The kids these days sure are into Tumblr, and though we don’t have the will or resources to explain why, it is another of those sites that tracks trending searches and popular blog posts.
Tumblr’s login page is a bit like a slot machine in that each login might feature a different background photo or post, and it’s quite an honor to learn that your post has been hung on the front door to the site — but not always.
What the actual fuck, @tumblr??? Why is this on your login page? pic.twitter.com/eiY7eQAOiK
— Dina Fraioli (@DinaFraioli) June 18, 2016
That’s not good at all.
ooh. awkward algorithm fail
— King K.M. (@hefledthescene) June 18, 2016
.@DinaFraioli my guess is that @tumblr mindlessly features whatever tumblr page is trending/popular; but jeez, that make it even worse.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) June 18, 2016
yeah, if they can't anticipate this specific problem & prevent it, that's a special kind of stupid.
— Sarah Rumpf (@rumpfshaker) June 18, 2016
My daughter said its different depending on what blog you are viewing
— KEK (@_uptoolate_) June 18, 2016
I have a tumblr blog for fashion and kitchen pics. This better not show on mine.
— Paula K (@shadowop) June 18, 2016
Sad statement if that trash is trending.
— SABOTEUR (@WinterInAmerika) June 18, 2016
It’s not surprising, though. Inquisitr notes that 63,000 people were recently talking about “Jarrett Wade” on Facebook alone after someone by that name decided to post his condolences to Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen on Instagram, Facebook, and apparently anywhere else he could.
The site also reports, not surprisingly, that Wade on Facebook describes his professional skills as “weed-smoking.”
https://twitter.com/wiltado/status/743162880539897856
The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office has released a statement saying that law enforcement is “aware of the circulating social media post of an individual making a threat regarding the recent tragedy in Orlando” and that the incident is under investigation.
https://twitter.com/mywlri/status/744289980583903236
It’s difficult to say if “Jarrett Wade” is simply that utterly abhorrent, was doing some professional weed smoking while posting, or was just trying to become an social media celebrity. If the latter is true, it’s likely the only thing at which he’ll ever succeed.
https://twitter.com/EricBrohmanIllu/status/744288350262132737
@iowahawkblog @tumblr do they have any adults in charge there?
— Chris Riley (@riley1535) June 18, 2016
Apparently not.
— Dina Fraioli (@DinaFraioli) June 18, 2016
Any adults in charge? It’s sad how that question can be applied to just about anything now, right up through the administration’s “hashtag diplomacy” efforts to President Slow-Jam a Selfie-Stick himself.
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