Feb 17, 2010
How to not be annoying on tumblr
I dread catching up on tumblr. My friends tumblr posts mainly consist of the following:
- Re-blogs from people you don’t know in real life. We can follow them ourselves.
- Personal diary. I’m not interested in why you cried today.
- Funny pictures from the internet. I’ve already seen all of them on reddit. If it’s viral, then everyone’s probably already seen it before you have.
- Photography. If it ain’t yours, then don’t post it. If it is yours, post it on flickr instead of tumblr. It’s the right audience. Knowing art doesn’t make you artistic or creative.
- Quotations. That’s what a quote book is for.
- Thoughts on every freaking subject. I don’t need to know your opinion on every little thing.
Things I enjoy on tumblr:
- Original posts. I skip almost all re-blogs.
- Re-blogs from people you know. Some of your friends could actually be interesting.
- Profound posts. I love HOC’s long introspective posts, but I prefer to read them on a dedicated WordPress. Profound posts are better than a simple question or a shallow paragraph.
- Camera shots of adventures. What did you do today that is actually interesting?
But then again, this defeats the purpose of a tumblr since all of this could be done on a WordPress and Twitter/TwitPic. I guess for me tumblr is just an easy way to view twitpics.
In essence, I’ve unfollowed a lot of you cause your tumblr posts are annoying. I’ve already given up on Twitter, especially since people protect their tweets so I have to follow them. Thank God people can’t protect their tumblogs so I can check up on them anytime. Please, stay interesting.
