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| URL = https://post.news/
| URL = https://post.news/
| project_status = {{Closing}}
| project_status = {{Closing}}
| archiving_status = {{saved}}
| archiving_status = {{inprogress}}
| archiving_type = DPoS
| archiving_type = DPoS
| source = [https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/postnews-grab postnews-grab]
| source = [https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/postnews-grab postnews-grab]
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'''Post News''' is a social networking platform launched in 2022 by Waze founder Noam Bardin, with a goal to promote constructive news discussions and serve as a healthier alternative to platforms like Twitter.
'''Post News''' is a social networking platform launched in 2022 by Waze founder Noam Bardin, with a goal to promote constructive news discussions and serve as a healthier alternative to platforms like Twitter.


They announced on {{datetime|2024-04-19}} that the site would cease operations "in a few weeks" due to the service "not growing fast enough to become a real business or a significant platform.". <ref>https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/19/24135011/twitter-alternative-post-news-shutdown</ref> A DPoS project was started {{datetime|2024-05-15}} to grab all publicly available data and was completed later that day. The project wasn't able to save comments and topic feeds as those were behind a user login.
They announced on {{datetime|2024-04-19}} that the site would cease operations "in a few weeks" due to the service "not growing fast enough to become a real business or a significant platform.". <ref>https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/19/24135011/twitter-alternative-post-news-shutdown</ref> A DPoS project was started {{datetime|2024-05-15}} to grab all publicly available data and was completed later that day. The project wasn't able to save topic feeds as those were behind a user login.


Sometime around {{datetime|2024-05-21}}, a proper deadline of {{datetime|2024-05-31}} was announced.
Sometime around {{datetime|2024-05-21}}, a proper deadline of {{datetime|2024-05-31}} was announced.

Revision as of 21:03, 27 May 2024

Post News is a social networking platform launched in 2022 by Waze founder Noam Bardin, with a goal to promote constructive news discussions and serve as a healthier alternative to platforms like Twitter.

They announced on 2024-04-19 that the site would cease operations "in a few weeks" due to the service "not growing fast enough to become a real business or a significant platform.". [1] A DPoS project was started 2024-05-15 to grab all publicly available data and was completed later that day. The project wasn't able to save topic feeds as those were behind a user login.

Sometime around 2024-05-21, a proper deadline of 2024-05-31 was announced.

API

While lists of comments on posts and topic feeds are restricted to those who are logged-in, individual comments may be accessed via the post endpoint if you know the ID of the specific comment.

References