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I am on “old timer” and signed up partly to support Maciej and partly for the site’s quirkiness. As others have said, I am surprised he is still tending to the

I am on “old timer” and signed up partly to support Maciej and partly for the site’s quirkiness. As others have said, I am surprised he is still tending to the website because it is in shambles and completely unreliable. I have had warnings from ifttt.com several times now that pinboard is offline. I will not be joining the subscription plan and am instead searching for an alternative that is reliable.

idlewords 6y ago
One reason you get the warnings from IFTTT is that they crashed my API! Totally blaming the victim here. Try raindrop.io or stavros's historio.us.
- Aeolun 6y ago
  How does IFTTT crash an API? Too many requests? I feel like there is a story here.
  - lemming 6y ago
    See here: https://blog.pinboard.in/2016/03/my_heroic_and_lazy_stand_against_ifttt/ https://blog.pinboard.in/2016/03/my_heroic_and_lazy_stand_ag... and here (among others, you might have to ferret around on Twitter a bit): https://twitter.com/pinboard/status/712031809433968642 https://twitter.com/pinboard/status/712031809433968642
    - Aeolun 6y ago
      Ah, that sure sounds like a dick move.
- benrapscallion 6y ago
  Your skills as an expert politician and deflector are on full display here. Why is your and IFTTT’s issues my problem as a paid customer for your service? If I paid you a yearly subscription, is there any chance you’ll fix these decade old bugs? I don’t think so.
  - idlewords 6y ago
    Sound like you paid for the decade-old bugs but not the fixes.
    - benrapscallion 6y ago
      Typical.
koevet 6y ago
Old timer here, I have been using pinboard for a long time: I have never used any kind of integration, just manually curating my links when I have the time. I feel that it's unfair to call the site "in shambles": I never had a single issue with it and I enjoy casually browsing the "popular" link. And,yes, I will upgrade to the yearly payment.

idlewords 6y ago

One reason you get the warnings from IFTTT is that they crashed my API! Totally blaming the victim here. Try raindrop.io or stavros's historio.us.

Aeolun 6y ago
How does IFTTT crash an API? Too many requests? I feel like there is a story here.
- lemming 6y ago
  See here: https://blog.pinboard.in/2016/03/my_heroic_and_lazy_stand_against_ifttt/ https://blog.pinboard.in/2016/03/my_heroic_and_lazy_stand_ag... and here (among others, you might have to ferret around on Twitter a bit): https://twitter.com/pinboard/status/712031809433968642 https://twitter.com/pinboard/status/712031809433968642
  - Aeolun 6y ago
    Ah, that sure sounds like a dick move.
benrapscallion 6y ago
Your skills as an expert politician and deflector are on full display here. Why is your and IFTTT’s issues my problem as a paid customer for your service? If I paid you a yearly subscription, is there any chance you’ll fix these decade old bugs? I don’t think so.
- idlewords 6y ago
  Sound like you paid for the decade-old bugs but not the fixes.
  - benrapscallion 6y ago
    Typical.

koevet 6y ago

Old timer here, I have been using pinboard for a long time: I have never used any kind of integration, just manually curating my links when I have the time. I feel that it's unfair to call the site "in shambles": I never had a single issue with it and I enjoy casually browsing the "popular" link. And,yes, I will upgrade to the yearly payment.