Another blog? Tumblr

Tumblr is a microblogging platform and social networking websites founded by David Karp and now owned by Yahoo. Tumblr allows people to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog. Users can follow other user's blog and can make their own blog private. Tumblr host over 130.5 millions blog. Dashboard is the primary tool for the typical Tumblr user. It is a live feed of recent posts from blogs that they follow. Through the dashboard, users are able to comment, reblog, and like posts from other blogs that appear on their dashboard. The dashboard allows the user to upload text posts, images, video, quotes, or links to their blog with a click of a button displayed at the top of the dashboard. Users are also able to connect their blogs to their Twitter and Facebook accounts, so whenever they make a post, it will also be sent as a tweet and a status update.

Yahoo bought Tumblr for 1.1 billion on May 20, 2013 in cash. And promised "not to screw it up." The deal closed on June 20, 2013. Many of the Tumblr's user were unhappy with the news, causing some to start a petition, achieving nearly 170,000 signatures. David Karp will remain CEO.