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I think it was a combination of several things that made them consider it inactive: "the last post that had been made was on November 18, 2009, and said, “This
by Timothee 17y ago
I think it was a combination of several things that made them consider it inactive:
"the last post that had been made was on November 18, 2009, and said, “This filter is obsolete.” The post before that was from March 21. There had been a total of five posts ever made to the account."
If this is true, this is in fact a good arguments for considering it inactive. Not enough to disable it like they did, but it's more in the gray area than the original post made it sound like.
- mattdennewitz 17y agoa tumblr employees response to the OP: http://meaghano.com/post/393246405/tumbledore-ive-run-pitchfork-tumblr-com-for http://meaghano.com/post/393246405/tumbledore-ive-run-pitchf...
- Hates_ 17y agoI hate to say it, but the tone of the response surprises me. Perhaps the OP wasn't honest, but I don't take that as an excuse to reply in a condescending manner.
- davidkarp 17y agoTumblr has a very informal attitude regarding staff blogs. Meaghan was a blogger before she ever worked for Tumblr. When she blogs about things, it's not an official response. It's merely her personal reaction. The staff blog is at http://staff.tumblr.com http://staff.tumblr.com. Tumblr employees wouldn't be using the service effectively if they were all stodgy officials. The fact that they're allowed to be themselves, flaws and all, is a feature.
- stanleydrew 17y agoPerhaps a feature for the individuals who work there, but certainly not a feature for the company itself. This looks bad for Tumblr no matter where it gets posted. This was a response to a matter affecting the company, not Meghan personally, so it would seem to be a reflection of the company's thoughts no matter where it appears.
- anonjon 17y agoHonestly, that doesn't really look too bad to me. Meghan told us how it went down from her point of view. Its refreshing to see a response that doesn't contain loads of obfuscated spin.
- sh4na 17y agoYou're right, it is refreshing to see someone flat out lie about company business in public on a personal blog. You don't get to see that every day :)
- anonjon 17y agoWhy do you assume that she is lying?
- dkersten 17y agoBecause the new story given by the owners of the domain in question have a completely different story to hers. Honestly, I find her reply to be pretty rude.
- anonjon 17y agoThat doesn't necessarily mean that she is lying, it could very well be that someone else is lying, (I thought PR was all about lying to people?). It could also be that no one is lying and the story simply was misremembered or garbled in transmission to respective PR departments. If you are already being rude, why bother lying to cover your ass?
- Avenger42 17y agoSo which is it? Ryan: "There had been a total of five posts ever made to the account." (with screenshots of said posts) Meagan: "There were not 'several posts', on that account, there were zero." While I agree that in either case, it was hardly a highly-used and highly-trafficked site, the fact that Tumblr can't get their numbers straight tells me at the very least that someone didn't do their due diligence to know exactly what they were handing over.
- thehodge 17y agoRyan : 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!” Meagan : As per our policy, we emailed this account’s address to inquire about the dormant account. After you failed to respond for 72 hours, we released the domain. Was it 10 minutes or was it 72 hours?
- ohashi 17y agoProbably 10 minutes. That guy has no reason to lie. Meagan, does. Her response is also awful and she should be fired, she clearly has no respect for the users and without users... well we all know what happens.
- bstrand 17y agoI think you totally misread the motivational factors here. That guy (aka Tumbledore) could easily want to lie to bolster the justification for the indignation he obviously feels. Meaghan, OTOH, has many more reasons not to want to lie, foremost of which is that she is representing an entire actual company. Tumbledore has nothing to lose and everything to gain, since all that's at stake here is his internet "personal brand", for which notoriety is the stock-in-trade. UPDATE: sh4na is correct that I misinterpreted "that guy" to mean Tumbledore, not Ryan of Pitchfork. The 10 minutes vs. 72 hours discrepancy is significant, but to presume that Ms. O'Connell is lying over-reaches. That is, unless one presumes that she's personally conducted an investigation of the support staff's emails and the account management history in order to satisfy the ego of an entitled netbrat, and is now knowingly misrepresenting the true facts of this very important matter.
- radu_floricica 17y agoWell, one can definitely say Pitchfork has better PR people then Tumblr.
- latortuga 17y agoThis is outrageous. Callous, self-righteous, and mocking. I can't believe someone would take this position against a user of their service.
- terrellm 17y agoInteresting word choice they used for Pitchfork... "We started this process last week upon our first correspondence with the trademark holder."