sooo... is there a way we can help save the comment history on
thingiverse before they are vaporized in October? a thingiverse web
scraper (available on thingiverse btw) may be a first step.
> On 7 Aug 2012 , at 9:57 PM, Jordan Miller wrote:
>> sooo... is there a way we can help save the comment history on
>> thingiverse before they are vaporized in October? a thingiverse web
>> scraper (available on thingiverse btw) may be a first step.
> Where's the announcement that exisiting comments are going away in October?
> I've looked but not seen any mention of such an event.
> Dan
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On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 1:11 AM, Jordan Miller <jrdn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> in light gray text just above the comments on any thing... kind of a
> disclaimer with a link.
> jordan
> On Aug 8, 2012, at 1:00 AM, Dan Newman <dan.new...@mtbaldy.us> wrote:
> > On 7 Aug 2012 , at 9:57 PM, Jordan Miller wrote:
> >> sooo... is there a way we can help save the comment history on
> >> thingiverse before they are vaporized in October? a thingiverse web
> >> scraper (available on thingiverse btw) may be a first step.
> > Where's the announcement that exisiting comments are going away in
> October?
> > I've looked but not seen any mention of such an event.
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Can you post a screenshot of what you're talking about? I can't see that text on the two things I checked (my two published things). I'm viewing this logged in, from an iPhone (not that the iPhone bit should matter because there is no more iPhone view).
> in light gray text just above the comments on any thing... kind of a
> disclaimer with a link.
> jordan
> On Aug 8, 2012, at 1:00 AM, Dan Newman <dan.new...@mtbaldy.us> wrote:
>> On 7 Aug 2012 , at 9:57 PM, Jordan Miller wrote:
>>> sooo... is there a way we can help save the comment history on
>>> thingiverse before they are vaporized in October? a thingiverse web
>>> scraper (available on thingiverse btw) may be a first step.
>> Where's the announcement that exisiting comments are going away in October?
>> I've looked but not seen any mention of such an event.
>> Dan
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On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 7:03 AM, Jeff Keegan <jkee...@keegan.org> wrote:
> Can you post a screenshot of what you're talking about? I can't see that
> text on the two things I checked (my two published things). I'm viewing
> this logged in, from an iPhone (not that the iPhone bit should matter
> because there is no more iPhone view).
> Is it only on certain things? Which thing did you see it on?
> Holding off a reaction until I see what you're talking about.
> ..Jeff
> Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 8, 2012, at 1:11 AM, Jordan Miller <jrdn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > in light gray text just above the comments on any thing... kind of a
> > disclaimer with a link.
> > jordan
> > On Aug 8, 2012, at 1:00 AM, Dan Newman <dan.new...@mtbaldy.us> wrote:
> >> On 7 Aug 2012 , at 9:57 PM, Jordan Miller wrote:
> >>> sooo... is there a way we can help save the comment history on
> >>> thingiverse before they are vaporized in October? a thingiverse web
> >>> scraper (available on thingiverse btw) may be a first step.
> >> Where's the announcement that exisiting comments are going away in
> October?
> >> I've looked but not seen any mention of such an event.
> >> Dan
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No need to panic. The third-party system that we currently use for
comments is going away, but we're working on the replacement.
We've been capturing "backups" of the comment data since the beginning just
in case something like this happened.
Our migration plan is to make sure that no comments are lost, and we'll try
to maintain as much of the comment threading, avatars, inline images, etc.
as possible.
Thanks,
Marty
On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 7:13 AM, Bill Culverhouse <bill.culverho...@gmail.com
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> added some red to highlight the announcement.
> -b
> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 7:03 AM, Jeff Keegan <jkee...@keegan.org> wrote:
>> Can you post a screenshot of what you're talking about? I can't see that
>> text on the two things I checked (my two published things). I'm viewing
>> this logged in, from an iPhone (not that the iPhone bit should matter
>> because there is no more iPhone view).
>> Is it only on certain things? Which thing did you see it on?
>> Holding off a reaction until I see what you're talking about.
>> ..Jeff
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> On Aug 8, 2012, at 1:11 AM, Jordan Miller <jrdn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > in light gray text just above the comments on any thing... kind of a
>> > disclaimer with a link.
>> > jordan
>> > On Aug 8, 2012, at 1:00 AM, Dan Newman <dan.new...@mtbaldy.us> wrote:
>> >> On 7 Aug 2012 , at 9:57 PM, Jordan Miller wrote:
>> >>> sooo... is there a way we can help save the comment history on
>> >>> thingiverse before they are vaporized in October? a thingiverse web
>> >>> scraper (available on thingiverse btw) may be a first step.
>> >> Where's the announcement that exisiting comments are going away in
>> October?
>> >> I've looked but not seen any mention of such an event.
>> >> Dan
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I think it's up to the Thingiverse dev team to get a data export of all the comments and then figure out how to migrate them to a new platform or implement a system themselves. It would be a real shame to lose any of the comments as they are packed full of useful information in most cases and clarification of details.
On Wednesday, 8 August 2012 05:57:01 UTC+1, Jordan wrote:
> sooo... is there a way we can help save the comment history on > thingiverse before they are vaporized in October? a thingiverse web > scraper (available on thingiverse btw) may be a first step.
A web scraper for Thingiverse would really help me out too! I'm working on an app which aims to provide a better user experience for naive users printing 3D designs on Makerbot-class machines, and to do it right I need tighter integration with Thingiverse. Since the Thingiverse API isn't yet rich enough for what I need, I'd be willing to take a stab at this and put its source code up on Thingiverse for all to use.
But Thingiverse's Terms of Use (www.thingiverse.com/legal/) at 3.3(b)(vi) would seem to prohibit this. Can a Thingiverse representative comment on this?
On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 11:57:01 PM UTC-5, Jordan wrote:
> sooo... is there a way we can help save the comment history on > thingiverse before they are vaporized in October? a thingiverse web > scraper (available on thingiverse btw) may be a first step.
