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Hacker Monthly Shuts Down

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Re: Hacker Monthly Shuts Down

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Post by SpacemanSpiff »

I've been a print subscriber since May 2011 and I just wanted to say that my monthly issue of Hacker Monthly has consistently been a wonderful experience. The articles, the art, everything was very enjoyable. Thanks so much for having offered this service!

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Post by jacquesm »

eecks wrote: post #3

Pay for things and they won't get shut down.. they said

"I’m in the process of refunding all the subscribers who paid for the subscription period after 2015. It will take some time as I’m doing this by hand. If you need a refund urgently (for any reasons), drop me an email and I’ll have it processed immediately."

Which is about as nice as it gets. On top of that, you got what you paid for no?

This is not some kind of crucial service that holds your data or that you need for your day-to-day life.

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Post by eecks »

jacquesm wrote: post #5
eecks wrote: post #3

Pay for things and they won't get shut down.. they said

"I’m in the process of refunding all the subscribers who paid for the subscription period after 2015. It will take some time as I’m doing this by hand. If you need a refund urgently (for any reasons), drop me an email and I’ll have it processed immediately." Which is about as nice as it gets. On top of that, you got what you paid for no? This is not some kind of crucial service that holds your data or that you need f…

When a free service us shut down the mantra is normally "you should have paid for it"

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Post by jacquesm »

Thank you Lim Cheng Soon for all the hard work. I ran the same website for well over a decade and I know how it feels when creativity drops away. Consider passing the mantle to someone else to keep the publication going (if there is any interest), I did this and I don't regret it. After an apprentice period that person could then run it by themselves. That way your baby would get another shot at life even if you yourself don't feel like it any more.

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Post by jacquesm »

eecks wrote: post #6
jacquesm wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"I’m in the process of refunding all the subscribers who paid for the subscription period after 2015. It will take some time as I’m doing this by hand. If you need a refund urgently (for any reasons), drop me an email and I’ll have it processed immediately." Which is about as nice as it gets. On top of that, you got what you paid for no? This is not some kind of crucial service that holds your data or that you need f…

When a free service us shut down the mantra is normally "you should have paid for it"

Yes, but you see, this is not an online service, it is a publication.

You have a bit of an entitlement issue.

Re: Hacker Monthly Shuts Down

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Post by kika »

That's really sad. I loved the mag and it was my favourite read once a month. Good luck, I'm sure we'll see something interesting from you in the future, you can discard the project you've lost the passion to, but you can't discard the passion itself :-)
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