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1 month ago

in omg You're Like Such A Loser: Comeptition & Curating Your Community on Leigh's Blitherings
That's often true, but not necessarily true here. Many new services don't arrive at their form factor for several cycles. Using your analogy: sometimes you have to replant because there simply wasn't enough sun where you thought there would be.

1 month ago

in omg You're Like Such A Loser: Comeptition & Curating Your Community on Leigh's Blitherings
I'm not a heavy Tumblr user, but I use it like a visual delicious, saving away the pretty bits of the world to reflect on later.

I had the exact same reaction as you: understood that they wanted to drive usage, but chose the wrong mechanic. Suddenly I feel exposed and aware of my saving habits.

I won't use it less, but I certainly won't use it more. It'll be interesting to see if it works over the stretch and they keep it.
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leigh I'm curious if they will keep it as well. Maybe the Tumblr community I'm connected with is an anomaly for their service? I got the impression that their original intent was to use Tumblr as a collection place for all your other services - lots of people use it with their other feeds - that's just not how i use it.
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