1. 340 notes By david Introducing the new Tumblr Directory We’ve been really inspired by the work of Kevin Rose and his team on their new self-organizing Twitter directory, WeFollow.  The premise is simple: Everyone picks up to three tags to describe themselves, and the directory ranks everyone within each tag by their “follower” counts. The result is an entirely community-organized directory.  The problem is follower counts are a boring way to sort people, and rarely let anyone new surface for the community to discover.  Which is why we just launched our new Tumblarity stat to quickly bubble-up blogs that are gaining momentum. So here’s how the new Directory works: If your blog focuses on a particular subject, you can tag it.  Blogs are then sorted within each tag by their current tumblarity. Testing the Directory for the last couple weeks (using some rough filters), we’ve found thousands of interesting blogs we had no idea existed.  And the constantly moving tumblarity ranks mean new people are always surfacing. Please note:  We’re leaving this feature in beta until next week.  Until then, you can only pick two tags out of our pre-defined list.  Afterwards, you’ll be able to use any three tags you define. Between reblogging, search, Popular Stuff, the Map, and the new Directory, we’re pretty happy with all of the ways to explore and discover interesting people on Tumblr.

    Introducing the new Tumblr Directory

    We’ve been really inspired by the work of Kevin Rose and his team on their new self-organizing Twitter directory, WeFollow.  The premise is simple: Everyone picks up to three tags to describe themselves, and the directory ranks everyone within each tag by their “follower” counts.

    The result is an entirely community-organized directory.  The problem is follower counts are a boring way to sort people, and rarely let anyone new surface for the community to discover.  Which is why we just launched our new Tumblarity stat to quickly bubble-up blogs that are gaining momentum.

    So here’s how the new Directory works: If your blog focuses on a particular subject, you can tag it.  Blogs are then sorted within each tag by their current tumblarity.

    Testing the Directory for the last couple weeks (using some rough filters), we’ve found thousands of interesting blogs we had no idea existed.  And the constantly moving tumblarity ranks mean new people are always surfacing.

    Please note:  We’re leaving this feature in beta until next week.  Until then, you can only pick two tags out of our pre-defined list.  Afterwards, you’ll be able to use any three tags you define.

    Between reblogging, search, Popular Stuff, the Map, and the new Directory, we’re pretty happy with all of the ways to explore and discover interesting people on Tumblr.

  2. 82 notes By david

    The datacenter hosting Tumblr’s primary infrastructure just suffered major connectivity issues, leaving the site inaccessible for the last 30 minutes.  All access is now restored, and we’re investigating the cause.

    Our deepest apologies to anyone affected.

  3. 501 notes By david Introducing your new Activity page (and “Tumblarity”) Two big things: We’ve added a new link on your Dashboard labeled Tumblarity.  This will take you to your new Activity page where you can see cumulative and trending stats about your activity on Tumblr. For the past few months we’ve been using an internal metric called “Tumblarity” to sort and filter content on the Search and Popular Content pages.  Tumblarity is derived from every blog’s activity and popularity across our network.  We’re getting ready to start using it to organize the boss new Tumblr directory (which should be done next week!). For the first time, you can view your Tumblarity on the Dashboard and Activity page. Please ignore the fact that I’m less popular than fuckyeahparamore.

    Introducing your new Activity page (and “Tumblarity”)

    Two big things:

    • We’ve added a new link on your Dashboard labeled Tumblarity.  This will take you to your new Activity page where you can see cumulative and trending stats about your activity on Tumblr.

    • For the past few months we’ve been using an internal metric called “Tumblarity” to sort and filter content on the Search and Popular Content pages.  Tumblarity is derived from every blog’s activity and popularity across our network.  We’re getting ready to start using it to organize the boss new Tumblr directory (which should be done next week!).

      For the first time, you can view your Tumblarity on the Dashboard and Activity page.

    Please ignore the fact that I’m less popular than fuckyeahparamore.

  4. 82 notes By josh nycmeetups: Tumblr coasts collide on May 7th, 8PM at M1-5. Special guests Justine Bateman, Alan Sereboff, and Jill Kushner of FM78.tv. (hat tip to the Ridiculous Food Society of Upstate New York for the glorious image.) Join the Tumblr staff at M1-5 to watch the internet explode, take pictures of each other, and post them with pithy comments the next morning. We’ll kick-start it with a limited-time open bar, so equate fashionably late with fashionably sober.

    nycmeetups:

    Tumblr coasts collide on May 7th, 8PM at M1-5.

    Special guests Justine Bateman, Alan Sereboff, and Jill Kushner of FM78.tv.

    (hat tip to the Ridiculous Food Society of Upstate New York for the glorious image.)

    Join the Tumblr staff at M1-5 to watch the internet explode, take pictures of each other, and post them with pithy comments the next morning. We’ll kick-start it with a limited-time open bar, so equate fashionably late with fashionably sober.

