Tumblr (stylized as
tumblr.) is a
microblogging platform and
social networking website founded by
David Karp and since 2013 owned by
Yahoo! Inc. The service allows users to post
multimedia and other content to a short-form
blog. Users can follow other users' blogs, as well as make their blogs private. Much of the website's features are accessed from the "dashboard" interface, where the option to post content and posts of followed blogs appear.