Putting aside the flack Tumblr has gotten for their downtime issues of late, they seem to have captured a segment of the market that wants and desires simplicity. WordPress, for all it’s amazing innovation these past few years striving to become the top dawg in the CMS space, may have alienated the users that were happy with a simplified blogging experience.
Page.ly co-founder Joshua Strebel asks if Tumblr is the new WordPress (h/t @laughingsquid)
Scroll down the page for the interesting discussion.
Tumblr as a CMS? One word — Tumbeasts.
I find the exchange enlightening because I went straight to Tumblr after using Blogger for nine years and various CMS in news companies where I have worked.