Seems kind of cool actually. Unfortunate that this is the way I heard about it.
At first I thought this was a Fediverse instance, but it seems like it was its own isolated thing? Shame.
What's pillowfort?
What is pillow fort?
You find the information on their homepage under "what is pillowfort"?<p>> 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.
<a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/buzzy-new-social-media-site-pillowfort-is-riddled-with-basic-bugs/" rel="nofollow">https://www.vice.com/en/article/buzzy-new-social-media-site-...</a><p>It was like AI slop pre AI. Great traction with the nsfw stuff but failed to capitalize on it.
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?
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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.
leave the past bring the future
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.