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One of the reasons i don't use tumblr is they dont seem to have a notable revenue stream. This sounds like a good step in the right direction.
Honest question: Revenue streams of the host company are an important consideration in choosing a blog platform for you?
One of the reasons i don't use tumblr is they dont seem to have a notable revenue stream. This sounds like a good step in the right direction.
Honest question: Revenue streams of the host company are an important consideration in choosing a blog platform for you?
One of the reasons i don't use tumblr is they dont seem to have a notable revenue stream. This sounds like a good step in the right direction.
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Honest question: Revenue streams of the host company are an important consideration in choosing a blog platform for you?
If you plan to stick to the platform for a long while, they better have.
It's a reasonable enough consideration for folks like us in this venue, the parent comment just jumped out at me as an interesting reason not to give the platform a whirl.
Here is a screenshot example of what a promoted posts looks like in the dashboard - http://cloud.jonathanmoore.com/Dsu4 . Users have the option of choosing from several dozen feature options like "buy this", "very special posts", "super proud of this", etc. Right now it appears to be limited to one highlighted post per day, and with all purchases on Tumblr they give you the option of donating an additional $1 to EFF,…
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Honest question: Revenue streams of the host company are an important consideration in choosing a blog platform for you?
Seems reasonable. If they run out of money, where does your blog go?
With that said, Tumblr has a very bright future ahead of them.
Here is a screenshot example of what a promoted posts looks like in the dashboard - http://cloud.jonathanmoore.com/Dsu4 . Users have the option of choosing from several dozen feature options like "buy this", "very special posts", "super proud of this", etc. Right now it appears to be limited to one highlighted post per day, and with all purchases on Tumblr they give you the option of donating an additional $1 to EFF,…
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Seems reasonable. If they run out of money, where does your blog go?
With most platforms that is a valid concern, but with Tumblr you can easily create a local backup your entire blog ( http://staff.tumblr.com/post/286303145/tumblr-backup-mac-bet... ) as basic HTML, images, assets, theme, etc. With that said, Tumblr has a very bright future ahead of them.
Answer to rhetorical question: because we can't be bothered, so we'd rather just pick a provider who is more likely to stick around than not.
Here is a screenshot example of what a promoted posts looks like in the dashboard - http://cloud.jonathanmoore.com/Dsu4 . Users have the option of choosing from several dozen feature options like "buy this", "very special posts", "super proud of this", etc. Right now it appears to be limited to one highlighted post per day, and with all purchases on Tumblr they give you the option of donating an additional $1 to EFF,…
Off-topic but what are you using to serve up images on your site like that? Is it a custom script or an OSS solution?