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Shit. I'm now at serious risk of turning into a fanboy. The only thing that really keeps me from diving in is that my data are owned by someone else. I see I
by davi 18y ago
Shit. I'm now at serious risk of turning into a fanboy.
The only thing that really keeps me from diving in is that my data are owned by someone else. I see I can use it w/ my own domain, which is really cool (http://posterous.com/faq/ http://posterous.com/faq/), but is there any way to import/export data?
My content is precious to me. I don't want to give it to a web startup if I can't get it back.
BUT -- if I post by email, everything I post will be mirrored to my usual email places ...
Leaving only other people's comments on my posts, and submissions to my groups, that I won't be able to archive. (Cue sound of needle scratching across record.)
I can see this might not be a concern for a wide swathe of the potential Posterous user base... but for this prospective user, it matters.
Any plans to implement some data export/migration capabilities, rantfoil?
[edit: maybe there is an option to have other people's comments & posts to my group be forwarded to my email? Don't see it in documentation -- time to make an account & find out if the option is there.]
- rantfoil 18y agoIn the age of open API's, do you need to ask? =) API's are coming, both for posting and retrieving. It's going to be one of the big tent pole features alongside theming we're excited about in the next few months.
- davi 18y agoSounds like a good trajectory. Although there is a difference between exposing API to developers vs. giving users a feature, my "I want to own my data" worries will be greatly assuaged if a good API exists.
- pclark 18y agoDisqus has/had a great feature where you could get an automated weekly "dump" of all the comments on your site.