My Tumblr Dilemma
With the deadline of the first portfolio rapidly approaching, I am plainly aware that my weak point will be my tumblr posts. While I found a rhythm with my twitter posts I never really got there with tumblr. It would be easy to say that this is because I am lazy and twitter posts are shorter and therefor easier than tumblr posts, but now I’m trying to find some deeper meaning. My lack of tumblr posts is not a result of me having nothing to say; I really like talking. I think it has more to do with how comfortable I am posting my thoughts online. I post often to tumblr, but these posts are relatively meaningless. So, apparently, I feel more comfortable expressing trivial ideas than actually meaningful information. This phenomenon reminds me a lot of the article we read about Wikipedia and the proportion of its information is provided by men. So now, I’m asking myself if my lack of tumblr posts is a result of social conditioning based on my gender. Have I been taught that what I have to say is not tumblr-worthy? Or, then again, maybe I’m just lazy. I won’t rule it out.
