TBH, I don't think DW has fewer features, it just has a different set of
features. The privacy controls and comment handling on DW is AMAZING.
Privacy for everything, from comments to posts to images to tags to
memories -- HOLY SHIT. And honestly, I think the internet needs more of
that sort of privacy controls. Being able to search for blogs by tags is
pretty awesome. Tumblr is designed for hype, and has a series of features
that fit that need (easy and fast image handling, wysiwyg editor, tag
search, etc). But I also think a lot of what we miss about Tumblr is
actually a series of social norms, plus xkit. Yelling in the tags is a
social norm. Posting images out in the open is a social norm. Reblogging
is more tedious here on DW, but Very Doable. (I often comment on someone's
post with "reblogging now!" and then I post a quick link). There are
actually social norms on tumblr that I don't particularly enjoy (like the
thing where your dash may be filled with 50 reblogs of the same thing), and
I think a DW-style "reblog" fixes that problem.
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Ah, cool! Thanks for the link!
TBH, I don't think DW has fewer features, it just has a different set of features. The privacy controls and comment handling on DW is AMAZING. Privacy for everything, from comments to posts to images to tags to memories -- HOLY SHIT. And honestly, I think the internet needs more of that sort of privacy controls. Being able to search for blogs by tags is pretty awesome. Tumblr is designed for hype, and has a series of features that fit that need (easy and fast image handling, wysiwyg editor, tag search, etc). But I also think a lot of what we miss about Tumblr is actually a series of social norms, plus xkit. Yelling in the tags is a social norm. Posting images out in the open is a social norm. Reblogging is more tedious here on DW, but Very Doable. (I often comment on someone's post with "reblogging now!" and then I post a quick link). There are actually social norms on tumblr that I don't particularly enjoy (like the thing where your dash may be filled with 50 reblogs of the same thing), and I think a DW-style "reblog" fixes that problem.