My name is James. James Del actually. I work at a place called Gawker Media, something I find myself explaining to my parents every time I see them. They'll get it one day. I don't believe in Twitter, but I do believe in Facebook and LinkedIn. There's a Myspace page out there too, but never mind that. Questions, concerns, and comments can be directed to James, At-Sign Gawker, Period Com.
No, It’s Not All Bad
jdel: Sorry!
Sorry these things got reposted. Reason #243 Tumblr blows ass.Yes, Tumblr has some serious limitations. In fact, I’d add to his list the inablity to track clickthrough rates on items in displayed in the the dashboard, plus I’d also like the ability to see how many people are listening to the songs that I post.
On the other hand the dashboard and reblogging system are phenomenally successful at driving traffic to your Tumblr. You don’t even need to be linked to or reblogged by someone else. Whenever I reblog anything from Julia (who has a distinctly popular tumblog), it adds almost 100 pageviews to my tumblog; reblogging Julia has led to traffic from Germany, India, Australia and Canada. For someone like me, who puts in minimal effort and has a correspondingly small audience, this is pretty gratifying.
And to boot, tumblr allows a dialogue to occur via blog between two (or more) people who have never met, almost instantaneously. As much as I may bitch about tumblr’s lack of usability, it’s a damn good site with innovative features and the potential to be huge. So what if pictures don’t show up in the Dashboard unless I specifically make a picture post…the fine folks in Brooklyn will figure this shit out soon enough.
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