Comments on: Why I don’t like Tumblr & Posterous

By: Leon

Leon — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:33:28 +0000

@Joey I’m still to bookmark or subscribe to a Tumblog.

It is pretty good for topical sites (like http://katemiddletonforthewin.tumblr.com/ at around the time of the royal wedding.) Beyond that, it’s traditional blogs all the way for me.

By: Joey

Joey — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:41:36 +0000

It is now September 2011, and Tumblr has continued to grow exponentially in popularity since this article was published. I will say that it’s a bit addicting, Tumblr, but honestly, once I get into it, I find myself asking “what’s the point of this?”.

Most people who use Tumblr just post random photos of stuff, which after a while, can become very boring. Plus, it’s time-consuming and it’s hard work. Looking for good photos is a drag. Most photos online are crappy low-res and look awful on sleek, aesthetically pleasing blogs.

I do think that the Tumblr blog interface is very well organized and easy to follow, but there are times when I am just disinterested in the whole concept of it and I end up deleting my blog.

By: Andrés

Andrés — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:43:52 +0000

In my opinion, you nailed it with this post.

By: Mike Mai

Mike Mai — Wed, 05 May 2010 04:04:33 +0000

i love both tumblr and posterous. tumblr is extremely easy to customize or embed on my own website. nothing beats it. posterous, the name says it all, it’ll post everywhere with one click. i write longer posts a few times a month and posterous is great for it. i have abandoned wordpress all together for blogging. still a good cms though.

By: Amrinder

Amrinder — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:33:47 +0000

I agree with you, Leon. Some of these famous designers have started posting links lately, like Dan Cederholm. Visit their site and 90 times out of 100 you will find links to other site. Once you get famous people with agree with you and follow you, no matter what you post or link to.

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By: Leon

Leon — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:19:12 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Pat. It's more the transition from “normal” blogging software (such as WordPress) to Tumblr. I'm sure you can write long–form texts with Tumblr (although I seem to remember not having much control of the HTML when I had a tumblog), but the format doesn't encourage it: it's not built to do that, really. There's nothing wrong with Tumblr per se, I just think that the more bloggers that move from WordPress to Tumblr and Posterous, the more we'll lose. Tumblr's not as bad as Posterous (style tags within the document's body?), but I wouldn't be happy publishing code like that. Oh, and the black bean turkey looks lovely :)

By: Leon

Leon — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:10:31 +0000

Yeah, I like the interface too, and the fact that the website home page is a huge sign up form. It’s more the content it encourages, especially when it’s compared to “normal” blogging software.

By: Jonathan Christopher

Jonathan Christopher — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:26:28 +0000

Very well said, Pat. Yours (as well as Jorge’s, Marco’s, and Chris’) are some of the first that come to mind when I think of “Tumblr done right”

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