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  1. Yahoo Might Buy Tumblr, New York's Cutest Startup →

    Looking forward to Monday when no one can call us a “revenue-free startup” anymore.

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  5. havearide reblogged this from lickystickypickyme
  6. regadas reblogged this from david
  7. dannyliberty reblogged this from rclations and added:
    That “rumor” was just made up. Are Tumblr and Wordpress even competitors?
  8. anexpatinlondon reblogged this from marco
  9. dennisq reblogged this from marco and added:
    Might Buy Tumblr, New York’s Cutest Startup
  10. corinney reblogged this from scouttt and added:
    Add me to the “Please, God, No.” chorus
  11. mitaimon reblogged this from david
  12. saitamanodoruji reblogged this from nakano
  13. hyaena reblogged this from alla1
  14. adriennehoughton reblogged this from nickmcglynn
  15. pokepuyo reblogged this from david
  16. infearandfaith reblogged this from iammattjordan
  17. ovan reblogged this from nakano and added:
    這幾天還在煩惱「有點太愛 tumblr 了」…
  18. macaroononastick reblogged this from lickystickypickyme
  19. nakano reblogged this from matuken
  20. honishi reblogged this from tyzm
  21. toocutebyhalf reblogged this from secretary and added:
    I’ve wondered myself here lately...Tumblr’s gonna...all over...
  22. tyzm reblogged this from marco
  23. nozma reblogged this from allisonweiss
  24. bo-rude reblogged this from pdl2h
  25. yuco reblogged this from marco
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  27. ooabikoo reblogged this from wivern
  28. dandrews reblogged this from marco
  29. sisforsara reblogged this from justojusto and added:
    Yahoo, don’t do it.
  30. chelseakim reblogged this from aprillynne and added:
    bah i would hate this tooooo. advertisement city.
  31. bravefacari reblogged this from david
  32. aifaustus reblogged this from meepmeepmeep and added:
    NUH UH, yous gots to step off thees sheet.
  33. ecaloshay reblogged this from david and added:
    Grats on the offer, but… Oh no! Not Yahoo! :(
  34. falconieri reblogged this from marco and added:
    Marco…but that is really shitty news.  : )
  35. scapegoat reblogged this from thomaswheatley and added:
    Am I the only one...has maybe 3 flickr accounts since Yahoo made flickr login weed through...
  36. placidiappunti reblogged this from twink
  37. xyzprincess reblogged this from soupsoup
  38. thomaswheatley reblogged this from aewsome and added:
    modthrash:thomaswheatley:brianvan:...I’m the same way. I once really enjoyed Yahoo — and...
  39. femmebot reblogged this from marco and added:
    Replete with snarkasm.
  40. stylelab reblogged this from nickmcglynn
  41. madisonk reblogged this from inothernews
  42. petapeta reblogged this from wivern
  43. dorkydancer reblogged this from lickystickypickyme
  44. xhotin reblogged this from marco and added:
    was going to ‘like’ this post, but...wrong message. Horrifying visions
  45. twink reblogged this from david
  46. wivern reblogged this from twink
  47. mikekarnell reblogged this from allisonweiss and added:
    I’m gonna be pissed when my mom says she started “one...those tumbley thingys.”...
  48. roflcoptr reblogged this from laurishly and added:
    Well, so far they haven’t really fucked up Flickr. I can’t really see how this could make Tumblr ANY better though....
  49. laurishly reblogged this from dagmarrr
  50. crazygibson reblogged this from inhishands and added:
    Hell NO!!! I love Tumblr
  51. itsallinmyhead reblogged this from thomaswheatley and added:
    answer me this please. how does tumblr currently make money?
  52. inhishands reblogged this from nickmcglynn and added:
    I disaprove of Yahoo. The whole ‘might’ comes because of the possible lack of revenue. For Revenue they’d need a lot...
  53. twink reblogged this from ontheroad
  54. guinnevere reblogged this from nickmcglynn and added:
    Good for them, probably bad for us.
  55. ontheroad reblogged this from savingoldlitter
  56. airport reblogged this from david and added:
    I guess Yahoo was going...sell out eventually. I just hope Tumblr doesn’t put ads up all...
  57. ronenreblogs reblogged this from marco and added:
    you, Marco Arment.
  58. smdnyc reblogged this from nickmcglynn and added:
    On gchat earlier: “omg, yahoo might buy tumblr? that’s either awesome news or terrible news” “could be awesome” “could...
  59. ary reblogged this from allisonweiss and added:
    petition now plz?
  60. ckolderup reblogged this from marco and added:
    really happy for Marco and glad that he’s doing well with Tumblr and blah blah blah, but he comes off as something
  61. hegs reblogged this from marco
  62. alexhwilliams reblogged this from moth and added:
    Dudes - don’t sell out, man…or do. It seems like my favorite services...end up on Yahoo!...
