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													<title><![CDATA[PostDesk / Should Tumblr care? In response to issues with Tumblr, David Karp tells users to “go away” if they don&#8217;t like it]]></title>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 Apr 22:42:22 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[hubertnealjr]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[I had a lot of thoughts as I read this article. I won&#8217;t question the relevancy of the subject matter because if the author put this much time into a piece, it&#8217;s at the very least important to them. Something baffled me, however, and it led me to this question: What company truly values their [...]]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 29 Jan 16:42:07 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[adam]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[I use to advocate Tumblr to all my friends and family because of their simplicity. I use to blog from Blogger and transitioned to Tumblr quite some time ago. My experiences were great with Tumblr up until this month when Tumblr literally made my head explode. I am a student, and I am an entrepreneur. [...]]]></description>
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									<dc:creator><![CDATA[lenetta]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[he should care instead of being an asshole about. tumblr&#8217;s email support sucks, I don&#8217;t know why people claim they reply back fast, because they don&#8217;t and there&#8217;s just too many things wrong with that stupid site&#8230;]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 21 Apr 1:47:58 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[brittneyj]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[This is so far from article worthy. One and a half thousand words from someone who seems to have a nasty vendetta against David Karp, for no apparent reason whatsoever except that the site he created has issues sometime. Are you going to write about Mark Zuckerberg next because he won&#8217;t make a dislike button? [...]]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 10 Feb 23:27:07 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[andrew]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Interesting article, but I would agree it seems slightly biased. I&#8217;d advise anyone to do their own research wherever possible. We live in an information age where anyone can access &#8220;information&#8221; instantly, and just as quickly pass it on without researching its validity. I have been using Tumblr for a few months now and I [...]]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 05 Feb 9:47:13 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[rachatdecredit]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[I seldom leave comments on blog, but I have been to this post which was recommended by my friend, lots of valuable details, thanks again.]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 02 Feb 3:07:43 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[dean]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[I can write a few thousand words about how shabbily I&#8217;ve been treated &#8211; though I drive enough traffic to tumblr to be listed in their top 50 blogs, they had blocked my fixed IP and I was labeled a &#8220;hacker&#8221; by the &#8220;support team.&#8221; I received one response from Mr Karp where he laid [...]]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 01 Feb 19:29:36 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[forwardslash]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[&gt;he e-mailed them privately with his concerns I don&#8217;t think that tracking down and e-mailing the entire tumblr team is exactly &#8216;private&#8217;]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 28 Jan 23:48:34 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[dan]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve already ditched Tumblr for Posterous some time ago, and this sorry affair has made my decision a good one.]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 28 Jan 23:10:04 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[frankmalloch]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Karp is a petty little man who&#8217;s obviously way over his head. There&#8217;s no excuse (and no strategic reason) for treating a customer like this, regardless of the circumstances. I can understand one sending an inappropriate email as a knee-jerk reaction, out of anger. It wouldn&#8217;t make it right, but everyone can be caught at [...]]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 28 Jan 21:56:05 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[bbonifield]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Seems to me that William&#8217;s email was pretty nonconstructive. You reap what you sow.]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 28 Jan 21:16:33 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[postdeskeditorialteam]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[@ColtonB You&#8217;ve taken that slightly out of context&#8230; &#8220;&#8230;possibly in reference to his use of a private jet (though we’re not sure it is a private jet) – but on a more serious note, others have more justified, nonetheless equally vocal opinions&#8230;&#8221; &#8230;was the context which it was in &#8211; no fabrication of facts there.]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 28 Jan 21:05:01 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[coltonb]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Private jet? (eg: http://www.davidslog.com/2728834211) I&#8217;d bet that&#8217;s a US Air jet, especially given the Star Alliance logo there by the door. nice fabrication of &#8220;facts&#8221; to grind an axe&#8230;]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 28 Jan 20:50:35 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[liam]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[That picture of the &#8220;private jet&#8221;? It says US Airways on the side. It seems you left out the email at first because the valediction is rather rude. Had he closed with &#8220;Sincerely&#8221; then the email might come off as constructive but as it is, it is snide and smug and really seems to make [...]]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 28 Jan 20:41:29 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[nigedo]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Is David too young for so much responsibility? His lack of maturity and experience appears evident. This is a side effect of the Web&#8217;s success; young and bright people being plunged into coping with the pressures of big business. Innovators don&#8217;t necessarily make good business people and real business skills can take years to develop.]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 28 Jan 19:42:45 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[postdeskeditorialteam]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[@Christen T The question is now &#8220;does he care&#8221; &#8211; It&#8217;s clear he doesn&#8217;t. The question is should he care &#8211; and if he doesn&#8217;t will this lead to the demise of Tumblr&#8230;]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 28 Jan 19:18:41 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[subcreation]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Karp&#8217;s email may not be a shining work of customer service, but neither is William&#8217;s a thoughtful note of constructive critique. This posts strikes me as a lot of drama over nothing. Perhaps Tumblr needs to staff up to deal with the downtime without burning the midnight oil so much, but the current level of [...]]