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February Young adults who use social media, but not Tumble The Best Form of Social Media Imagine a rainy day when there is absolutely nothing to do. All the homework assignments you have are done, you have already gone through your chores, and none of your friends are available to hang out. As a last resort, you decide to go on a social media website. Many times I log off of the website to log back In five minutes later out of pure boredom. The issue l, and probably many other people, face is absolutely nothing has changed and the same boring stories are being featured.
With nothing else to do we sit there signed in, refreshing the page, waiting for something exciting to appear. Maybe It’s time to sign up for a new website. There Is a plethora of choices, but by chance, you end up signing up for Tumble, a personal blobbing website founded In 2007 by David Kara. Out of the 67% of people who use social networking websites, only about 6% of them use Tumble. Tumble is not statistically as popular as Backbone, but it is the best choice for a social media website.
Tumble Is the best social media website because It Is easy to use, allows the seer to keep in touch with friends, is extremely safe, and authorizes the user to express themselves. Cellophanes are widely used and it is a fact that over half of the adult population, approximately 61%, In the united States of America has smart phones. Many companies make it a point to keep their products “easy to use”. A tactic that companies are utilizing now is creating cellophane applications that either promote or support their product.
Tumble does have a smart phone app that allows the user to always have access to their account as long as their cellophane Is connected to the Internet. This feature makes the website user-friendly and allows for a flogger to almost always have access to their blob at the touch of their fingers. The layout of Tumble Is the same on a computer as well as on the cellophane app. This scalar layout makes Tumble easy to use, and once again creates an environment that is familiar to a user. There have been many times when I have personally heard of a website that Interests me, but then I would have to pay to sign up.
Tumble Is completely free. There are no credit cards necessary in order to sign up and there are no monthly payments to be a user. Therefore, there is no commitment to keep using Tumble. For example, Nettling is a great website to watch your favorite movies and television shows, but you have to pay monthly. Consequently, you feel compelled to watch Nettling since you’re paying monthly for it. Tumble has no advertisements flashing on your computer screen to get your attention, and in term, no spam. Backbone constantly runs advertisements on the sidebar that might annoy some users.
A flogger is free to come and go as they like. This is useful when one’s life gets a little deleted no matter how long it has been inactive. Since Tumble is free, with no ointments, and no advertisements, it creates a relaxed environment where a person views it more as an enjoyment rather than an obligation or annoyance. One of the main points of a social media website is the opportunity to communicate with other people. Tumble is a place where you create your own blob and “follow’ other blobs as well.
Although there is no instant messaging application on Tumble, it does offer an option to place an “ask” box on your blob. This is where people looking at your blob can go to ask you questions. This type of message requires an answer in order to be posted. The person’s question and the flogger’s answer can be public, shown to all the followers of said flogger, or answered privately, only to the person who asked. After following a blob for a few days. The option for “fan mail” appears in the corner. This type of messaging is in a pen-pal type of format and does not require an answer and cannot be posted to a blob.
This type of message is for personal use and strictly for communication between two blobs. I must admit that these are not as efficient as the Backbone instant message, but they do allow for communication in some form. Safety is another important characteristic of a really good social media website. Nowadays, the Internet makes it very easy for people to be tracked down and watched. Many forms of social media have features such as location trackers, “places you’ve been”, and locations to put your hometown, which makes it especially easy for a stranger to acquire personal information.
On Tumble, you only have to put as much information as you want since it’s your personal blob. It’s completely acceptable to be anonymous on Tumble since no pictures of you are needed for your blob. A Tumble user doesn’t even need to put their actual name on the website. A user name is the only thing needed. There is no information required in your “About Me”. Therefore, information on Tumble only goes as far as the user wants it to. A user is not obligated to post their personal information, which allows for a user to be as anonymous as they wish.
This is good because since it’s a website on the Internet, any “Joe Shame” can come across your page, and still will not know your name, gender, age, etc. That being said, this does not prohibit giving out personal information. Another safeguard is the option of password protecting your blob. This feature locks the blob until a password is accepted. Only after the password is correct will the lock disappear to reveal the blob itself. Of course, if faced with the possibility of danger, Tumble, along with many other social networking websites, has a way to block a specific surname.
This is the ultimate way to be assured that your information is safe from that certain surname. People, especially teenagers, in this decade have the tendency to express themselves via the Internet. Whether it be though pictures, statuses, audio posts, blobs, or videos, expression is necessary in the times we live in. Tumble is a website that lets an individual completely express themselves. Unlike Backbone, Twitter, and Instating, a Tumble blob is completely customizable. This allows for a wide variety of ages, genders, ethnicities and backgrounds to take advantage of the website.
Statistics from Perseveres show that Tumble users are about evenly split between male and female, which proves that it is not appealing to one gender and is content of a blob to whatever suits their fancy. There is no limit to how many times a user can change their blob. Since a user can modify their Tumble, it has many different functions. For example, bands, businesses, organizations, and individuals ay use Tumble to any degree they choose to. Tumble is somewhat every social media website you can imagine collectively composed into one efficient website.
With the feature to post pictures, view, like, and comment on posts, update a status, and endlessly customize, it has the backbone of Instating, complexion of Backbone, heart of Twitter, and soul of Namespace. Tumble aims not Just for social media, but ultimately self-expression with infinite possibilities. Whether you do or do not think that Tumble seems like a good idea on paper, the proficiency and excitement you get from using the website outweigh what every other social media website out there has to offer.
Tumble is a safe, unique, place with ceaseless possibilities that allows one to let go, signify their personal beliefs and desires, and communicate and locate people with similar interests. Of course it may not be the top in all aspects such as Backbone messaging, or the social aspect Twitter offers, it is best at uniting all important and necessary components that a social media website encompasses into a entertaining delight. If you do decide to log in and try it out, Tumble will leave you completely content with the experience and satisfied every time you log out.