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I have a feeling nobody really understands Tumblr (definitely not its own staff). Of all the social networks, it's the absolute champion at connecting you to pe
by JulianMorrison 11y ago
I have a feeling nobody really understands Tumblr (definitely not its own staff). Of all the social networks, it's the absolute champion at connecting you to people who think alike. So for you, whoever you are, Tumblr will be a particular thing. And it won't be a bit like that for the person next door. Every variation of "Tumblr is full of ..." just lays bare who it is you choose to find and follow.
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- riffraff 11y ago> it's the absolute champion at connecting you to people who think alike. So for you, whoever you are, Tumblr will be a particular thing While this might be true, I believe tumblr definitely has a shared culture. I am saying this based on me setting up a dozen different tumblr accounts for testing stuff and seeing a lot of similar stuff over and over. E.g. I am a straight male but the amount of gender identity/LGBTQIA content seems a lot more than elsewhere, presumably because of the "a lot of anonymous teenagers" user base.
- JulianMorrison 11y agoIt connects you to people who think like you. Not necessarily to people who are identical to you. You evidently follow people who follow people who support trans and queer politics. If you followed Trump supporters, or, I dunno, people into knitting or SCUBA, you'd get a different mix.
- riffraff 11y agoI failed to express myself: I meant that I setup a lot of accounts but I am not using them actively, so mostly they are just setup with random stuff, yet the sort of things that comes out is quite homogeneous.