# About Tumblr's Best ## Our Mission Tumblr's Best exists to help people discover the vibrant communities that make Tumblr special. While other platforms chase algorithms and engagement metrics, Tumblr remains a space where authentic communities thrive around shared interests, creative expression, and genuine connection. Our mission is simple: curate, celebrate, and connect people with Tumblr's most interesting blogs and communities.

"Good curation isn't about finding the most popular content—it's about connecting people with communities where they'll feel at home."

— Our curatorial philosophy

## What We Do **Community Curation** - We spend countless hours exploring Tumblr's diverse communities to identify blogs that offer unique perspectives, quality content, and welcoming spaces for engagement. **Category Organization** - We organize communities by theme, making it easy to find blogs aligned with your interests whether that's art, wellness, lifestyle, or alternative culture. **Weekly Features** - Our editorial team selects trending communities each week, highlighting blogs that are currently doing something special or timely. **Trend Analysis** - We track and analyze trends shaping Tumblr's evolution, helping users understand how the platform and its communities are developing. ## Our Values **Authenticity Over Popularity** - We feature blogs based on quality and community value, not follower counts. Some of the best Tumblr communities are smaller, niche spaces that larger aggregators overlook. **Community First** - We prioritize blogs that build genuine communities through engagement, not just passive audiences. The best Tumblr spaces are participatory. **Diversity & Inclusion** - We actively seek out diverse voices and perspectives, ensuring our curation reflects Tumblr's wide range of communities and identities. **No Commercial Bias** - We don't accept payment for features or listings. Every blog we recommend earned its place through quality content and community building. **Education & Harm Reduction** - Particularly in categories like wellness and alternative culture, we prioritize blogs that provide educational value and promote harm reduction practices. ## Why Tumblr Matters In an internet increasingly dominated by algorithmic feeds, engagement farming, and corporate surveillance, Tumblr represents something different: - **Chronological feeds** - See what people actually post, when they post it - **User control** - Curate your own experience through following and filtering - **Long-form content** - Space for substance, not just soundbites - **Reblog culture** - Good content spreads through genuine sharing, not algorithms - **Pseudonymity** - Freedom to explore interests and identities without real-name requirements - **Community focus** - Built around shared interests rather than parasocial relationships These features make Tumblr uniquely valuable for communities that struggle on other platforms: artists facing algorithmic suppression, marginalized groups seeking safer spaces, niche interest communities, and anyone who values substance over virality. ## Our Curatorial Process **Discovery** - Our team actively explores Tumblr across categories, following recommendation chains, checking tags, and monitoring community discussions. **Evaluation** - We assess blogs based on multiple criteria: - Content quality and originality - Community engagement and interaction - Posting consistency - Ethical content practices (crediting sources, etc.) - Accessibility and welcoming culture - Unique perspectives or approaches **Context** - We don't just list blogs—we explain what makes them special, who they're for, and how they contribute to their communities. **Ongoing Review** - Featured blogs are periodically reassessed to ensure they maintain quality and activity. We remove listings for blogs that become inactive or problematic. ## Who We Are Tumblr's Best is run by long-time Tumblr users who've been part of various platform communities for years. We're artists, writers, community organizers, and enthusiasts who understand Tumblr's culture because we've lived it. We're not a corporate entity or marketing operation—we're community members who want to help others discover the spaces that made Tumblr meaningful for us. ## What We're Not **Not a promotional service** - We don't accept payment for features or prioritize commercial blogs **Not algorithm-driven** - Every recommendation is human-curated based on genuine evaluation **Not comprehensive** - Tumblr has millions of blogs; we curate rather than catalog **Not official** - We're independent from Tumblr/Automattic and don't speak for the platform ## Community Guidelines We feature blogs that: - Create original content or thoughtfully curate existing work - Credit sources and respect creator attribution - Foster welcoming, inclusive communities - Engage authentically with followers - Contribute meaningfully to their topic areas We don't feature blogs that: - Plagiarize or steal content without credit - Promote hate, harassment, or exclusion - Exist primarily for commercial promotion - Engage in manipulative practices (engagement bait, etc.) - Are inactive or abandoned ## Get Involved **Submit a Blog** - Know a great Tumblr blog we should feature? Send recommendations to hello@tumblrsbest.com with subject "Blog Recommendation" **Suggest Categories** - Think we're missing an important category? Let us know what communities we should be covering. **Share Feedback** - We welcome feedback about our curation, categories, and coverage. Help us improve. **Spread the Word** - If you find our curation valuable, share it with others who might benefit from discovering new Tumblr communities. ## Contact **Email:** hello@tumblrsbest.com **For:** - Blog recommendations and submissions - Feedback and suggestions - Partnership inquiries - Corrections or concerns about listed blogs - General questions We read every email but may not be able to respond to all messages individually. ## Disclosure Some pages on Tumblr's Best may contain contextual links to products or services relevant to the communities being discussed. These links help support the ongoing operation of this curation project. We only link to products genuinely discussed or valued within featured communities, maintaining our commitment to authentic recommendations. ## Privacy Tumblr's Best is a static informational site. We don't collect personal data, use tracking cookies, or build user profiles. We respect your privacy the same way we respect Tumblr's culture of pseudonymity and user control. ## Acknowledgments This project exists because of Tumblr's incredible communities—the artists, writers, educators, activists, and community builders who make the platform worth exploring. Every featured blog represents someone's creative labor and community investment. Thank you to everyone who makes Tumblr the unique, valuable space it continues to be. ## The Future of This Project We're constantly expanding our coverage of Tumblr communities, adding categories, and refining our curation. Future plans include: - More specialized subcategories - Historical archives of Tumblr culture - Community interviews and profiles - Guides for new Tumblr users - Resources for community building If you have ideas for what we should cover next, we'd love to hear them.

"Tumblr taught me that the internet can still be about community, not just content consumption."

— Why we do this work

## Support Tumblr Communities The best way to support the communities featured on Tumblr's Best: 1. **Follow and engage** - Actually follow blogs you discover, not just bookmark them 2. **Reblog freely** - Help good content reach new audiences 3. **Comment meaningfully** - Contribute to conversations, ask questions, share perspectives 4. **Support creators** - Commission artists, tip writers, promote their work 5. **Build community** - Participate actively rather than consuming passively Tumblr's communities thrive on active participation. Every reblog, comment, and genuine interaction helps maintain the culture that makes these spaces special. --- *Thank you for being part of what makes Tumblr special.*