Re: the Tumblrpocalypse, again

[anghraine]

I've now seen numerous posts about how the corporate backpedaling is good for Tumblr actually, guys!! This is great news because Live sucks!

I mean, Live does suck, and the site pushing blatantly T&C-violating content on Live sucks more. But even if they do get rid of it, it just feels a) like Automattic was essentially keeping "getting rid of Live" in their back pocket for this kind of occasion and b) Automattic moving a ton of staff off Tumblr's team and frantically cutting expenses is still bad news for us.

Maybe I'm paranoid, but I don't think I've ever seen Tumblr in such a rush to swallow corporate-ese, and I see very little good about it.

Comments

[osteophage]

Yeah, that stuff sounds like wishful thinking. "Guys literally all of this is good news." Come on. Getting rid of Live is good news, but losing money to the point of downsizing a skeleton crew is not.

[anghraine]

Exactly. I wouldn't be surprised if some things got improved on the way to going down the drain, but it doesn't change the overall trajectory.