Retrospring
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| URL | retrospring.net |
| Status | Online! |
| Archiving status | Partially saved (old, via ArchiveBot, got banned multiple times) |
| Archiving type | Unknown |
| IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
| Project lead | User:Sanqui |
An alternative to Formspring. Closed on 2015-04-01. Relaunched shortly on 2015-04-18. Finally closed again on 2016-06-12. They seem to have opened back up on 2017-03-31. [1] And will close again on 2025-03-01. [2]
Closure
Closure was announced on 2015-03-27 on Twitter.
Due to personal problems and general burnout of the project leaders, Retrospring will shut down on 1st April (in 4 days) [3] Also, before you think it is: No, it's not an april fools joke. (Bad chosen date, of course, but better at the beginning of the month and [4] announced instead of putting the site off suddenly without notice) [5]
If you want to get all data associated with your user account, send an email using the email address that's associated with your (c)[6] (c) Retrospring account to nilsding@retrospring.net and wait a little while [7]
Also, regarding the Patreon page, we already sent a deletion request for the page, but they seem to take a while. [8] If you want to get sure not to pledge more out of accident, please cancel your patronship! [9]
Relaunch
Somehow, the site went back mere 18 days after the announced shutdown.
- Retrospring is back, and now entirely open to developer contributions, help us improving and fixing the service! https://github.com/Retrospring/retrospring [10]
"Why I decided to open up Retrospring again": https://web.archive.org/web/20190808015037/https://medium.com/@pixeldesu/why-i-decided-to-open-up-retrospring-again-f6b6e2bfdc11
Apparently, they "can guarantee" Retrospring won't go down again.
Final closure
Retrospring closed again, this time for good, on 2016-06-12. This happened without an ArchiveTeam member noticing, so no action was done.
Relaunch - Again
Retrospring reopened again after a year after they last closed. [11]