i really like how Tumblr gives me no concrete way of actually knowing who my mutuals are beyond "people who interact with my posts somewhat often and I interact with theirs and I'm PRETTY sure we're following each other".

like on Twitter it's ALL about keeping track of this stuff, and some people get SOOO fuckin weird and clingy about it. but on here I could be mutuals with someone for a whole year, and if I didn't see the notification when they first followed me then I'd have no idea. someone could unfollow me, and unless I'm insane and scroll through my entire follower list specifically looking for their name, I would never notice or have any reason to read into it. it's great. I adore it.

I don't know HOW this site managed to get so many basic little things right about social media (and then mostly stick with them!) while Instagram and TikTok and Twitter seemingly get more toxic and metrics-obsessed with every update, but I'm glad they did