  63. lnr reblogged this from allisonweiss
  64. mikehudack reblogged this from marco
  65. ijustwantofly reblogged this from kaytee
  66. elegantdislike reblogged this from david and added:
    Please don’t sell tumblr ;__;
  67. knorri reblogged this from danielholter
  68. louvature reblogged this from marco and added:
    Boooooooooooo!!!
  69. barbara reblogged this from david
  70. marco reblogged this from moth
  71. danielholter reblogged this from david and added:
    say you’ll never sell out...one’s making any offers. Good on you, David. If the experience...
  72. dannyliberty reblogged this from david and added:
    That sucks. I’m really going
  73. adamgotterer reblogged this from david
  74. meepmeepmeep reblogged this from savingoldlitter
  75. geiss reblogged this from david and added:
    No David! Why?!?! Although you do deserve that many bills for making an awesome startup.
  76. failpire reblogged this from jonaha and added:
    Hmm Tumbhoo Yamblr? Couldn’t be
  77. dagmarrr reblogged this from allisonweiss
  78. katieschenk reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    Oof. Sucker punch. A piece of me just died with just the thought of it. I can’t wait until we find out that none of this...
  79. thisisfyf reblogged this from nickmcglynn and added:
    So there is a plan for this site to somehow earn revenue, other than selling it to someone that will quickly bastardize...
  80. andytlr reblogged this from david and added:
    I couldn’t care less if Tumblr sells. Infact it’d be great if they actually made some cash out of it. But Yahoo!?...
  81. jsj reblogged this from marco and added:
    …At least, judging by...Marco’s reactions,...story’s just...
  82. neavers reblogged this from allisonweiss
  83. thedvsangel reblogged this from nickmcglynn and added:
    this kind of scares me.
  84. pilnick reblogged this from david and added:
    Oooooo, Tumblr Pro on Monday? (Yes, I just reblogged the same post twice in
  85. macsmiley reblogged this from david and added:
    Well, David’s blogging this gives...bit of cred to this report, for sure.
  86. pilnick reblogged this from marco and added:
    be faecetious but...isn’t too bad here unless you’re really stubborn/stupid about
  87. mollyknight reblogged this from nickmcglynn and added:
    Don’t be a hard rock when you really are a gem, baby girl.
  88. byepolar reblogged this from allisonweiss and added:
    Maybe my favourite reaction
  89. misanthropolis reblogged this from david and added:
    Noooooo, I can’t have Flickr and Tumblr - my two favourite startups - in the hands of the same dunderheaded Frank...
  90. pete3 reblogged this from david and added:
    i’m total jelly david…total jelly. Yet I know you’d turn around and make something else great.
  91. moth reblogged this from marco and added:
    marco says: “All...sick.” Congratulations, David and Marco —
  92. allisonweiss reblogged this from blakeley
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  94. twistmac reblogged this from marco
  95. aprillynne reblogged this from upsider and added:
    saddest news of my day.
  96. soupsoup reblogged this from david
  97. byepolar reblogged this from johncody and added:
    I’ll have you know that i did pay attention but now David has added his comment I thought I should reblog it! so there...
  98. jonaha reblogged this from marco and added:
    marriage between...two entities produce even more value
  99. savingoldlitter reblogged this from elvira
  100. mastap2k reblogged this from marco and added:
    NOOOOOOO! Tumblr is great as...taking over Tumblr!
  101. auerbach reblogged this from david and added:
    I think Yahoo! is actually going...buy Gawker, in order to write more about Twitter and...
  102. alyea reblogged this from automaticinfection and added:
    DDDDDDDDDDDD: cannot happen! they better not change things and make it overcomplicated
  103. johncody reblogged this from byepolar and added:
    earlier today annnnnd nooo one paid any attention to it but nooow that someone made a new post
  104. darknessfalls reblogged this from david and added:
    DO NOT WANT!!!!!!!!!!!! David, may I remind you of some of the fucked up things Yahoo! has done
  105. secretary reblogged this from sharpless and added:
    I don’t think this is terribly troublesome… when Yahoo! bought Flickr, all hell didn’t break loose. Although, it could...
  106. elvira reblogged this from marco
  107. byepolar reblogged this from david and added:
    Well guys it looks like this thing is official!
  108. automaticinfection reblogged this from david and added:
    NOOOOOOO , tumblr is fine the way it is. please no.
  109. bigcrush reblogged this from mikehudack and added:
    From now on David, all the sushi dinners are on you! juuust kidding, I’ll gladly buy you a congratulatory sake bomb —...
  110. birdonawire reblogged this from inothernews and added:
    FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU
  111. rmonterosainz reblogged this from david
  112. femmebot reblogged this from david and added:
    Mixed feelings about this. Good for Dave, Marco and their investors. Bad for innovation and product integrity, IMO.
