why tumblr sucks

[i_speak_tongue]

Because if I want to reply to someone else's post, I have to post the whole thing on my wall for all of my followers to see. Which seems to me like a recipe for wank.

Also, I only want to post pretty pictures and fancy quotes dammit!

Comments

[quickreaver]

THIS. If tumblr really wants to get a foothold in social media, this must change. So say we.

[embroiderama]

I agree. I loathe tumblr because it seems like it discourages actual interaction. Everybody's just shooting stuff out into the void, and it seems HORRIBLE to me. I refuse to go there.

[quickreaver]

I feel like it was originally designed to accommodate easy visual reblogging...you know, art vs. words. A way to disperse pretty pictures, and for that, it's great. But artists NEED feedback and conversation, and tumblr isn't just about the pretty picture anymore! Get with it, tumblr.

[embroiderama]

The fact that people post fic and textual meta there just blows my mind. The fact that people I'm friends with do it--people who are not 14 years old--blows my mind even more.

[salty_catfish]

Yes, it requires a bit of an exhibitionist streak to talk there. I don't mind meta conversations on my dash though! To be fair, direct replies are possible within the 'answer a question' feature but it's certainly not very polished!

[quickreaver]

You can't respond to a response, though. Can you? I dunno; tumblr still befuddles me...

[nativestar]

Tumblr confuses me. I've followed links to some pretty cool stuff. The Sherlock stuff on there is quite good but I don't really get it, and it doesn't seem to do the stuff that I think it should do as a social media site.

I wouldn't like everything to show up on my page. Can you delete stuff like on Facebook, for example the comment would exist but it wouldn't appear on the news feed?

[juppschmitz]

Hm. I see a peaceful co-existence between tumblr and LJ. Tumblr is more for pretty pictures and gifs. For fic or replying to posts LJ is definitely better, so I just love for people I follow on tumblr to have an LJ as well. Like, I first met sargraf on tumblr and for that post of hers about Dean and Team Free Will it was worth having gotten a tumblr. But I really love that she posted that essay on her LJ cause the thought exchange that followed there just wouldn't have been possible on tumblr.

So yeah, I like both, but for different reasons.

[salty_catfish]

Yes, this!