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Many of you who were online in the late 2000s were likely on Tumblr as well. It was the go-to microblogging platform for users, alongside another little app called Twitter.
These days, a large number of people spend a chunk of their screen time on sites like Instagram and TikTok. But that doesn’t mean that Tumblr has completely fallen off the face of cyberspace. It is still very much around, and these funny posts are its proof of life.
Thanks to the Tumblr subreddit, we have these constant reminders of a much simpler time on the internet. Scroll through and feel free to upvote those that trigger the most nostalgia for you.
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#1
Spoon
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#2
Real
Laserleader 2 hours ago
Autistic people are unfortunately aware of all those things, while Allistic people just accept that they are tired because it was all filtered out.
#3
And Then I Buy It For Them
Elladine DesIsles 2 hours ago
Me going along for the deep dive every time my ASD/OCD kid has had a new "special interest". He, however, has zero enthusiasm for any of mine.
Contrary to what many people may think, Tumblr didn’t go out of style. Several factors contributed to its push to obscurity, one of them being the $1.1 billion Yahoo! paid to acquire the microblogging platform.
An anonymous Tumblr executive spoke to Digiday in 2017, noting an apparent culture clash between the two internet giants.
#5
Anyone Else Get This Feel?
#6
I Want To Live
Laserleader 2 hours ago
The only thing it doesnt explain is HOW do you make money if you don't do anything. Its easy to be poor even if you are beyond frugal.
“Yahoo never gave Tumblr the time and support to innovate ad products. By the time Yahoo realized how far in the race Tumblr fell behind, it was already too late,” the person stated.
Another unnamed employee claimed that most of Tumblr’s corporate staff refused to work for Yahoo out of concern of potentially losing their “great company culture.”
#9
Hmm I Wonder
Tumblr eventually landed in the hands of Automatic, the web development company that created WordPress. The change of ownership happened in 2019, when Verizon sold it for a “paltry” $3 million.
According to recent statistics, Tumblr has around 135 million monthly active users globally. And surprisingly (or unsurprisingly) enough, data found that its core users are Gen Z, which makes up 95 million of its global monthly active users.
#10
Statistical Errors
So, why is the “ancient” Tumblr such a hit among young people today? According to cultural critic and The New Yorker journalist Kyle Chayka, one reason is that the platform offers a welcome escape from influencer culture.
"There are no influencers on Tumblr in the contemporary sense—no one making a living off brand deals or optimizing their posts for an audience of millions,” Chayka wrote. “The site remains famously bad at monetization, which is precisely what makes it feel so human."
#14
Nurture It
#15
Gliding Kitties
Space Invader 2 hours ago
Great... and now I can't shake the visual image of an Alien crossover where it lays its eggs into you and eventually kittens burst out of your chest...
Another thing that sets Tumblr apart from popular social platforms is that it enables users to turn off its dashboard algorithm. This allows people to see posts in reverse chronological order, just like in the old days.
According to Chayka, this adds to its appeal, especially to younger people who don’t want all the noise that TikTok and Instagram bring.
#17
It Truely Is A Webbed Site
#18
Protector Of The Bees
Ace 54 minutes ago
Bees don't think at all. They just live. The ready-made honeycomb means that they need to expend much less effort building the hive so more of the workers for more of the time, are free to forage for nectar. They neither notice nor understand that there's any payment or protection going on.
"On TikTok or Instagram, content is pushed to you by black-box algorithms based on what will keep you staring at your screen the longest,” Chayka wrote. "The lack of a frictionless, highly engineered feedback loop makes Tumblr feel less like a competitive arena and more like a quiet room where you can just look at things you like."
#19
Will It Go Up The Water Spout?
David Paterson 1 minute ago
My peak worrying about the world wide spider was when search engines first stopped crashing. I wasn't paying for them, so the spider must be. Now I just want the spider to eat all those cookies that are all over the place and leave me alone.
#20
Orange In Mcdonald’s
Inservio Smurf 1 hour ago
I can literally see myself doing this lol. Something's ....WRONG here. I SMELL IT. xD
#21
If Were Gonna Live In A Cyberpunk Dystopia At Least Let Us Have The Drip To Go With It
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 3 hours ago
We could live in a world powered by green renewable energy but we would rather pollute our world by burning hard to access limited resource fuels.
#25
Halloween Costume
#26
Don’t Be A Transphobe
#28
War. War Never Changes
David Paterson 21 minutes ago
Tolkien vehemently denies this. He had a profound hatred of all those authors who dressed up WWI experiences as stories.
#33
I Miss Snow
Lukas (alt) 3 hours ago
Today is my 20th birthday. I remember seeing fireflies a lot when I was a kid, in my backyard in an average sized town. I hadn't seen them in years until this 4th of July, when I was in a pretty rural area. It makes me sad.
#36
And Trans Men Know Where The Girl Scout Cookies Are Hidden
Lukas (alt) 3 hours ago
"And Trans Men Know Where The Girl Scout Cookies Are Hidden" We do??? I was not given this sacred knowledge, tell me where the Thin Mints are!
#39
Restaurant
#46
Who Wouldn't Want One (1) Free Worm?
#48
Over 50% Of Tumblr Users Are Under Blanky
#50
*le Awesome Cigarette
Elladine DesIsles 2 hours ago
I, a Canadian, lost a dear friend to le cancer, which was most definitely a result of les cigarettes.
#58
Tumblr Has Spoken
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 3 hours ago
Star Wars fan. Original trilogy only. I would trust a trek t-shirt wearing stranger more.
#62
Recommendations?
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 3 hours ago
For my own entertainment I write short form stories. From a sentence of two, to maybe a paragraph of two at most. Some of them have genuinely good philosophical ideas, some of them have ideas that are haunting. Think how Kurt Vonnegut would describe a Kilgore Trout story. One paragraph is all you need sometimes.
#70
Poob Does Not Have It For You
#78
Back!!
Lukas (alt) 2 hours ago
The next line is "See, Hyper Erection Mode requires a lot of stamina". Apparently it was some anime where a dude had to keep a constant boner, I've seen people say it was for a bet, someone else said the dude had a deadline to meet and worked the best when he had a boner. I don't know. But no, I didn't guess that next line lmao.
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