Comments on: Why Fuel/Friends fled Blogger

By: JJ

JJ — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:33:00 +0000

Just made it to the new digs for the first time…I have so very little internet time these days.

Congrats on the new site, sorry that it was forced on you…

By: O Google e a saga a favor da livre divulgação | O Crepúsculo

O Google e a saga a favor da livre divulgação | O Crepúsculo — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:38:21 +0000

[...] de música no mesmo balaio, como disse Heather Browne em sua explicação da saída de seu blog, o I Am Fuel, you are Friends da plataforma Blogger para o WordPress.org, caminho este feito por dúzias de outros blogs, que se [...]

By: LMS

LMS — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:03:32 +0000

Great — now I’m feeling compelled to go though my site and make sure I haven’t lost anything important. Thanks RIAA! As if I don’t have enough to worry about…

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:52:52 +0000

Bravo to you, Heather. I had exactly the same experience with my own, small music blog and also fled Blogger. I was both disturbed and infuriated by the email notifications I received from Blogger. I can only add to the chorus here, after losing one post that was the product of my writing and thought, and another that was almost a year old, with not a single active link.

Ironically, I was able to “rescue” these posts by grabbing them from Google’s own cached versions, but that certainly not the point and no consolation. Talk about the right hand not knowing what the left is doing!

For those looking to move (Krëg), I have found WordPress to be easy to set up for my own domain. Just keep it simple.

By: Slowcoustic » New on the ‘Nets this Week

Slowcoustic » New on the ‘Nets this Week — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:40:47 +0000

[...] I am Fuel, You Are Friends posted on her position of the (soon to take over) blogger crisis and that she made the change for the better (with extra [...]

By: Paula

Paula — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:51:07 +0000

While my blog doesn’t have MP3′s, I’ve seriously thought about leaving Blogger just coz so many of my friends have been hit. Same with You Tube, it’s a mess over there. But like anything else, solidarity is hard to fashion, especially in these economic times.

By: WhiskeyTango

WhiskeyTango — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 07:37:07 +0000

Is this the same Jeff Weiss that used to run Miles of Music?

If so he should really spend whatever money he makes writing for various newspapers and whatnot paying back the bands that got jacked when MoM closed shop if he hasn’t done so already. Or at least get all of their merch back to them.

If not…well carry on pointing out injustices that affect the state of “independent” music.

By: Djimi

Djimi — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:02:27 +0000

Basically, Google is the new Microsoft. Booooooo. Like, there’s a Billy Bragg video (Sexuality) on YouTube that’s got the audio track deleted because of copyright issues. Seriously, WTF? He’s the last person to have a problem with that!

By: Smansmith

Smansmith — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:51:33 +0000

Nice post and I agree that you made the right decision. I started directly with a separate hosted server and on my own site, it has been great (knock on wood), and the thought of just showing up one day and having material (more or less original copyrighted material that you could sue for) simply gone.

While Google may have changed the landscape of the internet in general, the right and left hands must work in unison. I am glad a great blog like this has moved and we will hopefully not worry about showing up one day to a removed Fuel/Friends blog (happened to a friend of mine, and I simply had to remove him from the blogroll…unfortunately and unceremoniously).

~Sman

By: marty

marty — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:32:24 +0000

I’ve had Blogger spike two of my posts because of questionable reports to the legality of the posted music. There was no notice – nada. One moment, you call up the blog and the post has vanished. It is very distressing. Anyway, I am now saving copies of the post in case another bee gets in Blogger bonnet.