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These are awesome numbers. Posterous' dying platforms campaign looks ever more lame now.

hop 16y ago
I've switched from wordpress to posterous to tumblr. I like Tumblr's lack of branded drop down button that Posterous has even on self hosted, custom themes. Photographer Terry's Diary is a minimal Tumblr powered blog thats pretty interesting - http://www.terrysdiary.com http://www.terrysdiary.com (mildly NSFW)
- sachinag 16y ago
  Wait - I see two buttons on all Tumblr sites: one that says "+ Follow" and one that says "Join Tumblr". Is this something that I'm in a bucket test on or does it go away if you're logged or something?
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  - croby 16y ago
    The Tumblr blog owner can choose to show that or not
    - edash 16y ago
      If you're a Tumblr user you'll see two buttons in the upper right-hand corner on every Tumblr blog - regardless of any change of settings. This isn't meant for advertising though (these are existing users after all). Those two buttons allow you to: a) Follow that Tumblr (like RSS) b) Go to your Tumblr Dashboard
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natrius 16y ago
I don't think they ever directly called Tumblr a dying platform. The dig seemed aimed more towards Ning, which was the first platform they supported, and could reasonably be called dying for people who want a free blogging platform, as could several of the other platforms. The HN comments about the campaign seem to do more to further a catfight than the original blog post did in the first place.
- icey 16y ago
  You're right, they didn't call it a dying platform. They said "blogging on Tumblr is sort of like being in high school.".
  - natrius 16y ago
    Ha, I never saw that. That's just dumb. I retract my defense.
robryan 16y ago
I think behind all this competition from the blogging platforms there is a realisation that at the core their offerings are quiet similar because of the nature of blogging. It certainly isn't a internet startup area where there is going to be to much innovation given that to many features and you lose the people wanting a simple solution and end up competing with self hosted wordpress for more serious bloggers.

hop 16y ago

I've switched from wordpress to posterous to tumblr. I like Tumblr's lack of branded drop down button that Posterous has even on self hosted, custom themes. Photographer Terry's Diary is a minimal Tumblr powered blog thats pretty interesting - http://www.terrysdiary.com http://www.terrysdiary.com (mildly NSFW)

sachinag 16y ago
Wait - I see two buttons on all Tumblr sites: one that says "+ Follow" and one that says "Join Tumblr". Is this something that I'm in a bucket test on or does it go away if you're logged or something?
- deleted 16y ago
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- croby 16y ago
  The Tumblr blog owner can choose to show that or not
  - edash 16y ago
    If you're a Tumblr user you'll see two buttons in the upper right-hand corner on every Tumblr blog - regardless of any change of settings. This isn't meant for advertising though (these are existing users after all). Those two buttons allow you to: a) Follow that Tumblr (like RSS) b) Go to your Tumblr Dashboard

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natrius 16y ago

I don't think they ever directly called Tumblr a dying platform. The dig seemed aimed more towards Ning, which was the first platform they supported, and could reasonably be called dying for people who want a free blogging platform, as could several of the other platforms. The HN comments about the campaign seem to do more to further a catfight than the original blog post did in the first place.

icey 16y ago
You're right, they didn't call it a dying platform. They said "blogging on Tumblr is sort of like being in high school.".
- natrius 16y ago
  Ha, I never saw that. That's just dumb. I retract my defense.

robryan 16y ago

I think behind all this competition from the blogging platforms there is a realisation that at the core their offerings are quiet similar because of the nature of blogging. It certainly isn't a internet startup area where there is going to be to much innovation given that to many features and you lose the people wanting a simple solution and end up competing with self hosted wordpress for more serious bloggers.