The fonts look bad in chrome/win7, at least on my setup: http://i.imgur.com/eCGEL.png
Tumblr introduces highlighted posts for $1
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Sure, but then you're stuck setting up again elsewhere - so why not do it from the start? 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.
That's a totally reasonable consideration but the revenue model of the host platform isn't always the best indicator of its success or longevity.
LiveJournal & Six Apart have longstanding revenue models but aren't hosting users like the President of the United States or large corporate media entities.
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#24Didn't Facebook attempt to sell 'Gifts' for $1 back in 2007? I recall they even got Susan Kare to design them.
Doesn't this make more sense, though? It's a combination of paying for advertising and paying for application features, both well-tested business models. Paying for random fake things that annoy your friends, however, is not as well-tested.
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#25This reminds me of a business that was very successful for one of my brother's in-laws.
It was a site where you could post free press releases. If you liked, you could buy one or more stars for your press release, and the more stars, the closer to the top it sorted.
He bootstrapped in the late 90's without investors, his only co-founder was his wife, he grew it organically and got very profitable, ended up hiring a couple dozen people, and ultimately had a very nice exit.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
BTW, that backup app is even less reliable than the rest of Tumblr. I did manage to get a full backup... once.
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#28And there are the thousands upon thousands of dollars that will come in from people who just want to try it out for fun, since it's only a dollar. Wicked smart.
At Tumblr's scale, thousands upon thousands of dollars isn't worth worrying about.
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#29Just tried it out on my Tumblr. Wonder if it will have any impact on whatever post-ranking/call-outs they already do. Unfortunately, I tried it on a Friday afternoon, which is not a good time to ever post anything.
But I love the easy integration of donation to good causes. I'll be making a lot of $2 purchases out of impulse, it seems.
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#30The fonts look bad in chrome/win7, at least on my setup: http://i.imgur.com/eCGEL.png
That's what it does, just a little tag? That's pretty unimpressive.