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Re: The Reblog Button

cheapautoinsurancequotes — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:20:02 -0000

Superb post.

"When we are done, we will have a more efficient and higher quality media experience for everyone."

The above text struck me as odd though. When are "we" done, or at least how would you define "done?" And please explain the difference between "we" and "everyone." What implied distinction are you making between we/everyone?

Re: The Reblog Button

babapandey — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:55:42 -0000

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Re: The Reblog Button

BabyBassinet — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:05:44 -0000

It does seem to be a very cool feature since so many blog topics become relevant again down the road. Your content can be relived forever and hopefully picked up by all the bookmark buttons.

Re: The Reblog Button

Resume1 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:29:24 -0000

Too bad you have to end newcritics, well I really had enjoyed reading your reviews for movies, song, books and many more
hope someday all of the bloggers on new critics will blog again

Re: The Reblog Button

hankjmatt — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:21:09 -0000

Don't forget about the simple purpose of using the bookmarklet to post anything you want from anywhere on the web. The reblog feature is a cool intratumblr feature but the bookmarklet suffices for everything else.
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Re: The Reblog Button

Steve Poland — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:34:59 -0000

Fred -- tumblr's homepage could become like a techmeme of sorts; indexing the page daily, and keeping an archive of each day [possibly multiple times per day].

I'm sure they're working on this [and I'm sure you may know about it ;)], so look forward to seeing it. It'll be a great daily "newspaper" -- by the people, for the people :) Maybe there's a way for this to also start providing localized versions in the future [to get your localized newspaper concept]. Tumblr + Outside.in = localized newspaper.

Re: The Reblog Button

shadowfirebird — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:25:17 -0000

I'm afraid I can't agree. It's just as easy to hit the bookmarklet than the reblog button; arguably easier, since that's what you do with non-tumblr sites. That makes the feature an also-ran, at best.

In the same way, it is considerably more convenient (for me at least) to "follow" someone by adding them to my RSS reader than to click on the "follow" button.

When I see "you have n followers" or "n people reblogged your post" in the Tumblr dashboard, I know that the numbers don't mean much.

Re: The Reblog Button

teaandfeathers — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:32:45 -0000

Why don't you try soup.io It has what tumblr lacks.

Re: The Reblog Button

Fred Wilson — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:55:14 -0000

greg

good question

we means all of us, the consumers who are taking control of the media distribution system.

as for being done, i think that was the wrong word to use. i don't think we'll ever be done.

fred

Re: The Reblog Button

Greg — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:40:10 -0000

Re: The Reblog Button

sull — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:31:52 -0000

don't forget about the simple purpose of using the bookmarklet to post anything you want from anywhere on the web.

the reblog feature is a cool intratumblr feature but the bookmarklet suffices for everything else. no?

in either case, human filters are key.

Re: The Reblog Button

Joe Lazarus — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:53:33 -0000

I like the idea you mentioned about opening the reblog feature up to sites other than Tumblr. I posted some more thoughts on that particular point on my blog...

http://joelaz.com/post/24732775

If I'm lucky, someone will reblog my reblog of your reblog post ;)

Re: The Reblog Button

whitneymcn — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:02:12 -0000

What's interesting about the Reblog button (and Tumblr as a whole, for that matter) is that it takes the creative "vices" of blogging and transforms them into virtues -- which in turn makes blogging more accessible.

In the "normal" blogging world, bloggers who just republish stuff created by others, rather than getting scoops or generating new content, are widely disparaged; in a Tumblog this behavior is explicitly encouraged via Reblog. You like what someone else posted, but don't have anything in particular to add? Cool, no problem, reblog.

Similarly, the "strongly typed" nature of Tumblr reduces the friction associated with blogging. As I wrote a month or so ago:

"The Internet is littered with long defunct, three-post blogs in large part because 'blogging' is generally viewed as 'writing,' and therefore every blog must apparently carry the burden of high school English classes: WhatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s my thesis? Have I developed my arguments? Spelling counts! Jeez, havenÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t I written 500 words yet? Tumblr tries to eliminate some of that friction by scaling down the ambitions of blogging; if you just want to post a picture, post a damn picture and donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t worry about whether it constitutes a 'blog post.'"

I'm really looking forward to seeing how Tumblr and its community evolve.

Re: The Reblog Button

Tom Watson — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:54:06 -0000

Hey Fred, good post. What if Tumblr freed this thing up so anybody could integrate the reblog button on their sites - it would be very cool here, for instance.

I've also seen other blogs use clipmarks to good effect.

I think this thing has legs - it turns your blog (or mine, or ours) into more of a wire service, and makes us desk editors in addition to bloggers (to use an old school analogy).