{"id":3971,"date":"2012-07-18T08:21:49","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T12:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=3971"},"modified":"2012-07-18T16:47:20","modified_gmt":"2012-07-18T20:47:20","slug":"still-blogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2012\/07\/18\/still-blogging\/","title":{"rendered":"Still Blogging"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s a reason I don\u2019t use services like Tumblr (or LiveJournal, or Blogger, or any of a dozen other similar \u201cfree\u201d services) and instead still post things here on my own blog \u2013 and that is: I own this blog, but I don\u2019t own Tumblr*.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, this may not \u2013 scratch that, this will not<\/em><\/strong> apply to everyone, but for me, my words are my \u201cproduct,\u201d so to speak. They are the thing I spend time creating, and they are important<\/em> to me \u2013 important enough that I would not want them to be lost.<\/p>\n

Whenever I\u2019m trying to decide whether to use some new web-based service (at least, the \u201cfree\u201d ones), I ask myself, \u201cif this service disappeared tomorrow, would it be a huge loss for me?\u201d If the answer is \u201cyes,\u201d then I either won\u2019t use the service, or I will only post low-importance things there (or I\u2019ll duplicate the content elsewhere).<\/p>\n

Naturally, there are some \u201cfree\u201d services that I trust sufficiently to get over the \u201cwhat if it disappeared\u201d hurdle \u2013 things like Gmail, to name one example. (Though that doesn\u2019t stop me from keeping a local, cached backup copy, just in case!)<\/p>\n

Anyway, these are just some of my thoughts \u2013 and of course everyone else\u2019s criteria will differ from mine. But it\u2019s worth thinking about before you commit to creating a lot of content with whatever the next \u201ccool\u201d new web service is!<\/p>\n

* This goes for any paid service, really. If I pay for it, I generally expect not to be left in the cold. With a free service, you can\u2019t really expect anything.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s a reason I don\u2019t use services like Tumblr (or LiveJournal, or Blogger, or any of a dozen other similar \u201cfree\u201d services) and instead still post things here on my own blog \u2013 and that is: I own this blog, but I don\u2019t own Tumblr*. Now, this may not \u2013 scratch that, this will not… Continue reading Still Blogging<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[203,199],"tags":[101,100],"class_list":["post-3971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet-technology","category-my-opinion","tag-blogging","tag-opinion","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-123","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3364,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2011\/02\/16\/confusion-misunderstandings-and-net-neutrality\/","url_meta":{"origin":3971,"position":0},"title":"Confusion, Misunderstandings, and Net Neutrality","author":"Keith Survell","date":"February 16, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Trying to clear up some of the confusion and common misunderstandings regarding the concept commonly named as \"Net Neutrality.\"","rel":"","context":"In "Internet"","block_context":{"text":"Internet","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/technology\/internet-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1363,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/09\/26\/more-foolishness-from-comcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":3971,"position":1},"title":"More Foolishness from Comcast","author":"Keith Survell","date":"September 26, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"From Slashdot: \"US cable provider Comcast has presented its long-term solution for managing broadband traffic. 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