tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post385977121926857253..comments2023-06-19T04:35:06.263-07:00Comments on Skeptic's Play: Tumblr is terriblemillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05990852054891771988noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-76393058894381297102012-05-29T03:38:08.675-07:002012-05-29T03:38:08.675-07:00We need a different kind of aggregator, one that&#...<i>We need a different kind of aggregator, one that's moderated, not mindless.</i><br /><br />Perhaps something like <a href="http://planetatheism.com/" rel="nofollow">Planet Atheism</a>?Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-22719833586088222892012-05-28T21:18:18.815-07:002012-05-28T21:18:18.815-07:00Becka is correct.Becka is correct.millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990852054891771988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-166858975012656782012-05-28T12:43:05.747-07:002012-05-28T12:43:05.747-07:00You can get comments on Tumblr if you add disqus b...You can get comments on Tumblr if you add disqus but it's certainly not a good blog platform.Beckanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-78238200194387897122012-05-28T08:54:12.383-07:002012-05-28T08:54:12.383-07:00While all your points are valid, the thing I do li...While all your points are valid, the thing I do like on Tumblr is that it's easy to disseminate the long posts that I do write, and it's easy to find other posts. Instead of going to twenty different asexual blogs, it's all in one place, and similarly, my Tumblr gets a lot more traffic than my blog.<br /><br />I usually post long things in both places, though, or on my blog and post an excerpt on Tumblr.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-76401321736348772902012-05-22T21:26:56.535-07:002012-05-22T21:26:56.535-07:00Interesting that you mention tags, Maddox. I thin...Interesting that you mention tags, Maddox. I think one of the reasons people use tumblr is because of the relative accessibility of the tags.<br /><br />But tags also have their problems. I was looking at the tag just now, and I noticed an <a href="http://morningchorus.tumblr.com/post/23584453691/sexuality-and-why-asexuals-are-not-oppressed-or-queer" rel="nofollow">anti-asexual post</a> which made one decent point:<br /><br />"Oh and FYI, please don’t cry about the sanctity of your tag. Communities aren’t based on fucking tumblr tags."<br /><br />We need a different kind of aggregator, one that's moderated, not mindless.millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990852054891771988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-61452718114960295402012-05-22T09:35:42.708-07:002012-05-22T09:35:42.708-07:00OMG, you don't even know what percentage of my...OMG, you don't even know what percentage of my day is dedicated to yelling at the world because of tumblr. I think tumblr is a somewhat poorly designed implementation of a great idea, but that idea is NOT DISCUSSIONS OMG. Nothing will ever make tumblr anything other than the worst medium for blogging and discussing things. AGHDKFELJRSIODFDSLKJRESJDLF<br /><br />But if there's one constant on the internet it's that people always flock to whatever is the worst idea for what they want to accomplish.Qwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-75127892595343720492012-05-21T22:57:24.198-07:002012-05-21T22:57:24.198-07:00Agree wholeheartedly. I just got an email about th...Agree wholeheartedly. I just got an email about this today regarding this as well. <br /><br />My tumblr exists more as a broadcast system to get out interesting links and news. I don't follow people, rather I follow tags, and rarely at that. The blogs worth following I use RSS for.<br /><br />I keep my true content - well thought out essays and posts - on my main blog, http://neutrois.me.<br /><br />Also, in Wordpress you can follow tags, which has made me discover other blogs like mine!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-43776858972675271742012-05-21T10:38:23.075-07:002012-05-21T10:38:23.075-07:00I had the same dilemma months ago, and what defini...I had the same dilemma months ago, and what definitely moved me to get a Tumblr was the flourishing of the aromantic community in Tumblr, which was the first aromantic community flourishing. There was a forum for aromantic asexuals, but it died. Now not only an aromantic community arose in Tumblr, but it even created a forum, now for aromantic of any sexual orientation.<br /><br />At the beginning I posted and reglogged, having it as ancillary and keeping my primary blog for long posts(*), as other people have done, but now both are dead and I only use my Tumblr for commenting.<br />(*) There is a culture against long texts in Tumblr, it seems.<br /><br />I would recommend you to get a Tumblr and not to feel obligated to post regularly. This way you could post links, quotes or images you wouldn't devote a blogpost.Isaachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348364280072540390noreply@blogger.com