June 24th, 2009

Tumblr's Directory Is Broken

Of the 50 most recent posts from each of the top 25 blogs in the Music Directory, only 4% are actually audio posts.  I checked.  The Tumblr Directory is ranked by Tumblarity.  Tumblarity encourages quantity over quality.  The one possible benefit I saw from Tumblarity is that it could potentially provide a valuable way to surface sites in the directory, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.  The sites featured in nearly every category of the directory are there because they post an absurd amount of viral content like sensational photos, which boost their overall score.  Few of them offer much value specific to the categories I’m interested in.

But I still like you, Tumblr.

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    show your favourites will get around this - will end up with people relying more on people whose judgment
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    Soo incredibly frustrating. Thanks for saying my thoughts, Joe Laz.
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    @alainabee joelaz:
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