Great way to start conversations, but the limited feature set and scope hampers its impact.
March 18, 2021
Great way to start conversations, but the limited feature set and scope hampers its impact.
Score 7 out of 10
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Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Tumblr
We have been using Tumblr as a means for staff to share short stories, tips, and other content with each other. The focus of this content sharing practice has been an attempt to enhance engagement, but giving employees a way to share their thoughts, stories, and anything that might be going on as a means to get other employees involved in conversation. Whether it's best practices, or simply sharing a fun/engaging story to get a dialogue going, we encourage people to share and keep a conversation going.
- Simple microblogging platform that is easy to use.
- Easy to follow and share your own content.
- Wide variety of content for users to link to and respond to.
- Better filters to limit offensive or not safe for work content.
- More options for responding to posts.
- More robust privacy options to cater to a wider variety of users and needs.
- Positive: Increased engagement with staff.
- Positive: Stronger feeling of community and additional areas for dialogue in a less business-like setting.
- Negative: Additional privacy and policy considerations that may not be necessary for other platforms.
Above all else, the fact that Tumblr is free helps. However, I would only use it as a supplementary tool and not the sole tool. We have ultimately settled on MS Teams as the overall platform with potential Tumblr use up in the air in the future. If you're thinking of finding a platform to generate easy discussion and perhaps show others what it's like at your organization, it's worth giving Tumblr a shot. Ultimately, though, Tumblr is not well suited as a full scale communication platform (not that it's trying to be that, anyway).
Do you think Tumblr delivers good value for the price?
Not sure
Are you happy with Tumblr's feature set?
No
Did Tumblr live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Tumblr go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Tumblr again?
Yes