Twitpic Blocks Posterous’ Import Tool; Out Come The Lawyers

Re:Twitpic Blocks Posterous’ Import Tool; Out Come The Lawyers by vibhavs on Tuesday June 29, 2010 @10:37PM (#1473686)

I thought this was a valid point brought up by Anil Dash on Twitter (http://twitter.com/anildash/status/17380509761):

"Of course Twitpic should allow export, but Posterous calling others "dying platforms" is an unnecessary dick move. Hence, pettiness."

Here's where they used the term "dying platforms": http://blog.posterous.com/make-the-switch-to-posterous

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Re:Twitpic Blocks Posterous’ Import Tool; Out Come The Lawyers by stoney on Tuesday June 29, 2010 @11:26PM (#1473787)

Yeah, Posterous are playing a little bit rough, but Twitpic shouldn't respond to that by making it look like they want to make it difficult for users to export their data. If something Posterous have said is untrue (maybe the dying platform part) then call them on it - post growth stats, demand a retraction, whatever. Don't alienate your users to get back at another company.

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Re:Twitpic Blocks Posterous’ Import Tool; Out Come The Lawyers by masklinn on Wednesday June 30, 2010 @03:05AM (#1474108)

> Yeah, Posterous are playing a little bit rough

A bit rough? They're complete assholes about it.

> but Twitpic shouldn't respond to that by making it look like they want to make it difficult for users to export their data.

They're not, they haven't blocked anything (not even Posterous's IP block) and clearly said they don't plan on retiring the data export features.

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