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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)?

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Post by 12bits »

hellified wrote: post #30
agento wrote: post #20

I've been a user since 2011. I love the simplicity of the site. A few years ago all the old-timers that paid once in the past have been asked to switch to a subscription plan. I would have happily done it if it wasn't for the abysmal support. Twice I emailed about an issue and haven't even gotten as much as a confirmation that my mail was received. With a product as simple as this, I can get behind saying no to featu…

I've got a container running linkding ever since that email trying to convert us old timers to a subscription basis. I figured first would be the polite ask, then later the strong arm. Only think missing for me for linkding is an android app.

linkding in a container has been working great for me

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

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Post by osculum »

photoGrant wrote: post #2

I'm miserable about Pinboard. I loved it, I even paid extra to get a silly emoji thinking I could throw some extra money to the developer. Except when I stopped my subscription I got locked out my grandfathered account and couldn't use it as I could before. Basically punishing me for donating. Oh well.

That extra money really helped with development, didn’t it?

At this point that email is starting to seem dishonest.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

chid wrote: post #51
benrapscallion wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He will probably respond with a snarky reply soon. That’s what he always does.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34066722 there was this reply - POLL: Should I step down as head of Pinboard? I will abide by the results of this poll.

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

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Post by photoGrant »

osculum wrote: post #82
photoGrant wrote: post #2

I'm miserable about Pinboard. I loved it, I even paid extra to get a silly emoji thinking I could throw some extra money to the developer. Except when I stopped my subscription I got locked out my grandfathered account and couldn't use it as I could before. Basically punishing me for donating. Oh well.

That extra money really helped with development, didn’t it? At this point that email is starting to seem dishonest.

Truly I don't want to give him MORE money just to get my data out of there. It feels like a slap in the face after a slap in the face.

Definitely taught me some lessons about the naive thinking of leaning in on indie projects.

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

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Post by okuntilnow »

I use, like and pay for Pinboard. I don't use the archiving feature though - it's just a dump for links, and it does that very well.

I do worry that it's going to go kaput from neglect at some point, so it would be nice to see a bit of development and get these issues fixed. But either way the level of outrage here is a bit OTT. It's not life or death, it's just bookmarks.

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

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Post by dang »

tollamizen wrote: post #77
Tomte wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He's not honestly trying. He used to. For years. That was when he was honestly trying (and succeeding). Today he's taking on new customers and their money, despite knowing full well that archiving (the premier feature) and sometimes also export has not worked for many users for several years now, with zero communication. He then pops up in all those HN threads, doesn't say anything about the problems at all, but make…

Never trust an easter-european, man. If they haven't scolded you, yet, then you see the rhyming-with-new'ish monetary tactics they use. Lost all hope in this [pinboard/pin-bor'ed; but please-give-me-moneys]individual permanently. Never again! It's always the same!

Slurs aren't allowed. We've banned this account.

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

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Post by eitland »

tsp wrote: post #38

Anybox [1] is a great replacement if you are in the Apple ecosystem. Raindrop [2] is another alternative that a lot of people seem to enjoy. I tried many alternatives to Pinboard and like AnyBox best so far. [1] https://anybox.app/ [2] https://raindrop.io/

Signed up for raindrop now.

Wondering what happens if the solo dev gets ill, but as long as I backup it has to be better than pinboard has become.

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

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Post by latexr »

lastdong wrote: post #72

Had no idea what pinboard was before this thread. The website looks not so great, but reading the service is quite amazing how it nailed such a simple idea so well. Totally understand being a useful service. Too bad there’s so many issues reported here. Is there any self hostable open source alternative?

> The website looks not so great

For many (most?) users, that was a feature: no fluff.

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