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werefollowingthebutterflies: redvelvetcupcakemurder: universe-juice: chocobo-strider: the-disney-words: SHARE TO SAVE TUMBLR! - Let’s try and get 100k notes True shit A review by one of the folks sums it up perfectly: “What worries me about Yahoo! buying Tumblr is how it would choose to incorporate the website into its email and homepage features.  One of the reasons why Tumblr is so unique is because it’s a niche market.  By adding more users who don’t fit into this niche, it would make it more difficult for communities to develop within Tumblr, and Tumblr would have to change to accommodate these new users.  Tumblr as a website is not the kind that you can sign up for in a day and be on your way.  It is a website crafted so that you can immediately post but must spend several weeks, sometimes even months, to build a community.  With new users who would not be willing to spend time growing a community, Tumblr would have to be changed, which would alienate its current users.  Those users have spent time and effort to make Tumblr what it is today, and they are the ones who spend time on the website daily.  A user who is checking onto Tumblr because it’s attached to their homepage is not going to be as strong of a user nor as dedicated.  By changing the website to suit this new user, you would lose the strong users while building an undedicated usership.   To any website that would think of buying Tumblr, they must understand that it is a website that cannot be changed to make it more user friendly to a casual blogger.  I think that many Tumblr users would be less worried about a buy-out if they were promised that their communities and ways of using Tumblr would not be changed.  No one is going to mind Yahoo! buying the website and gaining a few extra million dollars per year from the minimal advertising; what we will be upset with is if a company like Yahoo! then changes the website to increase casual users and decrease dedicated users.  Yahoo! would gain nothing by losing this “cool” group of bloggers in an age group they so desperately want to reach, so they must cater to these individuals by leaving the website exactly as is.” - houseoftombombadil As much as is does sound like a load of bullshit for someone to buy Tumblr, it’s a possibility.  I Personally think it should stay independent and I hope David Karp keeps a hold of it like his own child. Or we make enough noise to where such major changes (if bought) will not happen. I would hate to see Tumblr turned into an advertising dump. We’re not a ‘hip fad group’ to be marketed to. I hate the fact that’s all we look like to businesses in the end. reblogging again for this ^ Yahoo will do to Tumblr what Six Apart did to Livejournal I totally agree with how advertising could be bad for Tumblr’s current users. Yahoo’s obviously expecting returns if they’re willing to pay the rumored price of over a million dollars, and unless they increase ads and tie ins with their own services such as their mail and “news” they’re going to lose money. So it seems pretty obvious that there are going to be some changes if Yahoo, or even Facebook which is also rumored to be interested in buying it out at the last minute actually does. Those could be having to log in with a Yahoo or Facebook account, or a larger amount of ads and sponsored posts. But whatever it will be, it seems like they’ll care more about profits and larger numbers of users than the already exiting users. So that leaves us with the question of what we can do about it  - here are a couple of my ideas, but feel free to add on! Contact them - This may seem obvious, but it’s a good place to start. I’d suggest commenting on their facebook page. Since its public they’ll probably watch it more closely than some email account, and it will get more attention. Get AdBlock Plus - This blocks ads and prevents the site owner from collecting revenue from ad views. More importantly, post publicly and maybe even contact Yahoo saying you’re doing it in protest of their attempt to capitalize off of Tumblr. Content advertisers will hate - Nobody wants to advertise on a site that publicly denounces ads, or consumerism. Or even easier than ranting on these subjects, just post a lot of porn ;) I am actually being serious, most companies won’t want to be associated with it. Tagging it with #yahoo could also make a point.. It’s such a big decision to buy out a company that I really believe if we make a big enough protest against it they might reconsider. So if you want Tumblr to stay how it is, go let them know!
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A review by one of the folks sums it up perfectly:

“What worries me about Yahoo! buying Tumblr is how it would choose to incorporate the website into its email and homepage features.  One of the reasons why Tumblr is so unique is because it’s a niche market.  By adding more users who don’t fit into this niche, it would make it more difficult for communities to develop within Tumblr, and Tumblr would have to change to accommodate these new users.  Tumblr as a website is not the kind that you can sign up for in a day and be on your way.  It is a website crafted so that you can immediately post but must spend several weeks, sometimes even months, to build a community.  With new users who would not be willing to spend time growing a community, Tumblr would have to be changed, which would alienate its current users.  Those users have spent time and effort to make Tumblr what it is today, and they are the ones who spend time on the website daily.  A user who is checking onto Tumblr because it’s attached to their homepage is not going to be as strong of a user nor as dedicated.  By changing the website to suit this new user, you would lose the strong users while building an undedicated usership.  

To any website that would think of buying Tumblr, they must understand that it is a website that cannot be changed to make it more user friendly to a casual blogger.  I think that many Tumblr users would be less worried about a buy-out if they were promised that their communities and ways of using Tumblr would not be changed.  No one is going to mind Yahoo! buying the website and gaining a few extra million dollars per year from the minimal advertising; what we will be upset with is if a company like Yahoo! then changes the website to increase casual users and decrease dedicated users.  Yahoo! would gain nothing by losing this “cool” group of bloggers in an age group they so desperately want to reach, so they must cater to these individuals by leaving the website exactly as is.” - houseoftombombadil

As much as is does sound like a load of bullshit for someone to buy Tumblr, it’s a possibility.  I Personally think it should stay independent and I hope David Karp keeps a hold of it like his own child. Or we make enough noise to where such major changes (if bought) will not happen. I would hate to see Tumblr turned into an advertising dump.
We’re not a ‘hip fad group’ to be marketed to. I hate the fact that’s all we look like to businesses in the end.

reblogging again for this ^

Yahoo will do to Tumblr what Six Apart did to Livejournal

I totally agree with how advertising could be bad for Tumblr’s current users. Yahoo’s obviously expecting returns if they’re willing to pay the rumored price of over a million dollars, and unless they increase ads and tie ins with their own services such as their mail and “news” they’re going to lose money. So it seems pretty obvious that there are going to be some changes if Yahoo, or even Facebook which is also rumored to be interested in buying it out at the last minute actually does. Those could be having to log in with a Yahoo or Facebook account, or a larger amount of ads and sponsored posts. But whatever it will be, it seems like they’ll care more about profits and larger numbers of users than the already exiting users.

