Comments on: To Kill a Mockingbird

By: Fab

Fab — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:43:10 +0000

Wow… Just read this now. Makes me wanna cry. I miss Jaiku and the interactions we had there… :(

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:15:57 +0000

I agree with this post totally and everyone else’s comments. It might sound a bit over the top but having read Anna’s story I don’t feel so self-conscious in saying Jaiku changed my life. It really did, in so many ways. So many really close friends and co-conspirators I might never have known otherwise, the Feeble Force thing, the fact that Linux Outlaws podcast (a major part of my life) exists is solely down to Jaiku. It’s sad to see it struggling now. Like you said nothing live forever I suppose but I can’t help thinking we’ll all look back on that golden time in years to come like aging hippies looking back on Woodstock “you can’t understand Jaiku, you weren’t there man!”

By: Abul

Abul — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:51:21 +0000

Calling me a Cutesy? Are you looking for more freebies? I usually am your self volunteering proof reader aren’t I?

Great post, I think you’ve got the major point out there perfectly. Jaiku is a unique micro-blogging-social service, something if lost will probably not be replicated again. It’s more down to timing and co-incidence that we Jaikuers have gathered there than the service’s appeal I feel, something unique and a place home from home, a one time occasion.

By: ana

ana — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:28:58 +0000

Yes, I do realize that the other side of the bird have their own worries too, and I really wanted to avoid directing any frustration at any one. Also I do believe that just because we use a service doesn’t mean it owes us all that much (not universally shared I know).
In was indeed a memorable time in the online bit of my life too, that Easter, it felt like hanging out in neighborhood back garden.
Which is probably why I’m getting slightly sentimental.
Back from the feebles: hoping the positioning on the other side becomes more akin to what you’d like it to be.

By: arjwright

arjwright — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:13:50 +0000

wow. Great post. Will have to agree.

By: termie

termie — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:00:40 +0000

I’m probably the spokesperson for bird-throat-stuffing-down, so my apologies to you. I remember the day you joined (or at least the first time I saw you and I saw most new users back then ’cause we were small), it was a bittersweet easter for me: all day spent with my laptop on wifi trying to bring the site back up due to a huge surge in popularity.

It has been a long road on this side of the bird, and I’m certainly not the best choice when it comes to responsibility in all of these matters, not a role I would have chosen for myself had any other choice been available, but here I am.

Anyway, from Jaiku to you and the other feebles: thanks for all the support, we still hope to give you something back you can be proud of having supported for so long.