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Introducing: Submissions

There’s an interesting genre of blog that is more about the community than the author.

At some point you’ve probably seen Eat Sleep Draw, This is why you’re fat, or Cute Overload.

The author starts posting about a topic they care about, the readers start contributing, and before you know it, the author has become a curator.

Tumblr has always been uniquely suited for this type of blog.  In fact, 6 of them have gone from Tumblr blog to book deal in the last year.

So today we’re very excited to release Submissions, a feature to streamline community-driven blogs.  You can enable it from your blog’s Customize screen to let your readers submit posts via web or email.

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By popular demand: J and K now jump between posts on the Dashboard.

Works great with endless scrolling.

(via miezekatzen)

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Robin’s Reports

Many of us use blogs to reach out, to share our lives with family and friends. Blogs can allow us to keep up with people we don’t get to see everyday. For the family of three-year-old Robin Sinclair, Robin’s Reports is providing a vital link with their loved ones in a time of crisis.

On June 10th, Robin was diagnosed with leukemia. Her family is sharing stories, pictures, and videos as she battles the disease with chemotherapy treatments. It’s been heartwarming to watch Robin and her family support each other with such courage and love.  Let’s all wish Robin a speedy and full recovery.