Could not agree more on the point about modifying a post type on reblogs. Also, I'd love it if the finally tackled the switching of default tumblrs.
mattlehrer
· 7 months ago
you can modify the post type on a reblog. it's not 100% flexible, but it's not bad.
azspot
· 7 months ago
Should save these as drafts first before I publish (my editing is never complete!) :)
Yes, can "modify" a post and if my stylesheet here was more conducive, that would work. As I have done photo captions though, anything longer than a sentence is unsightly and not the proper type. Also, more important, sometimes a photo compels me on a thought stream that's better packaged in a text post. Or it could be a link or conversation I want to highlight in a text post.
mattlehrer
· 7 months ago
Yes, simplicity has its downsides and this is one that comes up often with Tumblr.
JayCruz
· 7 months ago
I don't know why people think that Tumblr, and the web for that matter, has been a non-competitive utopic community of intimate friends. Not that you can't have that experience in a semi-public kind of way, but if you don't really care about popularity, then it shouldn't matter. If you truly want an "intimate" experience then have it. Stay in Facebook and add only the real real friends. Use your email, chats, and stuff that is truly more private and intimate. Make your Tumblr private.
That said, I understand the concern. There's been this shift in the web with the whole web 2.0 ideal of participatory audience. The Social Media thing which is Web 2.0 gone haywire. People are giving themselves an unnecessary pressure to be "useful" and donate "valuable" content and I'm not sure if that has made the web better at all.
In the end Tumblr is what you make of it. You can look at the stats, see what you can do about that and if it matters, or you can just ignore it and keep posting photos of your breakfast.
ariahfine
· 7 months ago
Great suggestions. I'd love to be able to sort through my old posts by reblog or even just notes somehow. Amongst a few other things.
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Yes, can "modify" a post and if my stylesheet here was more conducive, that would work. As I have done photo captions though, anything longer than a sentence is unsightly and not the proper type. Also, more important, sometimes a photo compels me on a thought stream that's better packaged in a text post. Or it could be a link or conversation I want to highlight in a text post.
Tumblr.
That said, I understand the concern. There's been this shift in the web with the whole web 2.0 ideal of participatory audience. The Social Media thing which is Web 2.0 gone haywire. People are giving themselves an unnecessary pressure to be "useful" and donate "valuable" content and I'm not sure if that has made the web better at all.
In the end Tumblr is what you make of it. You can look at the stats, see what you can do about that and if it matters, or you can just ignore it and keep posting photos of your breakfast.
I'd love to be able to sort through my old posts by reblog or even just notes somehow.
Amongst a few other things.