This kind of article, about how one thing is “over” is so aggravating to me, especially because the writer doesn’t appear to be too well versed in the Tumblr community (which for better or worse, I am.)   People will not leave Twitter for Tumblr. And if they do, they are looking for something Twitter does not necesarily exist for. Both of the services are different and cater to different people and different needs.

Tumblr is good at the following:

1) Easy posting of videos & photos

2) Easy posting of things you like, which unfortunately has created a community of people who have entire blogs which consist solely of other peoples content and things other people found. Some people love this, others (like me) are more “purist” in their philosophy and prefer to post stuff I wrote or stuff I found. However, the community of Tumblr is found in the “reblog” and if you don’t re-blog or “like”,  you won’t get very far in terms of meeting people.

3) Its extremely easy to use. People often ask me for advice on what blog platform to use since I’ve used them all, I always tell them Tumblr because if you can’t click on a giant icon that’ll give you the kind of post you want, then .. re-consider your strategy.

Okay, now that we have that covered, let’s uncover the real reason there’s a Twitter backlash against the nerds: it’s not cool anymore. A Kardashian sister mentioned Twittering on the Bravo A-list awards. “PtwittyTV” is a real thing. It’s not our secret little clubhouse anymore. The claims that it’s jumped the shark because it’s been unreliable is ludicrous; it’s never been reliable, ever.  But now that it’s somewhat mainstream, it’s starting to lose it’s luster.

Tumblr, despite what anyone says, is not a “micro-blog.”  If I were to compare it to any other service, I would say it is a much sleeker version of Livejournal.

Twitter, with its 140 characters, and the asking of a very simple question, “what are you doing?” is a different beast altogether. One could replace the other, in terms of how people ar quick to all move on to the next new thing, but it’ll be used in a very different way.

Despite my last post, where I talked trash about “experts”, I love Twitter and I love the potential it has and the various uses: tiny diary, news feed, teller of jokes, or just learning the mundane (or not so mundane) things my friends are doing during the day. Its character limit is what makes it so unique.

Personaly, I want my Tumblr dashboard to remain pretty photos, quotes pulled from blogs, hot jams, memes, and occasional long rants. The day someone tries to quote me a listsicle on their social media expertise and 1 million reasons on why X is better than Y, I’ll pour a little bit of my bacon martini out on the floor and weep at the death of yet another great community ruined by salespeople.

[Via Tippingpoint Labs.]