On TypeKey
There are a lot of people hating TypeKey before they have even seen it. That’s pretty silly. I’d just like to say thanks to SixApart. They didn’t have to do this, MovableType is a free product. Have some respect for a company that can work for nothing.
Someone said that TypeKey is the PATRIOT Act for weblogging. Besides giving me a good laugh, it gave me one less person I felt the need to read via RSS. There was no Declaration MovableType act that the Senate passed on a rainy night to force us to use MovableType. There’s nothing stopping you from not using TypeKey (it’s only if you want it). So if I don’t have TypeKey, feel free to commit terrorism against my weblog (after all, that’s what the PATRIOT Act stops).
Time to cut the chit-chat, here’s what bugs me about the haters:
1) None of the critics have seen it
2) Said critics feel they have a divine right to post a comment on a given weblog. They don’t. Hell, the biggest critic doesn’t even have comments turned on (Dave Winer).
3) It’s free, optional and open source. What’s to complain about?
Re the “biggest critic” — I am not a critic. I’ve just asked questions. Why don’t you take the high road once.
Well Dave, I suppose it would help if you’d actually been supportive of any Six Apart product before, your pointers to, of all things, a MeFi thread shows off your bias pretty clearly.
But anyway…
Just to be nice and open, here is the email exchange between me and Dave.
My reply to his comment:
“You asked questions critical to it [TypeKey], and have linked to a host of people trashing it. I can understand why you don’t like it, it hurts Userland. Fair enough.
And I do believe you are the most popular blogger (in terms on incoming links) to criticize it. But maybe just the biggest on my RSS list.
JG”
And here’s his reply:
“Feh, you don’t have any idea what you’re talking about.
Dave”
I’m not sure what he means by that, but it’s most likely because I don’t know what I’m talking about. If anyone has a suggestion, fire away.
Oh my god. Another juvenile post. If anything, THIS is what causes people to remove them from their RSS readers. Sometimes your posts feel inconsiderate and uneducated. Clear up and understand that some people don’t think the way you do. You rarely think the way I do, yet I have you on my NetNewsWire. Does this mean I am going to delete you off NNW? No. It just means I’m going to comment here.
PS: You’re obviously a hater, too, you know.
PS #2: His weblog is free, optional, and open to comment on. What’s there to complain about?
Ah, man, TypeKey @^$%, JG @#$#.
So, anyone wonder if there’s a FOAF or FOAF-like URI built into TypeKey?
I promise NOT to send anyones’ reply to the Department of Homeland Security
Timen: Not sure if you realize it, but a lot of the post I made was sarcasm. I didn’t even know the site that posted the PATRIOT Act deal existed until yesterday.
If you take out the fluff, there are some good points.
It’s silly to criticize something that so little is known about. TypeKey might really suck, we just don’t know yet.
I was this close to turning off comments on this post to show how silly this all is. But eh. Oh well.
Dive Into Mark’s take on the whole thing is pretty damn funny:
http://diveintomark.org/archives/2004/03/22/you-blow-me
Timen, read what you just criticized Jon for, and realize that you’re not any better. Welcome to Jon’s personal life. If I knew you in real life, would I walk up to you and say, “Peh, another juvenile choice in clothing”? Probably not. ::end comment::
Good point MacManX.
Thanks, Timen.
It is amazing how you bash people who want to maintain control over their online identity. You blame them in a very stupid way.
Everybody who didn’t like Typekey have seen Typekey and you are simply lying about this fact, most probably because you are either paid by Six Aparts to promote Typekey or you have some clear interest in this business.
Given the fact that you are more than willing to lie and blame innocent people, it is clear how evil Typekey is after all.
It is no suprise that you are hosting your blog on a six apart