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33blackbirds: gentlemandeerlord: universe-juice: chocobo-strid...

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:13:34 -0400

gentlemandeerlord:

universe-juice:

chocobo-strider:

True shit

A review by one of the folks sums it up perfectly:

“What worries me about Yahoo! buying Tumblr is how it would choose to incorporate the website into its email and homepage features. One of the reasons why Tumblr is so unique is because it’s a niche market. By adding more users who don’t fit into this niche, it would make it more difficult for communities to develop within Tumblr, and Tumblr would have to change to accommodate these new users. Tumblr as a website is not the kind that you can sign up for in a day and be on your way. It is a website crafted so that you can immediately post but must spend several weeks, sometimes even months, to build a community. With new users who would not be willing to spend time growing a community, Tumblr would have to be changed, which would alienate its current users. Those users have spent time and effort to make Tumblr what it is today, and they are the ones who spend time on the website daily. A user who is checking onto Tumblr because it’s attached to their homepage is not going to be as strong of a user nor as dedicated. By changing the website to suit this new user, you would lose the strong users while building an undedicated usership.

To any website that would think of buying Tumblr, they must understand that it is a website that cannot be changed to make it more user friendly to a casual blogger. I think that many Tumblr users would be less worried about a buy-out if they were promised that their communities and ways of using Tumblr would not be changed. No one is going to mind Yahoo! buying the website and gaining a few extra million dollars per year from the minimal advertising; what we will be upset with is if a company like Yahoo! then changes the website to increase casual users and decrease dedicated users. Yahoo! would gain nothing by losing this “cool” group of bloggers in an age group they so desperately want to reach, so they must cater to these individuals by leaving the website exactly as is.” - houseoftombombadil

As much as is does sound like a load of bullshit for someone to buy Tumblr, it’s a possibility. I Personally think it should stay independent and I hope David Karp keeps a hold of it like his own child. Or we make enough noise to where such major changes (if bought) will not happen. I would hate to see Tumblr turned into an advertising dump.

We’re not a ‘hip fad group’ to be marketed to. I hate the fact that’s all we look like to businesses in the end.

reblogging again for this ^

is this actually doing anything to save tumblr?

There have been plenty of rumors about Karp selling Tumblr for a long while now. Some of the changes have been implemented to strengthen the business model behind the site but let’s be honest, Tumblr is still not that profitable. If the site is bought, it’s very likely that further changes will be made to suit the advertisers’ needs and to open the site to a wider audience. I doubt the userbase can do much about it just by reblogging a post.

annnd thank you for being realistic.

malijuanastyles: malijuanastyles: I think it’s lovely how you can sit in a classroom and visualize...

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:04:04 -0400

malijuanastyles: malijuanastyles: I think it’s lovely how you can sit in a classroom and visualize...

diswickedtonguesays: Lucy Flawless

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:45:18 -0400

diswickedtonguesays:

Lucy Flawless

fuck my cousin’s wedding is tomorrow? shit

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:47:26 -0400

fuck my cousin’s wedding is tomorrow? shit

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Fri, 17 May 2013 23:38:58 -0400

rapewhistled: this is crazy

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:13:50 -0400

rapewhistled:

this is crazy

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Fri, 17 May 2013 23:07:22 -0400

botoxheart: pleatedjeans: Six seconds well spent. It was. It...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:06:46 -0400

botoxheart:

pleatedjeans:

Six seconds well spent.

It was. It was.

neurocyte: just got back from the great gatsby and it was the longest music video ive ever seen

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:05:07 -0400

neurocyte: just got back from the great gatsby and it was the longest music video ive ever seen

senerii: Milky Way @ Kuala Penyu Sabah by Sam’s Digital Shoe...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:01:23 -0400

senerii:

Milky Way @ Kuala Penyu Sabah by Sam’s Digital Shoe Box on Flickr.

hungarian: no toilet paper? that’s ok just use butter

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:59:55 -0400

hungarian: no toilet paper? that’s ok just use butter

IM STILL LAUGHING

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:58:40 -0400

IM STILL LAUGHING

hentaiviewer666: school money cash money

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:38:04 -0400

hentaiviewer666:

school money cash money

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Fri, 17 May 2013 22:37:56 -0400

r3troguy: all around me are familiar facesworn out places worn...

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:36:41 -0400

r3troguy:

all around me are familiar faces
worn out places
worn out faces
bright and early for the daily races
going nowhere
going nowhere

duckdeflated: duckinflated:

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:36:16 -0400

duckdeflated: duckinflated:

can u find me i am camofloged v well this is what i did this...

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:35:34 -0400

can u find me i am camofloged v well

this is what i did this past week

climbing mountains will fuc u up

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Fri, 17 May 2013 20:42:44 -0400

lakotapeopleslawproject: Prairies Edge. This is where they drop...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:38:42 -0400

lakotapeopleslawproject:

Prairies Edge. This is where they drop off the 18 year olds that “age out” of the foster care system in South Dakota. It’s located in downtown Rapid City close to the “Indian side” of town/the river. (at Prairie Bottle Market Wine And Liquor)

Everything You Need to Know to Apply for Financial Aid for College

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:35:01 -0400

univisionnews: There are both federal and private loan options, as well as scholarships and...