Why Tumblr Was a Massive Steal for Yahoo

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Post by mirceagoia » Sat, May 25, 2013, 7:39 AM UTC

Why Tumblr Was a Massive Steal for Yahoo
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Re: Why Tumblr Was a Massive Steal for Yahoo

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Post by sugerman » Sat, May 25, 2013, 1:50 PM UTC

Seems like the article is making a case for Yahoo buying Pinterest, not Tumblr. Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't Tumblr posts generally without context?

Re: Why Tumblr Was a Massive Steal for Yahoo

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Post by ScottWhigham » Sat, May 25, 2013, 3:33 PM UTC

As I skimmed the article, I naturally read the headlines:

#2: Readers are far more valuable than writers.

#3: Valuable content is king.

Well which is it? You don't get content without writers, do you?

Re: Why Tumblr Was a Massive Steal for Yahoo

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Post by cimorene12 » Sun, May 26, 2013, 2:09 PM UTC

ScottWhigham wrote: post #3

As I skimmed the article, I naturally read the headlines: #2: Readers are far more valuable than writers. #3: Valuable content is king. Well which is it? You don't get content without writers, do you?

Correct. You want the right writers, though, and Tumblr has attracted an interesting set. You don't want too much garbage/noise on Tumblr, and so far (at least for me) this is the case. FB and Twitter have a lot of noise.

I respect Adam Rifkin's opinions a lot, partially because he's a great person and partially because he's the best-networked person in the world. http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/tag/adam-rifkin/ I may be wrong, but I feel like the second title qualifies him to maybe see things that others don't.