While I like Sweetcron and think it fits the bill quite well, I like the idea of a microblogging platform that includes social connectivity. One such platform is tumblr. I figured I would give it a try and possibly replace Sweetcron with it. I signed up for an account at tumblr. I then created a script to import some of my old blog posts over from Sweetcron. Unfortunately, the script had a slight bug, so I need to remove all of my posts from tumblr and start over. Since tumblr offers no way to select and delete all current posts or posts that meet some criteria, I had to perform some research on how to get the job done. The recommendation is to delete your account and recreate it. But can I use the same username and domain? Sure! Okay. Sounds fair. I deleted my account, and when I tried to recreate it, I got the error that the domain I wanted was already in use? Huh!? But the stuff I read said the domain and account would all get deleted, and I should be able to use them again. So I’m in over my head. I decide tumblr support is required to move forward since I’d like to keep the domain in question. Well, there doesn’t appear to be much of a support system in place at tumblr. There is no support form or site. It is all done via e-mail. So far I sent 3 or 4 e-mails. And while it is nice to get the auto-response that they will get back to me soon, I’ve been waiting about 3 weeks for a response. So I guess I will stick with Sweetcron or take a look at some of the competition. It’s just sad that such a hyped-up system has no sort of interest in their customer support. Ugh!

Update 5/8: Tumblr finally cleared the subdomain, and I was able to sign up. Time to give Tumblr a try.