why i love tumblr

You often can learn a lot about a person based on their hobbies and interests – their skills, weaknesses, preferences, passions. Especially nowadays – what they do on the internet.  So when I say one of my favorite pastimes is Tumblr, the “hipster” version of photo-sharing and social networking sites (also known as microblogging-on-steroids), I doubt I am alone.  More pictures and fiddly content than Twitter and Facebook, more social connections than Flickr. There are a number of reasons I spend probably 99% on Tumblr (and the remaining 1% sleeping), but here are my top 10.

1.) The microblogging aspect – you can post short messages concisely like twitter, giving a sense of immediacy.
2.) Uploading pictures, videos and whatever other things is amazingly simple. You can reblog other usewrs’ content as well, sharing it on your own blog.
3.) The DASHBOARD. Kind of like a facebook homepage or newsfeed, you are updated on the activity of people you follow. It is more often than not highly visually appealing – I follow high fashion, couture, travel and photography blogs so every time I am bombarded with gorgeous pictures.
4.) You can link your tumblr to twitter and facebook: all your posts are double posted in real time on various other platforms, without having to install third party applications or pay for extra services. YOU CAN ALSO TUMBLR POST FROM YOUR PHONE.
5.) You can tag your posts like #this is win #need to get off tumblr #tumblrngggg and such. Clicking on such a tag will launch a search for similar posts posted by others, like a much-welcomed google feature. Its also incredibly for organizing your posts as well.
6.) People from all over the globe use the site for various different things – follow your favorite cooking recipe blogs, fashion houses, animal lover sites, political discussion, sports analysis – anything you can thing of. There is something to interest everyone.
7.) You can comment or “like” posts as well. There is also an “ask” box feature that may be enabled for suggestions, comments or venom from anonymous trolls. You can carry a conversation with others through the Ask box.
8.) Customization – making your site has never been so easy. With free themes, you can change backgrounds, fonts, data counters, graphics and other pretty things quickly and easily. You have complete control over how your blog will look.
9.) Unlike facebook, you can actually add music to your profile and present viewers with auditory background. Playlists can also be created as well, or replayed.
10.) Its just so damn easy to use. Even a computer-illiterates can catch on quickly – its as simple as post, reblog, like, follow. And repeat.

The only problem I have with tumblr – because it is designed as a micro-blogging website, there isn’t opportunity to have long, in-depth, meaningful conversation with those who follow you or whom you follow. Its also for the most part, very anonymous, but also the only sites where you need to have real-life friends on to interact with others.