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by mkr-hn 5078 days ago
The image implies that it only runs on Apple devices, and that will keep a lot of people from signing up to be notified. The page also doesn't say much about the product. Is this hosted, or do you still need your own web space? If it's hosted, is self-hosting an option? Can it export to something like WordPress' XML?

The copy uses a lot of words to say very little.
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nickbalestra 5078 days ago
it's a free and hosted solution. NO selfhosting planned atm, and we are thinking of exporting capability, but not amain goal atm.
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mkr-hn 5078 days ago
If that's the case, what distinguishes it from Tumblr? It's easy to use, has sensible and appealing defaults, costs nothing, and has plenty of room for customization if you need more.
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nickbalestra 5078 days ago
read the manifesto and you'll see why: http://feathe.rs/manifesto , its all about the writing experience. and in about being able to have posts not linked among them as normal blogs do by listing them. Its more ment for the social web, that's why we called feathers as each post for us is like a feather traveling on the web via social sharing... think of it like the iAwriter for the web :) Of course tumblr still rocks and for its purpose is ok, we just wanted somethign faster, simpler, more minimal..read the manifesto there you'll find why we hacked this project together.
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mkr-hn 5078 days ago
Must not be for me. I don't see the point of it. But don't let me stop you if you think you've got a market for it.
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nickbalestra 5078 days ago
There are no solutions for everything and everybody, so don't worry, you are welcome and thanks for having shared your points, always nice to hear from others:)
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hopefully 5078 days ago
It's not for me either (simply because I'm hacking about with my own CMS and if I want fullscreen posts I'll just add that :), but I like the idea of making it simpler a lot.

Can you please come up with a business model, maybe premium accounts, and then refuse to be aquired, ever? :)

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nickbalestra 5078 days ago
No business model, we just did it for our self as we wanted and envision such a distraction-free writing experience for the web, so we just opening it up for free for others feeling the same way and looking for something like feathers.
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