A friend tried to turn me on to Tumblr a while back, but I’ve never really gotten into it for some reason. Primarily, I don’t know many Tumblr users and I already get my info from a bunch of different sources.
But this observation from this post on “Best New Blogs of 2009″ makes sense as well:
Tumblr’s make-or-break premise was always that the semi-closed platform (insular, secular, participatory) would eventually make a deeper connection than the open online systems (cosmopolitan, egalitarian, populist) powered by Feedburner and retweets. Whereas anyone can read blogs or tweets, tumbling nearly demands participation.
And reblogging. Lots and lots of reblogging.
Tags: internet, social media, tumblr
