Comments on: InBerkeley comes to an end http://www.inberkeley.com/2009/10/13/inberkeley-comes-to-an-end/ Notes on living in Berkeley, CA. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:29:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Matthew http://www.inberkeley.com/2009/10/13/inberkeley-comes-to-an-end/comment-page-1/#comment-4073 Matthew Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:50:00 +0000 http://www.inberkeley.com/?p=3113#comment-4073 Wow, very sad to see InBerkeley abruptly atrophy and splinter like this. I really appreciated your efforts to provide authoritative hyperlocal coverage that none of the local MSM outlets or upstarts (like SF Appeal or SFist, which have weak East Bay coverage) could ever touch. This just seems like a huge step backwards for our civic-minded, tech-savvy community. I'm sure you had your reasons, but please reconsider a relaunch at a later date if possible, and please accept guest submissions if offered. Heck, if you added a PayPal button, I'd gladly donate to support continued publication! Wow, very sad to see InBerkeley abruptly atrophy and splinter like this. I really appreciated your efforts to provide authoritative hyperlocal coverage that none of the local MSM outlets or upstarts (like SF Appeal or SFist, which have weak East Bay coverage) could ever touch. This just seems like a huge step backwards for our civic-minded, tech-savvy community. I’m sure you had your reasons, but please reconsider a relaunch at a later date if possible, and please accept guest submissions if offered. Heck, if you added a PayPal button, I’d gladly donate to support continued publication!

]]> By: Susan http://www.inberkeley.com/2009/10/13/inberkeley-comes-to-an-end/comment-page-1/#comment-3989 Susan Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:06:30 +0000 http://www.inberkeley.com/?p=3113#comment-3989 Thank you, Dave and Lance. Best to you both. Thank you, Dave and Lance. Best to you both.

]]> By: Phil Price http://www.inberkeley.com/2009/10/13/inberkeley-comes-to-an-end/comment-page-1/#comment-3913 Phil Price Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:19:54 +0000 http://www.inberkeley.com/?p=3113#comment-3913 Jeez, everyone, lay off Dave and Lance. I'm sure they'd be happy to give you your subscription fee back. Oh, wait, there wasn't one. Demanding that people continue doing something that they don't want to do anymore, and they have been doing for free...that's a pretty amazing attitude. So long, InBerkeley, we hardly knew ye. Jeez, everyone, lay off Dave and Lance. I’m sure they’d be happy to give you your subscription fee back. Oh, wait, there wasn’t one.

Demanding that people continue doing something that they don’t want to do anymore, and they have been doing for free…that’s a pretty amazing attitude.

So long, InBerkeley, we hardly knew ye.

]]> By: Lee Trampleasure http://www.inberkeley.com/2009/10/13/inberkeley-comes-to-an-end/comment-page-1/#comment-3856 Lee Trampleasure Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:32:40 +0000 http://www.inberkeley.com/?p=3113#comment-3856 Well, I just find it annoying that the sites seem to be about the same thing (hyperlocal Berkeley). You've developed a cadre of authors, and InBerkeley has, as you point out, 429 posts. Why create something new that isn't really that different? If one of the two of you has "diverged," let that person go off and do something on their own, but let InBerkeley continue to thrive. To say "InBerkeley comes to an end" implies, at least to me, that you are NOT encouraging current authors to continue to post. Why not just let it continue to live? The cost of a web site is only a buck or two a month, so it's clearly not fiscal. Well, I just find it annoying that the sites seem to be about the same thing (hyperlocal Berkeley). You’ve developed a cadre of authors, and InBerkeley has, as you point out, 429 posts. Why create something new that isn’t really that different? If one of the two of you has “diverged,” let that person go off and do something on their own, but let InBerkeley continue to thrive. To say “InBerkeley comes to an end” implies, at least to me, that you are NOT encouraging current authors to continue to post. Why not just let it continue to live? The cost of a web site is only a buck or two a month, so it’s clearly not fiscal.

]]> By: Lance Knobel http://www.inberkeley.com/2009/10/13/inberkeley-comes-to-an-end/comment-page-1/#comment-3827 Lance Knobel Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:16:10 +0000 http://www.inberkeley.com/?p=3113#comment-3827 <a href="#comment-3825" rel="nofollow">@Graham Freeman</a> No, it isn't. A fork implies two paths. InBerkeley's path has ended. I've started another site, <a href="http://www.berkeleyside.com/" rel="nofollow">Berkeleyside</a>. @Graham Freeman
No, it isn’t. A fork implies two paths. InBerkeley’s path has ended. I’ve started another site, Berkeleyside.

]]> By: Graham Freeman http://www.inberkeley.com/2009/10/13/inberkeley-comes-to-an-end/comment-page-1/#comment-3825 Graham Freeman Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:00:58 +0000 http://www.inberkeley.com/?p=3113#comment-3825 Is the site going to fork and rename itself every time one of the participants has a disagreement over something? Is the site going to fork and rename itself every time one of the participants has a disagreement over something?

]]> By: mary hodder http://www.inberkeley.com/2009/10/13/inberkeley-comes-to-an-end/comment-page-1/#comment-3824 mary hodder Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:20:41 +0000 http://www.inberkeley.com/?p=3113#comment-3824 Ok great.. thanks Dave! I think it's a great idea to just keep it as is. Thanks! Ok great.. thanks Dave! I think it’s a great idea to just keep it as is. Thanks!

]]> By: Dave Winer http://www.inberkeley.com/2009/10/13/inberkeley-comes-to-an-end/comment-page-1/#comment-3822 Dave Winer Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:20:23 +0000 http://www.inberkeley.com/?p=3113#comment-3822 <a href="#comment-3818" rel="nofollow">@Kcecelia</a> It wasn't the work -- I wasn't doing that much on the site because my attention was focused elsewhere. Other than that I don't have anything to add beyond what's on scripting.com today. @Kcecelia
It wasn’t the work — I wasn’t doing that much on the site because my attention was focused elsewhere. Other than that I don’t have anything to add beyond what’s on scripting.com today.

]]> By: Dave Winer http://www.inberkeley.com/2009/10/13/inberkeley-comes-to-an-end/comment-page-1/#comment-3821 Dave Winer Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:19:25 +0000 http://www.inberkeley.com/?p=3113#comment-3821 <a href="#comment-3814" rel="nofollow">@mary hodder</a> Mary -- it's going to stay right here as-is. @mary hodder
Mary — it’s going to stay right here as-is.

]]> By: Kcecelia http://www.inberkeley.com/2009/10/13/inberkeley-comes-to-an-end/comment-page-1/#comment-3818 Kcecelia Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:20:13 +0000 http://www.inberkeley.com/?p=3113#comment-3818 It was only about a month ago that I became aware of InBerkeley. I thought it was a good idea, and hoped it would grow. I was even mulling over some ideas for articles to share. Supporting something such as this site was, I imagine, a lot of work. Earlier today I read Dave's post on Scripting News about some of the challenges. So good luck to each of you as you move on to new endeavors, and thank you for the site. It was only about a month ago that I became aware of InBerkeley. I thought it was a good idea, and hoped it would grow. I was even mulling over some ideas for articles to share. Supporting something such as this site was, I imagine, a lot of work. Earlier today I read Dave’s post on Scripting News about some of the challenges. So good luck to each of you as you move on to new endeavors, and thank you for the site.

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