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Disclaimer: Only my gf uses tumblr, I don't. I think it's the bubble-ish environment that gets created not only by your followership but also by the fact that

by timdaub 12y ago

Disclaimer: Only my gf uses tumblr, I don't. I think it's the bubble-ish environment that gets created not only by your followership but also by the fact that tumblr blogs rarely get feedback from outside. Once you've build a sufficient followership around you, every thought you express in that bubble gets some how discussed, accepted and developed. That's why for once tumblr blogs react so harsh to bubble-out-side topics (/r/shittumblrsays) and secondly why I believe it is such a good place for discussion of "radical subcultures".

monksy 12y ago
I was just about to mention the whole filter bubble deal. Reddit on the other hand will subject your posts to criticisms and possible trolls. Radicals tend not to like people disagreeing with them.
- ectopic_cheeto 12y ago
  You can troll on tumblr and write criticism too. Many tumblr users do just that. You can also create echo chambers and circlejerks in Reddit too. /r/tumblrinaction and /r/kotakuinaction for example.
- chimeracoder 12y ago
  > Reddit on the other hand will subject your posts to criticisms and possible trolls. Combined with the bandwagon effect of downvotes in many (not all) subreddits, this has the same filter-bubble effect, just by virtue of pushing differently-minded people out (either to seek other subreddits, or off the site altogether). Just look at /r/politics and you'll see this in full force - with a few exceptions, almost any post expressing a somewhat conservative perspective is downvoted massively. This is one of the reason Reddit implemented [score hidden], which seems to have helped somewhat, but not entirely. > Radicals tend not to like people disagreeing with them. This isn't true only "radicals" - it's true everywhere. And I don't think it's the userbase that's different; it's the structure around it that makes the difference. In other words, the same people will group themselves differently on Tumblr and Reddit, even if they use both sites.

by timdaub 12y ago

monksy 12y ago

I was just about to mention the whole filter bubble deal. Reddit on the other hand will subject your posts to criticisms and possible trolls. Radicals tend not to like people disagreeing with them.

ectopic_cheeto 12y ago
You can troll on tumblr and write criticism too. Many tumblr users do just that. You can also create echo chambers and circlejerks in Reddit too. /r/tumblrinaction and /r/kotakuinaction for example.
chimeracoder 12y ago
> Reddit on the other hand will subject your posts to criticisms and possible trolls. Combined with the bandwagon effect of downvotes in many (not all) subreddits, this has the same filter-bubble effect, just by virtue of pushing differently-minded people out (either to seek other subreddits, or off the site altogether). Just look at /r/politics and you'll see this in full force - with a few exceptions, almost any post expressing a somewhat conservative perspective is downvoted massively. This is one of the reason Reddit implemented [score hidden], which seems to have helped somewhat, but not entirely. > Radicals tend not to like people disagreeing with them. This isn't true only "radicals" - it's true everywhere. And I don't think it's the userbase that's different; it's the structure around it that makes the difference. In other words, the same people will group themselves differently on Tumblr and Reddit, even if they use both sites.