why tumblr sucks

[i_speak_tongue]

Because if I want to reply to someone else's post, I have to post the whole thing on my wall for all of my followers to see. Which seems to me like a recipe for wank.

Also, I only want to post pretty pictures and fancy quotes dammit!

Comments

[quickreaver]

THIS. If tumblr really wants to get a foothold in social media, this must change. So say we.

[embroiderama]

I agree. I loathe tumblr because it seems like it discourages actual interaction. Everybody's just shooting stuff out into the void, and it seems HORRIBLE to me. I refuse to go there.

[quickreaver]

I feel like it was originally designed to accommodate easy visual reblogging...you know, art vs. words. A way to disperse pretty pictures, and for that, it's great. But artists NEED feedback and conversation, and tumblr isn't just about the pretty picture anymore! Get with it, tumblr.

[embroiderama]

The fact that people post fic and textual meta there just blows my mind. The fact that people I'm friends with do it--people who are not 14 years old--blows my mind even more.

[quickreaver]

It is NOT ideal. I never read fic on tumblr, and seldom read articles or lengthy comments. *hugs LJ*

[i_speak_tongue]

I think that it is possible to interact over there. From what I've gleaned there are a lot of folks who have met and become great friends on tumblr. I just don't enjoy the way you have to go about it. It seems rather exhibitionist. SOOO not my style.

Here, there are like, levels of exposure, and a much finer sense of being able to control that.

[embroiderama]

I guess it's a method of communication I just don't get, but the interactivity seems minimal. I just hate the place beyond reason. LOL

[i_speak_tongue]

Yeah, I mean, Is the "leave a comment" button such a complex idea? As it is right now, every time I read an opinion post, and feel like I have my own two cents to add, my instinct is to hop back over to LJ, and post about it over here.

[quickreaver]

AGREED. Salty has a good point, too. You have to be a bit of an exhibitionist on tumblr, which I'm not. I've observed more on-line friendships fall apart on tumblr than any other social media. Weird, huh?

[i_speak_tongue]

Exhibitionist. Yes. That's what I said too! Not to my taste. Not at all. That's why right now, I just use it to basically "save" fannish graphics and gifs that I like. I'm really not there to make friends.

[quickreaver]

Whatever actual (virtual) friends I have on tumblr, I initially met on LJ. So there ya go! LJ wins so ... LJ wins. ;)