Pinboard (website)

When Pinboard launched in July 2009, it charged an approximately $3 signup fee for new users. As of July 2020, Maciej Ceglowski announced on Twitter that he was "making some progress on getting Delicious back up." In February 2021 Maciej sent out an email asking users on grandfathered-in accounts to voluntarily switch to the annual fee structure, which had also increased to $22 per year, while the archiving accounts had gone up to $39. The idea being that the extra income would allow for hiring additional staff to take care of infrastructure and user support, while he was free to focus on adding new features. As of July 2024, Pinboard contained 288 million bookmarks for 233 million URLs. == Product ==

Cegłowski said that he created Pinboard "partly out of frustration with a redesign of Delicious that I felt removed a lot of utility from the site," Pinboard supports exporting bookmarks in a standard HTML format (understandable by browsers and other bookmarking services), in XML, and in JSON. Pinboard is supported by users paying for accounts; the site does not carry advertising. == Publicity ==

in September 2013. Cegłowski writes a Pinboard blog on topics including new features, site growth, the benefits of paying for services in general, technical aspects of running Pinboard, and critical commentary about social websites like Facebook. Cegłowski has discussed prioritizing speed and stability over using cutting-edge technologies for building Pinboard. In December 2012, Cegłowski announced a project called the Pinboard Investment Co-Prosperity Cloud, offering $37 and promotion for six startup companies, to encourage bootstrapping technology companies with low costs. He awarded winners in January 2013. He has spoken at conferences about his experience running Pinboard, including listening to users from the fandom community and "failing really, really slowly" (working on a project for a long time instead of looking for immediate success). He also gave a talk about the negative effects of advertising being the economic foundation of the web, as a model that encourages the growth of surveillance. == References ==