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Ask HN: What Happened to Pinboard (Dec '22 edition)?

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Re: Ask HN: What Happened to Pinboard (Dec '22 edition)?

#31

Weird, not long ago there was nothing but praise for this service and the author, now both the service and HN's opinion seem to have backslid.

> both the service and HN's opinion seem to have backslid.

The latter is a consequence of the former. The complaint is specifically that the service has been breaking down and there has been little communication about it.

Re: Ask HN: What Happened to Pinboard (Dec '22 edition)?

#34
post #31

Weird, not long ago there was nothing but praise for this service and the author, now both the service and HN's opinion seem to have backslid.

> both the service and HN's opinion seem to have backslid. The latter is a consequence of the former. The complaint is specifically that the service has been breaking down and there has been little communication about it.

The timing is poor as well, he made the plea for the one time purchase users to convert to subscriptions then seriously defocused on the service, leaving the people who did convert feeling sour about it.

Re: Ask HN: What Happened to Pinboard (Dec '22 edition)?

#35

We worry about the “bus problem” when it comes to one dev operations but should we also worry about the “dev getting bored” problem? I’m not sure what’s happened to Pinboard I hope Maciej is alright. I tweeted him ages ago asking about if the pin a URL page could become responsive so I don’t have to use a separate mobile app. He’s responded with a joke. Years later and I’m still using the mobile app.

It’s still the “bus problem”:

Either they got hit by the bus, or they hopped on the bus and rode away.

Re: Ask HN: What Happened to Pinboard (Dec '22 edition)?

#37

We worry about the “bus problem” when it comes to one dev operations but should we also worry about the “dev getting bored” problem? I’m not sure what’s happened to Pinboard I hope Maciej is alright. I tweeted him ages ago asking about if the pin a URL page could become responsive so I don’t have to use a separate mobile app. He’s responded with a joke. Years later and I’m still using the mobile app.

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Re: Ask HN: What Happened to Pinboard (Dec '22 edition)?

#40
His Twitter account said he's taking a year off from Twitter. Maybe he's taking a year off from other things too.

"Alright, I'm going to take a year off the twitters and see what else I can do with the time...See you all in 2023!"

https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1476079701978345472

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