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Re: No Longer Posting to Pinboard

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Post by stringsandchars »

I like the fact that there are no new features. The service is mature and doesn't need any changes. Also I use a bookmarklet on mobile (in a more easily-customized iOS browser called iCab), so I have no problems with responsive styling. Sometimes a minimum amount of effort is needed to make a service work the way you want it.

For a while a few years ago the service was unstable, but I haven't noticed any problems recently.

Have no recall of the service-owner's politics - but I do remember he is somewhat 'mercurial' in his emotions - and I've often wondered whether he will just decide to shutdown without warning.

Otherwise the service is minimal, no-nonsense, and no hassle. I don't get this post at all.

Re: No Longer Posting to Pinboard

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Post by easygenes »

pitzips wrote: post #4

The design of Pinboard exists in a similar but self hosted service called linkding [1]. I've been self hosting with Docker for a few years with no issues I can recall. Just checked and it does have the responsive forms as well. [1]: https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding

Cool! Is there a straightforward way to import your Pinboard?

Re: No Longer Posting to Pinboard

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Post by antithesis-nl »

vasco wrote: post #6

> I’ve also had some issues in the past with the owner of Pinboard. I can’t recall the exact details of their political or other thoughts now, and don’t plan to look for them, but the site fell into my mental bucket of “services to reluctantly not recommend” a while back. > Mental note: I need a bigger bucket. This section really makes the author come across as "a hater", specially the last sentence. Like those peopl…

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Re: No Longer Posting to Pinboard

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Post by zimpenfish »

> Why pay for a service, and have the little mental overhead of it existing, when I’ve duplicated it on my own site?

For me, because Pinboard has IFTTT integration where I can feed a whole bunch of things[0] into it automagically. None of the self-hosted services has IFTTT integration or, as far as I've seen thus far, webhook functionality I could feed from IFTTT[1].

I've got a self-made feed from Pinboard to a self-hosted linkhut which works fine (absent the archiving capability but I've never really used that anyway.)

[0] Although sadly that list does keep shrinking as arseholes close off / commercialise their APIs.

[1] A REST API doesn't work because they rely on setting the 'Authorisation' header which, AFAIK, isn't supported in IFTTT's webhook.

Re: No Longer Posting to Pinboard

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Post by Philpax »

antithesis-nl wrote: post #13
vasco wrote: post #6

> I’ve also had some issues in the past with the owner of Pinboard. I can’t recall the exact details of their political or other thoughts now, and don’t plan to look for them, but the site fell into my mental bucket of “services to reluctantly not recommend” a while back. > Mental note: I need a bigger bucket. This section really makes the author come across as "a hater", specially the last sentence. Like those peopl…

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Seems unlikely that someone with this profile [0] would be an oligarch booster. It seems more likely that it's about Maciej's slow rightwards shift [1].

[0] https://www.gyford.com/phil/about/

[1] https://bsky.app/profile/anildash.com/post/3lhkkre2h422z

Re: No Longer Posting to Pinboard

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Post by bambax »

I joined Pinboard at a time when there was no recurring costs, just a small fee to join, for life. I think I paid $10 total, 12 or 15 years ago, and not a penny since. For that amount it's a pretty good deal.

Re: No Longer Posting to Pinboard

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Post by eitland »

I stopped paying (and using it) a couple of years ago. I have a lifetime account so my bookmarks are still there.

Reason: I had started paying yearly for the archive option and it stopped working and I tried and failed several times to get in contact with support.

I now use raindrop.io, it is reasonably priced, has api, lets me import pinboard bookmarks, and unlike pinboard.in it still works for me.

Re: No Longer Posting to Pinboard

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Post by hombre_fatal »

Philpax wrote: post #16
antithesis-nl wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Seems unlikely that someone with this profile [0] would be an oligarch booster. It seems more likely that it's about Maciej's slow rightwards shift [1]. [0] https://www.gyford.com/phil/about/ [1] https://bsky.app/profile/anildash.com/post/3lhkkre2h422z

Why not link to the boosted Singal post instead of to someone saying it’s super bad?

Re: No Longer Posting to Pinboard

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Post by oneeyedpigeon »

bambax wrote: post #17

I joined Pinboard at a time when there was no recurring costs, just a small fee to join, for life. I think I paid $10 total, 12 or 15 years ago, and not a penny since. For that amount it's a pretty good deal.

I loved that earlier pricing model, where the cost increased with each sign-up. It may not have been sustainable in the long-term, but it was an interesting attempt to do something different.
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