| > I don't know how they managed to do it, but Karp and the rest of the Tumblr team have fostered a culture there that just makes Facebook look corporateish and slightly dull in comparison Or maybe, people simply don't like being figuratively shat on and decided to find something new as soon as it presented it self. Don't get me wrong, I'm not bashing tumblr here, it certainly played its role well, I'm just saying that people have wanted out of facebook for a long time and a lot of their user base is just waiting for something new that has enough of their friends to move to. Facebook made it big with the wall feature, the newsfeed scrolling down your page with your mousewheel showing you all the content and happenings of your friends. When facebook starts to mess with the wall by: - hiding things (and charge to make them more visible, specifically after promising never to do so) - adding ads - filling it with game updates, - businesses "like this 4000 times and win a prize" contests - X liked on page A, so here maybe you'll like this page B Is it really no wonder that people get fed up, bored, and start looking for something with the original feature that drove them to facebook in the first place. And don't even get me started on all the other problems re privacy, naming policy, and silent settings resets. The reasons people are leaving are obvious to me. All I can really say is: tumblr, I hope you're ready. that and... where can I buy some tumblr stock? |