seanmonstar

Jun 16 2011
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For every new feature we add, we take an old one out. A lot of big sites don’t do that, and it’s a problem. Twitter started as a beautifully simple product, but it’s now going the same route as Facebook. The drive to innovate can overencumber and destroy a product.

—David Karp, about Tumblr

Dec 13 2010
I know tumblr has been increasingly flaky as of late. And there’s a lot of talk about hopping back onto Wordpress installations. The quality of Wordpress’ code aside, here’s is the number one reason I can never go back to Wordpress. If I’m ever pushed to move, I’ll have to find or make my own installable blog software that has support for different posts types, but doesn’t have the terrible Wordpress clutter.

I know tumblr has been increasingly flaky as of late. And there’s a lot of talk about hopping back onto Wordpress installations. The quality of Wordpress’ code aside, here’s is the number one reason I can never go back to Wordpress.

If I’m ever pushed to move, I’ll have to find or make my own installable blog software that has support for different posts types, but doesn’t have the terrible Wordpress clutter.

Aug 6 2010

In Defense Of [Tumblr] →

Chris:

It is up to the author (or site owner) to make themselves known, not the platform. Tumblr offers a description element as well as pages to share more about yourself. In many authors don’t take the time to do so, we cannot fault Tumblr.

Cameron Moll:

images are very often posted without attribution to the original source

Because Tumblr has such a lower barrier to entry for people wanting to blog, you’re going to have more people on Tumblr that aren’t as informed about the internet. They won’t always know proper etiquette, like image attribution, nor are they as likely to be trying to sell themselves.

Whereas those people who do bother with the work of registering a domain, paying for hosting, and installing Wordpress are most likely people who want to sell their name. So of course, you’ll find more of those people who bother to make an About Me page.

Tumblr doesn’t stop you, or get in the way at all from making an About page. It’s just that many on Tumblr aren’t as learned as we are. All it takes is some mild instruction for them to either care or not.