firecat: damiel from wings of desire tasting blood on his fingers. text "i has a flavor!" (Default)
firecat (attention machine in need of calibration) ([personal profile] firecat) wrote2013-01-19 04:32 pm
  • Add Memory
  • Share This Entry
Entry tags:

How the heck do you keep on top of Tumblr?

I really like some of the alternative/political stuff being posted on Tumblr, but I find it difficult to keep up with because of the lack of a reading list feature. If you keep up with Tumblr how do you manage it? Bonus points if your answer is something other than "refresh it every 10 minutes all day." :-)
Threaded | Flat
foxfirefey: A wee rat holds a paw to its mouth. Oh, the shock! (thoughtful)

[personal profile] foxfirefey 2013-01-20 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
So, I'm not very familiar with Tumblr, but I thought following + the dashboard was the reading list equivalent?
sqbr: me in a graduation outfit. Trust me, I'm a doctor (of maths) (doctor!)

[personal profile] sqbr 2013-01-20 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
I choose who I follow very carefully, and use tumblr saviour to remove anything they spam too much of.

(Also I am home all day with nothing better to do than refresh it a lot :))
ailbhe: (Default)

[personal profile] ailbhe 2013-01-20 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
I don't keep up. I skim. Some people I read all of but mainly I skim.
snippy: Lego me holding book (Default)

[personal profile] snippy 2013-01-20 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
I created a separate tumblr for some subjects. THen when I have the spoons to deal with my responses to those subjects I can read those tumblrs.
0jack: Closeup of Boba Fett's helmet, angular orange stripe surrounding a narrow window on a greenish metallic field. (Default)

[personal profile] 0jack 2013-01-20 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
You can track tags and some groups will make special tags for their own use. You can check out Tumblr Savior, it might have some options for you. Like someone else said, you can make sub-Tumblrs and use each as a subject reading list.
trouble: Sketch of Hermoine from Harry Potter with "Bookworms will rule the world (after we finish the background reading)" on it (Default)

[personal profile] trouble 2013-01-20 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
I just go to the tumblrs of people I think make good posts every couple of days.
yifu: (young mustang)

[personal profile] yifu 2013-01-20 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
Like everyone said - I follow only those whose posts I want to read or don't post too much. Checking the tags is also good. Though sub-Tumblrs means extra dashboards to me.
lilacsigil: 12 Apostles rocks, text "Rock On" (12 Apostles)

[personal profile] lilacsigil 2013-01-20 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
I gave up and haven't gone to tumblr (except to posts linked from DW) in two months.
zeborah: Map of New Zealand with a zebra salient (Default)

[personal profile] zeborah 2013-01-20 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
I only follow a couple of people on Tumblr and just use RSS feeds to do so. But I don't really understand Tumblr, so....
andrewducker: (Default)

[personal profile] andrewducker 2013-01-20 10:24 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry, I just use the Dashboard!
owlmoose: (Default)

[personal profile] owlmoose 2013-01-20 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I skim a lot, and I accept that I'm not going to see everything. If something really good comes along, I trust that someone will reblog it eventually at a time I can see it.

[identity profile] epi-lj.livejournal.com 2013-01-20 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't do anything in particular. I mean, I do check it often. But I just scroll back to the last thing I saw each time. If I go too long, I don't worry about seeing *everything*. But mostly I don't find it that difficult to keep on top of. A lot of it is kind of rapid-scrolling.
Threaded | Flat