[austinchang]

Sorry everyone for the sudden notice. This has been wrecking us for some time and we went back and forth about how to handle this timeframe. Having a long graceful transition period for our users would have been great but for reasons that we could not control Fridge as it currently stands had to be shut down quickly. Unfortunately there are tough decisions (especially in startups) to make and tougher consequences to live with even if they come with a silver lining at the end.

We remain dedicated to building great products and hopefully things will become more clear after the dust settles.

Again, sorry for the sudden notice...

[rdl]

There are definitely legitimate reasons for doing this quickly, and having the policy in place to delete sensitive customer data (vs. turn it over to other companies) is definitely a good thing (and a lot better than a lot of companies in the past).

Probably the best time to think about continuity for users is when the service has just been set up. I think it matters a lot more for things like Geocities, Vox, etc. than for a more realtime communications service.