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 28 Jan 17:28:22 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[toniromero]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t think it matters to people if he&#8217;s a douche. Most of his users are young, they can care less. It&#8217;s a simple, awesome blogging platform, I&#8217;m sure folks would leave and throw away their &#8216;journal&#8217; entries :p]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 28 Jan 16:46:36 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[aris]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Wow. Reading the HN comment thread and the comments by JohnMaloney provide quite a bit of context. Another reason why this article on postdesk seems like a shameless grab for attention and traffic. You ought to be ashamed of yourselves. While everyone can agree that Mr. Karp ought to have handled this better, William is [...]]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 28 Jan 16:39:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[aris]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[The editorial team here should disclose any conflicts they have on this topic if such conflicts exist. As a former journalist, I can tell you that this story seems absurdly one-sided and would never fit the objectivity criteria for any reputable publication. Certainly blogs don&#8217;t have to adhere to any such standards, but why hasn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 28 Jan 16:31:05 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[jed]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[per http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2152203 &#8220;One very important point that William fails to mention about his email to us &#8211; he spent the time to track down every Tumblr employees email and sent it to the entire team. It was way over-the-top, and yes, discouraging to the team.&#8221;]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 28 Jan 16:19:08 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[christen]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[This is article-worthy? Go to any community and you will find some disgruntled users who will be willing to send their grips to anyone to get attention. Go to any startup and you will find, cash-flow friendly or not, limited resources that have to be prioritized. Please try to write about meaningful things. Does so-and-so [...]]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 28 Jan 15:50:36 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[joel]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[I work for a large multinational software company whose clients manage billions of dollars of goods. I don&#8217;t get paid an all-star Electronic Arts type salary. Those days are over for a lot of developers. I&#8217;m responding as a software developer tired of users giving developers shit when us developers are working hard already. Whether [...]]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 28 Jan 15:47:25 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[bob]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[I had a tumblr account, and couldn&#8217;t stand the constant downtime. I went through all of my articles and copy/pasted them to my MobileMe site. I liked a lot about the service, but in the end it came to the one thing the Internet is all about&#8230; Accessibility of information!]]></description>
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									<dc:creator><![CDATA[eric]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[With all due respect, Mr. Harkes , it&#8217;s already an internet wasteland of hipsters and ex-4channers.]]></description>
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									<dc:creator><![CDATA[alexpopescu]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Any ideas to what platform is William migrating to? I&#8217;ve been thinking about this for the last couple of months, so I&#8217;d really appreciate if those migrating could share their decisions.]]></description>
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									<dc:creator><![CDATA[eric]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never used Tumblr and I don&#8217;t plan to start anytime soon. That said, the people who are addicted to it like crack cocaine aren&#8217;t going to go anywhere else. The people who dabble aren&#8217;t the people Tumblr is looking to keep anyway. I work for an IT company, and I can relate to the [...]]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 28 Jan 15:14:26 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[johnmahoney]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Such a petty, petty article. Grow west my friend, grow west! John Momsky]]></description>
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									<dc:creator><![CDATA[anon]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Tumblr. What is that, again?]]></description>
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									<dc:creator><![CDATA[michael]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A knee-jerk response like this which is immediately defensive clearly shows that Karp has something to hide.&#8221; Wow &#8211; you know how to jump to a sweeping conclusion. How does an angry email &#8220;clearly show&#8221; that he has something to hide? Thats quite a leap of logic!? My immediate conclusion is that Karp is tired [...]]]></description>
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									<dc:creator><![CDATA[jared]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Is that photo of him for real? It looks like he spends all day with some sort of clothing and photography assistant. I agree that the downtime is excessive and surprising of a company with $40mm raised. #1 priority should be hiring the right people or outside firm to help scale services. This isn&#8217;t a [...]]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 27 Jan 16:25:16 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[johnharkes]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Without a shadow of doubt, it will go the way of MySpace (or possibly Piczo) &#8211; It&#8217;s already a very niche audience that uses it. It&#8217;s vulnerable, and if one speaks up, like sheep, all will follow. Tumblr will be an internet wasteland of porn and ex-4chan users.]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 27 Jan 15:26:53 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[grammarian]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Good points]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 27 Jan 13:38:34 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[jamietaylor]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[I just think Karp is an idiot and his fame will be short lived.]]></description>
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									<dc:creator><![CDATA[postdeskeditorialteam]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Feel free to comment below on any issues raised &#8211; and most importantly let us know your predictions]]></description>
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