"No more 3x5s."

Hank's Tumblr: Thoughts on the Yahoo! Thing

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:42:09 +0100

Hank's Tumblr: Thoughts on the Yahoo! Thing:

First, I love Tumblr and want to keep loving it. And yes, it is immediately terrifying to hear that Yahoo (which, from a lot of our perspectives, is a laughably backwards and culturally irrelevant company) is going to own Tumblr. I sympathize.

But there are a number of circumstances in which this will not be a disaster. Let’s think:

WHY TO NOT BE TERRIFIED

David Karp is being kept on as CEO for at least 4 years. Karp’s policies made Tumblr what it is.

Tumblr is only as good as we (its creators) are. The idea that the cultural identity and creations we’ve fostered here have become worth a billion dollars is both inspiring and worrisome. But nevertheless, since we hold the value, we hold the power.

Tumblr is being kept as a separate company. This is what Google did with YouTube and significant changes were very slow to come to YouTube (though they eventually came, and are still coming). My guess is there will be no significant changes to Tumblr for at least 12 months.

They’re buying it to become more culturally relevant. They know that controlling the platform will reduce or even remove that relevance, so they would be idiots to do it.

WHEN TO ABANDON SHIP

If Tumblr requires an account somehow linked to Yahoo.

If David Karp steps down, no matter what the reasons are.

If you have to pay to reach all of your followers (FACEBOOK!)

If Yahoo begins censoring legal images and videos.

If your dashboard becomes three columns by default.

If more than 10% of the dashboard is taken up by advertising.

ADVICE TO YAHOO! PEOPLE

Don’t do any of the above things or we will leave and you will own a billion dollar hole in the internet.

Drop the exclamation point for chrissake…it’s gaudy and grammatically confusing.

Yes, I do wish that Tumblr (being a more interesting kind of company) could have found a more interesting kind of exit for its founders and investors than the old standby of selling to a floundering company trying to revitalize itself. But I think Yahoo and Marissa Mayer are intelligent enough to not totally fuck it up. Here’s hoping.

- Hank

Where I Find Security.

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:36:23 +0100

Life has gotten a bit mad recently and change is very much on the horizon. In some areas it’s already here but, for the most part, I haven’t reached it just yet.

When life gets like this I get pretty freaked out.

I’m human so I naturally like comfort, I…

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He has actually blocked me. WTF?!

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:30:32 +0100

He has actually blocked me. WTF?!

There’s a musician on Sound Cloud who I really like. I started chatting to him on Twitter and...

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:24:51 +0100

There’s a musician on Sound Cloud who I really like. I started chatting to him on Twitter and he was good banter. Today he posted a video that surprised me a bit and I said, “Um… Okay? Haha.” And he DM’d me, said “Thanks for hating on the video. I enjoy haters.” And has now unfollowed me. I’m so confused. I feel like if you’re a musician a) you can’t expect everyone to love everything you do; b) you shouldn’t be so defensive because what’ll happen when an actual hater comes along? And c) I have no idea how that was misconstrued as hate. I am so confused right now. So confused. The worst part is that I sat and chatted with the guy about passing his music on to people in the Northern Irish music industry. Like I really like his music. I am so, so lost right now.

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Sun, 19 May 2013 20:19:10 +0100

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Sun, 19 May 2013 20:18:52 +0100

gunnarolla: orangemuses: ahahaha A sign of things to...

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:16:42 +0100

gunnarolla:

orangemuses:

ahahaha

A sign of things to come…

We’re all screwed. If this happens I’m deleting my Tumblr, no joke.

kordova: suddenly overhearing people talking about a thing you like

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:19:49 +0100

kordova:

suddenly overhearing people talking about a thing you like

theresafieldnearby: that’s my dad

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:58:28 +0100

theresafieldnearby:

that’s my dad

queensassyofthefatties: Lewis’s law is an observation she made...

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:56:20 +0100

queensassyofthefatties:

Lewis’s law is an observation she made in 2012 that states “the comments on any article about feminism justify feminism.” Lewis has written frequently about misogynist hate directed at women online.^[8]

Can we just repeat that a few more times,

“The comments on any article about feminism justify feminism.”

“The comments on any article about feminism justify feminism.”

alltimeavenger: icannotevenwilliamshatner: A corgi leading a...

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:55:21 +0100

alltimeavenger:

icannotevenwilliamshatner:

A corgi leading a conga line of pugs on an adventure.

Gandalf no

soyouwantogrowup: Hear You Me (May Angels Lead You In) - Jimmy...

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:52:27 +0100

soyouwantogrowup:

Hear You Me (May Angels Lead You In) - Jimmy Eat World

tastefullyoffensive: [completelyseriouscomics]

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:47:58 +0100

tastefullyoffensive:

[completelyseriouscomics]

rapewhistled: very true this is actually all we do throughout...

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:01:39 +0100

rapewhistled:

very true

this is actually all we do throughout the day

corradocoia: krunclice1r: fartgallery: These guys don’t know...

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:01:26 +0100

corradocoia:

krunclice1r:

fartgallery:

These guys don’t know each other. They literally sat together just because they were both wearing stripes.

The blue guy walked in and stopped and was like “Yo! Stripes!” And the red guy started nodding and was like “striiiiiiiiiipes”

OTP

This is what I miss about university.

rocketfists: awildellethappears: birdonwing: tsundere-and-ligh...

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:58:12 +0100

rocketfists:

awildellethappears:

birdonwing:

tsundere-and-lightning:

gay vampire ghost opera dubstep for those who missed it

I feel like this tells anyone everything they would ever need to know about what Eurovision is about.

Soprano Sauron.

What is going on.

brewcitysafari: A Clean River is a Fun River

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:10:20 +0100

brewcitysafari:

A Clean River is a Fun River

if you ever think that you’ve made a big mistake, just remember that in 1788 the Austrian army...

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:09:58 +0100

if you ever think that you’ve made a big mistake, just remember that in 1788 the Austrian army attacked itself and lost 10,000 men

fishingboatproceeds: #sass

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:00:53 +0100

fishingboatproceeds:

#sass

danisnotonfire: urltima: Requested by kingpeej. okay excuse...

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:45:42 +0100

danisnotonfire:

urltima:

Requested by kingpeej.

okay excuse me a minute whilst i curl up in a ball and cry uncontrollably.