Comments on: SixApart Abandons Their Last Fans

By: From the 21st Floor – Is Six Apart Really Ignoring Their Audience? I Don’t Think So

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:54:59 +0000

[...] a press release not a blog post (which has since happened). This has sent many MT advocates into a roar about how 6A has forgotten their roots and who put them on the map. The fact is that this latest [...]

By: MovableType 3.3 – Bloggers Cry Foul : Performancing

MovableType 3.3 – Bloggers Cry Foul : Performancing — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:31:43 +0000

[...] SixApart Abandons Their Last Fans Â» Wisdump Did you hear the big news that came out yesterday? SixApart released MovableType 3.3 and MovableType Enterprise and if you didnâ€™t hear about it donâ€™t be so surprised because I was only able to catch it on one site. The reason this might have been was because they didnâ€™t do it through a blog entry, but through a Press Release. A Press Releaseâ€¦ [...]

By: Six Apart: Six Miles From Relevant | Business Logs

Six Apart: Six Miles From Relevant | Business Logs — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:45:40 +0000

[...] user base has been leaving them for greener pastures. I only found out about the announcement from Paul because nobody was talking about the [...]

By: CSSgirl Designs » Blog Archive » MT Working on Pissing Off All Remaining Fans

Fri, 18 May 2007 17:27:30 +0000

[...] Hmmm, doesn’t seem to be a smart idea to take your forum down for a “few days” four days after a new release of your software. And unfortunately this is the second time I’ve run into this error in the past two months. This combined with other people’s unfortunate comments about how they handled releasing their new version (3.3) is really not helping things…. (Although if you look at the comments in any of those sites you will see Jay Allen, MT’s Project manager explaining things) [...]

By: Six Apart: Six Miles From Relevant » Project Syndicate

Six Apart: Six Miles From Relevant » Project Syndicate — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:13:24 +0000

[...] Yesterday Six Apart announced Movable Type Enterprise and v3.3 of their web publishing software, and what’s funny is that I didn’t find out until today that any announcement was made. Normally their software launches have been a big deal in the blogosphere, but for the past 6+ months the MT buzz factor has been languishing and their previously evangelic user base has been leaving them for greener pastures. I only found out about the announcement from Paul because nobody was talking about the release. [...]

By: Paul salber

Paul salber — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:34:30 +0000

So much for naked conversations (Scoble et al). First there was the nofollow links, putting protection on blog comment links and trackbacks. Not-so-naked conversations.

Now non-RSS, non-ping press releases instead of conversations. This from the leader of blog software services. Disappointing is too mild a word.

By: Movable Type Sucks » Another Blogger

Movable Type Sucks » Another Blogger — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:02:04 +0000

[...] For those who think Six Apart is a huge corporate giant who has no concept of its customers and roots, your suspicions have been confirmed: they announced the new version of Movable Type not in a blog posting, but in a press release. Related Posts: IIS Share Increase Due to Blogs? Explain PleaseTax Revenues are Skyrocketing [...]

By: Duncan

Duncan — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 03:08:32 +0000

I’ve actually weighed in elsewhere against the general conclusion of this post, but it’s important to note in the argument in the comments that SixApart has a long track record of doing press releases of new product releases and not blogging about it at the same time, indeed in the past it’s been days and days after the non-blog announcement that this stuff gets posted, so it’s really nothing new.

By: Su

Su — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 01:48:59 +0000

[I totally missed this up above, so for the record:] Geof Harries: No, I'm not employed by or even associated with 6A in any way whatsoever other than using the software for myself and clients(read: the same essential position as Scrivs and Rundle). In fact, I've probably irritated them more than once. I just have some idea what I'm talking about, largely resulting from actual involvement with the software and the community around it. And when I want to know something, I ask them, and they usually tell me. In contrast, Jay has now added 2(.5?) more ways nobody bothered to check on this.

By: Paul Scrivens and I agree on something (or the coming end of Movable Type) at The Blog Herald

Sat, 15 Jul 2006 21:38:58 +0000

[...] Products Jul 15 at 4:41 pm by Matt -I’m not sure that Paul Scrivens and I have ever agreed on much of anything – until I read his post at Wisdump about Six Apart’s release of Movable Type 3.3. [...]