You Asked For It. Here It Comes. Messaging. Real, Threaded, Instant Messaging. Its In The Latest Android

You asked for it. Here it comes. Messaging. Real, threaded, instant messaging. It’s in the latest Android and iOS apps, and on the web.

Yep: Now you can talk to a Tumblr.

This is a big launch, and it’s going to take a few weeks to get it out to everyone (we need to make sure our servers can handle the weight of your discourse). If you don’t have it now, you’ll have it soon.

Q: So, how can I tell if I have messaging?

A: Great question. If you see this smiley balloon hanging out on your screen…

…you’ve got messaging. If you message someone, they’ll get messaging. Eventually, messaging will cover the earth.

Q: What if I have other Q’s? What if I have A’s, even?

A: Well dang, we’d love to hear any feedback or questions you have about this thing. What works well? What kind of doesn’t? What kind of features do you want to see? Those are some of the Q’s that could use your A’s. Our support team is listening (and they’ve already put together an FAQ).

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cammerel

9 years ago

Just checked and, yeah, the 5 tag rule DOES still apply. I checked numerous tags of mine after five and none of them werked. Everything before did. Don’t spread lies.

Okay, so I’ve done some testing. The 5 tag rule no longer applies for this new tumblr search (it used to be that after 5 tags, everything after wasn’t tagged into the search). Also, if you tag something:

#i’m super happy about roosterteeth

It will now appear in the ‘roosterteeth’ tag (or the ‘happy’ tag, or the ‘super’ tag, you get the idea). This is actually really bad news for trigger warnings, because it means that if you write ‘tw blah’ or ‘blah tw’, it will still appear in the ‘blah’ search.

Tracked tags (as long as you click them and don’t type them in) still seem to function the same as before.

Also the tags still work the same as before if you search as follows (rather than using the search box):

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/theTagYouAreSearching/everything

EDIT: Also, apparently if you use a hashtag in the search (i.e. #roosterteeth) then ONLY posts that use that specific hash tag will show (the same way as old search worked). If you search without the hashtag (i.e. roosterteeth) then any post with a tag containing the word ‘roosterteeth’ will show.

It’s also explained by staff here.

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cammerel

9 years ago

This might sound rly bad, but I actually approve of this new messaging feature?