  113. culby reblogged this from lenier and added:
    Pro: Puck Daddy as...Tumblelog. Yahoo Avatars… Awful. Just Awful.
  114. marco reblogged this from david and added:
    All of the good stuff always happens...I’m home sick. I hope they let me work on some of...
  115. hryan reblogged this from think4yourself and added:
    No freaking thank you.
  116. florencio reblogged this from nickmcglynn
  117. puscic reblogged this from lickystickypickyme and added:
    What? I thought the opposite would happen
  118. mikehudack reblogged this from david and added:
    Take this as your confirmation people. Tumblr will be part of Yahoo! within
  119. unreason reblogged this from havent-got-a-prayer and added:
    Not cool, but at least they’ll make some money. If...goes through, I hope they don’t...
  120. nickmcglynn reblogged this from david
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  122. foureleven reblogged this from brianvan and added:
    I hope not. I hate anything Yahoo; it’s the sole reason why I stopped using Flickr.
  123. david reblogged this from blakeley and added:
    Looking forward to Monday when no one can call us a “revenue-free startup” anymore.
  124. brianvan reblogged this from upsider and added:
    The funny thing is that, now that...think about it, I can recall more acquisitions that...
  125. mindset reblogged this from blakeley
  126. apolloblanc reblogged this from havent-got-a-prayer and added:
    NO! dear god NO! Please David, DON’T let this happen! sell ad space if you need money, we wont mind much. Just NOT...
  127. brooklynmutt reblogged this from think4yourself
  128. trixmix reblogged this from justojusto and added:
    :( poooooiiieeeee
  129. han reblogged this from pauliophonic
  130. shinyredballoon reblogged this from iammattjordan and added:
    Seriously? We’re cool enough to merit at least a Google buyout…right? LET’S FIGHT THIS SHIZ.
  131. yellowhat reblogged this from blakeley
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  133. lifedigital reblogged this from michaelmcgee and added:
    That does not seem like a good brand fit, to me. Sounds like Yahoo is just trying to get into the social networking game...
  134. mcjocar reblogged this from nathen
  135. irishtexan reblogged this from iammattjordan and added:
    i am NOT a “hipster.” nor am i “self-indulgent.” and i definitely don’t only occasionally “rambl[e].”
  136. upsider reblogged this from thephenthouse and added:
    This is terrible news. Strangely enough, I wouldn’t be half as upset if it was Google… but Yahoo? Say it ain’t so!
  137. think4yourself reblogged this from michaelmcgee and added:
    wtf…can’t we have something that isn’t owned by a internet conglom
  138. nathen reblogged this from havent-got-a-prayer
  139. massromantic reblogged this from havent-got-a-prayer and added:
    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
  140. meswarb reblogged this from kaytee and added:
    how the fuck can yahoo afford to buy anyone?
  141. thenightdances reblogged this from havent-got-a-prayer
  142. alla1 reblogged this from blakeley
  143. nikoanesti reblogged this from lickystickypickyme
  144. raindelays reblogged this from shiningstar and added:
    Um, no thank you.
  145. becstfu reblogged this from havent-got-a-prayer
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  147. iammattjordan reblogged this from kaytee
  148. mllewang reblogged this from blakeley
  149. theroaring20s reblogged this from michaelmcgee
  150. lenier reblogged this from blakeley and added:
    Well, we had a good run.
  151. pauliophonic reblogged this from kaytee and added:
    I’m pretty sure I saw this coming.
  152. savingoldlitter reblogged this from msbadkittie
  153. joyengel reblogged this from kaytee
  154. 3rdworldgirl reblogged this from ledenes
  155. michaelmcgee reblogged this from inothernews
  156. codeit reblogged this from kaytee and added:
    About the time my Tumblr hoodie arrives….
  157. yankeegirl reblogged this from ewokonline and added:
    nothing lasts forever
  158. thegrasshopperunit reblogged this from inothernews and added:
    This is a bad idea.
  159. shiningstar reblogged this from inothernews
  160. thomaswheatley reblogged this from brianvan and added:
    It’s been real, y’all!
  161. justojusto reblogged this from ledenes and added:
    ledenes) Oh Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak! It is over for all this tumblr fun.
  162. lickystickypickyme reblogged this from shaneblog and added:
    If you let this happen David..I will unfollow you! Please say it isn’t so. Please.! It feels just as if you just found...
  163. kaytee reblogged this from blakeley
  164. shaneblog reblogged this from inothernews and added:
    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
  165. brianvan reblogged this from blakeley
  166. ewokonline reblogged this from inothernews and added:
    It’s been real, kids.
  167. spintree reblogged this from inothernews and added:
    I… don’t see this happened. Please?
  168. ledenes reblogged this from inothernews and added:
    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...inothernews:blakeley)
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