{"id":145573,"date":"2025-01-22T23:50:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T23:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/22\/tumblrs-experimental-gif-feed-finally-launches-after-10-years\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T23:50:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T23:50:31","slug":"tumblrs-experimental-gif-feed-finally-launches-after-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/22\/tumblrs-experimental-gif-feed-finally-launches-after-10-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Tumblr\u2019s experimental GIF feed finally launches after 10 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n      <figcaption>Illustration: The Verge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"5sqLAw\">Tumbler has finally launched Tumblr TV as a new tab at the top of its app, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.tumblr.com\/post\/773329598987616256\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the company said today<\/a> in a brief set of update notes <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/01\/22\/nearly-10-year-later-tumblr-tv-launches-to-all-as-a-tiktok-alternative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spotted by <em>TechCrunch<\/em><\/a>. Tumblr TV first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2015\/6\/25\/8841253\/tumblr-tv-endless-gif-channels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debuted as a GIF-finding feature in 2015<\/a>, but now it includes video content as well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-float-left\">\n<figure class=\"e-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screenshot of a person holding a cat in a Tumblr TV video.\" data-mask-text=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/6tabMLekB0ejFeC6jbmogLM3vOk=\/400x0\/filters:no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25842951\/IMG_A7D350269C5C_1.jpeg\"><br \/>\n      <cite>Screenshot: Tumblr TV<\/cite><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"fjDldj\">According to Tumblr, \u201cNew users will have this tab enabled by default in the third position, while existing users will have it available <a href=\"https:\/\/help.tumblr.com\/knowledge-base\/dashboard-tabs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in the Dashboard Tabs configuration<\/a>, if not already enabled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"jxcMa8\">When you tap the Tumblr TV tab, you\u2019ll see a grid of videos and GIFs. Once you tap one, you can like, comment, repost, or share it, and when you\u2019re ready to see something else, you can swipe up to move on.<\/p>\n<p id=\"cTXrgV\">In my very brief testing, it\u2019s still very GIF-heavy despite the inclusion of video and a swipe interface similar to other short-form video apps. <\/p>\n<p id=\"m2hayO\">It could be tempting to compare Tumblr TV to TikTok, especially in light of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23651507\/tiktok-ban-us-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent shutdown<\/a>, but right now, it\u2019s more like scrolling a group text full of GIFs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"DKobQl\">\n<p id=\"dpm9b4\">\n<p id=\"jMqGF2\">\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2025\/1\/22\/24349904\/tumblr-tv-gif-video-tab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illustration: The Verge Tumbler has finally launched Tumblr TV as a new tab at the top of its app, the company said today in a brief set of update notes spotted by TechCrunch. Tumblr TV first debuted as a GIF-finding feature in 2015, but now it includes video content as well. Screenshot: Tumblr TV According [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-145573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}