AUSTIN KLEON: “There are no stats programs here. There is no like button.”

jerzydrozd:

austinkleon:

Michele Catalano writes about moving back to her blog hosted at her original domain, not because Yahoo bought Tumblr, but because she wants to get away from the likes/reblogs as validation trap:

For as long as I have wanted to be a writer – and that’s about 40 long years – there was never…

Sharing is great to help spread the word about what you want people to know about. But obsessively checking your stats is like looking at your gas gauge every 30 seconds instead of watching the road and taking in the scenery.

Source: austinkleon

  • plot twist: yahoo buys tumblr and we get proper blocking features, lockable posts, a sent folder in messages/fanmail with a better interface, ability to search multiple tags, removes the post and message limits, proper search engines for likes/archives and removing that bloody "reblog as a link" option.

Source: faineemae