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I'm skeptical about the inbox model.

I use Google Reader for two main reasons. One is that once I subscribe to a feed, I get access to all messages, not just new ones. The second is that I can search old messages as well.

So if I understand Tumblrs inbox model correctly, that's exactly the kind of usage pattern that isn't supported.

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I don't see how this is a problem. Every cell has a copy of every post--that should make it possible to search it and get all older posts as well.

Absolutely it should be possible. It just sounded to me as if they don't do it. But maybe I'm wrong. I'm not a Tumblr user.

The UI is very similar to a Twitter dashboard (if you are familiar with that). I don't think it's possible to search for old posts in either case, and the style of the site doesn't really lend itself to that kind of use (for better or worse).

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