More than 72,000 Tumblr posts were migrated to WordPress after news of Yahoo's acquisition of Tumblr broke, WordPress CEO Matt Mullenweg has revealed in a blogpost.
WordPress saw the uptick in transfers after news spread of Yahoo's plan to acquire photo-blogging website Tumblr for $1.1bn.

"Normally we import 400-600 posts an hour from Tumblr, last hour it was over 72,000," he wrote on Sunday evening, before later adding: "Some people are reading too much into the import numbers — I don't think there will be an exodus from Tumblr."

But if the exodus was sparked by concerns about how the acquisition might change Tumblr, fans may be pleased to hear Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer promise not to ruin the blogging platform in a post on her own Tumblr.

"We promise not to screw it up," she wrote. "Tumblr is incredibly special and has a great thing going. We will operate Tumblr independently.

"David Karp will remain CEO. The product roadmap, their team, their wit and irreverence will all remain the same as will their mission to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve. Yahoo! will help Tumblr get even better, faster."

Tumblr currently hosts 105 million blogs and gets 120,000 sign-ups every day, according to Mayer.

Yahoo confirmed the $1.1bn cash deal for Tumblr on Monday morning. The deal is expected to be completed in the second half of this year.

Source:http://www.zdnet.com/as-72000-tumblr-posts-are-shifted-to-wordpress-yahoo-says-we-wont-screw-up-7000015610/


Question now is, Could the 1 billion dollars spent by yahoo be a total waste?

@Last first to comment on d first page

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With this news out, the number will only but increase.

4UK YAHOO.. GMAIL IS THE BEST

Abeg is Tumbir a name of a person?Animal? Place? Or thing?

kennyonthrone: Abeg is Tumbir a name of a person?Animal? Place? Or thing?

nope it is the name of a cup making company

then let them deploy JTF

"We promise not to screw it up," she wrote.

Her first move is to filter out content, basic screw up! how won't users leave?!!
72k is small, let her put ads on the dashboard or blogs, then she'll see migration

ok bad for yahoo.

its the end for tumblr. Like other companies that were acquired in the past, they will never grow beyond thier current level. Thanks to facebook, google, apple etc for resisting such acquition.

Datz gud

usmanktg2: then let them deploy JTF

vosquare: 4UK YAHOO.. GMAIL IS THE BEST

You sure you both read the post?

Yahoo has a bad image. They know that and yet want to pass on their virus to other companies. Well i have no intention to quit tumblr though

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You sure you both read the post?

nop..we just came to comment...stupid question

WASTE

Yahoo is a DOOMED company, it's them they exit the market. They have nothing innovate to offer, so I'm not surprise at the max migration from tumblr.

murimoney: @Last first to comment on d first page

Congratulations. That seems to be the biggest and grandest thing to have happened to you this year. Peurile!

WASTE

Yahoo is a DOOMED company, it's them they exit the market. They have nothing innovate to offer, so I'm not surprise at the max migration from tumblr.
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Yahoo is actually a very profitable company. Despite their good earnings, wall street still see's it fit to under value them. D migration shows dat Tumblr still has a positive net migration.

akintun: WASTE

Yahoo is a DOOMED company, it's them they exit the market. They have nothing innovate to offer, so I'm not surprise at the max migration from tumblr.
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Yahoo is actually a very profitable company. Despite their good earnings, wall street still see's it fit to under value them. D migration shows dat Tumblr still has a positive net migration.

Profitable? I wouldn't speculate nor speak out on what I haven't researched yet, but for your company to have a valued, you got to bring something to the table. Yahoo has long lost their value as a company though "perhaps" they may be profitable.

HOE-kay

I went to Tumblr yesterday after reading the yahoo story, but I just could not understand my way around.
Can someone help?

murimoney: @Last first to comment on d first page

What is so special about been d first to comment on a thread.
Since the death of yahoosearch by google, the company have been finding it difficult to regain its lost glory. I hope this new acquisition will boast their profit generation and help in paying taxes and salaries.

The number has increased from 72,000.

Mtcheeww....yahoo will just screw it up.....any ways the name sounds funny sef 'tumblr' ....i think they should change the name to something more meaningful...the question is , when will nigerian site owners make it big just like facebook , google , twitter , yahoo , all owned by americans??

Via

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well it been said that any company yahoo buy dies,but most people on this forum dont know why people are moving from tumblr to other platforms...>>>porn lol

I saw this coming

isaiahidah: its the end for tumblr. Like other companies that were acquired in the past, they will never grow beyond thier current level. Thanks to facebook, google, apple etc for resisting such acquition.

The founders are megarich. Thats all that matters to them! Now if only you were worth 1% of that! $11million

Nairaland has 1 million members...but how many of those members are active on the site?

Maybe 10,000.

this is just ABSORD! TOTALLY ABSORD!!
I'd never could imagine that TUMBLR could loose 72000 dedicated bloggers but YAHOO! ...Yes..

dey wil soon go bak 2 tumblr. wordpress aint got d features of tumblr

Shack_Attack: this is just ABSORD! TOTALLY ABSORD!!
I'd never could imagine that TUMBLR could loose 72000 dedicated bloggers but YAHOO! ...Yes..

wich kian english b ds na? u con dey shout absord lik say u correct.