Because the model of tumblr is to post mainly lone images, very few of them are credited and their sources can be ultimately very difficult to trace. The way tumblr functions is essentially to publish copyrighted images without permission. This means lot’s of artists work is being published without credit. This is not always a bad thing as artists work (credited or not) is receiving lot’s of free publicity fuelled by the users themselves however intellectual property laws are supposed to protect this.
Tumblr meetups…
Just found out about tumblr meet ups…there so many in Birmingham
But I’m too much of an awkward turtle to go haha
Social networking sites like tumblr change the way people socially interact. For years the media have been claiming youth are made antisocial and reclusive by the internet but platforms like tumblr allow for strangers to meet it each other online which sometimes translates to in-person. Like in the case of ‘tumblr meet-ups’ and ‘tumblr friends’.
Despite the ban blogs like this can still be readily found on tumblr. The policy would be implemented on a “blog-by-blog” basis so is limited in how effectively it can monitor all of tumblr’s 55.9 blogs.
(via pro-anapussycat)
mia-ana: Reasons to be thin
1. remember how ugly courtney was before and how pretty she is now because of how much weight she lost
2. you don’t want to feel self conscious because of your stomach
3. cottage cheese arms and thighs…ew
4. a boy will never love you fat
5. think of all the horrible double chin pictures
6. you want to be hot not “cute”
7. you will feel lighter, healthier, better
8. think summer: tan, long hair, thin, bones
9. you want to be cute, indie, fragile, artsy
10. it is pretty easy to do…it only takes a few months to really notice a big change. think about sarah. she lost so much weight in only a few months and looks soooo much better. all the guys think shes hot.
11. you can wear whatever you want
12. if you run into him you want him to think you look amazing not that you’ve become a fat cow in the last year
13. boney back
14. think tny think caitlyn fashion
After realising the huge scope of blogs promoting eating disorders and self harm, Tumblr recently decided to ban these sorts of blogs. They said in a statement on their site ”There are messages and points of view that we strongly oppose and don’t want to be hosting.”
Shane Richmond of The Telegraph wrote “Marc LaFountain, Tumblr’s vice president of support, said that Tumblr wanted to respect freedom of speech but felt that it was important to protect the young people who use the site.”
tumblr is largely used by the teenage demographic
Many users post “personal” content, their own photos, and entries on their lives and feelings. An overwhelming amount of blogs documenting depression and supporting anorexia and bulimia exist of tumblr.
Not a bad day! / on Instagram http://instagr.am/p/KvhpZttDIu/
Instagram, a free photo sharing program that allows users to take, edit and publish photos via smart phones is changing the way people document their lives. In the past to take a photograph, a film camera with an involved developing process or later digital cameras that then needed photos to be uploaded to a computer and published on a separate site would have been used. The accessibility and easy-to-use nature of Instagram is responsible for it’s huge popularity (50 million users as of March 2012). Instagram photos dominate Tumblr’s user generated content.
Just did test bicycle runs to figure out how long my commute will be to the Starbucks I’m going to be working at.
25-35 minutes.
Naht Bad.
People also use tumblr to post personal information that would previously not have been able to be shared on the scale it is today.
Tumblr is also used as a platform for people to publish and publicise their own artwork. This user generated content online replaces older methods artist had used, developing a folio and personally sending it out in order to be seen.
(Source: cur3es)
