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minus-square@just_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish66•3 months agoTIL: Tumblr is still alive. What’s the point of it just being WordPress though? That’s…odd.
minus-squareTony BarklinkfedilinkEnglish22•3 months agoThey’re completely incompatible systems. Tumblr was always more of a microblog while WordPress is basically a CMS, at this point. The only way to get those two to talk would be to federate, now that I think about it.
minus-square@morrowind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish19•3 months agoWhy are you comparing them as if they’re equivalent?? Wordpress is being used as a backend for tumblr
minus-squareTony BarklinkfedilinkEnglish6•3 months agoI didn’t know. I’m used to the version you self-host, not whatever the service is using.
minus-square@just_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•3 months agoSorry, I mean why even call it Tumblr if it’s just WordPress at this point?
minus-square@Kellenved@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoThe bird motif is up for grabs, call it Warbler
minus-square@mostlikelyaperson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•3 months agoIt’s because tumblr is owned by the company of one of the original wordpress creators.
minus-square@P1nkman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months agoYes it is, and my wife is one of two who pays a subscription to it…
TIL: Tumblr is still alive.
What’s the point of it just being WordPress though? That’s…odd.
They’re completely incompatible systems. Tumblr was always more of a microblog while WordPress is basically a CMS, at this point. The only way to get those two to talk would be to federate, now that I think about it.
Why are you comparing them as if they’re equivalent?? Wordpress is being used as a backend for tumblr
I didn’t know. I’m used to the version you self-host, not whatever the service is using.
Sorry, I mean why even call it Tumblr if it’s just WordPress at this point?
Tumpress
Wordbler
Wordblur; I like that one.
The bird motif is up for grabs, call it Warbler
It’s because tumblr is owned by the company of one of the original wordpress creators.
Yes it is, and my wife is one of two who pays a subscription to it…