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Facebook Acqhires Storylane Because It’s Time To Fight Tumblr

• RexRollman 14y ago
  I suppose this will be a happy thing for some people but I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole. In my opinion, Facebook is too shady.
• makomk 14y ago
  You know, I'm pretty sure that Tumblr wouldn't have nearly the appeal it does if users had to post everything under their real name...
  • arindone 14y ago
    This is an overly simplistic statement. They're completely different tools: Tumblr is a tool for developing (micro?)blogs about any topic under the sun -- therefore identity isn't really relevant (unless you WANT to be an authoritative source on a topic, for which a real identity WILL take you further than a pseudonym on average) Facebook is about connecting people -- REAL people; therefore pseudonyms take away from that experience. If pseudonyms were in any way positively correlated with the experience, Myspace would still be going strong.
  • joshualastdon 14y ago
    Facebook already proved that a social network where real identity was encouraged could succeed. So saying that Tumblr wouldn't be as popular if it made users use real names would be misleading. I don't think the popularity of Tumblr was because they allowed users to not use their real identities.