I was walking home Wednesday evening, working through my Instapaper account, when I came across this quote — I liked it, so I used Instapaper’s sharing functions to post it here to Tumblr. One actual friend retweeted it, then a few of her friends, and less than 48 hours later, we have the most reblogged and liked thing I’ve ever posted on Tumblr. Some quick notes regarding a post gone viral: It shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. The vast vast majority of those reblogging this quote have not added any further comments to it. Maybe because I didn’t? Maybe because the original writer said it well enough on her own? Who knows. They add tags, though, with stuff like “THIS” or “YES GOOD.” I suppose this is the thing all the kids are doing these days. I would love to know how many people actually clicked through to read the piece. I’d like to think it’s a large percentage, but there’s no way of knowing without sneaking into ThinkProgress’s stats. I will also observe that over 1,400 reblogs/likes? Equals exactly ONE new follower. (Related topic for a later date: “Why aren’t more people following meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.”) That’s not a big deal, though. I mean, I am genuinely gratified to have posted something which clearly resonates profoundly with the Tumblr userbase. I guess I’m just missing Tumblrarity. Just a little bit.

I was walking home Wednesday evening, working through my Instapaper account, when I came across this quote — I liked it, so I used Instapaper’s sharing functions to post it here to Tumblr. One actual friend retweeted it, then a few of her friends, and less than 48 hours later, we have the most reblogged and liked thing I’ve ever posted on Tumblr.

Some quick notes regarding a post gone viral:

  • It shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
  • The vast vast majority of those reblogging this quote have not added any further comments to it.
  • Maybe because I didn’t? Maybe because the original writer said it well enough on her own? Who knows.
  • They add tags, though, with stuff like “THIS” or “YES GOOD.” I suppose this is the thing all the kids are doing these days.
  • I would love to know how many people actually clicked through to read the piece. I’d like to think it’s a large percentage, but there’s no way of knowing without sneaking into ThinkProgress’s stats.
  • I will also observe that over 1,400 reblogs/likes? Equals exactly ONE new follower. (Related topic for a later date: “Why aren’t more people following meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.”)
  • That’s not a big deal, though. I mean, I am genuinely gratified to have posted something which clearly resonates profoundly with the Tumblr userbase.
  • I guess I’m just missing Tumblrarity. Just a little bit.
  1. sophiahelix said: Oh, hah, that was all over my dash yesterday and I didn’t even know that was from you originally.
  2. sirhellsing420 reblogged this from lizlet
  3. spytap said: Also: the effort that one puts into a tumblr post is directly inverse to its popularity on the platform.
  4. lizlet posted this
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