>Tumblr’s competitive advantage lies in its unique content and vibrant communities. Cool, I wonder if whoever is writing this understands the reason those comm

>Tumblr’s competitive advantage lies in its unique content and vibrant communities. Cool, I wonder if whoever is writing this understands the reason those communities are like that? >The lack of feedback stems from the outdated decision to only show content from followed blogs on the main dashboard feed (“Following”) ...And there it is. The thing that makes Tumblr unique among social media is the fact that it has a non-algorithmic feed, and is centered on people you like sharing posts they enjoy. By default, you never see a post unless someone you follow either authors it or vouches for it. If they try and change that, and shove an FYP-style page in front of the user by default, they're going to lose that distinguishing feature. I personally support adding some algorithmic feed in (tumblr's discoverability does kind of suck), but a vast majority of the active users are very opposed to even the features they've added so far (like "best stuff first"). They need to be very careful about how they proceed here. Also: >Creators are essential to the Tumblr community. However, we haven’t always had a consistent and coordinated effort around retaining, nurturing, and growing our creator base. Yeah, it's almost like you drove half the creators off of your site with one fell swoop. >Additionally, we need to ensure that when people search for content related to their interests, it is easily accessible without any confusing limitations or unexpected roadblocks in their journey. Coming from a website that is known for having the second-worst search function in social media (after reddit, which at least is easily parsed by google), this is almost laughable.