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Pinterest vs. Tumblr: Which wins?

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Seton Hall chapter.

Pinning or reblogging? Tumbelogs or pinboards? Pinterest or Tumblr? What are the advantages of having one over the other, or should you keep both? We decided to make a pro-con list to help you figure it out.


Pros of Pinterest: Lots of organization on a clean beige background. You can choose what you want to look at by topic. Keeping separate pinboards by topic helps you find old pictures or quotes easier, and makes the site more dynamic than one blog with everything on it. It crashes less and has faster posting speed for now. 

Cons of Pinterst: Lacks blogging style. It is solely pictures, audio/video/blog writing are not included.

Pros of Tumblr: Video sharing, link sharing, background music and music files can be shared. When things are reblogged an entire string of comments can be seen, which can be funny (but sometimes annoying). Tumblr also supports GIFs, which are a funny new trend, but Pinterest does not.

Cons of Tumblr: Crashes a lot, hard to be noticed, difficult to find people and old posts if certain blogs disable the archive. A little more intimidating than Pinterest.

On the whole, we do enjoy both, but the up-and-coming Pinterest craze is undeniable and totally understandable. They have separate functions for separate occasions. What’ s your final verdict? By the way, you can find tons of adorable puppies on either site, so we don’t mind! ;)

Find us at www.pinterest.com/HCSetonHall !!!

 

Charlotte Lewis is a sophomore at Seton Hall University studying Journalism and Public Relations. She recently joined the Her Campus Team and is serving as founder and campus correspondent of the new Seton Hall chapter. Charlotte was born and raised in New Jersey, and is always proud of her Jersey girl status. She serves on the editorial board of the Seton Hall undergraduate newspaper as Assistant News Editor. One of her biggest goals in life is to be just like Blair Waldorf. Realistically, she aims to someday be a correspondent for the New York Times or Time Magazine. You can always find her talking to someone, it's a guarantee that her iPhone is on her at all times. In her spare time Charlotte loves going to New York City, listening to all kinds of music, running, shopping, travelling, and watching everything on Bravo and TLC. She loves to give advice and is always up for an adventure.