Lots of reactions to today’s Staff post, so here’s another one in the ring.
I’m not so alarmist as to think that the changes Staff laid out today are going to kill tumblr, I think they’ll annoy most of us and drop a few users but ultimately blow over because they’re less egregious than what every other site is up to right now. Also, even though I don’t like the changes, I do like the way Staff is publicizing them.
But I do see a clear pattern in Tumblr’s recent moves - bolder merchandise marketing via Emporium, scrambling for engagement metrics with Tumblr Live, more aggressive prompts to sign in to see content, etcetera. Some members of staff have even publicly said outright that tumblr needs to start making money. What this pattern tells me is that Tumblr as a business entity has probably been given a deadline by which to become profitable or at least financially break even, and what we’re seeing is an aggressive push to meet that goal.
I don’t think Tumblr is going to work out the secret recipe to profitable social media, nobody except Facebook ever has, and nobody else is in the niche that Facebook is in. The secret recipe probably just doesn’t exist outside of that niche. Everything else that any of us do on social media is costing somebody a TON of money that they want to one day recoup.
So my guess is that Tumblr is going to shut down in the near future, not because of these unpopular changes but the other way around.
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This is the college of a killer, Bella.
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i'm not saying this to make any sort of point but as someone who works in canadian theatre, the wga strike is going to have an interesting effect on live entertainment too, like i know multiple people who have lost their jobs or will lose their jobs soon because so much american television is produced here and obviously the iatse union is standing with the wga which it should and i also know that when film crew are out of work like this they often turn to theatre because it's a different local of the same union (and a lot of them started in theatre) and they wind up pushing permits out of work because film crew are usually members which means they get first dibs on all calls even if they don't have much live entertainment experience and even though attitudes in theatre and film are VERY different. And i really really hope the wga gets everything they want, they deserve that and more, but i also hope it happens quickly before young iatse permits get priced out of this city and we get into into another situation like the one right after the pandemic
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guess who's boomer dad made them put their personal info on websites claiming to be "healthcare quote providers" and the next day gets greeted with 40 missed calls and a new one every 5-10 minutes
my dad is a retired lawyer btw. he used to be smart. he wont give me an apology because he thought he was in the right
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TW// - bl//d, org/ns, gore, creepy imagery
((Please view with care and caution, and if you’re bothered/triggered by anything trigger warned, please don’t force yourself to look at it and have a nice day /srs /pos /nm))
It’s spooky month, and you know what that means? Halloween is just around the corner!
Incredible, but graphic, and rare, piece I found on the old “Radical Axis” Facebook page; circa 2011 by artist, Ploy Rojanavipat
Image depicts Meatwad being carved, cut, and cored, like a jack o’ lantern
((All credit to Ploy; this obviously isn’t my piece. I love this sm though and I thought I’d share it, since I don’t know how much of the fandom, or if any of it, has seen this beaut before))
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I don't mean to be all Kids These Days on main but ohhhh my god..... kids..... if you go to the cinema..... you can go the whole movie without checking your phone. you really can. I believe in you. you do not need to constantly check your phone. we both paid good money to watch a movie and I did not pay money to get distracted by you checking your goddamn instagram feed every time there was a lull in the action.
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