WTF? Why does #Tumblr copy-paste the whole post every #reblog?
RE: https://mastodon.social/users/_jv_/statuses/112005875122941729
MastodonJavi A. (@_jv_@mastodon.social)Ok, you know the Tumblr AI opt-out setting everyone is talking about right? You see, there is something funny about how Tumblr internally works.
Every time someone reblogs one of your posts, an entire copy of the post is created in the blog that has reblogged you. That's why, for example, if you edit a post, the edits are not propagated down the reblog chain: those are, in practice, different posts with the same content than your original