There's one aspect of the $1.1 billion Yahoo-Tumblr deal that no one's discussing: fandom. And it's kind of a big deal.
Lost in the storylines surrounding Tumblr's $1.1 billion acquisition by Yahoo has been the early influence that the sites anarchaia and Projectionist had on David Karp.
A silky smooth, complete animation from a 22-year-old Frenchman.
The little video game star with the big appetite turns 33 today.
Yahoo might covet Tumblr's native advertising system, but that poses a big problem: Tumblr users hate Tumblr's native ads.
The phenomenon has become Tumblr's Newton's Law: For every great fandom, there's an equally vocal anti-fandom, bringing it down a peg or three.