ianbroyles:
Tumblarity redesign
Tumblr recently introduced a beautiful looking stats page where you can keep track of all kinds of things. Many people (myself included) see it as statistics for a popularity contest. I’m not saying there is anything wrong with that, it’s actually a lot of fun when the numbers are going up.
However, I kind of went the other way on that. On enjoysthin.gs, I actually made it harder to see friend counts and number of enjoyed things and things like that. I did that specifically because I didn’t want to turn it into a competition.
When your personal URL is pronounced like “Ted Roden Enjoys Things” you don’t want that site giving you unneeded pressure.

ianbroyles:

Tumblarity redesign

Tumblr recently introduced a beautiful looking stats page where you can keep track of all kinds of things. Many people (myself included) see it as statistics for a popularity contest. I’m not saying there is anything wrong with that, it’s actually a lot of fun when the numbers are going up.

However, I kind of went the other way on that. On enjoysthin.gs, I actually made it harder to see friend counts and number of enjoyed things and things like that. I did that specifically because I didn’t want to turn it into a competition.

When your personal URL is pronounced like “Ted Roden Enjoys Things” you don’t want that site giving you unneeded pressure.

Reblogged from ian
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