I signed up for an account today. They don't give much away on their homepage, so here's a preview of the current post editor for those interested: http://d.pr

I signed up for an account today. They don't give much away on their homepage, so here's a preview of the current post editor for those interested: http://d.pr/i/189H http://d.pr/i/189H You can sign up today for $5 and you won't be billed again until they're out of beta. I felt it was worth doing because I support their vision and I'm keen to see how it develops, even though the actual product is very bare bones at the moment. (e.g. No template editing, no pages, can't save posts as drafts.) What they have so far seems fast, clean, and easy to use, though. The environment is refreshing compared to WordPress and more suited to medium-to-longform writing than tumblr. My advice to the creators: show actual mockups of what you're hoping to build. (e.g. http://john.onolan.org/ghost/ http://john.onolan.org/ghost/ ) Promising never to sell out is great, but I would much rather see a visual pledge in the form of, "This is what we plan to make [screenshots] and this is the order we're building those features." Even if you don't offer a definitive schedule, at least your beta backers will feel more invested in the journey you're on.