Launched fifteen years ago, Tumblr is now often viewed as one of these relics of the internet that make millennials nostalgic. Once prominent and innovative, it fell into the shadow of fellow social media giants, but it may not stay like this for long.
In fact, avid Tumblr fans have recently noticed a weird renaissance in their feeds that are getting weirdly active as if it was 2010 all over again. Astonishingly, Tumblr’s CEO Jeff D’Onofrio told The New Yorker that forty-eight per cent of its active users and sixty-one per cent of its new ones are Generation Z. To put it into perspective, this is the exact demographic that Facebook and Instagram are in fear of losing.
And while people are now (re)discovering the miscellaneous world of Tumblr, various posts shared on the platform both years ago and now get dug up into the bright light of social media. They end up on “The Weird Side Of Tumblr” Facebook page that shares the funniest, weirdest and most wholesome findings. Below we selected quite a few of the best for your entertainment, so pull your seat closer.
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Tumblr was launched around the same time as Facebook (2004) and Twitter (2006), in 2007, so it was not always behind. In fact, it was built to be a simple social blogging platform, but its multimedia approach set it apart. It was about the time when users were getting their cell phones, so they could take a photo and upload it straight on their Tumblr.
The appeal of Tumblr also had to do with the fact that users could design their own home pages; post text, images, gifs, or videos; and follow a feed of others doing the same. It became home to endless personalized moodboards that best reflect each user’s personality, whether by music, images or gifs.
We walked past a storefront today with mannequins in the window and my two year old was hysterically laughing- "look mommy they no have any heads!" Lol.
In 2018, the world changed for Tumblr. The passing of the federal SESTA-FOSTA law to ostensibly combat sex trafficking, and issues with Apple’s App Store and its provisions against apps containing adult content, led to Tumblr enacting a ban on NSFW content across the platform. This was followed by an uproar as Tumblr was home to many established communities devoted to real-life and illustrative erotica, so they spoke out against the restrictions.
But since the ban, media coverage of Tumblr focused on the decline of the website. For example, in 2019, Business Insider reported Tumblr’s unique monthly visitors had decreased by more than 20% in the year.
Meanwhile, Allegra Rosenberg, a writer at Fansplaining, argues that reports of Tumblr’s death have been greatly exaggerated. “While Tumblr was certainly known in some circles for being a haven for NSFW content, that was certainly never all there was to it. For every user that decamped for greener, smuttier pastures when the ban was put into place, there was another user that simply shrugged their shoulders and kept on blogging,” she said.
I would like to see competitive knitting. Rn please
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Now there's my sport. My two six years and seven years old grandsons, call me MEMAWBOT. I was explaining to them,that I have a lot of metal In my body because the Drs have decided a long time ago that it was just better if memaw got metal bones. Luke,with a star struck look, says, " memaw, you're part robot?" I said yes you can say that. He turned to his older brother and said, " I told you she was cool. That's MEMAWBOT!" Yes I would buy him anything he wants. His brother too.
Pretty sure my grandma would take the gold in quietly spilling family tea while looking very concerned but secretly she lives for it.
I went to my grandma's house after I had dinner but she made dinner. So guess who had two dinners that night?! This girl. Haha, it's a grandma thing and I love her.
I think the grandma olympics vs. grandkid olympics would blow everyone out of the water. My mom took my then tiny kid to the grocery store and ran into a friend. Kid was in the cart and my mom said to her friend, this is my granchild (insert kid's name) and then to my kid, "this is my friend (insert friend's name)". My kid looked at my mom's friend, pointed at my mom and said "and this is MY friend, Grandma"." Such a special relationship. Mom and I were never that close. Guess sometimes it skips a generation.
Unfortunately, my grandma was so cheap, she would have gotten me a tea and a Reeses Peanut Butter Cup and tell me I still owed her money whether I did or not. That's the way she ended up being rich.
I feel so envious of the people that had or have nice grandmas, one of my grandmas lived in another country, and the other lived nearby but was a cold person who never cared for my siblings and I. she barely showed any care for my mother either.
I'm with you. My paternal grandmother died before I was born, and my maternal grandmother was an out and out sadist. Also a mean drunk. My mom spent much of her life protecting her kids from her mother.
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Ive got an aunt like that who spoils my son like crazy. She'll randomly text me she wants to bring something by for him and she'll show up with a box of fruit snacks, a box of graham crackers, and fruit punch
My guess is that she stole them but i wouldn’t want her to get arrested sooo
My mom was 5-years old when when my grandmother died. I was 3-years old when my paternal grandmother died. I can't remember a time when I didn't ache to know them.
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My grandmother sent me $20 because I had my gallbladder removed a couple years ago. 🤣
My one grandmother ripped our house out from under us out of spite. What grandma game is that?
Set for snacks for about 5 days here. And you can still cover day six yourself. This is what family does.
can I live here? just... in the picture please? I'm not asking for much...
Rosenberg argues that contrary to everyone’s expectations, “Tumblr users have stuck around en masse, making the kind of sardonic posts the platform’s long been known for, all the while feeling like survivors in a post-apocalyptic landscape. And if you know where to look, you can still spot new blogs being started by young teens, a constant injection of youthful activity into the platform.”
Finally, some more backstory for the first pic! I keep seeing it on BP.
and the bird would be the painting in the backround. also the annoying freind.
Grew up in Australia-thought they were a thing Disney made up. SO excited when I saw the first one in real life.
inspirational. yet again, science side of tumbler has your back.
fine. I won't. (2 seconds later) "hear me out guys, what about *scorpions*"
I wonder if I should say it came out of the blue and then show myself out immediately
What if there's some medical emergency going on inside of a locked room with a doorknob like this?
Note: this post originally had 80 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
I've been on this hellside for years and these posts are rather cute, tumblr- weird is a very different kind of beast lol
I've been on this hellside for years and these posts are rather cute, tumblr- weird is a very different kind of beast lol
