Karp. Of the website's features are accessed from the "dashboard" interface. Development of Tumblr began in 2006, during a two-week gap between contracts at David Karp's software consulting company, Davidville. Dashboard: The dashboard Allows the user to upload text posts , images , video, quotes , or links to Their blog with a click of a button displayed at the top of the dashboard . Karp had been interested in tumblelogs) for some time and was waiting for one of the established blogging platforms to introduce their own tumblelogging platform. Queue - Messages or publications may be delayed Their hours or even days . Tags - Their audience to help find topics Un posts by adding tags . HTML editing - Allows users to edit Tumblr blog 's theme In February 2012, Tumblr's staff blog announced that the content policy would change to ban blogs that promote or advocate suicide, self-harm and eating disorders.