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Will Yahoo Try to Get Its “Cool Again” by Doing a Deal for Tumblr?
- k-mcgrady 14y agoPersonally I've seen Tumblr's growth increasing rapidly in the last 12 months or so. It still seems to be used mainly by creative types (artists, musicians etc.) but more and more tech companies are using it to host their blogs and I've noticed a lot of techies have also started hosting their personal blogs on it. I think the Dashboard works best with visual content rather than written content and this might be something holding Tumblr back from growing quicker (although changing this could lose them their USP). It would be interesting to see how the 'modern' Yahoo would handle the acquisition of such a popular site. I don't think there's anything this big that they've purchased in the last few years.
- jmadsen 14y agoYahoo can't even get its mail & homepage to sync correctly via the ajax calls it makes - I don't see it being overly successful at much, to be honest
- thoughtcriminal 14y agoYahoo stinks of uncool while Tumblr is hip, addictive and growing fast. Never the twain shall meet.
- voltagex_ 14y agoIf they did, I wonder if they'd censor it.
- dopamean 14y agoI don't know if this will make Yahoo cool again but if Aol can remain a successful internet company then Yahoo probably can too.