But I can't be Sherlock Holmes

[sovay]

Aside from the fact that it would eat my life, I think the problem with me getting a Tumblr is that I would completely overthink it. I mean, the world is full of beautiful time sinks. I'd have to go through a lot of them if I were going to represent accurately the spectrum of things I find attractive to look at or interesting to think about. I don't have the time for that. I'm engaged in a job search. My free time, what there is of it, will drop spectacularly if I'm successful. The last thing I need is to get stuck into a new social media platform that requires me to spend even more hours looking at things on the internet. I keep away from Twitter for similar reasons: I am an obsessive person and I already stay awake until four in the morning writing about things. Also I do not think I naturally generate witty tags. This train of thought brought to you by the couple of people recently who've asked if I'm on Tumblr and this photobombing blowfish.

Comments

[dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com]

I decided to get a tumblr to reblog the things people linked me to that I liked instead of saving images/webarchives/what have you.

I am seriously considering deleting it. The other day I spend FIVE HOURS looking at tumblr. Beautiful things! I had a wonderful time! But FIVE HOURS.

You are very wise, is what I am saying here.

[sovay]

The other day I spend FIVE HOURS looking at tumblr. Beautiful things! I had a wonderful time! But FIVE HOURS.

That is pretty much exactly what I'm afraid of. I don't have five hours to lose every day!

(Also, if I'm correct, there's no way of saving Tumblr to a hard drive; it exists only online, in the cloud. LJ at least you can set e-mail notifications for. If I actually devote time to curating images I like, I don't want them just vanishing into the easily manipulable memory of the internet.)

[desperance.livejournal.com]

I love your photobombing blowfish, and appreciate the work it put into fetching along this train of thought.

[sovay]

I love your photobombing blowfish, and appreciate the work it put into fetching along this train of thought.

I am glad to have introduced you.

[greenlily.livejournal.com]

"What do you see?"

"...Everything. That is my curse."

(I technically do have a Tumblr, but I don't post things to it or whatever it is one does with a Tumblr--I use it only as a place to follow other Tumblrs. If I ever have a spare 5 minutes, I can open up my Tumblr dash and be assured of having a string of Things Relevant To My Interests to look at, such as pictures of cats getting into places they ought not to be (there is a Tumblr called getoutoftherecat) and pictures of hockey players with adorable animals (hockeyplayerswithpets).

[sovay]

I technically do have a Tumblr, but I don't post things to it or whatever it is one does with a Tumblr--I use it only as a place to follow other Tumblrs.

See, that was why I got a livejournal in 2004, and look how that turned out!

[yhlee.livejournal.com]

I have a Tumblr to which I never post; I just use it to save pretty images for my own reference, and stop in a few times a week or so. But I can see how it could become a bigger timesuck.

[sovay]

I have a Tumblr to which I never post; I just use it to save pretty images for my own reference, and stop in a few times a week or so. But I can see how it could become a bigger timesuck.

I am pretty sure that I couldn't use mine as just an image aggregator. I've been able to manage Facebook only by really not posting anything—I used it to announce my engagement and marriage and that was it—and not checking in daily, but I don't think I could do that with art. I'd run across really awesome things from the ancient world and odd historical articles and lots of pictures of the sea and I'd disappear.

[thistleingrey.livejournal.com]

I have a Tumblr to which I almost never post, and for long months I haven't even visited its dashboard to view others' posts. One too many feeds, for me. (The few Tumblr accounts I follow fit neatly into my syndicated (RSS/Atom) skimming, together with other non-DW/LJ blogs.)

[sovay]

One too many feeds, for me. (The few Tumblr accounts I follow fit neatly into my syndicated (RSS/Atom) skimming, together with other non-DW/LJ blogs.)

Yeah. I don't know how many different platforms I could follow without feeling that I was just spending my life skipping back and forth between the different flavors of social media. Like, most of the time I just want to read a book.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

All I can say is, if you get EITHER a Tumblr or a Twitter, I want to know about it.

[sovay]

All I can say is, if you get EITHER a Tumblr or a Twitter, I want to know about it.

Assented. I am trying not to, for all the above-mentioned reasons, but I will certainly tell people if I do!

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing the photobombing blowfish!

I've so far avoided getting a Tumblr for similar reasons. It's bad enough a timesink just when I start reading someone else's Tumblr and following the links.

Best of luck with the job search and all else.