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A smart new range and two 2Unfold. Would love to know what you think.
Want all, each, every.
Hard Graft’s website is being renovated, but their blog is nice to read. And the fact that it is a tumblr makes them that much cooler.
Agreed, but why is tumblr cooler than other blogging platforms? I think it’s way easier to format articles on Wordpress (tumblr HATES anything other than stock formatting), and the whole following thing seems like RSS for dummies. The admittedly beautiful themes people have created never actually get used because everyone reads stuff in the Dashboard. Dashboard/reblog also results in a closed environment that isolates those who don’t have a tumblr account - even Disqus comments result in split discussions.
I am thinking about restarting a coffee-related blog, and I am only minimally considering making it a tumblr.
For a company selling products, a tumblr is a perfect and simple tool to get their goods out to a market. Look at how many “notes” that entry got. It’s definitely a reasonable amount. Tumblr allows for propagation, not for discussion. It’s way easier to click the “reblog” or “follow” button than it is to keep actively checking, typing in the url, etc.
I agree that Wordpress and other content management blogs are way better platforms for making posts, organizing/cataloging them and allowing for interactivity with viewers. However, that is only most successful when dealing with a huge readership. Look at cuteoverload. It runs on wordpress.
Hard Graft is using tumblr to quickly throw up some nice looking images of design that they like. Mindless people will follow, therefore redistributing their brand. How many of you will now click on that link to see what kind of stuff they make? Hopefully a lot. (Too bad their website is being redone).
In regards to the exclusivity of the reblog/dashboard environment, it is all in how you chose to run your blog. If anything, it makes people want to get their own tumblr to “join in on the fun.” And you’re right about the Disqus comments, that’s been a problem for a while; but tumblr is continuously adding new features (though really shoddy at times) and being completely transparent with their code (for developers/theme builders). For me, all tumblr is going by on is its incredible ease of use. (Ex: I just copy and paste a chat conversation and it knows to bold names before the colon! also, uploading from mobile phones is so easy) And that is why I use it, and why for me it is like a continuous diary.
In conclusion, I meant that they are appearing “cooler” because they chose the hippest/freshest/newest platform to get their work and inspiration across, especially to a young/hip audience that will gobble it all up.
I completely forget where I read this, but it was a really interesting argument: WordPress is a San Franciscan entity and Tumblr is a Manhattanite entity. This is not just based on where their headquarters are, but on the mindset of those in charge: WordPress always has and always will make a product that is best for developers and the tech-elite of the Bay Area. Tumblr has proven to understand a design/UI aspect of blogging that had a massive void and they filled it: make it easy as hell, make it pretty.
Just like you’ve said, neither is “better,” it’s how you use it and where your priorities lie.
If i find the source of the analogy above, I’ll link ya up. It was a good read.
