If you could add one feature to Tumblr, what would...

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Search for tumblelogs using text or tags.

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A way to smell the food posts and a tutorial on how to use the line reblogging thing that I can’t seem to figure out so...

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A goddamn built-in comment system.

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The ability to block someone from following me and the ability to upload more than 1 image per post. Also the ability...

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arshdeep answered: Dates in the Dashboard.

johnndege answered: nothing

tylerpaige reblogged this from david and added:

post a picture and have its click-through link be the full-size image, without having to host

aneilia answered: teleporting capabilities between NYC and SF

sahil answered: RSS for Dashboard

joannas answered: privacy for some posts so that only some can see them.

sweller answered: tumblitics

pasty answered: tag clouds, integrated commenting, iPhone ap, more focus on featured posts than blogs on the homepage

michaellynton answered: rss feeds for posts based on their tags

jamesdrewe answered: more posts per page (or exclude twitter posts from the count)

bir answered: comment system

blogofastudent answered: comments. Or the ability to contact the blogger. Tumbler is awesome though. Amazing Job!

khalanslh answered: a way to categorize profiles… for example, you’ll be in a categorie if you post music, videos, pictures, random… etc.

gesualdi answered: world peace

kevin1024 answered: New post type: Reviews

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mass-tagging/post-editing

ellens answered: a ‘bookmark’ for where i left off reading my dashboard last

timhoran answered: Simple Email/Mobile Posts (not pictures). Subject = Headline, Email Message Body = Tumblr Post Body. >Close2nd Multi-Photo Slideshow Posts

nav-chatterji answered: News streams specific to subjective tags, and pushed up based to the number of reblogs

moth answered: “Play all” button to stream all the songs or videos in my Tumblr Dashboard.

melanyouth answered: The ability to change reblogging layouts (how things indent, etc) independent of themes and without having to write your own css.

ericnelson answered: Comments within the dashboard. Sort of like this.

krispayne answered: Mobile Dashboard

enjoyette answered: “Friends page” (of ppl we follow) viewable in the same theme as our Tumblr layout theme.

rodmitch answered: RSS feed of the dashboard please!

honora answered: viewing my dashboard in a nice format on the mobile web

roxi answered: comments

lifeinsideout answered: comments section

gumnos answered: Control over inbound RSS feeds via the dashboard.

iansanity answered: Image ALT tags that work as the entries description for the RSS feed. And, re-blogging that allows your own comments for everything.

migueld answered: direct commenting like this!

benjoseph answered: Make RSS feedsa appear in my dashboard.

blondoverblue answered: when i click on links from them to open in a separate window so i can eaisly go back to the post

thebronzemedal answered: Direct Messages

jeffgiddens answered: the ability to add a week’s worth of mp3’s on one day for forgetful music bloggers - 7 mp3s a week rather than one a day.

efliv answered: I want, need, crave a separate RSS feed that ignores imported content so I can syndicate my Tumblr activity without creating dupes.

joshuatuscan answered: Ability to host the database on my own server

caz answered: Choice to reblog just to my tumblr rather than the dashboard - most times I have nothing to add and don’t want to clutter the dashboard

vruz answered: more “social” features like comenting on others’ posts from the dashboard (that can’t be done with Disqus)

butterflyeffects answered: The ability to access your own tumblrs on different log ins (which were started before groups became public) through the one log in… :)

karthiksetty answered: Have an image gallery option where we can upload a bunch of images as one post.

pzskc383 answered: Imagine this: fetched RSS feeds do not immediately in blog, but show up in some “queue” page, where I can choose to post or discard them.

imperialwizard answered: Orange soda dispenser.

kirstenbecken answered: tumblr_folio’s for everyone

albi answered: The ability to add some static XHTML pages and link them.

kayfabe answered: something like the old radar and a way to search through tags

tmblg answered: Bring back the old Radar. The current one is useless!

hybridjosto answered: more functional dashboard

synr answered: No more Tumblr.

freytage answered: to put more than one photo in a post…

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Hey david, is this the...you’re talkin about?

