My experience with Tumblr fell short when it came to community. The service does get a few things right. All 3 sites I created years ago live on, even though I’ve practically abandoned them.
@kaa I certainly know the feel. I'm using micro.blog as a kind of cross between tumblr and twitter, without the cancerous community.
I never had to deal with the community much myself, but my sister did. And the horror stories she told me made my use of the platform basically nil.