It should surprise no one that the elite of Tumblr are less than thrilled about the Yahoo buyout. The blogging-meets-social platform’s more loyal and dedicated users are of a … how shall I put this … younger-than-Yahoo demographic. Frankly, they are too cool for school and Yahoo most definitely is not (and I say this as a Tumblr user, so no one can accuse me of any name-calling nonsense).
So take to the Twitter and Tumblrsphere they did in droves. Even the Tumblr-less had plenty to say about the deal – and here are some of the best responses to the acquisition the Internet has provided thus far.
1. Yumblr jokes for days
@yumblrrYou Only #Yumblr Once!#YOYO!:D
— yumblr (@Yahooblr) May 19, 2013
I wish I were an old man so I could just be like “I heard Tahoo’s buying Yumblr!” and you’d all pretend it was funny so long as I didn’t pee
— Hal Phillips (@halphillips) May 20, 2013
Yumblr just doesn’t have a ring to it. I would go with Tumbloo maybe.
— Jose Llerena (@jllerena) May 20, 2013
Yumblr. Yumbld. Yumblog.
— Dan Seifert (@dcseifert) May 17, 2013
Imagine the tumblr URL changes to yumblr I’d be doNE
— Ash Katusa (@ashhiix) May 20, 2013
2. USER RAGE!!!
I saw “Yumblr” and just began shaking uncontrollably…. If Marissa Mayer fcuks this up….
— Black Canseco (@BlackCanseco) May 20, 2013
3. Let’s get satirical, satirical
Twitter: Please don’t forget how successful our purchase of GeoCities was! #yumblrmoney.cnn.com/1999/01/28/tec…
— Yumblr(@Yumblrr) May 19, 2013
.@tumblrbot, you’ve done well but we’re going to be replacing you with @yahoo‘s Chatterbot. We’ll be melting you down for scrap $$. #yumblr
— Yumblr(@Yumblrr) May 19, 2013
4. What if …
if this was the future, hbo’s real-time writing team would have shoehorned the yahoo-tumblr deal into tonight’s game of thrones.
— Brian Morrissey (@bmorrissey) May 19, 2013
5. Sad pandas
6. “Guys, I thought up ‘Yumblr’ last fall!” (check out those time stamps)
a recipe sharing website called yumblr tmblr.co/Zwu-WyY4G3jn
— Nicola Foti (@soundlyawake) November 26, 2012
i typed in yumblr instead of tumblr accidentallyit gave me a health food websitehow is that yum tmblr.co/ZG-q-tXyb6d-
— melanie (5H Fans) (@5thHarmonyFans) November 24, 2012
A website for pictures of food called Yumblr.
— Adam Wilson ★★☆☆☆ (@theleanover) November 29, 2012
FREE IDEA: Tumblr-like website just for pictures of food called “Yumblr.”
— Nathan Pensky (@Nathan_Pensky) November 5, 2012
there should be a blogging site especially for food called ‘yumblr’
— Liv ♡ (@livvthediv) October 29, 2012
To sum it all up …