talley answered: display tags

craigz answered: From the dashboard allow me to see just my posts (incase I want to edit something from a week or two back). Thanks for asking!

bendelaney answered: An easier way to read all 239 of these bloody answers. ;-)

arturomoreno answered: Easy multiple tumblrs. One account to tule them all.

madthoughts answered: Oh. Oh this is slick. Ohhhhh shit this is hot. Well played. Okay A) this. B) commenting. C) more post types. Use your amazing imagination.

sciencevsromance answered: this is nifty, but keep tumblr clean, simple, and beautiful. there are plenty of other overfeatured weblog platforms out there.

pratyush answered: Multiple Photos support like in Posterious

helenpham answered: Option to “like” entries rather than reblog; like Vimeo.

lynnr answered: To be able to comment on entries right on your dashboard. (Kind of like this.)

zachhale answered: Cookies and milk for everyone!

soace answered: Did you draw your default

lindsaycampbell answered: some cute skins for people who don

yum9me answered: Tumblr Stats!

102828 answered: Lol. You rock David.

sicksand answered: rss for specific tag

daryn answered: this is an awesome feature!

tgumbel answered: A single RSS feed for everyone that you follow.

mialegria answered: comments and reblogging without following

mantooth answered: The ability to search for my friends on Tumblr by importing my Gmail contact list.

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On the drop down list...filter to “photos” and “videos”, etc, I’d like an option for...

lacey reblogged this from david and added:

He asked this about 10 minutes ago, and there have already been 67 responses, my favorite being “zombie poke”.

elioty answered: The ability to ask questions like this one.

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snydez answered: filtering-out on dashboard, so i can temporary unfollow people

noosphere answered: customizing dashboard, please. Thanks!~

geofox answered: Static Pages

michaelikesit answered: a way to mark the beginning and the end of what I’ve read in my dashboard that stays even if i shut my computer down

asie answered: a third option, where we can post just for peeps on our dashboard to see, not peeps who read our particular tumblr blog.

mdfsmash answered: this, and a way to sort my posts by type (i think it went away from before)

suzannexie answered: the ability to ‘search’ for any terms/tags used in all posts…i know, that’s asking for a lot. (you guys rock by the way)

jonhall answered: This question feels very zen to me.

soxiam answered: bookmarklet that can post to multiple tumblr accounts

jenrobinson answered: I’d like to be able to play all audio posts from my friends continuously - like a playlist or StreamPad. Thanks for asking!

cowsandmilk answered: a place to throw my peanut shells

highlow answered: comments please, nice-friendly tumblr comments

onlyjay answered: To be able to message other members.

jacksonlatka answered: Q&A….oh wait… This is nice!

adamgotterer answered: Static pages

rapvsweden answered: reblog stats, so you know who your real friends are!

letomoon answered: private messaging to other tumblrs

deef answered: polls, post queue, comments, better way to find other people who like what i like

beenthinking answered: I’d like to start a draft and post it in actual time later. When I share a private post, it seems to publish it when I first started it.

starline answered: The ability to see reblogs on tumblrs that aren’t on your dashboard.

fireflyfairies answered: a theme tune to your page, i dont know if it can be done but iv never been on anyones page that has a theme tune lol

shrinkwrapped answered: More options for easily customising how imported RSS feeds are displayed (like Twitter).

d-min answered: non-disqus comments

iboong answered: Unlimited text post

benisadork answered: i like it just the way it is. but you guys i’m sure will make it cooler :)

azizk answered: native comments supporting open id

adnanymous answered: The give me free Ben & Jerry’s ice cream feature :)

ericstrauss answered: custom css for the dashboard… and this is totally awesome

altidude answered: I’d like to choose how many blog items per page view. It would be nice to load up 30 or 40 and scroll at my leisure without paging back.

adriantumble answered: have a draft post queue; possibly even schedule posting date of drafts

kylewritescode answered: edit support in the api, as well as access to reblog and follower data

theipodguru answered: I like this thing you got going here. This Q/A thing. Like kapi said, I’d like a private reblog option.

matthewgruman answered: Use ID tags to bring me back to the post I’ve reblogged after I’ve reblogged; opposed to the top of the page. Everything else is pretty great

bip answered: comments like this. Comentarios como estos.

