Comment on Tumblr's Internet LegacyComments−Apocryphon4yWas a Tumblr ever seen as a spiritual successor to earlier internet also-rans like Xanga, Livejournal, and MySpace? Platforms that unlike Facebook were much more user-customizable, even if it often made things much more garish.−Macha4yI think for a certain subset of users it was definitely the heir to livejournal−Izkata4yIf anything it was a cross between Twitter and phpbb forums.
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Was a Tumblr ever seen as a spiritual successor to earlier internet also-rans like Xanga, Livejournal, and MySpace? Platforms that unlike Facebook were much more user-customizable, even if it often made things much more garish.
I think for a certain subset of users it was definitely the heir to livejournal
If anything it was a cross between Twitter and phpbb forums.