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Spot on. I can't recommend people post their longer form content and media on platforms that have an opaque path to generating revenue. I do recommend that th

Spot on. I can't recommend people post their longer form content and media on platforms that have an opaque path to generating revenue. I do recommend that they have someone create a self-hosted open source platform for sharing their content online. The custom post types that have finally arrived in WordPress 3.0 allow people to create their own mini-Tumblrs on their self-hosted website. I feel that if someone works hard enough to create their own content then they should give some serious thought to their publishing platform too.

kmfrk 16y ago
You could be cute and say that Marco has seen the writing on the wall with his Mac-only backup client (http://www.marco.org/277762675 http://www.marco.org/277762675). :) I belong in the group of people who have yet to be convinced of the financial stability of Tumblr, but its free hosting, great themes and ways to get exposure using the platform in combination with Fusion, Deck and other ads is very attractive; you would not risk any economical loss using Tumblr. To be fair to Tumblr, most of the people using the service don't seem to blog with writing content with staying value in mind; you could argue that the microblogging serves as a Zeitgeist echochamber similar to what Twitter can be in some instances.