alexandraaaa answered: comments!

osakasteve answered: Something so that we might use your gorgeous interface but store our posts on our own servers. Make it a paid enhancement perhaps?

moot answered: Allow me to “follow” any RSS feed on the internet. So that I can use my Dashboard as my feed reader for all blogs.

jbm answered: Public collaboration forms.

neekolas answered: A way to condense long articles in the dashboard

jessicachu answered: A bookmark feature so you could know when you stopped reading your friends posts you could back to the last post you read.

taufiq answered: Allow others to add their own themes into the default theme section. That way, new themes are always available and easy to install.

pancho answered: this! q&A is awesome

robosheep answered: View reblogs of people you aren’t following.

whizhouse answered: add jumps on pages, I hate running a lot of text on the front page

armsultan answered: better SEO

dawnowar answered: this! and the thing that marco has… the reblog notes showed on the front side like they do in the dashboard

ruhi answered: Free Tumblr app that can be used to write posts/view the dashboard etc. for the iPhone!

jso answered: THIS is cool! Comments just like it. Limited length is cool, too!

alexbeaudet answered: This, and threaded reblogs / notes.

reiestrada7 answered: more apparent tag support. you know? a more accessible tag cloud thing that doesn’t require extreme customization.

gbattle answered: Native Disqus integration into the dashboard - Comment, Notes & Reblog in the upper right corner. Easy to integrate other comment platforms.

kendra answered: a search tool for specific posts or tumblr logs

kiyo answered: This! Or somthing similar to Twitter like @reply to your post

iammattjordan answered: being able to have a window to just see reblogs and new followers in one pane, seperate from the main dashboard!

pixie-dust answered: Post preview.

thegongshow answered: A version of the dashboard optimized to display on a Times Sq billboard.

jacobd answered: Bigger image support

arood answered: This one.

brocatus answered: comments on selected posts

joelaz answered: open up the dashboard through the api + rss feeds

nevyn answered: RSS for the dashboard. Tried to hack it together on my own by scraping but the result sorta sucked. (Native comments would rock too)

krishanu answered: A mobile interface for Tumblr! Or do you already have one? :)

goosebumpmusic answered: sort posts by people i follow in the same way as is possible with my own posts

startmeup answered: ability to comment to the user without reblogging

adamiss answered: this. this right here. love this direct answer approach. I like the idea of moving private conversations to email.

talby answered: A fully open dashboard API

abangupjob answered: tie: be better able to find blogs OR to post from pages other than front page of my dashboard.

grahamgrafx answered: Integrated, old, random, posts into the front page of my blog, that way new followers off-tumblr can see my older posts right there.

junesix answered: direct messaging to other tumblr authors

lovepuppy answered: reblogs to be seen in the dashboard only. like for the stuff you don’t want your boyfriends mom to see

mchlltrn answered: More songs

inky answered: :derewsna ykni

julie911 answered: Private comments and photo titles. This is really cool!

ryanb answered: having this Q&A feature! but also, built-in comments would useful for the masses.

pierreism answered: To be able to isolate and sort through an individual’s posts in Dashboard. Oh and to revamp the Explore page.

greendesigngirl answered: Multiple photo uploads within one photo post, pretty pleeze.

ortolano answered: I wish backspacing to the beginning of text entries didn’t freak everything out, causing my browser to go back a page!

tabitha answered: a built-in comment system.

medicenmarie answered: private messaging and stadistics

vertetbleu answered: title field on photo post, and start favorites without reblog.

eduruiz answered: photo & video title

imkevinxu answered: better content managing

breefield answered: “why i followed you” optional text input upon following someone

sqpeg answered: 1-This “answer/question” feature for users would rock for one. Or maybe a direct response system other than reblogging.

aaronindenver answered: support aac files, not just mp3 for music uploads

pile answered: this. also threaded notes

trey answered: The ability to list reblogs on the original post.

chopan answered: photo title

xyzprincess answered: real comments

davidhoffman answered: having photos i include in audio posts display on the dashboard.

