"Reblog as link"

[yvannairie]

Since there was that kerfluffle with thisweekmeta, I've been thinking a lot about the benefits of sharing stuff as a link -- about how it limits spread, but also limits wank and dogpiling because each linked instance has a shorter reach, and also how a lot of the problems on Tumblr were because people could add to posts and dramatically change their meaning in the process, and it reminded me that once, Tumblr also had that feature

and people hated it.

Comments

[cimorene]

I used it a lot, and I do use the "link post" format sometimes... but um, I hate it because the default format, on the dash, is so stupid/hideous. I mean, it makes a huge block of a highlight color and then it sticks a headline over it in like, what, h1 size? So when I actually do post links a lot of times I use the text post style to do it.

Although yeah, the fact that posts were cut off - the actual substance and not just the form! - was an even more serious problem. (And also OPs probably didn't love it because people linking to it as a link don't show up in their post notes.)