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A lot of Tumblr pageviews are dashboard based, whereas WordPress.com's tend to be much more front facing. Also, I imagine the amount of time a Tumblr user spend
by krogsgard 14y ago
A lot of Tumblr pageviews are dashboard based, whereas WordPress.com's tend to be much more front facing. Also, I imagine the amount of time a Tumblr user spends per page is less than those on WP - just by typical nature of the content. Just guessing, but that's my assumption.
Mullenweg has said before he pictures Tumblr as more of a social network than a blogging platform. I wish I could find that right now. Either way, WordPress.com is definitely learning some things from Tumblr. The new wp.com dashboard and quick posting mechanism is enough proof of that.
- webwanderings 14y agoYou are right, hence the reason they redirected the dashboard stats to wordpress.com. I think they're gunning for an IPO or sale.
- krogsgard 14y agoI personally don't think so based on my observation of the company over the past few years. I think they're in it for the long haul, as are their investors. However, I don't have much to back up my statement, other than Matt's ideals.
- JamesPeterson 14y agoThe firm holds a longer, (financially) non-optimal view; their handling stakeholders would be different if they were gunning for an exit. Instead, Wordpress seem to be presenting for (private; less volatile) investment (but I don't know what for?).