Tumblr Etiquette, or How Not To Be A Shitty Blog

Teaching you how to be a better blogger, one post at a time.

This is not a tech support blog, please do not ask why this or that feature works or doesn't work a certain way.

Anonymous asked: I read a tumblr and was reading some old posts from a few weeks ago. It would take forever to get those on my dashboard so I did it directly from their blog. I don't see a reblog button there so does that mean I can't reblog it? If I want it on my blog would i have to make it a whole new post and if so would that be against some kind of etiquette because it was a picture they posted and to be respectful I'd have to reblog it?

Hmm. I’m not sure on this one. If any of my followers would like to give their input, that’d be great!

I’ve noticed it’s a small but slowly growing trend to not have the follow/reblog buttons on one’s blog. I don’t really understand why, but some people do it. I do encourage reblogging over reposting, but when the reblog option simply isn’t there, what can you really do but repost? If I found myself stuck in that situation I think I’d end up reposting with obvious credit there.