Definitely not trolling. The Atlantic may be well-regarded, but it's full of pseudo-science and feel-good news that doesn't seem on par with Hacker News' adherence to quality.
I'm not sure if this is very helpful, but my two big issues were the lack of pages, of course, but mostly--the lack of text formatting for each cell. It makes the actual spreadsheet hard to read.
I've still going to use it because yes, it's very necessary to have a social spreadsheet platform that is open-source and that you can host on your own servers. Thanks for the work you put in.
Re UI, each cell supports basic WikiText, and clicking the "Format" tab next to the default "Edit" shows the Format:Text dropdown that one can change to "HTML" and then click the top-left "Save to: CellCoordinate". That allows arbitrary HTML in cell presentations.
Alignment, font, etc can also be adjusted in the same tab.
If you'd like to use HTML formatting for all cells by default, the third button on that tab "Show sheet settings" allows sheet-wide formatting customizations. Hope this helps!
Justdropapp: "Thanks chagan! Hey rmorabia, why is it different than twitter or fb pages ? First, we are focused to provide a native, ephemeral and anonymous app : You can create or subscribe to notifications channels without any registration or whatsoever. Next, we only provide push notifications, no less, no more. There is absolutely no content on the app beside channels managements ans sending notifications. Finally, you don't have an username, you can create a thousand channels if you want(with our open and free api). You can create ephemeral channels too.
Example : You have a flight, you add +AA7658 and you start receiving notifications about your boarding. Once your flight has taken off, the channel auto-destruct. Period."
I played this months ago. It's a highly entertaining game that serves as a great introduction to text-based games (formally called Interactive Fiction).
Medium is NOT a blogging platform, contrary to popular belief. Blogging is owning your content, and when you write for Mediium, make no mistake, it belongs to Medium.
Although, I just switched over from Wordpress to Jekyll, and I find it there to be a lot less friction for publishing. I talked more about the new and exciting workflow of Jekyll at http://rmorabia.com/redesign
I really don't agree with the author here. Hackability is what's aided my decision to publish more. It's just that a lot of people get caught up in the hackability more than the publishing.
Also, there's no data backing this post. I've seen plenty of active Hakyll sites. http://gwern.net is my favorite example.
"However, by posting or transferring content to Medium, you give us permission to use your content solely to do the things we need to do to provide Medium Services, including, without limitation, storing, displaying, reproducing, and distributing your content. This may include promoting your content with partner companies or services for broader broadcast, distribution, or publication."
(They do say they won't sell your content to third parties without your consent, which is good.)
And you don't control if and when the terms of service change.
