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>Since, as this article says, Tumblr's business model is depending on people using it, removing comments (in favor of pushing people toward reblogging) seems il
by adnzzzzZ 11y ago
>Since, as this article says, Tumblr's business model is depending on people using it, removing comments (in favor of pushing people toward reblogging) seems ill-advised.
They've recently added a chat system. http://i.imgur.com/Aw8EEvh.png http://i.imgur.com/Aw8EEvh.png It's the smiley face in the middle. I don't know if it's default yet but I have it right now and it works fine. The only difference is that in a chat system comments aren't public, but if you're giving other people feedback this works fine. I think this is a good middle ground between the network effects they get with reblogging and just being able to give people feedback without spamming your followers.
- theOnliest 11y agoI knew about the chat, but it's not really the same thing at all. That's as if Facebook removed the ability to comment on posts, but said "Oh it's cool, we still have chat!" It works ok, as you say, if you just want to say "Great job," but it's not the same use case.