▲ 42 ▼ Tumblr is losing $30M each year, CEO says (techcrunch.com) submitted 3 years ago by trashhalo@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org 31 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] DekkerNSFW@lemmy.fmhy.ml 19 points 3 years ago (5 children) I miss Tumblr. Yes, Tumblr still exists, but the Tumblr I miss does not. This stuff makes me wonder if we'll see an ActivityPub Tumblr-clone at some point, like Lemmy/Kbin to Reddit, Mastodon to Twitter and PeerTube to YouTube. permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] RandoCalrandian@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago Be the change you want to see permalink fedilink source parent [–] ToppestOfDogs@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago Tumblr is adding activitypub support, hopefully this year. permalink fedilink source parent [–] anachronist@midwest.social 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I feel like an open source, federated substack would be more useful. You could use it like tumblr if you wanted to, but people could also use it to do real stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OneRedFox@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago There is WriteFreely, though it's light on features. permalink fedilink source parent [–] strangerloop@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago I was wondering the exact same thing a few days ago and spent some amount of time googling it. There's already such a project actually, called Swanye. There seems to be a single person working on it, so if anyone has time to help I'm sure it will be appreciated permalink fedilink source parent [–] communication@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago I believe Misskey/Calckey are meant to be exactly this, but I haven't tried them yet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RandoCalrandian@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago Be the change you want to see permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ToppestOfDogs@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago Tumblr is adding activitypub support, hopefully this year. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anachronist@midwest.social 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I feel like an open source, federated substack would be more useful. You could use it like tumblr if you wanted to, but people could also use it to do real stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OneRedFox@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago There is WriteFreely, though it's light on features. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OneRedFox@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago There is WriteFreely, though it's light on features. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] strangerloop@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago I was wondering the exact same thing a few days ago and spent some amount of time googling it. There's already such a project actually, called Swanye. There seems to be a single person working on it, so if anyone has time to help I'm sure it will be appreciated permalink fedilink source parent
[–] communication@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago I believe Misskey/Calckey are meant to be exactly this, but I haven't tried them yet. permalink fedilink source parent