orderlybunker:

• Tumblr will remain independent
• Yahoo bought it because Tumblr was getting too expensive
• The only thing changing will be the one’s legally owning Tumblr
• There will remain absolutely no restrictions on gifs/fics/pictures/edits/porn/terms and conditions
• The terms and conditions will remain the same
• Tumblr’s options were to shut Tumblr down or get funds
• ThE lAyOuT iS nOt ChAnGiNg

The only reason I was even remotely concerned about this was the whole “Yahoo! shutting down Tumblr” thing — which, in hindsight, is very unlikely.

Assuming they don’t do that, I couldn’t give two shits who owns Tumblr now. It’ll still be the same website, regardless of change — and let’s face it, no matter how much we love this place, it can seriously benefit from some major additions and fine-tuning. If anything, perhaps now it’ll be run more professionally.

I mean, think about it. If Yahoo! hadn’t come around and bought the domain, Tumblr would go bankrupt and we probably wouldn’t be here in a few months. So it’s either Tumblr (owned by Yahoo!) or no Tumblr at all.

*sigh* Tumblr folk have a real talent for making mountains out of molehills…

chocobo-strider:

the-disney-words:

SHARE TO SAVE TUMBLR!

- Let’s try and get 100k notes

True shit

A review by one of the folks sums it up perfectly:

“What worries me about Yahoo! buying Tumblr is how it would choose to incorporate the website into its email and homepage features.  One of the reasons why Tumblr is so unique is because it’s a niche market.  By adding more users who don’t fit into this niche, it would make it more difficult for communities to develop within Tumblr, and Tumblr would have to change to accommodate these new users.  Tumblr as a website is not the kind that you can sign up for in a day and be on your way.  It is a website crafted so that you can immediately post but must spend several weeks, sometimes even months, to build a community.  With new users who would not be willing to spend time growing a community, Tumblr would have to be changed, which would alienate its current users.  Those users have spent time and effort to make Tumblr what it is today, and they are the ones who spend time on the website daily.  A user who is checking onto Tumblr because it’s attached to their homepage is not going to be as strong of a user nor as dedicated.  By changing the website to suit this new user, you would lose the strong users while building an undedicated usership.  

To any website that would think of buying Tumblr, they must understand that it is a website that cannot be changed to make it more user friendly to a casual blogger.  I think that many Tumblr users would be less worried about a buy-out if they were promised that their communities and ways of using Tumblr would not be changed.  No one is going to mind Yahoo! buying the website and gaining a few extra million dollars per year from the minimal advertising; what we will be upset with is if a company like Yahoo! then changes the website to increase casual users and decrease dedicated users.  Yahoo! would gain nothing by losing this “cool” group of bloggers in an age group they so desperately want to reach, so they must cater to these individuals by leaving the website exactly as is.” - houseoftombombadil

As much as is does sound like a load of bullshit for someone to buy Tumblr, it’s a possibility.  I Personally think it should stay independent and I hope David Karp keeps a hold of it like his own child. Or we make enough noise to where such major changes (if bought) will not happen. I would hate to see Tumblr turned into an advertising dump.

We’re not a ‘hip fad group’ to be marketed to. I hate the fact that’s all we look like to businesses in the end.

chazkuangshi:

Ever get that feeling that all of your followers secretly Tumblr Savior all of your posts somehow

Only all the time. :P

no9jazzst replied to your post: no9jazzst replied to your post: chazkuangshi…

This is not actually something I mind terribly.>)

HEHEHE~

no9jazzst replied to your post: chazkuangshi replied to your post: …Really? Pretty…

Yeah, pretty sure people’ll get used to it. I’ve already done so. XD Until then, though — havoc!>:D

Oh, if I know Tumblr, we’re not even close to finished with the havoc. xD

chazkuangshi replied to your post: …Really?

Pretty much this. I made a simliar post. XD I guess people are complaining that the load time is slower and that when you reblog, it sends you to the top of your dash? Which the latter doesn’t happen to me so…

Yeah, I haven’t had that happen to me either. And I assume the slow loading time is just because it’s newly-implemented.

wicked-ghoul replied to your post: …Really?

It’s just kind of irritating…at least that’s how I feel about it at the moment. Maybe it’s like when the formatting gets changed on deviantART, people freak out because we’re not used to it and it just really hard getting used to it *shrug*

Seems to be the case. I know how it feels to be worried about having to get used to something new, but that honestly seems like the only downside to me.

impthespectacyoular replied to your post: …Really?

you can’t add pictures from your computer to a reblog, or at least they’ve hidden that feature VERY well. and it makes a lot of the keyboard shortcuts obsolete, and when you’ve got keystrokes ingrained in you, it’s hard to change.

Actually, I’m pretty sure you can add pictures. That’s what the little camera icon is for, right? Clicking on that, it gives me the same old upload option.

no9jazzst replied to your post: …Really?

MELODRAMA IS FUN, MAN

Okay, fine, I’ll give you that one. xD But still, I think it’s just that age-old “I hate it because it’s new” attitude the majority of Tumblr is suffering from at the moment. Hopefully if it doesn’t get remedied people will just get used to it.

This is what people have been freaking out over all day?

I don’t see what’s so bad about this. At all. It’s exactly the same as it was, but things are in different places and you post/reblog directly from the dash. That’s pretty much it, from what I can tell. I don’t mean to offend anyone, but the way you’ve all been flipping cookies over it, I expected something a lot worse.

Then again I hardly use Missing E, and I will never use Tumblr Savior. So maybe it just doesn’t affect me. I’m sorry if I seem a little annoyed about this, but I just don’t understand what everyone’s complaining about. *shrug*

SWEET JUMPING AUNT JEMIMAH’S BABIES!

Just… how. HOW do you all continually manage to surprise me with your awesomeness? ;_; I mean, sure, some may say it’s just a number? PSSSHT. I know that behind every number in that list is a person, and to think that so many realize my lame-ass Tumblr exists… GLKREJ;HE; WHAT ARE WORDS.

I honestly don’t know what to say, except THANK YOU. I don’t care what led you to me, or why you’ve decided to stick around — I’m just so grateful to have so many amazing followers, even if I don’t address you directly. It seriously means so much more to me than you could possibly know~ <3

I just… AAAAAAA;ALWGR;ETELKH;LTEH;LT;LHS THANK x300

niczka:

sugarnoor:

spider8utts:

IDK WHY BUT THIS MADE ME TEAR UP OMFG

This makes me appreciate all my followers even more. I want to thank you all, the the old and new followers, and from the bottom of my heart. Truly appreciate it and all your lovely comments. You are a big part of my inspiration. Thank you

FO REAL THOUGH

Most of this = me. I love you all. :’I <3