Typepad is shutting down

I have no doubt that it wasn't vc profitable, but my assumption (without any inside info) is that the real issue is that they were using some hacked up version of Movable Type that they couldn't upgrade.

It's frustrating though because imho it's arguably still the best blog platform to this day.

Re: Typepad is shutting down

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Post by Alex3917 » Wed, Aug 27, 2025, 5:27 PM UTC

scblock wrote: post #2

September 30 is a pretty small window to migrate. Hopefully it's enough.

At least with LLMs, we can just write a query to migrate the export to whatever target format we want. The main issue is just breaking 20 years worth of inbound links.

Re: Typepad is shutting down

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Post by deelowe » Wed, Aug 27, 2025, 5:28 PM UTC

coolgoose wrote: post #5

Was this just not profitable? Or not vc extra growth profitable?

Does anyone read blogs anymore? Social media seems to have completely replaced them.

Re: Typepad is shutting down

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Post by asa400 » Wed, Aug 27, 2025, 5:34 PM UTC

deelowe wrote: post #8

coolgoose wrote: post #5

Was this just not profitable? Or not vc extra growth profitable?

Does anyone read blogs anymore? Social media seems to have completely replaced them.

If all you measure is "what is mainstream culture doing" then yes, social media dominates. But there are tons and tons of topics that have active bloggers, tech among them, certainly. A lot of the blogs in my RSS feed get regular updates.

Re: Typepad is shutting down

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Post by tiffanyh » Wed, Aug 27, 2025, 5:37 PM UTC

Sad news.

Typepad brings backs fond memories of early personal "weblog", Web 1.0/2.0 era, Six Apart & Movable Type.