You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I feel like I have no room to talk here...I'm always talking as if I'm a pony. *shrug*
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
The thing is, Yahoo! has been around so damned long (I remember it being well-established in 1995) that they probably think there's nowhere else to go. The Web directory that made them famous at first has long since been replaced by smarter search engines.
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
The only things about them that are really relevant are Answers and Flickr. Yahoo! Answers is, however, a laughingstock, and Flickr is not a big name anymore, having been superseded by Imgur and Instagram...though I think Flickr is aimed more towards professional/hobbyist photographers than Imgur and Instagram are.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I doubt the Yahoo buyout will change much. I mean, tumblr's not exactly well-run in the first place. If anything, this'll delay their spiral.
That's what I'm hoping too.
Tumblr's developers are pretty incompetent as-is, so there's a good chance that being under Yahoo! would essentially be a lateral move as far as quality goes.
But at the same time, there's so much that could go wrong...
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
It's not an entirely smooth site, though, especially considering how popular it is (and became in a short period of time; I'd first heard of it in 2010 and only really seen it mentioned in any sort of news media last year).
Honestly, I'm not very technically-inclined so I don't notice many bugs (other than the fact that in the last few weeks, my scroll bar doesn't appear on the Dashboard or any other "feed" pages anymore)...
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I wouldn't call them incompetent, though. They are the ones who made Tumblr the way it is now in the first place, after all.
I feel that Tumblr's popularity is not due to David Karp's design so much as the fact that it basically combines Livejournal with Twitter, which basically covers lots of niches.
Granted, it's not entirely dumb, but the clever things about it that made it what it is today are basic social engineering rather than any sort of understanding of web design.
I wouldn't call them incompetent, though. They are the ones who made Tumblr the way it is now in the first place, after all.
I feel that Tumblr's popularity is not due to David Karp's design so much as the fact that it basically combines Livejournal with Twitter, which basically covers lots of niches.
Granted, it's not entirely dumb, but the clever things about it that made it what it is today are basic social engineering rather than any sort of understanding of web design.
It also manages to cancel out a lot of the more restrictive aspects of those two formats' designs in favour of something more open and customisable, so that is a boon in its own right.
Honestly, I've begun to appreciate Twitter more and tumblr less. This is partially because bitlbee means I can read tweets in my IRC client, and partially because retweets only show up once instead of an unbounded number of times as everyone reblogs each other.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
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if anyone has not realized yet (unlikely)
super-lazuli --> a-wind-temple-in-appalachia
edit: WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN LITERALLY EVERY TIME I QUOTE YOU
edit: WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN LITERALLY EVERY TIME I QUOTE YOU
Just one of my friends from school.
nah man that's what facebook is for.
Tumblr is for like, your group of friends that you're actually friends with.
No, like she literally believes she is a cat. A birdcat, to be specific.
I hear things to this effect a lot but have never understood the idea myself.
If I find someone frustrating I generally keep them at an arm's length and deal with them only when I can't avoid doing so.
I suppose this is probably why I don't have many friends.
ok are you sure she isn't like literally a catshit, i'm being out-weirded by a 15-year-old on tumblr
the solution to this problem is to call P.O.S.
Tumblr's developers are pretty incompetent as-is, so there's a good chance that being under Yahoo! would essentially be a lateral move as far as quality goes.
But at the same time, there's so much that could go wrong...
Also, Sex sells,