Tumblr is Great Social Media Tool

Disover Tumblr


I just found Tumblr - what a revelation. it's a great platform for social media. It seems to be able to handle everything; video, music, test and audio posting. It also offers great template designs for anyone who doesn't want to get into a lot of custom coding. Adding a custom domain name seems pretty easy, too.

What Tumblr Doesn't Have (aside from spell check for their corporate name)
You must select a template that has all features, if you plan to use all features. What features any template includes is not immediately apparent. I've changed my template twice in a couple of days, however, with no problems. Also, the online "how to" documentation is pretty thin. On the plus side, I emailed Tumblr support with a question and got an answer back within 5 minutes.

Another limitation that I see, is that you can't import an existing blog. It's difficult to just abandon a blog with years of content. However, for new blogs, it's a pretty cool tool.

Of course, I had heard of Tumblr, but never had a chance to try it. According to Wikipedia, it's adding 15,000 new users a day. If you count me, that's 15,001.