Posterous cofounders create a replacement: Posthaven

iSnow wrote: post #2

Great - until that one gets acquired or acqui-hired by Facebook|MS|Google... I wish there were some open source resource sharing protocol a bit more high-level than HTTP.

There is a pledge:

  Our pledge to you...
  We'll never be acquired.
  We'll always keep your URL's online.
  We'll always keep it the best place to post.

And they charge $5 per month, so the sustainability is more clear.

I've talked to Garry and Brett about Post Haven and they are genuinely committed to making this work as they pledge on the website.

Re: Posterous cofounders create a replacement: Posthaven

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Post by garry » Fri, Feb 15, 2013, 11:10 PM UTC

iSnow wrote: post #2

Great - until that one gets acquired or acqui-hired by Facebook|MS|Google... I wish there were some open source resource sharing protocol a bit more high-level than HTTP.

Like Brad said -- this one is not to be sold. We'll charge money and keep the lights on no matter what. We want to provide this service like a basic utility like water and power, because that's what having a voice on the Internet should be.

Re: Posterous cofounders create a replacement: Posthaven

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Post by jaredstenquist » Fri, Feb 15, 2013, 11:11 PM UTC

aaronpk wrote: post #3

Sustainable. "503 Service Unavailable"

Love the irony!

Re: Posterous cofounders create a replacement: Posthaven

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Post by garry » Fri, Feb 15, 2013, 11:11 PM UTC

aaronpk wrote: post #3

Sustainable. "503 Service Unavailable"

It's back. Sorry about that.

We're starting over from scratch with a new codebase only recently, and there's infrastructure we still need to build. I scaled Posterous from nothing to tens of millions of uniques with my cofounder Brett, so we'll be able to keep it online for the long haul.

Please bear with us though through this launch period.

Re: Posterous cofounders create a replacement: Posthaven

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Post by aaronpk » Fri, Feb 15, 2013, 11:12 PM UTC

garry wrote: post #7

aaronpk wrote: post #3

Sustainable. "503 Service Unavailable"

It's back. Sorry about that. We're starting over from scratch with a new codebase only recently, and there's infrastructure we still need to build. I scaled Posterous from nothing to tens of millions of uniques with my cofounder Brett, so we'll be able to keep it online for the long haul. Please bear with us though through this launch period.

I believe you. Just thought it was a wonderful bit of irony :)

Re: Posterous cofounders create a replacement: Posthaven

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Post by evv » Fri, Feb 15, 2013, 11:15 PM UTC

garry wrote: post #7

aaronpk wrote: post #3

Sustainable. "503 Service Unavailable"

It's back. Sorry about that. We're starting over from scratch with a new codebase only recently, and there's infrastructure we still need to build. I scaled Posterous from nothing to tens of millions of uniques with my cofounder Brett, so we'll be able to keep it online for the long haul. Please bear with us though through this launch period.

It's not back for me. You guys must be sweating right now

Re: Posterous cofounders create a replacement: Posthaven

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Post by zimpenfish » Fri, Feb 15, 2013, 11:15 PM UTC

bradgessler wrote: post #4

iSnow wrote: post #2

Great - until that one gets acquired or acqui-hired by Facebook|MS|Google... I wish there were some open source resource sharing protocol a bit more high-level than HTTP.

There is a pledge: Our pledge to you... We'll never be acquired. We'll always keep your URL's online. We'll always keep it the best place to post. And they charge $5 per month, so the sustainability is more clear. I've talked to Garry and Brett about Post Haven and they are genuinely committed to making this work as they pledge on the website.

Instead of a pledge, what about something more concrete and legally binding in the contract?