I will have to think about these concepts. I am constantly trying to figure out why I find Tumblr simultaneously so annoying, compelling, stifling, and frustrating. But I tend to be a very regular, fairly long-winded blogger here, as well as being a commenter on other peoples entries. My interests have been the process of writing and fannish stuff, while my appetite is for communication and community (an extrovert actually).
I like the sounds of this: -- a space that easily lets you build your own presence and reputation out of even small interactions, curate rather than create, but still helps foreground creation and encourage it, and build community and conversation. And when it comes along, we'll all move there! :P
At the moment, I find myself spending an inordinate amount of time on Tumblr with very little to show for it. I followed my main fandom there (Tolkien--mainly geeky book-verse Silmarillion fans) when I discovered that there were a bunch of new, bright, young people with the same interests (or a variant of mine) very active on Tumblr, while the LJ community just got smaller and quieter.
I like the sounds of this: -- a space that easily lets you build your own presence and reputation out of even small interactions, curate rather than create, but still helps foreground creation and encourage it, and build community and conversation. And when it comes along, we'll all move there! :P
At the moment, I find myself spending an inordinate amount of time on Tumblr with very little to show for it. I followed my main fandom there (Tolkien--mainly geeky book-verse Silmarillion fans) when I discovered that there were a bunch of new, bright, young people with the same interests (or a variant of mine) very active on Tumblr, while the LJ community just got smaller and quieter.
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