If you change your URL with the new tumblr update(that happened September 2015) be aware that any post you made as the old URL will stay as the old URL on all reblogs and not automatically change to your new URL. For example, if you post a gif as ilovechocolate and change your URL to ilovevanilla… that gif’s username will stay ilovechocolate on all the reblogs done before the URL change, which means if they want to find that gif maker… they can’t just click on the URL because it will bring you to the blog ilovechocolate and not your new one ilovevanilla
So…. that means if someone changes their URL and doesn’t save the old one and someone takes your old one… all the reblogs of your original posts done before your URL change are gonna link to that person’s blog and look like they posted it
ARE YOU KIDDING ME staff!?!?!?!
Please pass this on to save a life and let people know!
As terrible as the new update is, post you’ve made before a URL change have always had your old URL attached to it as opposed to your new one. There’s nothing new there.
i’ve been seeing this post go around all day and every time i see it do a double-take like WAS I USING A DIFFERENT SITE OR SOMETHING?? THIS ISN’T NEW, IT’S ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THIS HERE’S A POST I REBLOGGED FROM MYSELF IN 2012 AND IT HAS MY OLD USERNAME AND NOT MY CURRENT ONE
also pretty sure that if someone else takes your old URL then … it’s always redirected to the blog with the new URL …….. what else would it do ?!???
I always hated that, so when I saved my old URL I made this js so it redirects properly: