yahoogate is basically “omg mtv is airing ads for tumblr now everyone will know about it” all over again

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marchqueen: 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. thank you for the source! i didn’t want to reblog this thing, because I wasn’t aware of it’s viability okay realtalk because i’m sick of this on my dash 1. i’ve never heard of the first two sites listed on that graphic. which is probably why yahoo killed them. 2. that essay basically comes out to “wah i don’t want tumblr bought by a mainstream company like yahoo because then the filthy casual bloggers will come and ruin our seekrit clubhouse” 3. tumblr is not fucking hard to use and it’s not something that takes “months” and wanting a site to be closed off to “casual bloggers” is the most elitist fucking shit i just can’t 4. there are probably better arguments to be be made against yahoo obtaining tumblr than “oh my god it might become MAINSTREAM”  5. tumblr’s not going to sustain itself on the power of independent business (protip: a site run by a bunch of wealthy venture capitalists and with plenty of major media outlets blogging on it isn’t really “independent” anymore, lbr it stopped being “independent” when mtv and american apparel started running ads on the sidebar) 6. the sky is falling again.  yeah it would suck for tumblr to become ad-ridden. but the truth is if yahoo gets it, it’s probably not going to be anything we’re going to notice so everyone chill
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i love death

he’s like

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what the fuck am i supposed to do with this

(Source: bilvee)

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imarcherok:

there’s no i in team rocket its all about team work, succeeding, and holding civilians hostage in a radio tower

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Worst thing i did: enter this fandom
Best thing i did: enter this fandom
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malformalady: A tongue of lava oozes out from beneath the recently cooled crust of a flow. The silica contained within, reflects the early morning sunlight, giving its surface a glassy sheen. Photo and caption credit: Bruce Omori
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catsandroses: I found this photo that Florrie took when we all went to Kensington Palace before I left the UK. Can’t believe I’m going back in 8 days!!!Bonnet: BaroqueCardigan & bag: Vivienne WestwoodDress & shoes: BodylineTights: fancy dress shop. (yaaaay)
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mszombi: bloodyanddreams: Fonte: http://mysubarashiilolidays.blogspot.com.br/ This girl always rocks the fuck out of Bodyline like no one I’ve ever seen. I mean goddamn, just look at her.
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moonlitmidnightmay: Cute Gothic Lolita outfit coordination! this looks ita as fuck but i’d totally wear it in a not!lolita context
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mh-things: Helping someone with depression- http://www.depression.org.nz/helpingothers
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