On Giving Up On @Posterous
When I started CFN, I wanted to break out of a rut I'd gotten into with CBM and tell my inner editor to STFU. Just post already. Just write. And it's been a great place for me to do just that. Being on a different platform, a minimalist platform like Posterous, meant that I was restricted in terms of what I could tinker with, what I could worry about that could distract me from the all-important task of hitting that damn publish button.
But something happened to this little side project, something I hadn't expected. People liked it. People really liked it, for which I remain grateful. I'm really appreciative that you have enjoyed reading these posts!
As site traffic increased, the cracks in the platform started to show, especially around the commenting system. Comments got lost. Comments got aggresively filtered. I could usually save people's comments, which was something, but I got the sense that Posterous was nicer for me to use than it was for someone who wanted to comment on my posts.
And that's not right.
I would rather be inconvenienced than you. It's not polite, it's not welcoming, it's not what I want.
When a new comment system got rolled out this week, one requiring manual approval, I was cautiously optimistic. But then the old problems of comments getting eaten returned, but this time with no way for me to save them.
Today was the last straw. Comments were eaten with no saving them.
That's not fair. It's not right. So I'm pulling the plug on Posterous.
This isn't the end of CFN, or of me blogging in this format, but it might be a sign that it's time for me to consolidate my weblog empire. I don't know.
But I know it's time for me to pull the plug on this platform, and move to something that doesn't irritate both me and my readers.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
