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The symbolic value of Tumblr: emotions
By Tai, May 30, 2009 8:52 am
We have always praised Tumblr for its simplicity:
- Without categories, posting is quick
- Media embed made easy
- Reblog is deadly convenient
However, few analysis has been done on the Type of Content that Tumblr promotes.
This entry dedicates to it:
Firstly, it doesn’t hurt seeing how Tumblelog differentiates itself from Weblog:
| Blog | Tumblelog | |
| Main medium | Text | Visual |
| Provoke | Logical | Emotional |
| Form | Pseudo-stream. Actually reverse-chronicle collection of stopping points in which each entry is one big point. | Stream |
| Macro-form | Individual blogs | All tumblelogs of concern in one stream |
| Main interaction | Comment at one stopping point | Reblog and forward the stream |
| Promote |
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So eventually, the difference in form leads to the difference in essence. Tumblelog is the heaven for emotions, popular art, creativity; it is the symbolic freedom of logging. What’s more, Tumblr has become more of a stream-based social image bookmark site.
How to monetize Tumblelogs requires a totally different way of thinking feeling.
P.S: this entry itself is not Tumblr-friendly, not any…
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