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pinboard.in but Maciej appears to be offline (?) at the moment and archiving is a bit broken (for me). Hope he's OK.

Maciej announced on twitter that he would be taking the year 2022 off [1]. I have not had any issues with pinboard but I also only use it occasionally.

[1]: https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1476079701978345472

> Maciej announced on twitter that he would be taking the year 2022 off

Err... To just say he said he was "taking the year[...] off" has an entirely different connotation. The tweet says that he decided to step away from Twitter. Those comments don't explain the lack of activity on Pinboard. He in fact specifically mentions getting other things done and links to Pinboard.

Yep but also no response via the Pinboard support email.

And blog.pinboard.in shows default Apache stub...

Yes, he spent the last couple of years getting involved in the US election and clearly burned himself out on that.

Twitter really did a number on this guy over the past few years.

Glad he’s taking some time away from it.

I wouldn't minimize his work as "twitter" — he spent a lot of time, money, and effort on raising money (millions) for various downballot candidates over multiple elections only to ultimately find that it didn't have much impact. That's a bit crushing, and the kind of thing that takes some time to digest. I was a bit flummoxed myself and I had much less skin in the game.

I really like Pinboard and Maciej but Pinboard feels forgotten.

Even the Pinboard blog URL [0]he linked to in his leaving Twitter tweet[1]is showing the Apache Default page to me.

I know there are a couple of good mobile apps for Pinboard but I’d much prefer just being able to use the site on mobile

[0] http://blog.pinboard.in/ [1] https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1476079701978345472?s=20...

I agree. I was using Pinboard for a long time but with the pricing changes and lack of support, I switched to self-hosting LinkAce (https://www.linkace.org).

> I’d much prefer just being able to use the site on mobile

When's the last time you tried that? Sometime in the past year ish (can't remember exact dates), it got updated to scale properly on narrow screens, and I've had no problem using it on mobile since then.

Using it on an iPhone 12 Mini-Firefox and the “Add Bookmark” screen is a tiny form in an ocean of white emptiness.

https://ibb.co/jZgzQnF

I rarely add links on mobile so I'd forgotten that was still an issue, my use case is mostly searching/browsing my own existing bookmarks

On iPhone I use an app[1] for a nicer experience.

[1] https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/pins-for-pinboard/id1547106997

This should work, note the http vs https https://blog.pinboard.in

Ask HN: What Happened to Pinboard? 2022-03-10

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30628375#30657065

idlewords: "Archiving (mis)behavior depends on what machine your account is assigned to"

IIRC Maciej even bought del.icio.us

Yep: https://blog.pinboard.in/2017/06/pinboard_acquires_delicious...

Pinboard is nice, I got a year subscription on a whim and don't use it. It is too much friction to use, not sure why. Even after installing a browser extension, it is just easier to drag the link in the bookmarks bar than to pin it on pinboard.

It is faster to use the bookmarklet

Definitely this!

He’s just taking a year off Twitter

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