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Re: Posterous cofounders create a replacement: Posthaven

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Post by dnrevel »

@ScoopIt (curation) launched with a layered, freemium model that made sense, as compared to the discussions around Posterous I heard, that even non-techies asked about -- what IS the funding model for Posterous.

I like the idea of $5/month. Why not sell it??? Let go of it twitter!!!

I've been a BIG Posterous fan, have 20+ blogs on it public and private, used to run a few courses, but started pulling away when the rumors and the "BackUp" button appeared.

It's NOT too late, is it? What a great story it would make to pull it back from the brink for all those semi-tech literates who can build wonderful sites on Posterous. Does someone need to start a petition to bug twitter about this??

Re: Posterous cofounders create a replacement: Posthaven

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Post by Terretta »

Bill_Dimm wrote: post #129
Terretta wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because many people using HN are learning English as a second language, one should avoid dispensing bad writing advice. The apostrophe is for possessives and contractions. Pluralization is neither. Wrong: Greatest Hits of the 90's / The 90's' Greatest Hits / 1990's' Greatest Hits Right: Greatest Hits of the 90s / The 90s' Greatest Hits / 1990's Greatest Hits It's easy if you think of the difference between the plural…

...one should avoid dispensing bad writing advice I think you are being a bit hard on tedunangst since his statement " Sometimes the apostrophe is preferred..." applies in situations different from your examples. For example: "The Times (and some other publications, including the Chicago Manual of Style) do call for using an apostrophe in the plural of abbreviations that include periods." http://afterdeadline.blogs.n…

By both those references, it's "URLs", not "URL's".

rubyrescue: since you're posting here, you have a grocer's apostrophe on the home page... it's "URLs", not "URL's".

tedunangst: Depends on your style guide. Sometimes the apostrophe is preferred for abbreviations ... not something I'd correct somebody for unless we had specifically and previously agreed to a particular style guide

tedunangst claimed that was a style choice. It's not. By all these guides, "URL's" is wrong, and is something that would be corrected by editors using your examples of NYT or Chicago Manual of Style.

Also, for the periods, omitting the periods is often the cleanest answer. Instead of "C.P.A.'s" which is both ambiguous and ugly, consider "I went to my CPA's office. Naturally, it was full of CPAs."

You're safest following this line from your Wikipedia link: The MLA is explicit "do not use an apostrophe to form the plural of an abbreviation". The APA is specific in "without an apostrophe".

Re: Posterous cofounders create a replacement: Posthaven

#134

Post by sfard »

jbail wrote: post #31

How can anyone believe this will hold true? Especially coming from the founders of Posterous who sold out and then shuttered their service? Was Posterous created to not be sustainable? If so, then Posterous's users were duped from the get go into using something that the founders knew wasn't sustainable and would eventually disappear. That's not a good way to treat users and it surely doesn't inspire confidence in th…

For those interested, I built http://throwww.com which is a free (and with an obvious bias) better alternative.

Re: Posterous cofounders create a replacement: Posthaven

#136

Post by iSnow »

garry wrote: post #5
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.

Sorry, unless you either open-source all your code so anyone can pick up the pieces once you are unwilling or unable to continue or you show me the part of the business that details your contingency plan, this is just sweet talk.

Re: Posterous cofounders create a replacement: Posthaven

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Post by jmathai »

photorized wrote: post #126
garry wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Both 2 and 3 are certainly in the plans. How could we not have an API? And custom domains? Brett and I have discussed #1 and it's an option we want to keep on the table. First priority is to build and create a great hosted experience, however.

Multiple domains names per blog, too?

Out of curiosity, what's the use case for this?

Re: Posterous cofounders create a replacement: Posthaven

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Post by dodyg »

garry wrote: post #47
fotbr wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why should I trust that this will last longer, given the same people are involved? The fact that you charge $5 / month? What do I get for $5 / month versus, say, my own VPS running whatever blog software I choose for the same money (or less)?

I have run many personal servers. They all come and go. They get hacked. I lose interest. The content goes away forever, except if I'm lucky enough for it to get picked up in http://archive.org . Posthaven is like that, but you don't have to hope. It will get archived. Self-hosting is great and I don't think we'll ever replace it. But for the vast majority of personal content out there, you want a caretaker. I hope y…

Please support MetaWeblog API

Re: Posterous cofounders create a replacement: Posthaven

#139

Post by cuchi_costa »

sfard wrote: post #134
jbail wrote: post #31

How can anyone believe this will hold true? Especially coming from the founders of Posterous who sold out and then shuttered their service? Was Posterous created to not be sustainable? If so, then Posterous's users were duped from the get go into using something that the founders knew wasn't sustainable and would eventually disappear. That's not a good way to treat users and it surely doesn't inspire confidence in th…

For those interested, I built http://throwww.com which is a free (and with an obvious bias) better alternative.

Hey sfard, how do i reach you?

Re: Posterous cofounders create a replacement: Posthaven

#140

Post by chrischen »

fotbr wrote: post #130
chrischen wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well for one you wouldn't have to maintain the VPS or blog software...

Instead, though, you have to deal with moving all your content, repeatedly, as your chosen "forever" or "lifetime" company goes under, folds up, gets sold and shuttered, changes terms of use and claims rights to your content, or any of the other bad things we've all seen over the years. Vigilance is going to be required whichever solution you choose, but having said that, a properly set up, locked down server based o…

The same thing could be said for any VPS provider.
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