letting y’all know because i know some people get a lot of anxiety over this, if i ever message you using the new IM feature i do not expect an immediate response, even if you are online.
i often IM people because it’s convenient and quick and i might use it now rather than asks so it won’t get eaten like the ask box likes to do, and when people IM me i often times take a while to reply because of my own anxiety and introversion. you do not have to respond to me as soon as you’re free. you can take all the time in the world you need.
feel free to reblog this if you’re the same way.
please stop spreading misinformation about the update lol
Post replies are being worked on to be reintroduced and the fanmail system is being dropped in favor of an chat function. Accounts with the update can no longer send fanmail but your existing messages will still be in your inbox.
There is no word on when post replies will be back, simply that they will and they are going to be improved when they are.
You can disable chat messages from nonmutuals and blogs with multiple admins and private blogs are not capable of sending IMs but sideblogs are.
AKA you can now message someone from a sideblog without giving away your other urls.
You can also delete a conversation or block a person from messaging you from the messenger itself. Unless the person has editted their settings to only receive IMs from mutuals, is a private blog, or is an admin of a group blog, you can message anyone on tumblr.
#bluespace the update looks like this.
That is the situation. Please stop circulating a bunch of incorrect posts because you want to be mad at staff when, really, this is actually a sound and functional update that the userbase has wanted for a very long time.
oh ok good it’s not a reply replacement it’s a fanmail replacement
the web designers of this site should honest to god be fired. I’m not sure they know the first thing about web design. in order to make a website more efficient and fully functional, you reduce the amount of clicks it takes to get where you want to go, you don’t hide main features in an attempt to gain a more “minimalist” layout. you don’t ignore the complaints of your userbase who are telling you that it is not functional for them and that it’s inaccessible for many. you don’t ignore the fact that nearly 90% of your userbase uses multiple third-party extensions just to make the website work properly. you also do things like twitter does: “we have a new layout, here’s an option to switch and please provide us with feedback to better your experience” not “hey we’re changing shit without mentioning it and you can get over our poor decision making and design oversights” if you want to have a popular website, making it work is usually your best bet
