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I recently switched from Medium to a static site, but for anyone else looking to switch from medium - this may now be an option again?
I think the real alternative to Medium is Ghost as a hosted or self-hosted version. Depending on your needs and the amount of time you want to spend on it. https://ghost.org/
"Instead, Tumblr has a new chance to redefine itself in 2019 and beyond" So, Matt commented in the other thread that NSFW content is not coming back due to the difficulties around hosting and processing adult content (payment processing, advertising, everything). Where does Tumblr fit in 2020 between Twitter, Medium, and Instagram? What's its medium?
I enjoy tumblr for posting gifs made with code: https://dontcode.tumblr.com/ For me it's just a nice/easy place to post stuff & get quick feedback/appreciation. It's also nice to scroll through nice/funny/cute things & sometimes get info on issues that the tumblr community cares about.
Does this put Automattic into the ad business? Or were they already there?
Does Tumblr run its own and network?
I'll say that they clearly don't run many ads. They have a native ad offering that I've never been able to spot in the wild.
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For me tumblr does best in that you have chains of responses (reblogs) in images/gifs and text form, that then are reposted on one's own blog for their own followers to experience broadly in a singular dashboard whose ordering isn't really manipulated (like twitter and instagram are, to my extreme vexation). Also, because tumblr makes it easy to create side-blogs, you can follow a favorite person for their specific s…
Twitter is the key. Twitter has failed to deliver a sane way to read threads. after all these years I still don't know how to read a conversation. And the whole platform is about conversation ! If Tumblr can get it it right with WP, I won't miss Twitter.
"Automattic is still a startup — I’m sure there are deep-pocketed private equity firms that could have outbid us, but the most likely outcome then would have been an “asset” getting chopped up and sold for parts. [...] Instead, Tumblr has a new chance to redefine itself in 2019 and beyond." I think Matt is right to point out the real story here. Automattic is simply the right home for Tumblr. Perhaps similarly to how…
100% agree that of the list of realistic outcomes, Tumblr going to Automattic is one of the best possible outcomes. That said, and I know this is said a lot, but I really wish our industry would stop trying to label everything a "startup". Automattic was founded in 2005 and has 1000 employees. It's not a startup, it's a mature medium size tech company. Its problems are not startup problems, they're mature medium size…
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I think the real alternative to Medium is Ghost as a hosted or self-hosted version. Depending on your needs and the amount of time you want to spend on it. https://ghost.org/
Ghost starts at $29/month, it seems, and Medium starts at $0/month, so I don't see them as comparable.
[1] https://help.medium.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003053487-Custo...
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For me tumblr does best in that you have chains of responses (reblogs) in images/gifs and text form, that then are reposted on one's own blog for their own followers to experience broadly in a singular dashboard whose ordering isn't really manipulated (like twitter and instagram are, to my extreme vexation). Also, because tumblr makes it easy to create side-blogs, you can follow a favorite person for their specific s…
Twitter is the key. Twitter has failed to deliver a sane way to read threads. after all these years I still don't know how to read a conversation. And the whole platform is about conversation ! If Tumblr can get it it right with WP, I won't miss Twitter.
"Instead, Tumblr has a new chance to redefine itself in 2019 and beyond" I feel like the same thing was said about Napster at some point as well. It's going to take __a lot__ of resources for Tumblr to overcome its status as yet another formerly-hot-but-now-a-has-been (e.g., Yahoo, AOL, MySpace, etc.) Trumblr had its moment. It had its time. It had its audience. They are all in the past. The odds of it making any sor…
I recently switched from Medium to a static site, but for anyone else looking to switch from medium - this may now be an option again?
I think the real alternative to Medium is Ghost as a hosted or self-hosted version. Depending on your needs and the amount of time you want to spend on it. https://ghost.org/