Tumblr

 
 
  The
 New
 Image
  Community
 
Clara
 Andradas
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Photography
 and
 Intermediality
 


 

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Introduction
 
Tumblr
 debuted
 in
 2007
 as
 part
 blogging
 tool,
 part
 microblogging
 tool,
 and
 part
  social
 community.
 Each user
 has
 his
 own
 Tumbleblog
 where
 they
 can
 publish
 short
  posts
 of
 text,
 quotes,
 links,
 video,
 audio,
 chats,
 and
 mostly
 images.
 You
 can
 even
  reblog
 a
 Tumblr
 post
 that
 was
 published
 on
 another
 user’s
 Tumbleblog,
 and
 that
 is
  what
 Tumblr
 is all
 about,
 rebbloging.
 With
 the
 click
 of
 the
 mouse,
 just
 as
 you
 might
  retweet
 content
 to
 share
 it
 on
 Twitter
 you
 reblog
 everything
 you
 want.
  Furthermore,
 you
 can
 like
 other
 people’s
 content
 on
 Tumblr
 and
 save
 it
 in
  favorites
 and
 you can
 also
 comment
 other
 user’s
 posts.
 Tumblr
 is
 extremely
 easy
 to
  use
 and
 also
 works
 on
 every
 mobile
 operating
 system.
 
  This
 is
 a
 service
 that
 does
 exactly
 what
 WordPress
 does
 for
 blogging,
 but
 for
  microblogging
 or
 tumbleblog’s
 instead.
 To fully
 understand
 what
 Tumblr
 does,
 you
  first
 need
 to
 understand
 what
 these
 so-­‐called
 tumbleblog’s
 actually
 are.
  Tumblr
 is
 a
 blogging
 platform
 that
 seems
 to
 have
 learned
 a
 lot
 from
 the
 mistakes
 of
  others.
  A
 tumblelog
 is
 a
 variation
 of a
 blog
 that
 favours
 short-­‐form,
 mixed-­‐media
 posts
  over
 the
 longer
 editorial
 posts
 frequently
 associated
 with
 blogging.
 
 Unique
 blogs,
  this
 format
 is
 frequently
 used
 to
 share
 the
 author’s
 creations,
 discoveries,
 or
  experiences
 without
 proving
 a commentary.
 
  If
 you
 have
 ever
 tried
 to
 start
 a
 blog,
 but
 found
  yourself
 struggling
 to
 find
 the
 time,
 Tumblr
 is
  something
 you
 are
 definitely
 going
 to
 want
 to
 take
 a
  look
 at.
 
 

More
 tumblr
 features:
 
Also
 you
 can
 link
 your
 Tumblr account
 to
 other
  social
 networks
 such
 as
 Facebook,
 Twitter
 or
  Instagram,
 and
 you
 can
 feed
 your
 traditional
 blog
 or
  other
 RSS
 feed
 to
 your
 Tumbleblog.
 
  Tumblr
 contains
 a
 lot
 of
 images,
 the
 Tumblr
 team
  says
 that
 half
 of
 the
 posts published
 on
 the
 site
 are
  photos.
 According
 to
 this
 Tumblr
 infographic
 is
 also
  a
 place
 where
 a
 lot
 of
 people
 post
 about
 humor,
  fashion,
 design,
 art,
 and
 other
 specialized
 subjects.
  That
 means
 you
 can
 use
 it
 to
 blog
 anything
 you
  want.
  


 

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Besides,
 it
 is
 so
 easy
 to
 use,
 it
 lets
 you
 publish
 good-­‐looking
 posts
 quickly
 and
  easily.
 Simply
 select
 the
 type
 of
 post
 you
 want
 to
 create,
 and
 Tumblr
 will
 format
 it
  for
 you.
 
  Tumblr
 is
 perfect
 for
 people...