This is what I was trying to point to. It has great potential for making information go viral, and also works great as a social networking tool.... I also like the dashboard because you can "follow" other tumblr bloggers and get an RSS feed like thing, and keep up with new posts... etc. It's also super easy to share media on tumblr.. as opposed to Wordpress or blog spot, where you may have a cap to how much you can upload.
-Jen Baek On Feb 28, 2011, at 1:57 PM, Fred Benenson wrote: > Tumblr has it's issues, but it's network effects are what make it most > compelling: posts go viral quickly inside the tumblr world and that can be a > very powerful platform. > > So while you could try to replicate the functionality with Wordpress and RSS, > the audience likely wouldn't be the same. > > F > > On Feb 28, 2011, at 12:13 PM, "sarvōdaya" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Yes, and only for the people making posts, not much for readers i would say. >> >> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:45, Rich Jones <[email protected]> wrote: >> What's the advantage of tumblr over our own blog? Is the appeal of tumblr >> just it's noobfriendlyness? >> >> R >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Rob Myers <[email protected]> wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 28/02/11 16:05, Alec Story wrote: >> > It's always a balance between open applications and ones that work >> > better, when such a dichotomy exists. >> >> Choosing a software platform that can censor you at any moment doesn't >> support your cultural freedom. >> >> There's various Wordpress themes that can be used to create a tumblog. >> >> - - Rob. >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNa86FAAoJEOqcdhxmxssCvUEIALKkJL7auc3uCqnvuBQa6t0V >> KsmQ4vdqk60L6TBylauzDChi5yMbPedpoBCd1qgTVHln4GhLARMU4AmSi6RN+0sv >> 1RXwSRLMN9RYqJU3Frd5oza2khOHstsvrKnXy6NWmylb3Kssw5EVd5dsKw2pkoZe >> WM7wK3XhsBel6fNuGgFDQSeVtMuxI84E+ommER+ysYghBDJOq6XkxaRjCpsJ4xcw >> d+aGyQq1jstEBzAfC7eQxXLRYsN1HDLN79wXUtv1CoW8AAnDktA/8eYjjIq7K5Ee >> 583Do40IGHdY07T5B0fHgyAhRSnAfkBhCupwCpMasK1Mdqi6G7rUjGugFxSm8os= >> =zZf7 >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >> >> >> >> >> -- >> .sarvōdaya >> >> [𝄽#] The Silent Number >> http://thesilentnumber.me/ >> ☮♥Ⓐ >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss
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