because when she finds a new Tumblr to love she reblogs almost everything in a massive flood. Another Tumblr I follow, that shall remain nameless, reblogs cutting pics when she's feeling stressed, and that's really disturbing even if not very gory.
Oh and LittleKagsin , you don't post very much of Hook at all, and it's nothing compared to the massive floods of Chris Hemsworth I put up with from Ladys3. http://ladys3.tumblr.com/
#92
Gusto
I tumbld a thing! An old drawing of mine, but still! It's on the internet again!
#93
LittleKagsin
I hold back so much figmentPez. I generally just run around in the Killian Jones or Captain Swan tag....but I seriously try so hard not to flood my tumblr with nothing but Hook.
I hold back so much figmentPez. I generally just run around in the Killian Jones or Captain Swan tag....but I seriously try so hard not to flood my tumblr with nothing but Hook.
Just liked all your posts. #seedyunderbellyoftumblr
#100
figmentPez
Hey Gusto, you might want to start tagging your nude sketches with NSFW. I doubt anyone who follows you right now cares, but if you get some attention during February it'll save you some angry messages later.
#101
LittleSin
Apparently I lost a follwoer but I'm at a loss as to who it could have been.
I probably drove them away with my weird smattering of hetalia posts, shit I like and weird science-y/history/art things.
It was possibly me? I am not sure if I ever followed though, but I did go and unfollow a few people about a week ago. Like I said, I have a super low tolerance for anime and such. I know that makes me sound crazy.
Nothing personal if it was me!
#103
figmentPez
You know you've been on Tumblr for too long when you start saying more in your tags than you do in your post.
Hey Gusto, you might want to start tagging your nude sketches with NSFW. I doubt anyone who follows you right now cares, but if you get some attention during February it'll save you some angry messages later.
Sorry dude. I just retroactively added the nsfw tag to everything applicable in my tumblr, and will do so in the future for Halforums reblogs.
#105
Chad Sexington
What's a guy got to do to get reblogged by the Halforums tumblr? Do you only reblog the draw every days? I have a longterm goal of finding the magical recipe that gets me reblogged, but it never happens.
(I am kidding, obviously. Although I am curious if you are only reblogging the DED challenge. God work on a Saturday blows.)[DOUBLEPOST=1361647413][/DOUBLEPOST]
I think BananaHands or Gusto runs the Halforums tumblr, but there's just a little "Follow" button in the right-hand corner.[DOUBLEPOST=1366857685][/DOUBLEPOST]I'm also totally teasing. I bring it up like once every two months, which is about how often I've been posting my own content. I want to make the commitment to write more regularly, but damn if I don't struggle to actually do it.