May 2013
Hank's Tumblr: Thoughts on the Yahoo! Thing →
edwardspoonhands:
First, I love Tumblr and want to keep loving it. And yes, it is immediately terrifying to hear that Yahoo (which, from a lot of our perspectives, is a laughably backwards and culturally irrelevant company) is going to own Tumblr. I sympathize.
But there are a number of circumstances in which…
absoluteblue:
aquietrevolutionary:
artalias:
electronicanonsensica:
Everyone is missing the biggest problem here.
Fuck the ads. Fuck the links. Fuck the email stuff.
Yahoo explicitly forbids pornography and sexually suggestive material on their websites and all affiliates.
That means no more porn on Tumblr.
… God help us all.
BUT THINK OF ALL THE LOST FANART!!!
Not to mention all...
ambassador-of-anguish:
shouldertappingghosts:
If I was a famous author I would publish a book with ten different endings which all went to print with varying degrees of rarity, but not tell the fans about it so that I could watch their confusion as they disagree over how the story ended. Then when they figured it out I would ‘come clean’, telling them that I had released eleven alternate...
Tumblr Staff: News! →
badge-boy:
feministrocker:
staff:
Everyone, I’m elated to tell you that Tumblr will be joining Yahoo.
Before touching on how awesome this is, let me try to allay any concerns: We’re not turning purple. Our headquarters isn’t moving. Our team isn’t changing. Our roadmap isn’t changing. And our mission – to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they...
simpaticonebula:
2 years ago I saw a group of middle school aged Buddhist boys in orange robes who had shaved heads and a little boy saw them and said “Look, Mom! Airbenders!” and at first they laughed but then they told him that they were Airbenders but they weren’t allowed to airbend in public and it was pretty much the greatest thing I’ve ever seen
damngruchy:
hailthelordylordypicca:
i wish someone loved me the way Jay Gatsby loves Daisy
NO YOU DON’T
“Some people underestimate how erotic it is to be understood.”
– Mary Rakow (via commovente)
nepetaquest:
arguments that should be used against Yahoo buying out Tumblr:
their initial offer is too low
possible unnecessary ad space
stricter regulations
arguments that should not be used against Yahoo buying out Tumblr:
“TUMBLR IS MEANT FOR OUTCASTS AND WEIRDOS ONLY”
“NO ONE ELSE IS ALLOWED TO TOUCH OUR SACRED GROUND”
“FANDOMS UNITE AGAINST FACEBOOKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
