DAVID KARP

Liz Roberts

HUMBLE BEGINNINGS

• 11: began learning HTML, designed websites for local businesses

• Worked for UrbanBaby, an online parenting forum.

• UrbanBaby sold to CNET in 2006, started Davidville, a software consulting company with computer engineer Marco Arment

HUMBLE BEGINNINGS

• During a gap between contracts, Karp and Arment started work on Tumblr

• Launched February 2007

• Within two weeks, gained 75,000 users

WHAT IS TUMBLR?

• Microblog-users send short messages (text, video, audio) either publicly or privately

• Twitter

• October 1, 2013: 139.4 million blogs & counting and more than 62.8 billion posts in total

WHAT IS TUMBLR?

• Dashboard -live news feed, like Twitter.

• Tags- #stuff #like #this #at the bottom of #posts #the words aren’t squished together like #Twitter

• HTML editing-Edit blog to create unique theme.

SO WHAT?

• Why is Tumblr important?• Learn about world issues

• Syria• Government shutdown• DOMA & PROP 8

• Keep up with news• Laugh• Cry• Meet people with similar interests

THE MANY SIDES OF TUMBLR

PORNOGRAPHY

• May 20, 2013: Yahoo! to acquired Tumblr for $1.1 billion.

• Karp remains as CEO of the company.

• Yahoo wanted to make Tumblr more family friendly

• “According to an analysis of Tumblr’s 200,000 most-visited domains, 22,775 of them are adult – or 11.4 percent.”

• Keep adult-rated blogs and posts from showing up in tags

• Only way to find porn on Tumblr now is to receive a direct link.

• Can no longer search “adult” tags, only NSFW.

• All blogs flagged as “adult” cannot be seen when searching for that tag.

• Even NSFW invisible

NATURE/INDIE BLOGS

• Generally only photography

• Calming

HUMOR BLOGS

• Funny

• Creative

• Weird

• Sometimes gross

SOCIAL JUSTICE BLOGS

• Clash most of the time with humor blogs

• Can take things too seriously

• Spread the word about serious issues

FANDOM BLOGS

• Some get intense

• Waiting

• Fanfictions

• Big Four• Supernatural• Doctor Who• Sherlock• Harry Potter

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/19/in-wake-of-outcry-over-censorship-tumblr-explains-its-nsfw-policy-kind-of/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Karp&oldid=579929963

• http://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Microblog&oldid=4258254

• http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tumblr&oldid=579700865

• http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/20/tumblrs-adult-fare-accounts-for-11-4-of-sites-top-200k-domains-tumblrs-adult-fare-accounts-for-11-4-of-sites-top-200k-domains-adults-sites-are-leading-category-of-referrals/

• http://www.ibtimes.com/yahoo-censors-tumblr-porn-new-policy-makes-10-percent-tumblr-users-invisible-1353471

• http://www.dailydot.com/business/tumblr-david-karp-statement-censorship/

• Eluting.tumblr.com

• Distrustingly.tumblr.com

• http://alumninews.marygrove.edu/2012/01/31/marygrove-college-2nd-annual-social-justice-networking-event/

• http://cdn-static.denofgeek.com/sites/denofgeek/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/doctor_who_50th_poster_portrait.jpg

• http://www.ksitetv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/spn6dvdcover.jpg

• http://mediacdn.snorgcontent.com/media/catalog/product/w/i/wificonnectssmoke_fullpic.png