Can I rant about something? I don’t like Tumblr blogs.

Why not?

Because there’s no way to leave comments on someone’s Tumblr blog post unless you have your own Tumblr blog. That’s so silly. This is 2010 and you’re maintaining a closed system where I can’t comment unless I’m a member of your club? I already have a blog. Why should I start another one just so I can comment on what you say? And you don’t even have trackbacks, so I can’t be part of the conversation if I blog about your post on my non-Tumblr (i.e. regular) blog.

Tumblr is different from Twitter or Facebook. It holds itself out as a blogging service. But blogging services should not be insular. Anyone can leave a comment on a WordPress blog or a Blogger blog. Not so with Tumblr.

So I just get annoyed when a link takes me to something on Tumblr.

End of rant.