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Thoughts on the Yahoo! Thing

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:32:37 -0400

First, I love Tumblr and want to keep loving it. And yes, it is immediately terrifying to hear that Yahoo (which, from a lot of our perspectives, is a laughably backwards and culturally irrelevant company) is going to own Tumblr. I sympathize.

But there are a number of circumstances in which this will not be a disaster. Let’s think:

WHY TO NOT BE TERRIFIED

David Karp is being kept on as CEO for at least 4 years. Karp’s policies made Tumblr what it is.

Tumblr is only as good as we (its creators) are. The idea that the cultural identity and creations we’ve fostered here have become worth a billion dollars is both inspiring and worrisome. But nevertheless, since we hold the value, we hold the power.

Tumblr is being kept as a separate company. This is what Google did with YouTube and significant changes were very slow to come to YouTube (though they eventually came, and are still coming). My guess is there will be no significant changes to Tumblr for at least 12 months.

They’re buying it to become more culturally relevant. They know that controlling the platform will reduce or even remove that relevance, so they would be idiots to do it.

WHEN TO ABANDON SHIP

If Tumblr requires an account somehow linked to Yahoo.

If David Karp steps down, no matter what the reasons are.

If you have to pay to reach all of your followers (FACEBOOK!)

If Yahoo begins censoring legal images and videos.

If your dashboard becomes three columns by default.

If more than 10% of the dashboard is taken up by advertising.

ADVICE TO YAHOO! PEOPLE

Don’t do any of the above things or we will leave and you will own a billion dollar hole in the internet.

Drop the exclamation point for chrissake…it’s gaudy and grammatically confusing.

Yes, I do wish that Tumblr (being a more interesting kind of company) could have found a more interesting kind of exit for its founders and investors than the old standby of selling to a floundering company trying to revitalize itself. But I think Yahoo and Marissa Mayer are intelligent enough to not totally fuck it up. Here’s hoping.

- Hank

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mynamesjustanoose: I really like when random articles on...

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:11:21 -0400

mynamesjustanoose:

I really like when random articles on cycling nutrition tell me to go vegan. #veganpower

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really-shit: Terrifying Time Lapse These time lapses document...

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:11:15 -0400

really-shit:

Terrifying Time Lapse

These time lapses document the change in the world over the past 30 years. Islands have popped up; forests have declined; ice has melted.

Such a terrifying, beautiful thing.

Personally....

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:20:56 -0400

havocados:

littlepeople-biglove:

I don’t care if Johnson & Johnson re formulate their products to be carcinogen free.

All the rebranding in the world still won’t make me buy their products.

I will not support a company that knowingly poisoned generations of babies and children.

They’re still assholes.

This is how I feel about pretty much every major brand out there.

Dudley aligning his chakras

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Dudley aligning his chakras

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Passing the lobster tank at the grocery store.

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:56:42 -0400

veganprobs:

They destroy our food system, the food itself contains little to...

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:35:46 -0400

They destroy our food system, the food itself contains little to no nutrients, the soil is ruined for future crops, GMO food causes cancer and tumours, the seeds are patented and will contaminate organic seeds on neighbouring farmers crops which allows the GMO companies to sue (and bankrupt) small organic farms. There are a whole slew of reasons, I still can’t list them all off the top of my head. The health ranger (Mike Adams) does good reporting regarding GMOs, check him out.

The criticism was the hardest part about the transition for me....

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:52:12 -0400

The criticism was the hardest part about the transition for me. It takes a lot to grow a callous against people who are just trying to bring you down. But it’s not an impossible task. These people who criticize, especially your family, are just doing it because they believe they know what is best. People who continue to eat meat genuinely feel there are benefits to their lifestyle above the vegan lifestyle. Obviously they are wrong to criticise you, they probably don’t know how much their words sting, but just know that you are in the right and that what people say or think doesn’t matter. What matters is that you love yourself and the decisions that you make out of love and the greater good.

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