Pinboard has really gone to shit. I terminated my account a few months ago and switched to espial. No regrets.
Ask HN: What Happened to Pinboard (April '22 edition)?
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Re: Ask HN: What Happened to Pinboard (April '22 edition)?
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah he seems very depressive, going through some personal stuff. I think his (pinboard) Twitter-bio said something dark like "The light inside is broken, but I still work" at some point.
That final one isn't especially upflifting, but it's from a meme. https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/440/187/84d...
Would be an odd reference without context, but I'm not sure. I just hope he is alright.
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#43Re: Ask HN: What Happened to Pinboard (April '22 edition)?
#44I'd love to know why Maciej feels he can convince people to give him money, not provide the services he promises, and then be very flippant about it in this very thread (he's idlewords, and perhaps boneidlewords).
Run of the mill narcissism.
Re: Ask HN: What Happened to Pinboard (April '22 edition)?
#45I saw his tweets fall off. I hope he is alright.
He's on a bender.
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#46Found this thread not being able to save any bookmarks through the 'Pinput' chrome extension or directly through the site with no errors/warnings at all...
Just exported all the data and for me, time to look for alternatives. I really don't like the flippant nature of the dev.
Re: Ask HN: What Happened to Pinboard (April '22 edition)?
#47I bought a yearly package after listening to rave reviews and almost immediately felt remorseful. It’s feels like an abandoned product.
I absolutely love Pinboard, seems like hiring one person to attend the support queue would solve >80% of the problem.
> I absolutely love Pinboard
I loved Pinboard, too. (past tense) I was an early adopter and paid for lifetime access - an option that was available at the time. Now, the API is often down so my native clients I use on macOS and iOS are useless.
Sadly, I've moved on. Espial seems to fit what I need.
Re: Ask HN: What Happened to Pinboard (April '22 edition)?
#48Shameless plug: I run https://tefter.io a pinboard alternative which supports importing your bookmarks from pinboard and even has team collaboration features.
No shame in that, since your service is even cheaper. Oh. Nevermind. /s (In perspectice for 39$/month I can self host 1+ premium vps server(s) and run one or more of those https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted#boo... )
Hey, for a fair comparison with pinboard you should check out our personal pricing plans, https://www.tefter.io/personal which start from $9/year. The 39$/month you mentioned is for team workspaces of unlimited members.