Tag: algorithms

Sometimes I’m astounded at what people expect Tumblr’s algorithms to be able to do for them.

Tumblr is going to recommend blogs related to key words you interact with whether you like it or not.

Tumblr’s tag following algorithm is going to show you posts with that tag or keyword. It’s not necessarily going to be related to what you want to see, and you can’t expect it.

Come on, guys. I get that it’s more than a little annoying sometimes, but it’s an A L G O R I T H M, not posts or blogs personally curated just for you by a human person.

PSA:

If you are recommended a blog you don’t agree with, for example, if you’re anti-sjw and you’re recommended a feminist blog, the reason is quite simple.

Tumblr creates your recommended blog based on blogs or tags you interact with. If you interact with a feminist, or multiple feminists, Tumblr’s algorithm assumes you like that topic (through tags and keywords) and recommends you similar blogs.

I don’t know the exact algorithm or what it looks at, but I can combine what I know about recommendations and algorithms with my experience.

TL;DR: If you interact with a tag, blogs related to that tag will be recommended to you. If you interact with a blog, that blog might be recommended to you.