  5. 91 notes By david

    NYC Meetup: New Bar Theater →

    New Bar Theater is hosting a very cool meetup in NYC tonight. They’ll be featuring work from some of our favorite Tumblr photographers (including Erin, Paul, Lauren, Chris, Erik, Melissa, and Katie).
  6. 199 notes By topherchris

    100,000,000th Post

    April 25, 2009 is a day you’ll tell your grandchildren about. Just imagine the bewilderment in their giant eyes when you explain that on this day, the 100,000,000th Tumblr post was published for all the world to see.

    It was arnug who made a post at just the right millisecond to gain this honor. Little could she have known that by posting a video of the opening credits to The Cobi Troupe, she’d be enshrined into the history books forever.

    (The Cobi Troupe was a TV show which stars the most famous of all Cubist style Catalan Sheepdogs, Cobi. Cobi was the official mascot of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and remains one of the most popular today. You’re welcome.)

    Congrats to arnug!

    The way I see it, we should all take some credit for this. We did it together! Just think: If you hadn’t made that one post that you totally regretted making the next day, we wouldn’t have all reached 100,000,000 posts as soon as we did. So a big thank you to everyone in the Tumblr community for doing their part.

  7. 83 notes By marc

    Paris Meetup →

    Thursday, April 30th, 8 p.m.

    Dune Cafe

  8. 351 notes By topherchris Internet, meet Christopher! Hi there! I’m Christopher Price. You may know me as topherchris from such posts as “The Funny Photoshop of That Thing on That Guy”, “My Top Five Uses for Bacon”, and the classic “Photo of Me on the Toilet.” For reasons I cannot begin to fully understand, the kids in charge over at Tumblr HQ have decided to offer me the esteemed position of Editorial Director. This is truly an honor and delightful surprise, since I didn’t even know they could afford a paid staff, let alone health insurance. I’ve spent every waking hour of the last couple of years building lots of fun toys using the Tumblr system, and every single day I’m consistently blown away by the ways you guys are using the platform to share your lives, your creations, and your gratuitous photos shot from angles previously thought impossible. I greatly respect the Tumblr community and believe that transparency is always the best policy. To ensure your approval of this move, I’d like to present the following Tumblr Resumé which I hope will diffuse any doubts you may have as to my qualifications for this position. I joined Tumblr just a week after it launched, on February 28th 2007. I’ve since created 3,433 posts. I’ve been reblogged 9,859 times. I’ve received 21,600 likes. I often have three Tumblr tabs open in Safari without even realizing it. I enjoy photos of cute baby animals. I really wish they’d fix the drop-shadow on the “Audio” post button, too. Thanks to everyone on the team for being so awesome, and a big sincere thanks to everyone who uses Tumblr for making it everything it is and everything it will be. BTW, please continue to refer to me as topherchris. This whole “Christopher Price” façade is just to meet New York labor laws.

    Internet, meet Christopher!

    Hi there! I’m Christopher Price. You may know me as topherchris from such posts as “The Funny Photoshop of That Thing on That Guy”, “My Top Five Uses for Bacon”, and the classic “Photo of Me on the Toilet.”

    For reasons I cannot begin to fully understand, the kids in charge over at Tumblr HQ have decided to offer me the esteemed position of Editorial Director. This is truly an honor and delightful surprise, since I didn’t even know they could afford a paid staff, let alone health insurance.

    I’ve spent every waking hour of the last couple of years building lots of fun toys using the Tumblr system, and every single day I’m consistently blown away by the ways you guys are using the platform to share your lives, your creations, and your gratuitous photos shot from angles previously thought impossible.

    I greatly respect the Tumblr community and believe that transparency is always the best policy. To ensure your approval of this move, I’d like to present the following Tumblr Resumé which I hope will diffuse any doubts you may have as to my qualifications for this position.

    • I joined Tumblr just a week after it launched, on February 28th 2007.
    • I’ve since created 3,433 posts.
    • I’ve been reblogged 9,859 times.
    • I’ve received 21,600 likes.
    • I often have three Tumblr tabs open in Safari without even realizing it.
    • I enjoy photos of cute baby animals.
    • I really wish they’d fix the drop-shadow on the “Audio” post button, too.

    Thanks to everyone on the team for being so awesome, and a big sincere thanks to everyone who uses Tumblr for making it everything it is and everything it will be.

    BTW, please continue to refer to me as topherchris. This whole “Christopher Price” façade is just to meet New York labor laws.

  9. 20 notes By marc

    Lucca, Italy Meetup →

    Saturday, April 18th

    Borgo a Mozzano

    (via luccameetup)

  10. 81 notes By marc

    London Tumblr Meetup →

    Thursday, April 16th, 7 p.m.

    The Crown Tavern

    (via hannahcooper)