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"Long story short, the social media world loves videos. Quick how-tos, lifestyle vlogs, and meme videos give me a hit of dopamine in a way that static posts just can’t accomplish."
— Jennimai Nguyen
Tumblr died a slow and painful death. Here's how TikTok can avoid the same fate."People didn’t log on to Tumblr to watch videos, because nothing about Tumblr’s video format was specific to its platform."
— Jennimai Nguyen
Tumblr died a slow and painful death. Here's how TikTok can avoid the same fate."Since the dashboard was a never-ending scroll, similar to TikTok, users didn’t want to sit on one post to watch a five minute video."
— Jennimai Nguyen
Tumblr died a slow and painful death. Here's how TikTok can avoid the same fate."If you wanted longer content, you’d move to YouTube. And back then, short form videos were on Vine (RIP)."
— Jennimai Nguyen
Tumblr died a slow and painful death. Here's how TikTok can avoid the same fate."the lack of video content on Tumblr didn’t let true Tumblr personalities develop. You could have a super successful blog without ever showing your face or talking directly to your followers, and that’s the difference between an influencer-type of success and blogging fame."
— Jennimai Nguyen
Tumblr died a slow and painful death. Here's how TikTok can avoid the same fate."""I think part of [what made Tumblr die] was the growing vanity around social platforms, where your image and content provides a reward for sharing yourself or an edited version of yourself,"""
— Jennimai Nguyen
Tumblr died a slow and painful death. Here's how TikTok can avoid the same fate."""Even though you can do that in Tumblr, I feel like it was more of a place for curating content and mood boards, which didn’t match the direction that society was heading."""
— Jennimai Nguyen
Tumblr died a slow and painful death. Here's how TikTok can avoid the same fate."The organic, almost face-to-face interaction is drastically different from the anonymity, and allows for TikTokers to build empires beyond the app."
— Jennimai Nguyen
Tumblr died a slow and painful death. Here's how TikTok can avoid the same fate."And while both platforms have the never-ending scroll feature, TikTok’s algorithm actively learns about the user’s preferences for content, whereas Tumblr was a labor-intensive process."
— Jennimai Nguyen
Tumblr died a slow and painful death. Here's how TikTok can avoid the same fate."This anonymity was central to Tumblr culture, where you could get vulnerable about mental health or talk about niche interests that you wouldn’t want to broadcast publicly, like questions about sex or intense Jack Black worship. But this anonymous culture could also get nasty."
— Jennimai Nguyen
Tumblr died a slow and painful death. Here's how TikTok can avoid the same fate."""Tumblr was definitely focused on being sad alone,”"
— Jennimai Nguyen
Tumblr died a slow and painful death. Here's how TikTok can avoid the same fate."“I have multiple in-depth stories about how Tumblr allowed for people to get inspiration and be self destructive on their own, and I think being able to openly share struggles on other platforms now is way better."""
— Jennimai Nguyen
Tumblr died a slow and painful death. Here's how TikTok can avoid the same fate."It’s a hard balance to strike, especially on a site like Tumblr that became known for unfiltered content and conversations."
— Jennimai Nguyen
Tumblr died a slow and painful death. Here's how TikTok can avoid the same fate."Yahoo sought to monetize Tumblr in a way that was “meaningful to the user experience,” which essentially translated to more ad sales."
— Jennimai Nguyen
Tumblr died a slow and painful death. Here's how TikTok can avoid the same fate."It was devastating to Tumblr’s NSFW blogging community, which relied on being able to post erotic content for creative expression, and contributed to a significant part of Tumblr culture. This crackdown purged a ton of these blogs, leading to a mass exodus of users."
— Jennimai Nguyen
Tumblr died a slow and painful death. Here's how TikTok can avoid the same fate."Keep doing what you’re good at, TikTok. The FYP knows me better than I know myself, and I can so easily keep scrolling because my goldfish-like attention span is satisfied by short videos. TikTok is testing out three-minute videos, and it is my professional opinion that this is just Not a Good Idea."
— Jennimai Nguyen
Tumblr died a slow and painful death. Here's how TikTok can avoid the same fate."Establish a clear policy on harmful content, and offer support to those struggling with mental health."
— Jennimai Nguyen
Tumblr died a slow and painful death. Here's how TikTok can avoid the same fate."Value sex creators who are of-age. TikTok also has a similar adult content ban on its platform, but as mentioned, there is a growing community of creators who focus on consensual, educational sex content."
— Jennimai Nguyen
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