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Import to Wordpress. They've been chronically unable to monetise Tumblr. Assume they could Geocities you at any moment.

pjc50 10y ago
You can't forcibly migrate other people to wordpress, and its their blogs which have the value. Tumblr is an important community even if it does have a few weirdnesses and inconsistent policy enforcement.
- jstanley 10y ago
  Perhaps there's scope for a tumblr mirror, which could eventually take over from real-tumblr (and allow the blog owners to continue blogging) in the event that real-tumblr goes all geocities.
  - hxegon 10y ago
    I feel like that would be a TOS violation.
    - patrick_haply 10y ago
      If a service doesn't exist, can you violate its TOS?
    - deleted 10y ago
      [deleted]
    - tajen 10y ago
      We don't know whether Tumblr's porn content is legal. There's absolutely no way a risk department would allow hosting massive porn pictures of potentially underage volunteers (or not-so-volunteers), let alone acquire a company who does that as a job, or copy that content over for free. Porn ventures use specific advertising platforms, payment methods and insurances. I must be wrong, since Yahoo believes Tumblr increases its worth.
- komali2 10y ago
  How is it an important community? I thought it was a blogging platform? Can't users just migrate to wordpress?
  - pjc50 10y ago
    Blogs don't stand on their own, part of the popularity of it is the easy re-blogging and propagation of popular posts, both for memes, discussions, and occasionally fictional collaboration. It's like Livejournal in that regard.
  - CydeWeys 10y ago
    It's a social network, not a blogging platform. You have a consistent identity across the entire site, including everyone else's blogs that you comment on. It's closer to Facebook (with a larger focus on writing original posts) than it is to WordPress. If you were around for LiveJournal, it's more like that. Tumblr has a huge community and there are a large number of niche topics that have their biggest communities on Tumblr.
    - sedachv 10y ago
      > If you were around for LiveJournal, it's more like that. LiveJournal is a good comparison here - it never went away, is still popular in some communities (Runet), and is not worth very much money because most Internet users in the United States that advertisers care about decided to move on to other social networks.
- vntok 10y ago
  Why not migrate them to WordPress.com (the platform) then?
  - untog 10y ago
    Does WordPress have reblogging? A feed that will show you all the posts from people you follow? From what I've seen (and I'll admit to not being overly familiar with either), WordPress and Tumblr are very different beasts with every different aims.
    - elliottcarlson 10y ago
      This has been one of the things I saw as the biggest hurdle (as a former Tumblr employee) - most people unfamiliar with Tumblr assume it's a blogging platform, while the dashboard with its social aspects is biggest component of Tumblr. Wordpress and Tumblr are very different beasts when it comes to what they offer in whole - though Wordpress would suit those that only use Tumblr as a blogging platform.
    - JorgeGT 10y ago
      > Does WordPress have reblogging? A feed that will show you all the posts from people you follow? To answer your questions: yes and yes: https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/read-blogs/ https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/read-blogs/ (Not that I use it, but this functionality was implemented back in 2012).
      - gibrown 10y ago
        And still actively being worked on: https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/reader-refresh-2017/ https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/reader-refresh-2017...
- davidgerard 10y ago
  I'm active on Tumblr. The trouble is it's owned by Yahoo, doesn't make a lot of money (if it's even in the black) and has resisted all attempts to monetise it. (Advertisers seem to want something like a blogging Pinterest, not extended political ranting.) At this point there's the ArchiveTeam and that's about it, so we actually have something to point at when we're talking about what a great website that sure was back then.

pjc50 10y ago

You can't forcibly migrate other people to wordpress, and its their blogs which have the value. Tumblr is an important community even if it does have a few weirdnesses and inconsistent policy enforcement.

jstanley 10y ago
Perhaps there's scope for a tumblr mirror, which could eventually take over from real-tumblr (and allow the blog owners to continue blogging) in the event that real-tumblr goes all geocities.
- hxegon 10y ago
  I feel like that would be a TOS violation.
  - patrick_haply 10y ago
    If a service doesn't exist, can you violate its TOS?
  - deleted 10y ago
    [deleted]
  - tajen 10y ago
    We don't know whether Tumblr's porn content is legal. There's absolutely no way a risk department would allow hosting massive porn pictures of potentially underage volunteers (or not-so-volunteers), let alone acquire a company who does that as a job, or copy that content over for free. Porn ventures use specific advertising platforms, payment methods and insurances. I must be wrong, since Yahoo believes Tumblr increases its worth.
komali2 10y ago
How is it an important community? I thought it was a blogging platform? Can't users just migrate to wordpress?
- pjc50 10y ago
  Blogs don't stand on their own, part of the popularity of it is the easy re-blogging and propagation of popular posts, both for memes, discussions, and occasionally fictional collaboration. It's like Livejournal in that regard.
- CydeWeys 10y ago
  It's a social network, not a blogging platform. You have a consistent identity across the entire site, including everyone else's blogs that you comment on. It's closer to Facebook (with a larger focus on writing original posts) than it is to WordPress. If you were around for LiveJournal, it's more like that. Tumblr has a huge community and there are a large number of niche topics that have their biggest communities on Tumblr.
  - sedachv 10y ago
    > If you were around for LiveJournal, it's more like that. LiveJournal is a good comparison here - it never went away, is still popular in some communities (Runet), and is not worth very much money because most Internet users in the United States that advertisers care about decided to move on to other social networks.
vntok 10y ago
Why not migrate them to WordPress.com (the platform) then?
- untog 10y ago
  Does WordPress have reblogging? A feed that will show you all the posts from people you follow? From what I've seen (and I'll admit to not being overly familiar with either), WordPress and Tumblr are very different beasts with every different aims.
  - elliottcarlson 10y ago
    This has been one of the things I saw as the biggest hurdle (as a former Tumblr employee) - most people unfamiliar with Tumblr assume it's a blogging platform, while the dashboard with its social aspects is biggest component of Tumblr. Wordpress and Tumblr are very different beasts when it comes to what they offer in whole - though Wordpress would suit those that only use Tumblr as a blogging platform.
  - JorgeGT 10y ago
    > Does WordPress have reblogging? A feed that will show you all the posts from people you follow? To answer your questions: yes and yes: https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/read-blogs/ https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/read-blogs/ (Not that I use it, but this functionality was implemented back in 2012).
    - gibrown 10y ago
      And still actively being worked on: https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/reader-refresh-2017/ https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/reader-refresh-2017...
davidgerard 10y ago
I'm active on Tumblr. The trouble is it's owned by Yahoo, doesn't make a lot of money (if it's even in the black) and has resisted all attempts to monetise it. (Advertisers seem to want something like a blogging Pinterest, not extended political ranting.) At this point there's the ArchiveTeam and that's about it, so we actually have something to point at when we're talking about what a great website that sure was back then.