Mainstream & Social Media Pushing Tumblr to a Tipping Point

focus.com — With over 1.5 billion page views in July, Tumblr has emerged as a relevant player in social media. Should Twitter worry? How about Wordpress? Ning? Why not all of them? Aug 15, 2010 View in Crawl 4

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boydscott Aug 15, 2010

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Tumblr blogs have been all over Digg lately. I started noticing them a few months ago. Some of them are epic and get mucho-diggs, but others seem to be riding the others' coattails onto the front page and end up sucking. I've never used the site, but the pics you find on some of them are hilarious.

NickCobb Aug 15, 2010

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Ning sucks.

fireupchips Aug 15, 2010

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My personal favorite...

http://holymaurymotherofgod.tumblr.com/

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roiperez Aug 15, 2010

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I have no idea why you are being dugg down. I haven't got a clue what Maury is, but that website was hilarious!

My favorite -

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l73hbqRPNW1qbipv3o1_400.gif

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I really don't understand why Tumblr has become so big - it's just another blogging platform, is it not?

roiperez Aug 15, 2010

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All I need to do was read the title to get angry.

No, Twitter is NOT going to die, last I checked, tumblr does not restrict you to 140 characters, Tumblrs are mostly used as picture blogs.

Wordpress is for serious blogging.

And Ning sucks.

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martin77 Aug 15, 2010

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Tumblr is getting to be very popular for blogging due to..
a) simplicity . It does exactly what it says on the tin.
b) good attractive easy to use themes.
c) Very simple way of posting and adding pics.
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d) its free.

all in all its an almost perfect blogging site.

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Thanks for including some of my blogs: I run PBH3 (renamed to Alligator Sunglasses) and All That's Interesting. Tumblr is a great interface and the explosion of their use shouldn't be surprising, as it really combines a lot of the great feature of Twitter while providing direct, on page access to content.

neoblitz Aug 15, 2010

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Tumblr is simplified form of blogging but in real world WordPress has its own use and total control. Twitter has its own use .. there is no comparison with Tumblr .. Period.