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Timeline of Tumblr

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| 2009 || Rise to popularity || Tumblr releases its first app “tumblrette” with which app users have the freedom to post to their blog whenever they want. This is considered the start of tumblr becoming very popular.<ref name="a Breif History of tumblr"/>
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| 2013 2013–2017 || Acquisition || Acquired Tumblr is acquired by Yahoo. Since then, the site would decline along with the rest of that corporate entity.<ref name="8 Insane Moments on Tumblr That Will Go Down in History"/>|-| 2017–2019 || ||
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| 2013 || March || Growth || Tumblr passes the 100 million blogs milestone,<ref>{{cite web |last1=MacMillan |first1=Gordon |title=Yahoo agrees to pay in excess of $1bn for Tumblr |url=https://www.campaignlive.com/article/yahoo-agrees-pay-excess-1bn-tumblr/1182845 |website=campaignlive.com |accessdate=22 November 2019}}</ref> with 117 million unique users worldwide, up from about 58 million a year earlier.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Noel |title=Marissa brings Tumblr into the Yahoo family for $1.1 billion |url=https://www.thedrum.com/news/2013/05/19/marissa-brings-tumblr-yahoo-family-11-billion |website=thedrum.com |accessdate=22 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=It’s Been Confirmed: Yahoo Is Buying Tumblr |url=https://m2bespoke.co.uk/blog/it039s-been-confirmed-yahoo-is-buying-tumblr-2013052200/ |website=m2bespoke.co.uk |accessdate=22 November 2019}}</ref>
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| 2013 || May || || "In may of 2013, tumblr was purchased by the Yahoo! ceo Marissa Mayer. At this time tumblr was receiving 100 million users a day with 90 million posts to follow. Mayer scored tumblr for $1.1 billion cash and her first words were “we promise not to screw it up.”"<ref name="a Breif History of tumblr"/> ". The site was acquired by Yahoo in 2013 and declined along with the rest of that corporate entity, and is now owned by Verizon’s Oath division. But in its prime, Tumblr was a hotbed for Weird Internet, generating unforgettable memes, crazy stories, and legendary posts. Here are some of the most notorious. Thanks to tumblr memedocumentation and Twitter user 3liza for research help."<ref name="8 Insane Moments on Tumblr That Will Go Down in History"/><ref name="a Breif History of tumblr"/>
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| 2013 || May || || "In may of 2013, tumblr was Tumblr is purchased by the {{w|Yahoo! ceo Marissa Mayer}} for US$1.1 billion in cash. At this time tumblr was receiving receives 100 million users a day with 90 million posts to follow. Mayer scored tumblr for $1.1 billion cash and her first words were “we promise not to screw it up.”"<ref name="a Breif History of tumblr"/>
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| 2014 || February || || Tumblr introduces Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption, a cryptographic protocol designed to provide secure communication on the web, making it harder for hackers to get users' data.<ref>{{cite web |title=Browse Tumblr Securely |url=https://tricks-for.tumblr.com/post/80066177791/browse-tumblr-securely |website=tricks-for.tumblr.com |accessdate=22 November 2019}}</ref>
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