Tumblr?

[thefourthvine]

Okay, so I am sure you are all very tired of seeing posts by people going, "Who is Tumblr? What is she, that all our fans commend her?" But! I have a question, brought on by thehoyden, who is, it goes without saying, a terrible person. And so, yes, this is another How Does Tumblr post. Sorry.

See, I have always rejected Tumblr as Not for Me, because walls of text are not welcome there, and I am an entirely text-based creature. And I will probably always be a more or less passive Tumblr user, but - I was considering posting, like, shorter, single-thing recs there. For recs that will never fit in a set! Or whatever! It would still be all text, though. Is that a thing I should do? OPINE AT ME, Tumblr denizens! Assuming any of you still read this text-based medium.

Comments

[sinensis]

adding my vote in the "I'd be so very happy to read short, doesn't fit in any theme style recs on DW/LJ" column--if you have the time/energy to crosspost, more power to you. My own tumblr viewing is very sporadic and totally image based--I have made no attempt to recreate my DW friendslist over there, for instance.

While I think that text posts are fine on tumblr (people actually do post fic there, although WHY WHY WHY, I cannot even begin to parse), it is also true that tumblr posts are short-lived, hard to search, tend to wash away in the perpetually oncoming tumblr tide, etc.

[giglet]

What you said!

For the recs, however, I'd rather see them here. tumblr is so very... post-textual.

(Gif sets, on the other hand, are developing into an entire artform of their own, which makes me think that tumblr may actually benefit fannish creators.)

[sinensis]

the art of the gif set is one I love, and I'm glad that tumblr makes a good platform for it.

I'm also really happy that DW is taking the first steps to image hosting.