Tumblr Classification Essay
Celyna Burgess
Ms. Binder
HTOW
13 October 2013
Eenei Meeni Miney Moe, Pick a Blogger, There You Go! A 16 year old girl sat crisscross on her polka dotted bed, bored and alone. Her laptop balanced gracefully on her jean covered legs, displaying an empty Internet Explorer tab mocking her. Her mind wandered to a conversation at lunch, a heated discussion about who had the most followers on a blue colored site called Tumblr. She wondered to herself what it was like on Tumblr and hardly noticed as her long pink covered nails slid across her keyboard, leading her to the greatest place on Earth. New members of Tumblr face a dilemma when creating their first blog, what kind of Tumblr user will they choose from. The Dedicated Fangirls are the most loyal of all the Tumblr users. They are considered the closest group of bloggers because they stalk the site at night with blank expressions, witty comebacks and respect for each other. They take extreme care in choosing all aspects of their blogs, from the colors of the side bar to the important title of their blog. “Exclamation mark or no exclamation mark?” is a huge question the Dedicated Fangirls ask themselves during the construction of a blog. No matter what fandom they belong to The Dedicated Fangirls are always up to speed on the current events, problems, and fads of their specific fandom. Keeping up to date can be a long and perilous task, therefor for fun The Dedicated Fangirls spend their nights writing and sharing fan written stories called fanfiction. Fanfiction always stays in the realm of what they blog about. Fanfiction is also a key way The Dedicated Fangirls find new blogs to follow and new friends to blog with. When choosing The Dedicated Fangirl blog style, be loyal to a fandom, open to new ideas, and willing to make new friends. The Random Hipsters are the least organized of all the Tumblr users. She spends hours flicking long, manicured fingernails across her bedazzled Ipods and Iphones,
Ms. Binder
HTOW
13 October 2013
Eenei Meeni Miney Moe, Pick a Blogger, There You Go! A 16 year old girl sat crisscross on her polka dotted bed, bored and alone. Her laptop balanced gracefully on her jean covered legs, displaying an empty Internet Explorer tab mocking her. Her mind wandered to a conversation at lunch, a heated discussion about who had the most followers on a blue colored site called Tumblr. She wondered to herself what it was like on Tumblr and hardly noticed as her long pink covered nails slid across her keyboard, leading her to the greatest place on Earth. New members of Tumblr face a dilemma when creating their first blog, what kind of Tumblr user will they choose from. The Dedicated Fangirls are the most loyal of all the Tumblr users. They are considered the closest group of bloggers because they stalk the site at night with blank expressions, witty comebacks and respect for each other. They take extreme care in choosing all aspects of their blogs, from the colors of the side bar to the important title of their blog. “Exclamation mark or no exclamation mark?” is a huge question the Dedicated Fangirls ask themselves during the construction of a blog. No matter what fandom they belong to The Dedicated Fangirls are always up to speed on the current events, problems, and fads of their specific fandom. Keeping up to date can be a long and perilous task, therefor for fun The Dedicated Fangirls spend their nights writing and sharing fan written stories called fanfiction. Fanfiction always stays in the realm of what they blog about. Fanfiction is also a key way The Dedicated Fangirls find new blogs to follow and new friends to blog with. When choosing The Dedicated Fangirl blog style, be loyal to a fandom, open to new ideas, and willing to make new friends. The Random Hipsters are the least organized of all the Tumblr users. She spends hours flicking long, manicured fingernails across her bedazzled Ipods and Iphones,