What Tumblr Needs to Do
So after a week of playing with Tumblr - I’m 50/50 on going back to Wordpress. Wordpress interacts better with Facebook than Tumblr does and I think that will make or break people jumping on board. Here are a few thoughts on what needs to change:
- Improved URL parsing - Tumblr is not seamless when it comes to posting URL links on Facebook. Instead of the nice hyperlink I would get when I post a link on Facebook, I have this massive disgusting URL in the middle of my posts and it looks like Gramma Mabel posting without an <a href>
- Thumbnail Portage - When I post a Wordpress link in Facebook, FB will grab one of the pictures I’ve included in that post and use it as a thumbnail - nice way to grab your attention on FB and Tumblr doesn’t do it automatically. Anger is the result.
- Better Extract Control - Wordpress-to-FB gives each blog post a nice big link and then underneath, it gives you part of the extract. It LOOKS like what you get when you post a newspaper link and that’s fine. Not so with Tumblr - my posts just kinda run on and on before disappearing into ‘…’ and then I have to click ‘View Post’ to read the rest of it. Anger is the result.
I like Tumblr overall and think it’s a nice change from farting around with Wordpress (Losing your web presence because a WP update doesn’t like your plug-ins … hello?). Still, there are some challenges to be overcome and I hope they get there. Quick.
