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The blog is the comment. You want to comment on the comment? Do it on your blog. Not notable enough, nobody will see it? My heart bleeds for you. Tumblr gets
by JulianMorrison 14y ago
The blog is the comment.
You want to comment on the comment? Do it on your blog.
Not notable enough, nobody will see it? My heart bleeds for you.
Tumblr gets this right.
- nsmartt 14y agoVisibility is low for actual replies on Tumblr. It doesn't properly facilitate discussion. I can quickly discern that there are 4k+ notes on a post, but I have no indication of how many are reblogs vs licks, let alone reblogs with actual responses.
- JulianMorrison 14y agoYeah, likes were a mistake. But replying on your own blog is not a mistake.
- nsmartt 14y agoMost reblogs are blank. I agree that replying on your own blog isn't a mistake. I'd just amend that Tumblr almost gets it right.
- JulianMorrison 14y agoThey aren't blank, they're forwarded to your followers. The design results in chasing links of reblogs from posts and following the people who reblogged to establish followed/follower networks that share values and talk a common language. This is why tumblr is famous for having intense politics. I consider the combination of "reblog" and "follow" to be a major design win.
- nsmartt 14y ago>They aren't blank, they're forwarded to your followers. I meant that there's no easy way to determine which reblogs have actual responses and which are just raw reblogs. The concept of a reblog is great, but the execution isn't.