Alright. so - I have just become the new manager of the social media of my schools student newspaper. The tumblr (thedailyvidette.tumblr. com) is so grossly under and misused it should be a crime. But that's not the point. My point is, I would like to be able to "add members" to this blog, like you can when you create a secondary blog. Is there a way for me to do this? The current newspaper blog was created as a primary account, and I haven't been able to find a way to add members. Having to log in and out every time I want to post something to the news tumblr vs my personal tumblr becomes very taxing and actually ends up with a lot of misposting. Is there anything I can do here?

Asked by davidschiller

First off, congrats on the gig! Second, yes, only secondary Tumblr blogs can work as group blogs, and I think you’ll want to keep the current blog, because only primary accounts can reblog, with I think is important. My imperfect solution: Have all your people you want to be contributors start Tumblrs, and reblog them at will. Thanks for the note!

Notes

  1. onearth said: At OnEarth, we really, really wish we could have multiple users access the OnEarth.tumblr.com account (a primary) from their own dashes. (Right now, we all have to login w/ our boss’s pw.) Mark us down as a vote for adding that functionality!
  2. peterfeld said: Doesn’t solve his problem - he wants to add himself. He has to log out of his own tumblr and into the school’s to post/reblog. This would be a more important and useful fix than the recent dashboard reorg.
  3. jedsundwall said: USA.gov is a group blog and we can reblog. We’ve reblogged the State Dept and Natl Archives before.
  4. markcoatney posted this