Am I even using the world tumblr correctly? I am so old.

[corilannam]

Okay, I finally gave in and got a tumblr account, mostly for following the tumblrs of people cooler than me.

Recs, anybody? What are the most interesting tumblrs you follow?

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[corilannam]

Yeah, I don't find it particularly useful as a social networking platform because of the lack of interactivity. When I hear people talking about fandom potentially leaving LJ/DW for tumblr I just wonder...how?

As a general blogging platform, the lack of comments (or at least ease of commenting, since I haven't figured out if you can comment even with an account) does hurt it. Comments are usually where I find the most useful information in a blog. People are still flocking to it, though, so I suspect for many users, the lack of interactivity is not a deterrent and might even be attractive.

[elynross]

the lack of comments (or at least ease of commenting, since I haven't figured out if you can comment even with an account)

I hadn't looked before, but I just went to one and clicked on the "0 comments" link on a recent post, and it gives you text box to comment in.

ETA: and now I see Lydia's comment about editing them in from Diskus or whatever, and...yeah.

I think that "social" is coming to mean "out there to be seen," and less "engages directly with other people". Or something.