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i have many tumblrs! it's a very useful medium for creating single-idea projects.

initially i only created an account in order to keep track of a friend's posts. then i started using it as a sort of bookmark-with-commentary site for things i wanted (tattoos, gifts for others, etc). more recently it's become a place to post images of birds that i like, and i'm also using it more as a general platform.

the lack of image description is a problem, as you mentioned. i actually emailed tumblr support to ask why they didn't have an alt field on the image post page, and received a very unsatisfactory response. since then i always write a description of images i post, although i confess that i sometimes don't for images that i reblog.

probably one way i differ from other users is that i don't use the like feature to indicate that i like something. i use it as a sort of bookmarking.

i definitely second your comment about not simply following people who you know from other places. the good thing is that there's no notification when you 'unfollow' people, although they will probably discover it at some point if they pay attention to their number of followers.

probably my main dislike of the site is that there's no (easy) way to customise the dashboard--either the appearance or function. for instance, i find it really annoying that there's no direct link to the actual posts from within the dash. so i have to go to the person's main tumblr page and then click a link to go into the post from there.

when i initially created my account there, there weren't even as many opportunities for commenting as there are now and i sort of didn't see the point. as i've gradually increased my use, though, i find that i prefer those relative limitations. so i don't, for instance, have an 'ask' box. and i don't enable replies to my posts.

what i love about the site is the ease of posting. it is extremely elegant and streamlined, which more than makes up for any functions lost. that's the primary reason i switched from using wordpress for my two poetry 'blogs'. wordpress and even dreamwidth were simply too bulky: i didn't need all those extra features for what i wanted to do. tumblr makes it feel effortless.

long rambly comment is long and rambly! it's hot and i can't sleep; that's my excuse. ;)