In some defence of a decision which has turned on its head.
Like almost everyone last year, I too was tumblr slapped. This year I followed the guidelines on the video, the only thing I haven't done is add an rss feed. I have made my posts, more akin to a long twitter and so far, fingers crossed. all is well. Either way, I have received traffic from my one link to my blog and am getting some tumblr love along the way.
I was extremely sceptical of tumblr and recalling what happened last year, went into it with jaundiced eyes. So kept the initial entry short and spent but a few minutes writing and setting up the article. My follow up posts have taken less than a minute to write, each. The tumblr page is ranking well and I can see the reason for the gamble.
I know the pain of sites going upside down, but for the time being I am ok with tumblr and either way, my small time investment has yielded me some traffic to where I want it to go anyway.
I don't feel the 30dc team need feel any reason to apologise, it happens.
I still expect my tumblr to be pulled at some stage, until then...
Anyways, the decision has now been taken by the 30dc team to move people away from tumblr, but I do hope the training page stays up, because not everyone is receiving an immediate slap and for those who don't, over the coming year, it is worth running the blog.
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