Tumblr #politics ☀
I received a question today asking about the role of Tumblr #politics editors and how posts end up in the Tumblr #politics bucket. And then a follow-up message thanking me for not posting the initial “ill-informed query”. I was prepared to craft an answer in response, but during daytime hours, I am pressed to find enough minutes to devote proper attention to anything more than a sentence or two.
This is my understanding (though I am still figuring this out, as I was only recently asked to serve this role): post items end up in the Tumblr #politics Everything tab when you tag it with “politics” or if a chosen editor tags it for the category. If it’s tagged by an editor, it will appear in the Featured tab. And as from what I can tell, the Popular tab presents the #politics posts with the most Tumblr notes (though I do not know what the time cutoff is).
Here is how it all works from the perspective of a non-editor Tumblr viewer. And the guidelines for editors on how they shall conduct their appointed editor chore. I am doing my utmost to honor these.
Why it displays AZspot as “Top Editor” I dunno — perhaps it is just a reflection of the number of #politics posts I have tagged, as I have not conducted any interaction except to answer affirmative to a request from our Tumblr overlords to volunteer for this temporary stint, as detailed in the aforementioned links.
My dashboard has another “like” button, but instead of a little heart, it’s a special star that delivers posts to the #politics featured board.
My only complaint thus far, is the same I have for the lack of a reply button on Tumblr page posts — I can only tag posts from the Tumblr dashboard. When you follow 700+ Tumblrs, posts scroll by in a blur. A good chunk of these are accessible in my RSS reader, where perusal and search are swifter ventures. Scanning the #politics Everything section, to date, has been far less fruitful an endeavor in capturing gems to share with all of Tumblrville.
