I suppose this is a good opportunity to let people know that I’ll be running Tumblr personally for a while, and it will be my top priority within Automattic. There is a ton of opportunity for improvements the community has asked for and deserves, and I’m excited to work on it.
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From matttomic on Twitter: “Fun little trick in the Sunday New York Times crossword yesterday: the central theme clue was "The better of two sci-fi franchises”, and regardless of whether you put Star Wars or Star Trek, the crossing clues worked"
Anonymous asked:
Would have Apple really shut down Tumblr? Does Apple really have the power to take servers down and prevent Tumblr from operating forever on?
A huge amount of Tumblr’s usage comes from iOS app users, and if those disappeared overnight it would be difficult for the service to recover. The same is true if Google kicked us off, or our payment processors. Regardless of our own terms or policies, or what we want, without the two app stores and ability to process credit cards pretty much every modern consumer service would disappear.
Remember that right now Tumblr costs a lot more to run than it makes, part of that bet is predicated on the idea that it’s losing money now but it’ll grow and make it up later, we just have to make it through this interim period by listening to users, iterating quickly, and shipping high quality updates.
Hotel staff demonstrates 'Lantern Dining Experience', which enables diners to enjoy meals while protecting themselves against the spread of the coronavirus, at Hoshinoya Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan, February 2.
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
If you love ads, then this post is not for you. If you love Tumblr but hate ads and want the one to continue without having to endure the other, then this post is literally for you. Hello, you.
As of today, you can set up ad-free browsing on your personal desktop computer, from anywhere in the world, and then enjoy the same effervescent Tumblr you know and love (yes, including mobile) without the interruption of ads. Scroll away.
Some caveats:
How do you opt in?
Easy! Just go to your Account Settings on desktop and hit "Go Ad-Free." From there, you can choose to pay monthly or yearly:
And that’s it! You’ll be able to enjoy your favorite blogs and posts without any pesky ads getting in the way.
That’s all for now, Tumblr. Back to your blorbos.
I really appreciate tumblr going this route. Websites need money and staff need to be paid and a subscription model is much more reliable than microtransactions or selling ads.
You need to use desktop mode to set it up, but I'm glad to see it works on mobile too. I use android and don't have xkit on my phone.
It's also opt-in, so much like AO3 donations, a small percentage of users can support the site for everyone.
I'm happy to pay the site directly for the hours of enjoyment it gives me, and I'm even happier that my money won't go through a middleman, so more of it will go to the employees and to site improvements.
I understand not wanting to pay. You do you. I'm going to help keep things running in a way that works for me.
YES! This is the right way to go!
Let the site continue to be Hellsite (affectionate); don’t force us to view posts in anything other than chronological order; don’t show follower counts or “influencer” status. No special posting privileges for paying users.
Let us PAY FOR the product, don’t make US into the product! Excellent decision!
Now @staff only one more thing: Let us gift subscriptions to our friends!
Gifting subscriptions is a great idea.
re: #weshoulddothis — Narrator: We did run it, and briefly forgot to exclude ourselves from the buy on the Facebook Network. 😂
