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Re: Ask HN: What happened to Pinboard?

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Post by cogs »

I cancelled my subscription last year after similar problems with full text search.

I did get a download of my data, albeit it took a while, after requesting it from my settings page.

I've never had a reply to any of my emails to him. Alhough I did eventually get a reply on twitter, which said "Sorry for the terrible support" But then I heard nothing more, and got no replies to further emails either.

I think he's too busy being a celebrity. And it's a shame because he was kind of a figure head for independents doing a good job, and I was a bit of an evangelist. Oh well.

Re: Ask HN: What happened to Pinboard?

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Post by tionsam »

threatofrain wrote: post #3

It's for this reason that I've come to view tech products as propositions for relations, and I've come to view the health or characteristics of the company as part of the value of its offering. I've had good performance and uptime with Pinboard, but there have been a few moments that caused me to look outward for other options, but there I found that nobody else really focused on privacy the same way.

Until the last year or so, I really felt like Pinboard was a model for how an online service should be run. Maciej's strong advocacy for privacy and ethical business models are the reason I was comfortable paying for another five years of archiving upfront - I made my account in 2011 and until now had never seen a reason to jump ship.

Nowadays, though, self-hosting is much more workable than it used to be and I feel more confident that I can manage my own data safely... or maybe I've just realized I'm not confident that anybody else can.

Re: Ask HN: What happened to Pinboard?

#14

Post by tedunangst »

njn wrote: post #10
rjeli wrote: post #2

I think he’s in Antarctica...

Yeah, he posted a blog post about Antarctica a few days ago: https://idlewords.com/2018/12/gluten_free_antarctica.htm

That picks up immediately after a post from a couple years ago. https://idlewords.com/2016/05/shuffleboard_at_mcmurdo.htm

Re: Ask HN: What happened to Pinboard?

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Post by lkiernan »

4ad wrote: post #5

Pinboard also lost its Safari extension with no replacement in sight. The official Chrome extension also stopped working, but there are 3rd party Chrome extensions that work. He never answered when I contacted him for pinboard support, leaving a very bad taste in my mouth. Maciej seems to be more interested in discussing politics on Twitter rather than fixing his service, therefore I plan to leave his service once I…

You may not need this, but I replaced the Safari ext with https://github.com/spamwax/alfred-pinboard-rs

Requires Alfred, which I think is fairly common!

Re: Ask HN: What happened to Pinboard?

#16

Post by anoncareer0212 »

Maciej has been busy using Pinboard to fund political candidacies[1] and opining on character tests for CEOs[2].

I've voted Democrat in every election, this isn't a political thing. I'm embarrassed by his very public lack of self-awareness, and upset for people who trusted him.

[1] https://twitter.com/Pinboard [2] https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1050583549164703744

Re: Ask HN: What happened to Pinboard?

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Post by threatofrain »

trextrex wrote: post #18

After increasing problems with pinboard, I recently cancelled my subscription and moved to ggather.com. It's been pretty good so far.

What is their business model? It's so hard to find information about them on their site without creating an account.

Re: Ask HN: What happened to Pinboard?

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Post by toomuchtodo »

anoncareer0212 wrote: post #16

Maciej has been busy using Pinboard to fund political candidacies[1] and opining on character tests for CEOs[2]. I've voted Democrat in every election, this isn't a political thing. I'm embarrassed by his very public lack of self-awareness, and upset for people who trusted him. [1] https://twitter.com/Pinboard [2] https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1050583549164703744

I don’t see the problem with this. It’s their business, and hence their right to do what they want with the funds and time that business allows him.

Besides the service being provided to customers, Maciej owes anyone feeling entitled to more nothing.

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