Pillowfort Is Closing
pillowfort.social48 points by BrenBarn 6 hours ago
48 points by BrenBarn 6 hours ago
Seems kind of cool actually. Unfortunate that this is the way I heard about it.
i encountered it once. it felt like tumblr though i kept running into weird furry cartoon porn.
im sure this site has a lot of valuable media on it, woulda been cool if they just handed a backup over to internet archives.
> it felt like tumblr though i kept running into weird furry cartoon porn.
so... tumblr at its peak?
Yeah that’s the problem with sites like these. They just turn into furry porn and drive everyone else away.
Pillowfort sounds like it would have been worth a look but this is the first time I've heard of it.
Is there a directory of social media sites? I feel that a lot of people would benefit from being able to more easily find one that suited them better than Facebook, et al.
At first I thought this was a Fediverse instance, but it seems like it was its own isolated thing? Shame.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/buzzy-new-social-media-site-...
It was like AI slop pre AI. Great traction with the nsfw stuff but failed to capitalize on it.
Lol which sota AI in 2026 doesn't know what XSS is and would write code that bad?
There's actually no proof or claim of XSS vulnerability in this bizarre article. Username url confused with special url is a common bug, I've seen it "exploited" on facebook.
it was in 2021
They were referring to the comment they were replying to, which claimed that the original code was written (by humans) as poorly as AI does today. But AI today wouldn't write bugs that basic.
What is pillow fort?
You find the information on their homepage under "what is pillowfort"?
> Pillowfort.social is a multipurpose blogging platform. You can use Pillowfort to connect with other fans of your favorite books or tv shows, show off artwork or writing, get tips and advice on your hobbies, and much more. We're independently funded by our users and we strive to protect user privacy, give our users maximum control over the reach of their content, and protect our users from bigotry & harassment.
Another lo-fi site trying to create friendly community without corporate greed bites the dust, in this case apparently due to burnout on the part of the main person running it. I hadn't used Pillowfort much but did browse and explore some blogs on there and it seemed like a positive community. Always sad to see stuff like this happen.
I wonder if why people rejected the site is because there seems to be no way tos scroll the page?
You have to accept the cookie notice. If your user agent hides the notice there's probably no way to do that.
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And may we all be blessed with the compassion required to not say something like this about someone's potential lifework.
It can be very difficult to walk away from things you’ve poured time, money and hard work into for a decade, irrespective of how many users you have.
"Small" as in tens of thousands of users on a site that has existed for 10 years. I don't think most people in their lives wind up making a decision that has as broad an impact as that.
But they're not closing a hobby project. They're shutting down a business, laying off staff and ending a service that people were paying for. That should always be a hard decision.