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donohoe
32,641karma·3,769submissions·August 19, 2009
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I build web things for fun and sometimes I post on the social platforms
Web: https://donohoe.dev
Bluesky: @donohoe.dev
I build, or rebuild, big parts of media companies. Previously at Hearst, The New Yorker, Quartz, and NYT
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Just posting to be part of this historical record.
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No. That wasn’t a concern with RSS for publishers. Most publishers have RSS still or feeds. Scraping index pages continues to be trivial.
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A neat and funny idea - but in the end it is hostile to the users who don’t always control what’s added to links.
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They typically do but are disabled due to the volume of spam and moderation overhead. Send an email.
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It’s not that they don’t like it. It’s more like they don’t care, or it’s not on their radar.
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I have an alternative in this for Alamo Drafthouse. It sends me alerts as soon as new movies are listed, typically before promoted or announced online. It’s meant I can jump on re-runs etc I really ca…
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I am confused. The person who created the PR is user "sasha-id". The person saying no to the refund is also user "sasha-id". What? Where was it exactly thats someone from Anthropic…
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https://archive.ph/bOXGU
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Do browser extensions next…
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I’d argue it’s not worth it. Engagement and referral traffic from it continue to tank.
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Was this not a known issue (in terms of trade-offs) for years? I recall discussion back in 2018 at least that made mention of this concern. https://github.com/RealityNet/iOS-Foren…
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I don’t get it. Their setup is so much more complicated and limiting than what they had on Wordpress. I won’t argue with their reasons to move (which don’t stack up for me either but agree to disagree…
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Not a lawyer but... if you have the DVD its legal to make a backup digital copy. I am thinking the same thing. Most recent movies are available for under $20 per DVD - and there are tons of deals. You…
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Great idea but is this real? Its a page hosted on CLoudFlare's "pages.dev" service. Their method of contact is a Google Form which does have an email address on this domain "CoLapt…