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> A bit of that old web still live in places like Tumblr. It will be a sad sad day when/if Tumblr gets shut down. I really appreciate the fact that users can

> A bit of that old web still live in places like Tumblr. It will be a sad sad day when/if Tumblr gets shut down. I really appreciate the fact that users can customize their own pages in many more ways than just changing their profile picture and header image, it gives it a lot more personality than you can get on Instagram/Tumblr/Facebook. It also has a timelessness that you don't really get on other sites, at least not to the same degree. Posts have timestamps, but on the dashboard they're only visible if you look for them. So most people don't notice if the post they just reblogged was originally posted yesterday -- or seven years ago. This also gets rid of much of the repost issues you see on Reddit and similar sites, since the original post can remain relevant for much longer.

ratww 5y ago
Tumblr really got it right, IMO. - It has all the tools for newbies (WYSIWYG) - It has tools for advanced users (HTML editors) - It has a marketplace for templates for those in-between - It has the "good" social features (follow, republish) - It doesn't use too many dark patterns - It's not a walled garden that blocks or pollutes Google search results, like Facebook or Pinterest - It has no "algorithm" encouraging people to consume the same bullshit as in Twitter/FB/Youtube - It encourages people browsing specific blogs instead of doing pointless doom-scrolling Of course it also has a lot of problems, but I'd say they're mostly social and not related to how the platform is built. On the other hand the same issues happen on Twitter and Facebook, so...