A swifter way to block New to the iOS and Android apps
If anyone is sending you unwanted messages, @mentioning you when you don’t want to be mentioned, or following you when you don’t want to be followed, you can block them when you get the notification, without even opening the app.
On newer iPhones with 3D Touch, hard-press the notification, then tap the “Block” button that shows up.
On older iPhones, swipe the notification over to the right, tap the “View” button, then tap “Block.”
On Android phones, swipe down on the notification. Then, my friend, hit that block button.
There, now you are rid of this person forever.
I’ve submitted at least 20 spam reports over the past two years and each one of them is still active. All porn blogs.
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A quick update on one of our priorities right now: Getting rid of spammy followers.
We’ve recently made a lot of headway, including shutting down several large spam rings that were responsible for most of these spammy follows.
We’re always improving our algorithms to catch these annoying bots, but one of the best tools we have are your reports. If you ever catch someone spammy following you, you can use this icon to report them:
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Thank you for your vigilance, Tumblr.
But you know what? I’ve been reporting every single one of these spam accounts for the past year and every single one of them was still active, last I checked. Maybe your recent algorithm update fixed it, but wasn’t a human reviewing my reports and seeing that these are clearly spam follows?
my favorite part of capitalism is the slippery slope of knock off cereal branding devolving from catchy, colorful names to literal descriptions of what’s inside the box
when youre describing your product as ‘spheres’ youve reached critical mass
No, this is great. Product labels focused more on explaining what the product is than on branding are good. I sure wouldn’t have guessed that some small circular cereal would contain lots of oats if they weren’t called “Fruity Oat Rounds” unless I specifically went around looking for oat-rich cereals.
Also, store brands are great. They’re typically cheaper than name-brand goods without a significant corresponding drop in quality. Maybe they hire fewer branding consultants and run fewer ad campaigns and that’s why they’re cheaper? IDK.
It would all be worth it just for the global running joke of I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! knock-offs.
Still waiting for someone to put out “Butter With Chinese Characteristics.“
I wasn’t gonna reblog this but that last comment had me literally falling out of my chair with laughter so here you go.
REBLOGGING FOR THE BUTTERS im fuckin dead
To explain why those things are cheaper despite a lack of a drop in quality:
First off, many big name brands actually also produce generic/off brand products! They basically take the same product and sell it with two different kinds of packages. That way they get money both from the brand-buyers who pour in a bit more per product and the less fortunate people who are greater in number but pay less per grocery haul.
Secondly, turning the machines off during production runs in many factories would be more costly than to keep them running and rent them out to other companies, which is how most off-brands produce their stuff (if they don’t belong to a big name brand). This reduces the costs for them enough to still invest in decent ingredients and keep the quality of their products pretty high.
So definitely give generic products a try if you don’t have a lot of money to burn! You might literally get the same products as before but cheaper and differently wrapped! Just make sure to check the ingredients first in case the off brand uses some less good stuff.
