Clearly the majority of blogs I have links for are on Tumblr. There are also some on Wordpress and some here on Blogger and a small number privately hosted. I tried Wordpress and found it hard to manage. Tumblr, 'though, really annoys me.
First most "spanking" blogs have a huge proportion of non-spanking related material. I notice that Secret Spanko has just returned to blogger for just that reason. (Note that although I do post mainly on spanking and and many links are for spankings sites, I don't actually title my site as a spanking blog and I do feature some links to BDSM, candid nudity etc).
Second, it seems technically flawed. Roughly speaking when I click on the blog name in my Blogroll, about a quarter of the time it tells me the blog isn't available right now (not just that it might contain sensitive material - I've got the hang of that one by logging myself into Tumblr first and keeping that open in a separate tab) but if I click on the name of the most recent post it opens perfectly fine and if they've set up an archive option that works fine as well. So it is available - just unfriendly.
Most of all 'though I dislike to culture that promotes reblogging things all the time. If you've ever checked out the links in my Blogroll you'll know that there's quite a lot and I do spend some time (too much) browsing them. If I scan through two or three posts and then spot something that looks familiar I tend to assume I've already seen blogposts on that site prior to that date. But in fact, the frantic reblogging of anything good often means I then see that same image on several more sites and therefore I don't know if I might have missed something. One day last week I saw three posts on one site and the next blog I looked at had the same three posts in the same order. Of course a lot of the material I post has been on other blogs, but usually it's from some time ago and I think people might not have seen it if they haven't been around for long or they might just like reminding. Or I repackage it around a particular theme. I think just filling a blog with the images you've just seen someone else post is causing the blogging community (and in this case specifically, the spanko blogging community) to become very bloated.
Am I just becoming grumpy in my old age?
First most "spanking" blogs have a huge proportion of non-spanking related material. I notice that Secret Spanko has just returned to blogger for just that reason. (Note that although I do post mainly on spanking and and many links are for spankings sites, I don't actually title my site as a spanking blog and I do feature some links to BDSM, candid nudity etc).
Second, it seems technically flawed. Roughly speaking when I click on the blog name in my Blogroll, about a quarter of the time it tells me the blog isn't available right now (not just that it might contain sensitive material - I've got the hang of that one by logging myself into Tumblr first and keeping that open in a separate tab) but if I click on the name of the most recent post it opens perfectly fine and if they've set up an archive option that works fine as well. So it is available - just unfriendly.
Most of all 'though I dislike to culture that promotes reblogging things all the time. If you've ever checked out the links in my Blogroll you'll know that there's quite a lot and I do spend some time (too much) browsing them. If I scan through two or three posts and then spot something that looks familiar I tend to assume I've already seen blogposts on that site prior to that date. But in fact, the frantic reblogging of anything good often means I then see that same image on several more sites and therefore I don't know if I might have missed something. One day last week I saw three posts on one site and the next blog I looked at had the same three posts in the same order. Of course a lot of the material I post has been on other blogs, but usually it's from some time ago and I think people might not have seen it if they haven't been around for long or they might just like reminding. Or I repackage it around a particular theme. I think just filling a blog with the images you've just seen someone else post is causing the blogging community (and in this case specifically, the spanko blogging community) to become very bloated.
Am I just becoming grumpy in my old age?
3 comments:
I agree with you. My main kinky medium is still Blogger. Tumblr is just a bunch of dead blogs or repeated images / gifs.
But i've added Secret Spanko to my tumblrs-i-follow, cos I too have just been to his blog.
Same here. When I click on a Tumblr link I usually get the 'Sensitive COntent' warning. It's an absolute pain getting through that barrier.
I've checked out Secret Spanko too and quite like what I've seen so far.
thanks y'all. tumblr is a pain. no doubt about it. its especially irritating on mobile app. blogger was great for awhile, but honestly, maintaining a blog became more of a chore than fun. James, I'll check out your book on KU. I'm a fan of the spanking library story site, but easier to read on kindle.
Mark
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