peterwknox answered: The ability to save posts written ahead of time and post them later.

clarkdebonair answered: It would be nice to have an option for beefier, more blog-like posts. That may be counterintuitve to Tumblr’s telos, but that’s my $.02.

michelenicole answered: ability to “star” posts so you can easily find favorites!

energyface answered: A script that will give you a list of your most popular posts. Also, better archives— it takes too long to load / find content =)

eush answered: i’m sure it’s been said before, but an ability to mark posts as ‘favorite’ or something without reblogging it would be nice.

athymia answered: That Cbox thingy..u know?

obviedades answered: multiple users

stub answered: Even bigger buttons and text boxes.

mareen answered: to be able to respond to peoples’ posts without every external blog reader seeing it. E.g. with a function like this.

milesbarger answered: This, but expanded: responses held privately on the dashboard with the option to post, ability to send messages/notes in the dashboard, etc.

dannygarcia answered: Individual site pages (like, if I want an “About” page)! Yay!

bitchslaps answered: Make this question thingy available to me and also something something network like messaging between followers?

jeffrock answered: Private/beta API access :P

jitle answered: local comments, to be able to personally do this polling, localized searching

avalanche answered: Statistics

bijan answered: love this.

un answered: Cool freakn spy widget like this to talk to tumblrs

cultrvultr answered: search

yourdp answered: The old radar back. Simplicity in design never hurt anyone. I love cheezits.

amwelles answered: This answering thing would be nice. (:

morningstar answered: auto delete accounts requesting comments

rinsespin answered: dashboard rss

amyyy answered: this! i love it. I always want to reply to posts without having to add them as a post on my page. This would be a thing of beauty.

verydefinitely answered: this question/answer feature is uber cool. and it’d be awesome if it’s Tumblr only for the sake of keeping the inside jokes in the hood. :D

gean answered: A redesign, make it more funky

matthewb answered: Ability to show reblog info/notes in custom themes.

unconventionalitismnessity answered: This. (or comments)

eightyoneandon answered: comments, RSS dashboard.

nrbd answered: Comments. Real comments.

kbkarma answered: Entertainingly, this was one of the choices. Otherwise, comapatibilty with other video sites (Gametrailers, Veoh, etc.).

lifeofbk answered: Image galleries, to allow for people to post mulitple images, without taking up multiple dashboard pages.

kevintwohy answered: static pages would be nice — also, sms-to-text support is shoddy (esp for devices that don’t want to SMS to an email)…

alexs answered: COMMENTS!

wasted-efforts answered: “messages” that go to a person’s dashboard that you are following. They’d act as personal comments or direct contact

gregbrown answered: Some form of direct messaging; I want Tumblr people to be able to contact me, but don’t want to put my e-mail out in public.

erinnicole answered: a way to filter posts, either by type or people you are following

helloszabi answered: rss feed for dashboard

dstrelau answered: How the??? THIS! I would add THIS THING!!

katiebakes answered: A way to group Tumblrs you follow so that at the top there would be options to view “my Tumblr” “all Tumblrs” and then the various groups.

r2witco answered: alternative views for Archives (text based lists would be nice)

themarkpike answered: See the reblogs of Tumblr posts of Tumblrs you don’t currently follow.

neuski answered: Comments!!

evrt answered: some how show a map listing (geo listing) of tumblrs. i keep finding cool tumblrs to follow, but there really isn’t a place to see them all

allisonweiss answered: WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT IS THIS?! I WOULD ADD THIS THING!!!!!

election08 answered: this one.

trystero answered: the reblogging system is the core of the tumblr experience, make it better please!

azspot answered: better comment / reblog / note threading and/or hyperlinking

mascarah answered: ummmmm wow!

kevinmosley answered: No file size limits on audio MP3 uploads. Low quality audio kills my boner.

jacob answered: a fancier dashboard widget

kellyreeves answered: When reblogging quotes and chats, having a field to enter links/allow for proper source crediting.

robgonemild answered: A simple “comments” feature. I know there’s ome code for it, but unless you’re one of the Tumblr elite, you’d never know.

