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NaBloPoMo Day 19: Tumblr Fatigue
Nov. 19th, 2012 09:59 pmI have a lot of conflicting emotions about Tumblr. I've had an account there for roughly two years--though I've only been an active user for one year--and though I enjoy a lot of things about it, it can also be incredibly frustrating. I know I'm not the only person who feels like this; I've seen plenty of posts by others detailing their complaints about the site. At first, I wasn't even sure if I should write a WAAAAAAAHHHHH TUMBLR post; what could I add that hasn't already been said?
And then I decided I DON'T CARE I'LL DO IT ANYWAY.
I'm not going to spend too much time on what Tumblr is good at and what it's not; most people are familiar with its pros and cons. (In short: Tumblr's pretty good for microblogging, not so good at sustained or insightful discussion.) Instead, I'm going to complain about a few unique-to-Tumblr annoyances that really kill my enjoyment of the site. I'm sure others have brought up these issues before, but um...I'll repeat them anyway because why not.
( RANTING )
The strangest thing about Tumblr is that the more I use it--the more blogs I follow, the more tags I browse--the less enjoyable my experience is. When I first started using Tumblr, I loved everything--OMG look at all these cute pictures! Look at all these fantastic gifs! dfjadsklfjdskjl SOMEBODY ELSE HAS PLAYED THIS OBSCURE GAME I LOVE! But as I became more involved, I exposed myself to more and more stupid stuff, and it has become progressively harder to filter out the boring and crappy stuff to get to things I like.
I feel kind of bad for all the complaining; I've met some wonderful people through Tumblr that I wouldn't have found elsewhere, it's kept me in touch with people who abandoned LJ but didn't move to DW, and for the really small and obscure fandoms it's a godsend. But in the last two months I've been way more annoyed than not...and since everything is public and rebloggable on Tumblr I didn't want to post anything there.this is me being passive aggressive, oh no
And then I decided I DON'T CARE I'LL DO IT ANYWAY.
I'm not going to spend too much time on what Tumblr is good at and what it's not; most people are familiar with its pros and cons. (In short: Tumblr's pretty good for microblogging, not so good at sustained or insightful discussion.) Instead, I'm going to complain about a few unique-to-Tumblr annoyances that really kill my enjoyment of the site. I'm sure others have brought up these issues before, but um...I'll repeat them anyway because why not.
( RANTING )
The strangest thing about Tumblr is that the more I use it--the more blogs I follow, the more tags I browse--the less enjoyable my experience is. When I first started using Tumblr, I loved everything--OMG look at all these cute pictures! Look at all these fantastic gifs! dfjadsklfjdskjl SOMEBODY ELSE HAS PLAYED THIS OBSCURE GAME I LOVE! But as I became more involved, I exposed myself to more and more stupid stuff, and it has become progressively harder to filter out the boring and crappy stuff to get to things I like.
I feel kind of bad for all the complaining; I've met some wonderful people through Tumblr that I wouldn't have found elsewhere, it's kept me in touch with people who abandoned LJ but didn't move to DW, and for the really small and obscure fandoms it's a godsend. But in the last two months I've been way more annoyed than not...and since everything is public and rebloggable on Tumblr I didn't want to post anything there.
