{"id":16338,"date":"2012-06-07T10:41:18","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T08:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=16338"},"modified":"2012-06-07T10:41:18","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T08:41:18","slug":"wordpress-tumblr-and-thinking-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/06\/07\/wordpress-tumblr-and-thinking-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress + Tumblr, and thinking behind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Matt Mullenweg<\/a>, insightful as always:<\/p>\n

While the tech press often likes to paint companies in a similar market as competing in a zero sum game, the reality is that all are growing rapidly and services feed each other and cross-pollinate more than anyone gives them credit for.<\/strong> Tumblr built a dashboard reader product that has tons of pageviews and lots of followers, which can provide distribution for blogs much in the same way Facebook and Twitter do. (Its 85%-on-dashboard-centric usage looks more like a social network than a blogging network, actually.)\u00a0WordPress has fantastic content that people on Tumblr love, and Tumblr has a rich and diverse content and curation community that can drive new visitors to WordPress \u2014 it\u2019s like peanut butter and chocolate<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s true that\u00a0we\u2019re becoming simpler and more streamlined\u00a0and it\u2019s a process driven by our design vision and our community, not what any particular competitor is doing<\/strong>.\u00a0WordPress has always flourished because it\u2019s a hassle-free digital hub \u2014 a home on the web you can control, customize, and truly own due to the fact that it\u2019s Open Source software. WordPress is the antidote to walled gardens.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Matt Mullenweg, insightful as always: While the tech press often likes to paint companies in a similar market as competing in a zero sum game, the reality is that all are growing rapidly and services feed each other and cross-pollinate more than anyone gives them credit for. Tumblr built a dashboard reader product that has … Continue reading WordPress + Tumblr, and thinking behind<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62,1334,60],"tags":[29,2912,1152,3025],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-16338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","category-web-work","category-wordpress","tag-blogging","tag-open-source","tag-social-networks","tag-tumblr"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t