squashed answered: I would have Tumblr sell new post types for a few dollars. The default layout could remain quite simple—but could be expandable for a fee.

jdel answered: Find out when someone unfollows you.

djnewstyle answered: Comments.

krankmills answered: make images in text posts visible on the dashboard!

worldofwando answered: the ability to save a draft when i’m in the midst of writing a post.

atencio answered: An option to make certain posts and re-blogs “dashboard visible only,” so that non-tumblr blog viewers don’t see them.

vb answered: Let me rope in the other tumblr account I have into this one (it was pre-the current upgrade)

katrina answered: Tumblr-only posts (so non tumblrs don’t have to see in-jokes, etc)

johnnyfive answered: woah! this is cool?

karlaakins answered: caffeine

spiteshow answered: I second the small file hosting…and this question / answer feature

travors answered: A statistics page, detailing stuff like most reblogged post, who reblogs me the most, who links to me etc

pilnick answered: Enhanced dashboard browsing (marking position, working backwards navigation, etc)

ihavegoodtaste answered: It would be able to send private direct messages to other users’ dashboards. Sometimes you want to comment on a post without reblogging it.

webmarc answered: I’d add the ability to solicit responses. Oh wait…

sid05 answered: multi loops support (hey, this is amazing=))

delbertshoopman answered: Re-blogs that give you the choice of staying on the dashboard, or also showing up on your site.

hannahkc answered: comments…

alexbain answered: It’s a great product, but I’d love to see integrated polling/voting. It’d make the dashboard more interactive.

klash answered: i want to give some tips on css, xhtml, php scripts and if tumblr can seperate this coding part in the posts, it woudl be great

lickystickypickyme answered: pagenumbers on dashboard and blog pages

msg answered: multiple images in a post that end up being visible from the dashboard

marc answered: Abstract the tumblelog structure. Be able to assign the default to any tumblelog and have all public tumblelogs be able to Follow others.

soupsoup answered: Collapsable threaded discussions.

caro answered: Make me a sandwich.

brevitic answered: Search!

mavryx answered: Reblogs that allow the reblogger to upload their own image as well.

lacey answered: comments

walpaper answered: This feature, please.

paulscheer answered: multiple pictures in a post.

lfar answered: flagging certain items or having some way to tag something. Like video entries- I can’t watch them at work but I want to remember to watch

antikris answered: I want to see who UNFOLLOWS you. Quitters

deleteyourself answered: Fix the reblog conversations so it doesn’t make your own site look crazy.

cbeth answered: comments! and tumblr restraining orders for ppl you don’ t want to follow you or reblog you.

thedailywhat answered: the ability to title every kind of post

zackshapiro answered: this is an awesome feature!

sivadcm answered: This Q&A feature for everyone.

brianvan answered: zombie poke

cwm1955 answered: An easier search method of SEARCH for tumblr users

alla1 answered: integrted comments that would show up in the dashboard but no on the blog itself

scaramouche answered: The ability to post more than one audio file a day.

notthatkindagay answered: the ability to add headlines to any sort of post “video, photos, etc”

lilzet answered: Trackbacks, or something similar using search—reblogging with the rest of the ‘net!

catnoises answered: Comments without reblog.

thisisbk answered: a way for me to engage in the “reblog chatter” without making my own site look confusing to non-tumblr users.

nickmcglynn answered: “TITLE FIELD” ON “PHOTO” POSTS!!

digital-scrapbook answered: having this question/answer feature available to everyone!

westcoastlogic answered: mixtapes mang

cvxn answered: Allow private reblogs that only show up in your dash and the person you’re reblogging from.

stevenbeelen answered: notes (reblog, …) on permalink pages

reallykatie answered: re-blog to dashboard only!

purenine answered: More Free skins

rmblr answered: messaging service between users - not of the instant variety.

carlovely answered: comments.

mikehudack answered: Questions and answers!

bmichael answered: I’d ask for the ability to ask questions to specific users.

brendn answered: I’d like to be able to add static pages to my tumbleog, please!

insertname answered: Small File hosting!

marco answered: A way to escape the output of arbitrary template tags to be HTML- or Javascript-friendly.

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