The Cloud Fiasco of 2010: Drop.io

Dvorak is 12 years late to the "Cool URIs don't change" party: http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI

Lesson: If you don't own the domain, you don't own the stability of those domain's URLs.

Current drop.io links work just fine. They just took away the ability to create new ones with a free account.

The reason he's encountering dead links is because drop.io drops are specifically designed to expire. You pick an expiration date when you create a drop. It's a feature. The service was not meant for long-term storage or distribution. Using it this way was a mistake.

You're aware that drop.io will discontinue service completely before the end of the year, right?

Sure, but that has nothing to do with John pointing out how many dead bookmarks he has today.

Drop.io was designed for temporary storage. My point is that all its links would have expired even if it was kept running.

So? He's still technically correct, which is the best kind of correct.

One for Dvorak: http://news.ycombinator.com/x?fnid=NcliuBE5MI

Your link doesn't work for me.

It was an ironic quip, with the irony being that Hacker news is not honoring the link...