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If you post from a Windows PC, your data is trapped until they deign to create an export app (WTF!) to pull out the data. Ridiculous! I can pull my stuff out
by mikecane 16y ago
If you post from a Windows PC, your data is trapped until they deign to create an export app (WTF!) to pull out the data. Ridiculous! I can pull my stuff out of WordPress by doing Export XML. That they require an app is just plain screwy.
- kmfrk 16y agoIf they design one such. With Marco's anti-Microsoft proclivities, such a thing might never see the light of day.
- mikecane 16y agoThen they should offer to do the damned export on their end with their Macs. I don't care if I have to wait a week or a month. I'm not using Tumblr anymore. Just give me my damned XML.
- jmahoney 16y agoYour data is hardly trapped. You can export any or all of your posts as xml using the Tumblr api (http://tumblr.com/api http://tumblr.com/api) and your browser. eg http://we-heart-sci-fi.tumblr.com/api/read http://we-heart-sci-fi.tumblr.com/api/read There are any number of scripts/gists/pasties around the web that will give a simple script to download your posts.
- mikecane 16y ago>>>There are any number of scripts/gists/pasties around the web that will give a simple script to download your posts. So, Tumblr is a site where you can press a button to put stuff in but you have to deal with the stuff you just listed to get it back out. You've made half my own point there.