Any HNer who says Tumblr is dead should not be listened to. I've been using Tumblr for years to follow along various fandoms. It lends itself well to both shor

Any HNer who says Tumblr is dead should not be listened to. I've been using Tumblr for years to follow along various fandoms. It lends itself well to both short- and long-form content. Most recently, I've been following My Chemical Romance's reunion tour. Tumblr has been a better source than anywhere else on the Internet for pictures and videos of each new show (they have different costumes and setlists every show. Sometimes even playing deep cuts/B-sides for the first time in decades) + along the way you'll get a never ending supply of historical posts (old pictures, scans of magazines, text posts about the band). And then there's fanart and jokes and analyses (which, as always, is opinions so hit or miss). I'm a pretty new fan, and it's been nice seamlessly get myself "in the know" thanks to Tumblr users. Interestingly, Twitter is Tumblr's main competitor in this niche of Internet society. Twitter tends to be where more fan/pro photos end up. But only Tumblr has the deeper content I crave as a fan of a rock band. Back to my original point, if you haven't used Tumblr to dive deep into something you love with Internet strangers, then your opinion of it really doesn't matter. I highly doubt the site is going anywhere too. The company has seemed to embrace its strengths with a good if dorky sense of self awareness.