#everyone complaining about data protection regulations here doesn't understand what they're talking about

[andmaybegayer]

saw a post like "why are there no weird Tumblr users on Tumblr Live doing weird things, it's all Instagram influencer wannabes." and while I do not know anything for certain I wonder if the massive reflexive negative day zero response from people who see themselves as The Old Timers basically killed Live's potential for users to do interesting things with it and ceded that entire part of the site to people who didn't care about what is really a pretty minor design spat.

I would bet you that a few people tried to use Live and got yelled at by their follower base for "legitimising Live" or something ridiculous like that. I don't know if MBARI is still doing their weekly jellyfish stream but if I was the guy in charge of their Tumblr, I would probably have stopped by now.

There's a concerted effort to go around every week and actively hide the Live feed! When I eventually get Live I would be interested in streaming some bugwatching or birding or hiking or whatever but I can see how that could quickly get boring if the only people showing up are median new Tumblr users and not the people I hang out with on the rest of the site.