IMO I think orgs should be looking at self-hosting, or at least double-hosting this kind of stuff (if they’re interested in it being anything other than a transient record of events that they’re not too bothered about losing). If it’s just a throw-away kind of thing then, cool, whatever works best right now. Don’t tell the archivists I said that, though ;-)

Same goes for Google Cultural Institute, Instagram, etc etc. 

Related: I’ve just decided to post more on Medium (as the benefits of the platform are very very clear), but am going to dual-post to my own blog (https://help.medium.com/hc/en-us/articles/217991468-SEO-and-duplicate-content) so that I have a full record of anything I write.

Strong as Medium (/any other SaaS) seems right now, it’s only an acquisition/price-change/gated-content decision/“sunset" away from not being a thing any more.

My 2p

Mike


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On 22 Dec 2017, 11:38 +0000, Owen Stephens <[log in to unmask]>, wrote:
At a slight tangent - If anyone is looking to rescue stuff from Storify before it closes down, I’d recommend having a look at https://github.com/DocNow/storified from Ed Summers

Happy Christmas all

Owen

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On 22 Dec 2017, at 11:11, Jo Fells <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hi colleagues
 
We’ve been using Storify for several years, recently to aggregate and embed things like twitter tours onto our blog posts, and internally for pulling together online artist research or media coverage.
 
 
But – as of May 2018 it will be no more, so we’re looking at what’s out there and whether any of you have used anything worth recommending or have any experience of:
 
 
 
 
all the best for the New Year
 
Jo
 
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Follow us on Twitter @waddesdonmanor
 
 
 
From: Emma Gilliland 
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2017 12:13 PM
To: Jo Fells <[log in to unmask]>; Olivia Parker <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Storify
 
 
 
Emma Gilliland
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