2nd
On Tumblelogs
AATW recently wrote a long post on his tumblelog, denouncing the virtues of long posts on tumblelogs. Skipping past the obvious irony and focussing on the point: he used me as an example of what-not-to-do (or what he’d rather you didn’t do), so I suppose I should write an equally lengthy response…
…This whole disagreement can be settled in one short sentence (and I think that’s how AATW would like it): do what you want with your tumblelog.
But Nostrich is right and this whole argument is moronic: if you don’t like my long posts, you needn’t read them. It’s simple and easy!
When I logged on to Tumblr this morning, this was on my mind too because I do write longer posts and hardly ever remember to share pictures, links, or music I like. But I was attracted to tumblr because it was easy to use and I could post without caring whether anyone is reading or not.
But it’s funny that the argument also reminds me of what I told one of my friends about Tumblr in an effort to explain it to him: it’s a blogging platform for hipsters, I had said. And whenever hipsters use something you’re bound to get a lot of self-riteous whining.
