The Internet is buzzing tonight with the news that Yahoo!'s Marisa Mayer has made the strategic decision to buy the micro-blogging site Tumblr for $1,100,000,000.00. Tumblr was founded by David Karp who was born in 1986. According to the Wikipedia article, before Yahoo! made the offer for the site, Tumblr was estimated to be worth $200 million. So, on Sunday May 19, 2013 Tumblr's value was multiplied by 5.5. This is simply astounding. I was tempted to nominate Mr. Karp as Citizen of the Year, but I think it is wise to stick with the choice of hero Charles Ramsey.
A few years ago, I signed up for a Tumblr account, but I actually am happier with the Blogger platform. In fact, I like Blogger so much that I misplaced my Tumblr password. I always have felt that Yahoo! should have retained its GeoCities web pages, they were plain and quirky, but interesting.
As with most netizens, I have observed how dynamic the Internet has become over the last twenty years. It has been interesting to see the different trends in both content and design. I remember the first time I got on AOL and heard the white noise followed by, "You've Got Mail!" I remember pictures not being able to load in my browser and all of those red Xs in the top-left side of the containers. I think the first site that I went on that was interactive was the MTV chatrooms, (which beat the hell out of using poke 53281, + 16 different numbers to change the screen color of my old computer.)
I have been loyal to certain sites over the years. I lived virtually in Second Life for the last few years, and I am a bit perplexed why it hasn't got even bigger. Wikipedia is a site that I still find interesting and useful. There are certain tech news and newspaper sites that I read time to time. Remember MySpace? Facebook has gotten tired. Twitter still has an interesting niche. Though, the best site in my opinion, has got to be YouTube. YouTube gives users exactly what they want when they want it. Plus, YouTube is so easy to use.
[I might have to edit this later for more clarity.]
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