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minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·15 hours agoTIL: Tumblr is still alive. What’s the point of it just being WordPress though? That’s…odd.
minus-squaremostlikelyaperson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoIt’s because tumblr is owned by the company of one of the original wordpress creators.
minus-squareP1nkman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoYes it is, and my wife is one of two who pays a subscription to it…
minus-squareTony Bark@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·15 hours 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-up11·15 hours agoWhy are you comparing them as if they’re equivalent?? Wordpress is being used as a backend for tumblr
minus-squareTony Bark@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours 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-up6·15 hours agoSorry, I mean why even call it Tumblr if it’s just WordPress at this point?
TIL: Tumblr is still alive.
What’s the point of it just being WordPress though? That’s…odd.
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…
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.