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This totally confuses me. So I am supposed to either sign up for $10 per month or trust somebody from the internet and run their executable on my machine? Is

by TekMol 8y ago

This totally confuses me. So I am supposed to either sign up for $10 per month or trust somebody from the internet and run their executable on my machine? Is there anybody here on HN that sees this as viable ways to get into blogging? We totally need more and better ways to communicate online. But I just cannot see how this has any chance to take off.

detaro 8y ago
How is the model of "download our open source software or pay us to run it" confusing to you? If you want to "start blogging", you probably don't want to get a full instance, but more a blog on theirs: https://write.as/pricing https://write.as/pricing
- TekMol 8y ago
  I clicked on 'get started' and then 'hosting plans' on writefreely and got these prices: https://writefreely.org/hosting https://writefreely.org/hosting Now I see that the prices you mention are linked on the bottom of that page.
  - thebaer 8y ago
    Here's the source code: https://github.com/writeas/writefreely https://github.com/writeas/writefreely As mentioned, it's an open source project.
codetrotter 8y ago
> trust somebody from the internet and run their executable on my machine It’s open source. You can read the source code and compile it yourself.
rajekas 8y ago
It's not $10 bucks a month but $1 or $6. I am a paying customer myself and very happy with the service. They are generous enough to say that if you don't want to pay them money or have a different idea of what a blog should be, then take their software and make it into whatever you want it to be after inspecting their code. Don't like that either? You can always come to HN and impugn their motives. Never let a good deed go unpunished.
- fouc 8y ago
  https://writefreely.org/hosting https://writefreely.org/hosting shows $10/mo and up. I guess the OP would have to find the write.as site instead.
  - rajekas 8y ago
    You're right - I interpreted the OP as wanting a single blog. The $10 a month or more is for hosting 250 blogs or more. I would say that's a pretty good deal.

by TekMol 8y ago

detaro 8y ago

How is the model of "download our open source software or pay us to run it" confusing to you? If you want to "start blogging", you probably don't want to get a full instance, but more a blog on theirs: https://write.as/pricing https://write.as/pricing

TekMol 8y ago
I clicked on 'get started' and then 'hosting plans' on writefreely and got these prices: https://writefreely.org/hosting https://writefreely.org/hosting Now I see that the prices you mention are linked on the bottom of that page.
- thebaer 8y ago
  Here's the source code: https://github.com/writeas/writefreely https://github.com/writeas/writefreely As mentioned, it's an open source project.

codetrotter 8y ago

> trust somebody from the internet and run their executable on my machine It’s open source. You can read the source code and compile it yourself.

rajekas 8y ago

It's not $10 bucks a month but $1 or $6. I am a paying customer myself and very happy with the service. They are generous enough to say that if you don't want to pay them money or have a different idea of what a blog should be, then take their software and make it into whatever you want it to be after inspecting their code. Don't like that either? You can always come to HN and impugn their motives. Never let a good deed go unpunished.

fouc 8y ago
https://writefreely.org/hosting https://writefreely.org/hosting shows $10/mo and up. I guess the OP would have to find the write.as site instead.
- rajekas 8y ago
  You're right - I interpreted the OP as wanting a single blog. The $10 a month or more is for hosting 250 blogs or more. I would say that's a pretty good deal.