Tumblr - Get to know the original microblogging in practice

Social networks take many forms, as evidenced by Twitter, Facebook and others. But few of them resemble the project called Tumblr. At its core, it is a so-called. microblogging. In the following lines, we will talk more about its possibilities and introduce you to this social network from A to Z.

Important Tumblr milestones

Before introducing the tools of this social network in more detail, we will first look at its history and important periods. All the important information can be found in the table below.

Subject	Value
Establishment of the company	2007
Founders of	David Karp and Marco Arment
Number of users after two weeks	75 thousand
Number of users in 2014	185 million

While Tumblr may be unfamiliar to many internet users, it's more than well known globally. This is evidenced by the growing number of blog posts, which reached 475 million in 2018.

Main social network functions

A social network of this type is based on several main pillars. Dashboard or main page is where you can view individual articles. At the same time, you can see the articles of other users you follow. Another important feature is Ask. This is a feature related to connecting with a blog user. If you plan to view an article on a specific day and time, you will use a tool called Queue. itself the article is then referred to as Post. The social network Tumblr also offers users the possibility of editing through HTML editing.

An integral part of the blog is the so-called tags, which is something similar to the Instagram and other social networks. Tags make it easier to search for specific topics, or they can express feelings or give a specific opinion on a given topic.

Tumblr and mobile apps

With the spread of this social network, mobile apps have also been developed over time. Over the years, these have been developed for all mobile operating systems. Some of them still work today - iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and Google Glass. Tumblr is definitely something different from the usual social networks, and you can see this for yourself.