Today I want to commemorate the fallen Tumblrs. Each Tumblr offers a unique perspective on this great thing we call life. And life is worth living, whether it is virtually or in real life. Some people can balance both lives, living in the present physically and virtually. Compared to Blogspot, Tumblr shows a beautiful, glistening future, one where anything is possible and re-bloggable. Even the most content-driven Tumblrs have a capacity to re-blog, to like, and perhaps even comment. When I think of a sharing, caring future on the internet, I think only of Tumblrs, glistening in their glossy photos, GIFs, audio samples, and GIFs.
I receive large amount of Tumblr notifications each and every day. Anyone who follows me fills my heart with a passion that is undefinable, unknowable, but infinitely lovable. For a while I received so many they began going to my spam folder. But that no longer happens. I want all my notifications to be free, wandering about the inbox, causing mischief.
Nothing makes me sadder than a discontinued Tumblr. It breaks my web-based heart. Here you are, blogging your little mind out, and one day you stop. I wish you’d step back from that ledge my friend. You could cut ties with all the lies that you’ve been living in. And if you do not want to re-blog me again, I would understand. I would understand. But I don’t want you to take that final jump, out of the internet and into real life. Live in both.
Sometimes when I’m blue I come here. I read the wonderful things people say about my writing. Real life rarely gives me the opportunity to write long screeds about nothings. Occasionally I find myself at a really, really, totally hip party, but that is rare. Most of the time the people I meet I wonder: what if they found my blog. Would they ever think of me in the same way again? Or could there be a certain discomfort to knowing such things?
Perhaps that’s why people delete Tumblrs, go off Facebook, and do other (IRL) things. I understand. It does hurt. You do not need to carry that burden. Others are there to help you. Think of Alt Lit Gossip. Frank Hinton saw it, on the side of the road, near-dead. She brought it back to her apartment in a super-secret part of Canada. Alt Lit Gossip was nursed back to health through relevant content. When you leave a Tumblr, it doesn’t stay gone forever. Someone else should pick it back up; let it become healthy once more.
If you are thinking about dumping or deleting a Tumblr, think twice. Think about your followers, your friends, who rely on your witty comments, silly photos, and occasional written content. Make sure that if you need to leave, you put your Tumblr up for adoption so it can find a good home.
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