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Re: Response from Pitchfork Regarding Tumblr Subdomain

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Post by mattmanser »

jackowayed wrote: post #3
anigbrowl wrote: post #2

A refreshingly drama-free resolution to the affair.

Except it's not a resolution. Tumblr's response ( http://meaghano.com/post/393246405/tumbledore-ive-run-pitchf... ) totally contradicts it.

And is extremely immature

Re: Response from Pitchfork Regarding Tumblr Subdomain

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Post by davidkarp »

petesalty wrote: post #4

November 18, 2009 isn't exactly what I'd call inactive. Sure it wasn't super recent, but still, it's less than 3 months ago.

If you've posted five times in a year, and the last one sounds like you've decided your blog is obsolete, then it's not an instance of somebody abandoning a longrunning thing. It looks like somebody gave the service a few tries and gave up.

Re: Response from Pitchfork Regarding Tumblr Subdomain

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Post by davidkarp »

jackowayed wrote: post #3
anigbrowl wrote: post #2

A refreshingly drama-free resolution to the affair.

Except it's not a resolution. Tumblr's response ( http://meaghano.com/post/393246405/tumbledore-ive-run-pitchf... ) totally contradicts it.

Tumblr lets you change subdomains easily. If Pitchfork chooses to relinquish the subdomain, the original owner could take it back immediately, regardless of how Tumblr Support acts.

Re: Response from Pitchfork Regarding Tumblr Subdomain

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Post by momoro »

jackowayed wrote: post #3
anigbrowl wrote: post #2

A refreshingly drama-free resolution to the affair.

Except it's not a resolution. Tumblr's response ( http://meaghano.com/post/393246405/tumbledore-ive-run-pitchf... ) totally contradicts it.

Ha! This is fun.

ROUND I

Pitchfork: Within 10 minutes, a tumblr representative responded: “Hi, Megan. Those URLs are now free. Please let me know if there’s anything else I can help you with. Thanks for using Tumblr!”

VS

Tumblr: "After you failed to respond for 72 hours, we released the domain."

VS

Tumbledore: "Tumblr stole my subdomain"

ROUND II

Tumblr: "There were not “several posts,” on that account, there were zero."

VS

Pitchfork: "...the last post that had been made was on November 18, 2009, and said, “This filter is obsolete.” [ includes screenshots of posts]

VS

Tumbledore: "I had several posts up and I followed 28 people with the account."

Someone is wrong on the internet!!!

Re: Response from Pitchfork Regarding Tumblr Subdomain

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Post by stanleydrew »

davidkarp wrote: post #7
jackowayed wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except it's not a resolution. Tumblr's response ( http://meaghano.com/post/393246405/tumbledore-ive-run-pitchf... ) totally contradicts it.

Tumblr lets you change subdomains easily. If Pitchfork chooses to relinquish the subdomain, the original owner could take it back immediately, regardless of how Tumblr Support acts.

Pitchfork's response implies that they will give back the subdomain if the guy asks. That should be the end of this. Except I'm almost certain this guy is going to continue complaining in order to keep attention on himself.
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