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Why didn't your support guy understand what the problem was?


I already get it ad free - thanks to AdBlock.


Their site is one of the few where I disable AdBlock. First, it supports a comic and a site which I love, and second I actually like their ads. They have stated they play every game that is shown in an ad, and don't allow terrible games or terrible ads for a game at any price.


Seems like the exact opposite of the standard practice in old-school journalism of strictly separating editorial and advertising staff in order minimize conflicts of interest.

The fact that they are seem eager to get rid of ads makes it seem like worrying about these kinds of thing are at least a constant nuisance.


It read to me more like it was annoying for them. They want to get rid of ads so they can quit spending time writing reports for advertisers/vetting ads, and spend that time working on new content instead.


Can I use it to store files that aren't as social? Such as GPG encrypted tar files?


Absolutely. Our Pro plan also allows you to password protect your boards or make them completely private - so share your information with who you want, how you want.


Sounds incredible. Would you really be happy if I, for example, uploaded a 1 GB home directory encrypted backup after I finish work each day? Keeping each backup around indefinitely?


We don't allow that file size yet. We hope to, but to prevent scaling issues we've limited files to 50Mb - we hope to grow this in the future as demand increases.

If you have a special case and would like to tell me about it, shoot me and email at tim@corkboard.me. I'd love to hear your thoughts.


Well if it's unlimited for just a few dollars I could move all of my data storage into it. I could break down my many GB backups into 50MB chunks and just shove them all up on a cork board.


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