The Truth About the Tumblr Robot and Your Feed
If you've spent any time scrolling through your dashboard lately, you've probably encountered the tumblr robot in one form or another, whether it's the friendly blue guy telling you to slow down or the less-friendly spam bots filling up your notes. It's a weird part of the platform's DNA. Tumblr has always been a bit of an outlier in the social media world, and its relationship with automation is no different. While other sites try to hide their algorithms and bots behind sleek interfaces, Tumblr's "robots" often feel like they're right there in the room with you, sometimes being helpful and sometimes just being plain annoying. ...