All you need is a URL and an email address? So, I can automatically import any tumblr blog, even if I don't own it? That's a bit scary.
Posterous takes on Tumblr
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#32I moved from posterous to tumblr because the administrative control panel UI/UX was so bad. The default posterous skin is hideous. Tumblr is much easier to use and looks better out of the box. I couldn't care less about the features in the checklist.
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#33Posts like this remind me to give thanks that I'm technically proficient enough not to have to depend on third party services for a communications platform.
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#34This is a really low blow. This is what companies do when they are clutching at straws - they spread misinformation. Considering: * Most tumblr themes have Disqus integration, and the "tumblr way" to comment is via reblog. * Multiple people can contribute to Tumblr blogs, I can also submit posts even if I'm not a user, and ask the authors questions (formspring style) * I can also password protect my Tumblr. They also…
It's not misinformation, but it is marketing/PR (and I bet it's working). Competing is not a low blow and it's not stabbing anyone in the back. They aren't saying "Tumblr SUCKS", they are saying "We're different, here's how, come give us a shot".
The proof will be in the numbers, but I doubt it will work with Tumblr. They're pretty spot on about Tumblr being like a collection of high-school cliques -- but what do you think happens when you take an "us vs. them" attitude against a clique? They just become defensive & tighter.
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#35All you need is a URL and an email address? So, I can automatically import any tumblr blog, even if I don't own it? That's a bit scary.
That is actually how the Tumblr API works. You don't even need the email address.
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#36All you need is a URL and an email address? So, I can automatically import any tumblr blog, even if I don't own it? That's a bit scary.
You must be terrified by copy/paste.
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#37Maybe they should add "Adds hidden affiliate codes to your links. Posterous: YES. Tumblr: NO." ( http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/30/posterous-starts-automatica... )
Do you KNOW that Tumblr doesn't do this? Dig a little and I think you'll be surprised how many other services (including Tumblr) do this too...
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#38Maybe they should add "Adds hidden affiliate codes to your links. Posterous: YES. Tumblr: NO." ( http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/30/posterous-starts-automatica... )
Do you KNOW that Tumblr doesn't do this? Dig a little and I think you'll be surprised how many other services (including Tumblr) do this too...
Tumblr absolutely does not do this.
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#39This is good for the market and the internet as a whole. Competition creates better products and innovation, which means my mother will eventually get to the world of easy posting of content. End of story.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
I didn't attack the feature, I said they bootstrapped their theme launch with the tumblr themes. That isn't attacking. I simply meant they lent on the pre existing tumblr community to boost their own offerings - which was genius. I do think to do that, and for Tumblr to nod or whatever, and then to do this, seems, IMHO a mis-step.
Actually on day one every single theme that we launched, I designed. We gradually added the best themes that we liked the most, some of them were Tumblr themes, and others were created by Posterous users, e.g. http://corywatilo.com
I wouldn't even call them "Tumblr themes." These were just blog themes, owned by a third party, who licensed them to us for use on Posterous. They just happened to be on Tumblr first, but don't have any other affiliation to that service.