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There's very little information on the site at all, about any aspects of the service, and yet they want you to pay to use it. Nothing about how it works, who r

There's very little information on the site at all, about any aspects of the service, and yet they want you to pay to use it. Nothing about how it works, who runs it, privacy policy, where the data is stored... nothing.

ddtaylor 8y ago
How much does it cost?
- danieldk 8y ago
  $5 per month.
  - sgt 8y ago
    Yet another "$5/month" actually adds up quite quickly.
- SyneRyder 8y ago
  It's free if you just want to reserve a username and add an RSS feed from your own website - which can be either full articles (which will appear in Micro.Blog as a title & link), or short 280 char posts. You can reply to posts with a free account too. ------- EDIT: Probably easier if for the other plans I just post the site's own info: New Microblog — $5/month We'll create and host a microblog for you at username.micro.blog or your own domain name. Includes cross-posting, pages, themes, and publishing from the web, iOS, and Mac. New Blog + Microcast — $10/month All the features of a hosted microblog plus audio hosting. Upload MP3s via the web or use the companion iPhone app Wavelength to record and edit your own microcast. We'll create a podcast feed for your site. Enable Cross-posting — $2/month Already have your own microblog? Add Twitter, Medium, LinkedIn, and Facebook cross-posting via Micro.blog. Works with any RSS feed. Give Micro.blog Invite someone to Micro.blog or pay for their first year of blog hosting.
  - esalogika 8y ago
    Doesn't adding an rss feed from own website still cost 2$ pm?
    - SyneRyder 8y ago
      Nope, the $2 is just if you also want it to cross post your RSS out to Twitter, Medium et al. If you only want it to go into Micro.Blog, that's free. The pricing page makes it a bit clearer: http://help.micro.blog/2018/pricing/ http://help.micro.blog/2018/pricing/ Basics: free * Your own Micro.blog username. * Replies to other posts, stored on Micro.blog. * Add an external blog such as WordPress for posting. * Use the iOS and Mac apps to browse the timeline or post to supported external blogs. * No Micro.blog-hosted blog. * No page at username.micro.blog.
  - IshKebab 8y ago
    That seems very expensive for what is a very simple site with very low costs. Why not $5/year?
    - sharkjacobs 8y ago
      The developer is trying to make it a financially viable project with what is, presumably, a pretty small customer base.
benrapscallion 8y ago
It doesn’t have “likes” or “retweets” and it’s a paid site.

ddtaylor 8y ago

How much does it cost?

danieldk 8y ago
$5 per month.
- sgt 8y ago
  Yet another "$5/month" actually adds up quite quickly.
SyneRyder 8y ago
It's free if you just want to reserve a username and add an RSS feed from your own website - which can be either full articles (which will appear in Micro.Blog as a title & link), or short 280 char posts. You can reply to posts with a free account too. ------- EDIT: Probably easier if for the other plans I just post the site's own info: New Microblog — $5/month We'll create and host a microblog for you at username.micro.blog or your own domain name. Includes cross-posting, pages, themes, and publishing from the web, iOS, and Mac. New Blog + Microcast — $10/month All the features of a hosted microblog plus audio hosting. Upload MP3s via the web or use the companion iPhone app Wavelength to record and edit your own microcast. We'll create a podcast feed for your site. Enable Cross-posting — $2/month Already have your own microblog? Add Twitter, Medium, LinkedIn, and Facebook cross-posting via Micro.blog. Works with any RSS feed. Give Micro.blog Invite someone to Micro.blog or pay for their first year of blog hosting.
- esalogika 8y ago
  Doesn't adding an rss feed from own website still cost 2$ pm?
  - SyneRyder 8y ago
    Nope, the $2 is just if you also want it to cross post your RSS out to Twitter, Medium et al. If you only want it to go into Micro.Blog, that's free. The pricing page makes it a bit clearer: http://help.micro.blog/2018/pricing/ http://help.micro.blog/2018/pricing/ Basics: free * Your own Micro.blog username. * Replies to other posts, stored on Micro.blog. * Add an external blog such as WordPress for posting. * Use the iOS and Mac apps to browse the timeline or post to supported external blogs. * No Micro.blog-hosted blog. * No page at username.micro.blog.
- IshKebab 8y ago
  That seems very expensive for what is a very simple site with very low costs. Why not $5/year?
  - sharkjacobs 8y ago
    The developer is trying to make it a financially viable project with what is, presumably, a pretty small customer base.

benrapscallion 8y ago

It doesn’t have “likes” or “retweets” and it’s a paid site.