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Tumblr roundup for January

Jan 12, 2013 21:18

Hi! I'm excited to contribute a monthly summary of the visual rollercoaster that is Tumblr. Each month I hope to share some lovely eye candy from across Tumblrland.
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For those of us who have been on LJ for quite awhile Tumblr is an exciting place to explore. It can also be overwhelming and confusing. Several months ago I began to venture ( Read more... )

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jennygeee January 13 2013, 10:00:02 UTC

Thanks for this, you have given me more understanding of what tumblr is and I might venture over and take a look :)

growyourwings January 13 2013, 16:14:47 UTC

You're welcome.

I'd love to hear what you think and what you find. If you are a spoilerphobe, be aware that there can be spoilers there.

jennygeee January 13 2013, 16:26:53 UTC

Thanks for the warning, I am a spoilerphobe so I will tread with care.

Some stuff... livejournal January 13 2013, 12:06:28 UTC

User ash48 referenced to your post from Some stuff... saying: [...] the meantime...some things going on... Check out post at for a succinct guide to Tumblr and LJ. [...]

growyourwings January 13 2013, 16:15:46 UTC

Thanks for the rec!

:)

tattooeddevil January 13 2013, 12:16:35 UTC

I think I am just too old to really "get" Tumblr. I ventured onto it for work, and curious as I am, I looked around for some SPN content. What I found was mostly teenagers, or early twenties, having really fierce shipwars with each other and people posting fic without cuts. It's just not my thing. For what it is meant to do - quick visual sharing of content - it works fine and it is actually pretty good. However, as with any social networking site, the users start using it in other ways too, like having conversations, and then you see the flaws. Just like people use Twitter as a chat program; it's not, but that's what it is being used for. I'm not saying it's bad of the users or the site, it's just that for me personally, it bugs me that people are having long conversations on my timeline that I can't even follow because of Tumblr's layout of quotes and conversations. Like I said, I am old and used to other programs :P ( ... )

growyourwings January 13 2013, 16:24:51 UTC

I think I must focus on the visual and either don't *see* or don't follow folks that post a lot of fic or word content. But this is a good point. Perhaps on future posts I will try to call out which blogs might be more visual or fic based so folks can follow which they choose.

Yeah, I'm older as well. Sometimes I find it easy to forget that some/many of the Tumblrers are really *young*. And other times it's a bit obvious that they are younger. They are passionate thought, which is good. LJ is a bit of a safe and comfortable haven right now. More quiet than it used to be (perhaps). I know I've sometimes felt like SPN fandom is getting way too quiet - then I go to Tumblr and see that's not really the case. It's just changed a bit. I know my son's GF is a huge SPN fan and lives on Tumblr. It's both cool that she's so into it and bizarre that my *son's GF* (!!!) lives in fandom.

tattooeddevil January 13 2013, 19:07:11 UTC

I am actually applying that strategy now too. Just unfollow (or not follow in the first place) when they post a lot of long text post. That's the main thing that bothers me on Tumblr, the long-ass text posts :P There's an easy enough way to use the read more link, but many people don't know how, so I end up scrolling down an endless page of text on my teeny-tiny mobile phone screen *eye roll* Not cool ( ... )

kazluvsbooks January 16 2013, 03:07:43 UTC

That's interesting about the average tumblr age groups. I would have thought it skewed slightly younger. When i first joined it seemed as though everyone was 17 and whinging about school. :)
Being older myself i try not to add any under 18's if i can help it and try and follow older fans...they are out there.

I love to do photoshop so it has been great to get feedback there and i have chatted to a few people of the whole they are lovely.

Some of the art and meta on tumblr is simply mindblowing.

(lipglosskaz)

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lamerezouille January 13 2013, 13:01:42 UTC

My biggest issue with tumblr is the inevitability of spoilers there. I cannot argue with the eye-candy, because some part of me really believes gif pics is the new art form of the century, and I've followed SPN tumblrs for some time because of it... But the SPOILERS! I just couldn't anymore. (I feel like i can only follow safely series that have definitely ended, really ( ... )

growyourwings January 13 2013, 16:02:42 UTC

Excellent point about spoilers and Tumblr. I cannot guarantee that the blogs I linked to are spoiler free. I think they are most image based (as that is what I gravitate to.) But for the next Tumblr roundup I will see if I can specify whether there might be spoilers or not. I did not check that extensively this time.

lamerezouille January 13 2013, 18:12:32 UTC

Thanks so much! It'd be awesome if you specified spoiler info in the future!

x_tremelylost January 13 2013, 14:20:23 UTC

Thanks for this post!, I was getting so frustrated in tumblr!, not that I had many friends in LJ, but somehow it feels more like home.
I at least started trying to work with graphics thanks to the visual rollercoster that tumblr is. My major freakout was about ages, suddenly I realized some tumblrerists could be my grandchildren!, and oh boy I felt so old and creepy!. Then I started to look for statistics and it could be that most over 40 remain silent there and don´t post their age.
Since I do love spoilers I like that about tumblr but it is true, there is no way to filter them, even if they are tagged.

Thanks for the supernatural related tumblrs you posted!, I found there is some amazing art there.

x_tremelylost January 13 2013, 14:21:15 UTC

Oh I think I exaggerated about the grandkids! ;)

growyourwings January 13 2013, 16:08:33 UTC

No worries. Totally understand. I wouldn't be surprised if you and I are around the same age. If I started younger, these Tumblrs might have been my grandkids. ;)

growyourwings January 13 2013, 16:07:18 UTC

Are there statistics on the average age of folks on Tumblr? I would find that interesting. It does seem like there are a *lot* of teenagers out there. Which is a bit freaky as I'm older myself. So perhaps the oldsters (hehe) don't yet feel comfortable enough to let ourselves be seen (or heard) on Tumblr. Or perhaps we might just not appreciate the venue for communication, but will always lurk?

And the inability to filter is another good point about Tumblr. As far as tagging, it seems hit and miss to me. I myself don't always tag because I don't see myself going back to pull up things I've tagged later like I do on LJ and due to the very nature of Tumblr (fast and quick), tagging feels like it slows reblogging down. Even if the tagging *is* faster than on LJ.

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