So, Pillowfort?

[chomiji]

Do any of you all think it has promise?

I mean, I'm right there when it comes to supporting fannish stuff: that's why I do Kickstarter and Patreon. But a social media site needs to have some stuff going on, and I'm not feeling super creative right now.

ETA: Tumblr's Displaced Porn Bloggers Test Their New Platforms — covers both DW and Pillowfort (on Wired; h/t umadoshi)

Comments

[inkstone]

I don't think so. There are some things that raise some red flags for me -- such as the fact that it's hosted on a domain that doesn't allow adult content. That might have been an oversight but if so, that also raises questions about lack of planning and looking at the fine details.

I also have a fannish friend who's a developer/coder and she looked at the code, and she says there will be some major problems down the road. Them being taken down for 10 days (or however long it was) due to vulnerabilities was only inevitable.

[chomiji]

Thanks for the input. Re the adult content: wow, that makes it super-ridiculous that some folks are talking it up as a response to the tumblr situation.

[ann_leckie]

I'm given to understand that this is something they intend to address down the line (by changing the domain ISTR). More than this I do not know.

[krait]

There are some things that raise some red flags for me -- such as the fact that it's hosted on a domain that doesn't allow adult content.

This is the biggest hurdle, I think. It's definitely why I'm not on there, and won't be until/unless adult content becomes allowed.