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Re: Posterous cofounders create a replacement: Posthaven

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Post by mirsadm »

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.

Personally I'd be worried about making such claims. It's all great until someone knocks on the door with a bag of cash.

Re: Posterous cofounders create a replacement: Posthaven

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Post by mesozoic »

zimpenfish wrote: post #10
bradgessler wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Or endow a non-profit with sufficient funds to ensure perpetually running no matter the number of subscriptions.

Re: Posterous cofounders create a replacement: Posthaven

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Post by garry »

evv wrote: post #9
garry wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

That we are. Sorry for the inconvenience. To be honest, we had no word on specifically when Posterous would shut down.

Re: Posterous cofounders create a replacement: Posthaven

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Post by bfe »

garry wrote: post #13
bfe wrote: post #12

Thanks very much for making this available, garry, I appreciate it. (FYI I'm still getting the 503 for now but I'll keep checking in.)

Please visit https://posthaven.com for now. Brett and I are working on fixing the servers asap.

Thanks. Getting an SSL connection error there, and it's actually sunny in Portland right now so I need to get outside for a run, I'll check back after.

Re: Posterous cofounders create a replacement: Posthaven

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Post by aaronpk »

bfe wrote: post #16
garry wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please visit https://posthaven.com for now. Brett and I are working on fixing the servers asap.

Thanks. Getting an SSL connection error there, and it's actually sunny in Portland right now so I need to get outside for a run, I'll check back after.

I am also from Portland and can confirm that today's sun is definitely significant.

Re: Posterous cofounders create a replacement: Posthaven

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Post by garry »

webwanderings wrote: post #17

What does it offer for $5 a month? Wordpress.com charges as well and the bill runs up to a lot of money for typical bells and whistles needed to run a blog. Google blogspot is still pretty much free all around. Tumblr is the same.

We think the world still needs a Posterous-like blog engine that is simpler to use for everyone else. Posterous got quite complicated after I left, and I think the world needs the simple version again quite a lot.
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