Social media platform review: Snoozing on Pillowfort

Even before Tumblr's adult content ban, Pillowfort (PF) had touted itself as an alternative to Tumblr that has the sharing and exposure features of Tumblr but gives users greater control, such as post privacy settings, threaded comments, and user-created communities. Pillowfort was a beneficiary of Tumblr's decision much like Dreamwidth, but with far less ability than the mature and established Dreamwidth to capitalize on the windfall, being a site in beta testing and still working on scaleability and stability issues.

Taking the time and care necessary to get ready for prime time is anything but a discredit to the PF team, of course. Yet the site suffers from other issues that speak to a lack of professional skill and experience in web development, including basic backend failures (the 2,600-character username, anyone?). It remains to be seen whether these issues will be chalked up to growing pains or ultimately hold the platform back. ETA 2/24/2019: There are also reports that Pillowfort has had e-mail leaks and other security breaches as well.

Posts in this social media review series:

• Mastodon and its instances
• Tumblr trouble
• Living the Dreamwidth
• Snoozing on Pillowfort

Summary of Platform: Ever wished Tumblr and LiveJournal/Dreamwidth would have a love child with reblogs, post privacy settings, and a comment view that makes sense? Pillowfort is it, at least in larval stage.
Platform Usage: Tumblr mirror, joining communities and discussions

( Current mood: Wait and see )