So that leaves us with the question of what we can do about it  - here are a couple of my ideas, but feel free to add on!

  • Contact them - This may seem obvious, but it’s a good place to start. I’d suggest commenting on their facebook page. Since its public they’ll probably watch it more closely than some email account, and it will get more attention.
  • Get AdBlock Plus - This blocks ads and prevents the site owner from collecting revenue from ad views. More importantly, post publicly and maybe even contact Yahoo saying you’re doing it in protest of their attempt to capitalize off of Tumblr.
  • Content advertisers will hate - Nobody wants to advertise on a site that publicly denounces ads, or consumerism. Or even easier than ranting on these subjects, just post a lot of porn ;) I am actually being serious, most companies won’t want to be associated with it. Tagging it with #yahoo could also make a point..

It’s such a big decision to buy out a company that I really believe if we make a big enough protest against it they might reconsider. So if you want Tumblr to stay how it is, go let them know!

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idiotdarebear: genuinewarmdecentfeeling: klaineandbiscuits: Have you ever wondered what it looks like, that moment of recognition when soulmates find one another amidst the chaos of existence? This. It looks exactly like this. #sometimes i just get so overwhelmingly happy that we got to see them meet for the first time #that they weren’t just two people who had passed each other in the hallways at school a hundred times and not taken notice #we got to see it all from the beginning #we got to see how them just being near each other for the first time changed so much #and how easy it was for them to open themselves up to each other despite having just met #and sometimes i think about how things would have gone if he had stopped anyone else #and i want to cry #meant for each other #the day we met frozen i held my breath right from the start i knew that i found a home for my heart
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idiotdarebear: genuinewarmdecentfeeling: klaineandbiscuits: Have you ever wondered what it looks like, that moment of recognition when soulmates find one another amidst the chaos of existence? This. It looks exactly like this. #sometimes i just get so overwhelmingly happy that we got to see them meet for the first time #that they weren’t just two people who had passed each other in the hallways at school a hundred times and not taken notice #we got to see it all from the beginning #we got to see how them just being near each other for the first time changed so much #and how easy it was for them to open themselves up to each other despite having just met #and sometimes i think about how things would have gone if he had stopped anyone else #and i want to cry #meant for each other #the day we met frozen i held my breath right from the start i knew that i found a home for my heart
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Have you ever wondered what it looks like, that moment of recognition when soulmates find one another amidst the chaos of existence?

This. It looks exactly like this.

#sometimes i just get so overwhelmingly happy that we got to see them meet for the first time #that they weren’t just two people who had passed each other in the hallways at school a hundred times and not taken notice #we got to see it all from the beginning #we got to see how them just being near each other for the first time changed so much #and how easy it was for them to open themselves up to each other despite having just met #and sometimes i think about how things would have gone if he had stopped anyone else #and i want to cry #meant for each other #the day we met frozen i held my breath right from the start i knew that i found a home for my heart

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just-klaine-love: becauseandrewscott: make-shift-wings13: lunaire-time-lady: elawith1l: battor: samilaughingalonewithmia: katsplanet: yahoo wants to buy tumblr so i’m making an early prediction as to what would happen if this were to take place am i the only one who would just quit if that happened just no if yahoo actually buys tumblr and redesigns it im definitely leaving  I love how all the comments under the article are “nope I’d leave”. Yahoo would have no one left haha “Another reason Tumblr could be attractive to Yahoo! is the frequency with which its users post on the site. Mayer wants to incorporate Yahoo!’s products — including search, email, and its popular homepage — into the “daily habits” of its users, in an echo of the “toothbrush” philosophy espoused by her former boss, Google CEO Larry Page. Yahoo! currently has massive traffic — over 700 million users worldwide — but what it doesn’t have is a social platform. Tumblr could fix that.” NO NO NO NO NO How about NOOOO Nope. Nopenopenopenopenope. I’m gonna fucking leave if this happens. I’m done. I’ll find another site. I will be so sad if this happens.. Tumblr is like my life okay, I need it. I have friends on here and people/blogs that I love. All of that will be gone if Yahoo! buys out Tumblr.. 
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yahoo wants to buy tumblr so i’m making an early prediction as to what would happen if this were to take place

am i the only one who would just quit if that happened just no

if yahoo actually buys tumblr and redesigns it im definitely leaving 

I love how all the comments under the article are “nope I’d leave”. Yahoo would have no one left haha

“Another reason Tumblr could be attractive to Yahoo! is the frequency with which its users post on the site. Mayer wants to incorporate Yahoo!’s products — including search, email, and its popular homepage — into the “daily habits” of its users, in an echo of the “toothbrush” philosophy espoused by her former boss, Google CEO Larry Page. Yahoo! currently has massive traffic — over 700 million users worldwide — but what it doesn’t have is a social platform. Tumblr could fix that.”

NO NO NO NO NO

How about NOOOO

Nope. Nopenopenopenopenope. I’m gonna fucking leave if this happens. I’m done. I’ll find another site. I will be so sad if this happens.. Tumblr is like my life okay, I need it. I have friends on here and people/blogs that I love. All of that will be gone if Yahoo! buys out Tumblr.. 

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