Not to be a corporate shill, but some of the latest things added to the merch store are pretty sick
Anonymous asked:
Do you think the users have any power to change tumblr or keep it afloat? (Intentionally I mean)
sreegs answered:
Yes, if more of them show up and you keep using it more frequently, Tumblr’s metrics go up and so does ad revenue
I sold ads at tumblr. Twice. Once while owned by Yahoo and I came back shortly after it was purchased by Automattic. I left about 7 months ago. One big thing is to chill out on the “silence brand” replies and reblogs and other horrible shit users say on platform when tumblr DOES manage to land direct ad revenue. It just hurts the 100 people working at tumblr trying to keep it afloat (who on most days want to curl into the fetal position and wail). For the most part, people working at tumblr are the same kind of weirdo as you just doing our best to keep the site alive under some pretty shit circumstances (primarily a huuuuge lack of engineers and a general remit that the site first needs to make more money before they can get more engineers but they need more engineers to make more money and around and around we go). Look. I get the “we hate capitalism” vibe, but those very LOUD voices will be part of what continues to drive advertisers away and ultimately helps kill the site. It seems funny unless you’re on the end of that conversation with the brand that took a chance on tumblr ads when they have an endless plethora of other sites to put their time, energy, and money. As @sreegs said, use the site. Get your friends to use the site. Like the ads. Click on the ads. Reblog the ads. More actions equals more revenue which, god willing, will get more engineers hired to actually help build/fix/improve our beloved hellsite.
“The pandemic and the forced change in our behavior is also changing the way we interact with our personal social-media archives. During the pandemic, people are taking nostalgia-driven journeys into their own online histories, seeking comfort by looking at the way we were. Even this is becoming part of the story of how we lived online during a global crisis.”
“For example, a generation of young adults are flocking to Tumblr, which has seen a bump in traffic since people began socially isolating in mid-March, for nostalgic comfort and memories of their younger selves (this might explain the recent spike in searches on Tumblr for ‘emo hair’). Users are spending isolation reblogging old photographs, talking about malls, and sharing 'cottagecore’ images and other cozy content. ('Cottagecore’ is an aesthetic that centers on an idealized version of living in the country. It’s where many people wish they were spending lockdown.)”
“'College students are now back at home because their dorms are closed,’ says Amanda Brennan (@continuants), a librarian at Tumblr. 'This is a very big time for them to just be like, ‘Look at how much I’ve grown’ and ‘These are things I used to love the last time I was in this bedroom.'”
Did you know Tumblr users are 30% more likely to discover and share content than the average internet user?