Will this include all the “ads” from the Boing Boing Shop disguised as posts?
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No ads from BB’s shop are disguised as posts. They all clearly indicate they are from the shop, and always have. The few sponsored posts BB has from time to time are labelled as such as well.
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Tried to subscribe - would not work on mobile (iOS). I cannot select a subscription option and if I submit without one it give me a blank screen. (Not sure what I expected from submitting without a choice - probably an error?)
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I mean, yes, they are labelled as from the shop, but they show up in the blog feed along all the other posts at Blog - Boing Boing, which is how I usually browse. Will the premium version still have those ads from the shop in the feed?
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Don’t think I’m going to move over for various reasons. I’ve enjoyed my time with you all, it’s a shame it’s going to end.
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And it’s only a chat; it’s missing the mark-up that allows links. The ability to link and share was one of the things that made threads like the Continuing Coronavirus Happenings so valuable and timely.
Edit: No links to threads, so no sub-thread index. I’m all for a bit of whitespace, Discourse already provides lots of that. On the SubStack chat I’m looking at 19 lines of text on 32" of monitor space and lots of blank. It’s not really that different from the 40 lines of text I used to get on my local BBS in the 1980’s, although that old BBS had a better sub-topic/thread system. 
Edit edit: And timing… right before one of the most consequential elections in 
history?
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So substack is working with us to expand the capabilities over there. Much as what happened with Discourse when we migrated here, there may be some growing pains as we get things where they need to be.
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I appreciate that running a website isn’t free, and that people hate ads and so use adblockers… and I’m sure a large percentage of BB’s users are using said adblockers, meaning BB isn’t really getting the revenue it expects from ads.
And I also appreciate the addition of a premium subscription service for people who want and can afford to support the site more directly… but I can’t get behind that service completely replacing the existing BBS and making it impossible for non-paying users to participate in the community here.
Personally I’m not looking for another subscription in my life… so I guess I’m losing one of the few communities I do still participate in. It’s been fun guys.
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Well fuck.
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That’s a fucking bummer, man.
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What happens with the RSS feed?
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Farewell sweet BBS folks. See you in another life!
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So I subscribed on my desktop. On my desktop I am not logged into boingboing (the bbs identity I am posting under here) do I need to link the two or are we severing ourselves from the past?
Also the included items that show up on mobile. Sense of humour or oddity because it is listed as an item for the founders subscription?
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For me it was the weird articles attacking James Randi (right after he died)
Then the AI generated content
Now we’re closing the BBS?
Bye, kids. It’s been real 
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Oh, but cheers to whoeever in the comments used to post the Beau of the Fifth column videos. His and Belle’s channel is a daily watch now and I treasure them.
I miss Beau probably every day
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@orenwolf says the current WordPress site will be left up as an ad supported version of BB, so the RSS feed should continue as normal from there.
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Does the main substack premium boing boing page have an rss feed?
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I’ll hold onto my dimes, tyvm.
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But not the RSS feeds for the Discourse topics, AFAICS. These are now on the SubStack chat, which well behaved members are splitting off into threads… keeping the top clean… for now.
Substack is currently not quite to the level of IRC, but with CSS. Is it realistic to think they are going to replicate the functionality of Discourse, a functionality which has facilitated a pretty vibrant community of folks?
Edit: Oh come on… 
SubStack chat doesn’t even let you search at the chat level. Search doesn’t go into article discussions.
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Maybe?
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