Everyday when I go onto my computer in the morning I check four websites, Facebook, Youtube, Deviantart and Tumblr. Now, basically everyone has heard of Facebook and Youtube, the other two are slightly lesser known (at least to many people I know). It was only earlier this year that I got into Tumblr and I love using it.
David Karp created Tumblr in 2007. Currently, Tumblr is the 10th largest social network site with 6.81 million visits a week. It is a social blogger (it is also called a micro blogger) site that allows users to post text, images, videos, links, quotes and audio to their personal blogs. You can like posts made by other people. You can even follow users or tag groups and view what they post on your dashboard feed. Your dashboard is updated when you or people you follow post new things. Users also have the option to reblog or like other posts.
I got my Tumblr account back in April. A couple of friends that I met at an anime convention convinced me to finally get one. At first I had no idea how to work the site and I thought it was silly. I never thought that I would have fun using Tumblr, I was wrong. I find so many funny memes on Tumblr and it is a great way to intact with my friends and new people I meet from my posts. Many people (including friends of mine) post music that they have created, videos or works of art. It is great to see what other people are doing and what new things people are creating. I also use Tumblr as a place to find out more information about news stories. I knew about occupy Wallstreet and the London riots because of Tumblr. I even found out about the new bill that will shut down sites that contains copyrighted information (Tumblr would be shut down if this bill was passed).
I personally am very glad that I got a Tumblr and I think that many people could benefit from getting one.
No comments:
Post a Comment