Re:Lessons scaling from 10 to 20 people
by dodorex on Sunday May 14, 2017 @04:40AM
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can somebody explain why posthaven is so widespread? i don't see any reason to use it over medium etc
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It's affiliated with YC (created by alumni), promises to stick around and even keep your content online. Whereas Medium is still looking for a sustainable business model.
Re:Lessons scaling from 10 to 20 people
by anotheryou on Sunday May 14, 2017 @06:44AM
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It offers immortality (of your texts). And people are afraid of death, beeing forgotten and leaving no mark behind.
Posthaven was started by Garry Tan, a YC alum & founder of Posterous. When Posterous, a blogging-ish platform, was acquired and later shutdown...
http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/15/posterous-will-shut-down-on...
...Garry started Posthaven. Posthaven got press as the "never gonna sellout and/or shutdown" blogging platform. I still remember Posthaven whenever I think about starting a blog that I'd like to be around forever. It's a good pitch for people who value the longevity of things they write. I'm not confident Medium will be around forever, and major content sites do go bye bye: Posterous, Geocities, Vine.