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minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65·3 months agoTIL: Tumblr is still alive. What’s the point of it just being WordPress though? That’s…odd.
minus-squareTony Bark@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down3·3 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-squaremorrowind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·3 months agoWhy are you comparing them as if they’re equivalent?? Wordpress is being used as a backend for tumblr
minus-squareTony Bark@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoI didn’t know. I’m used to the version you self-host, not whatever the service is using.
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoSorry, I mean why even call it Tumblr if it’s just WordPress at this point?
minus-squaremostlikelyaperson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoIt’s because tumblr is owned by the company of one of the original wordpress creators.
minus-squareP1nkman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 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.
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…