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[careerset]

Hey,

If you steal my idea, call it “Employee exchange.”

[careerset]

*cybernetic real estate available*

Just want to let you guys know that in one year we’ll own this URL.

[cringefessions]

So, everyone knows all of the bad things of Tumblr, the truly shame-worthy stuff, but what good things do you guys legitimately think this site's users have?

Tumblr has a unique community and way of posting. The fact that many users are anonymous or semi-anonymous is a very good thing about this site. I mean on facebook and twitter I self censor a lot because it’s less anonymous and my real, actual face is on my twitter. I mean my face is on here, too, but it’s not plastered on my profile like “HI, HERE I AM, THERE’S THE EXPECTATION THAT I’LL USE MY REAL FACE AS A PROFILE PICTURE HERE”.

So that creates this unique culture that’s somewhat more open, but less theatrical. No one shows off for their friends here. Only a few of my friends know I have a tumblr.

But it’s less anonymous than a *chan site, or even a forum. Like if you map out forum responses, users tend to be in networks of interests, whereas tumblr builds networks of people. Users end up caring about each other.

And also tumblr didn’t choose to go with certain godawful choices that twitter and facebook made. The algorithmic timeline made me entirely stop using facebook, and I turned it off immediately on twitter. Stories aren’t a thing. “Since you were gone” is only a thing in the mobile app. Tumblr is a glorified RSS feed tracker, and that’s a good thing. The instant a social network becomes television, with someone else deciding what you see and when you see it, it’s time for it to die.

My point is that the ideal social network would be a lot like tumblr, but with a better codebase (with some features that it’s inexcusable to not have at this point- regex and wildcard searching, for instance, but few enough sites have that to get away with it) and advertising that actually worked. Or we could just start using ipfs and some sort of weird rss feed.

[careerset]

Users end up caring about each other.

Can I quote you on that?

Too late!

[careerset]

Hey Tumblr,

@staff, is it cool if I use your social network to create the platform LinkedIn has always wished it could be?

[goodideaexchange]

[careerset]

@goodideaexchange Excellent post. I know some stuff about running a social media presence well, so please bear that in mind when I make this proposal.

How would you like to work together? I’m a strong advocate of constructive criticism, and I'd honestly love any feedback you have on my blog. In exchange, I can offer you and your followers a narrative, and I will be equally committed to providing you with the feedback that blogs like yours so rarely get. Think of it as a case study in leadership.

[careerset]

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@goodideaexchange Where were you when I was just an idea starting out and needed instant backing so I could have a following of people who witnessed my idea get stolen by capitalists who would do it much better than I could?

[careerset]

>when the #career insurance tag has no results on Tumblr so you have a new idea for a feature

[careerset]

>tfw your sponsors want you to take down your seed post but you know the market better

[careerset]

Career\

Doesn’t it seems like there’s always someone hiring and always someone firing? Let’s fix that.

*insert amazing sales pitch about being able to maintain your career despite the business you (currently) work for going under, even though realistically this does not apply to industry jobs and only makes sense in the creative market*