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The end of the road - we're closing down 🥹

Pinmapple@pinmapple (81)845d

The end of Pinmapple 🥹

Hello dear travelers on Hive, @martibis here. Today I am here to share some sad news. We've decided to shut @pinmapple down. It's been a long and super rewarding journey both for the team and the travel community on Hive, but at this point as a team we feel we're burned out on the project and want to focus on other aspects of our lives. After curating travel content each day for 7 years, this is of course not entirely unexpected. The fact we have been at it this long speaks to how much we do love (and still love) the project and the entire Hive travel community that has come into existence around it. As a team, we're super grateful to all of you who have ever pinned a pin on @pinmapple. The project could never have been what it is without all of you. ❤️

What we as a community have achieved

  • Total Pins: 114,030 (it's pretty crazy there are more than hundred-thousand pins on the map)
  • Featured Posts: 32,971 (these have been highlighted by the curation team!)
  • Total Users: 5,459 (this is all of you)

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You can zoom anywhere in the world and find a post by one of you. Pretty incredible.

Details of closing down

We'll pull the plug early June, and stop curating end of May. This means there will be no more #traveldigest from the end of May and the domain https://pinmapple.com will no longer show any pins. The Discord will be deleted and the community on Hive will no longer be moderated. That said, we would love for someone to carry on the torch under a different brand name. So I'll take some time to update the open source code base + make a back up of our database as well (for the devs here, it might be worth working together with a HAF provider). With regards to our DHF proposal. It would be appreciated if current voters could leave their vote up until mid June, after which I will close down the proposal myself.

A brief timeline of @pinmapple

Opensource technical stack

Pinmapple: the main application users interact with Fastcurate: our internal curation tool (allows for making a selection for daily digest + auto posts / votes the final curation to the Hive blockchain) Haveyoubeenhere: a standalone mobile application that integrates with Hive / Pinmapple

  • Pinmapple: NextJS front-end
  • Pinmapple: NodeJS back-end
  • Pinmapple: Automated pin detection (NodeJS + HiveSQL)
  • Pinmapple: MySQL DB (incl. current data)
  • Fastcurate: NextJS front-end
  • Fastcurate: NodeJS back-end
  • Haveyoubeenhere: flutter front-end
  • Haveyoubeenhere: NodeJS back-end
  • Haveyoubeenhere: MySQL DB

Please note no GitHub URLs are posted yet as I want to entirely refactor the opensource repositories to make it easier for others to carry on the Pinmapple mission. In a follow up post these will be shared too.

Last but absolutely not least

A big thank you to the curation team. @livinguktaiwan without whom the project would've never lasted as long as it did. @choogirl for literally being there from the very start. @lizanomadsoul for curating & a lot of shared travel memories and @ybanezkim26 as the latest curation member and being a genuinely kind soul.

Goodbye @pinmapple see you all in another chapter

pinmapple.png Our pinmapple mascot only has these cool happy vibes because of all of you. Thank you.

Comments · 97

  • @belug(78)· 814d

    Oh guys! I just found the moment today to read about all of this! I understand you! Thanks a lot for your energy and great vibes in this community!

  • @worldmappin(81)· 816d

    Pinmapple will survive as @worldmsppin

    Here a first intro https://peakd.com/hive-163772/@worldmappin/a-first-intro-into-worldmappin

  • @vcclothing(73)· 826d

    Thank you to the Pinmapple team for creating such a great community! And putting in so much effort over the years! Pinmapple has been such a huge part of my hive journey and will be missed very much😔 Fingers crossed it can continue in the future. VIVA LA PINMAPPLE!!!

  • @tengolotodo(78)· 838d

    That is a big shame, there have been quite a few projects in the last few months that have wound up or are shutting down on Hive. Was one of my favourite communities on Hive. Good luck in the future.

  • @duskobgd(75)· 838d

    I found out about this decision today 😕

    I haven't been here long, but Pinmmaple was one of the first communities that drew me here. I wanted to pin all my trips on a map, so that it would serve as a reminder, if and when I get dementia 🙂 At the same time, an one yellow bedz is the only one that I put next to my profile picture during this time... Good luck wherever you go, I believe you will be successful, because whoever led this kind of community in another job has to be brilliant.

  • @duvinca(74)· 840d

    What a really sad new... I'm very sorry I understand the reasons and I just feel thankful for this wonderful community since the first moment I joined it. Hope someone else, any other users here could do something, but in any case Pinmapple is part of my Hive life and I will always appreciate the kind support of all the curators 🙏💖 and I will miss it and the pins on the map too 😪 !LUV

  • @ericvancewalton(81)· 841d

    You will be missed! Thanks so much for all you've done for the Hive ecosystem.

  • @elteamgordo(70)· 841d

    So sorry to hear that. Big thanks to all the team and let's hope the community survive and thrive someway.

  • @cre47iv3(70)· 841d

    Thanks for all, you built such a strong community, sad to see you leave, i hope someone continues this. Just an awesome work for so many years, wish you all the best! Sad news indeed, you will be missed

  • @web-gnar(72)· 842d

    thanks for opening the source

  • @joanstewart(75)· 842d

    Thanks to @livinguktaiwan @lizanomadsoul @choogirl @pinmapple for years of pinapple dedication, always appreciated what you did in travel communities around the world.

  • @clareartista(74)· 843d

    Aaaawwwwwwwew - you will be missed @pinmapple !!

    Thank you from my heart, @martibis et al, for the immense work you've done, from aperitivo hour at the Blues Brothers' bar in Guardia Sanframondi, BN, Italia...

    You and this community have encouraged me hugely to document, share and reflect on my travels these past years - the vision of the project is powerful-wonderful and leaves an epic legacy!

    Happy travels to us all!

  • @silviared945(76)· 843d

    this thing shocked me! I'm very sorry but we have to keep sharing posts, we have to keep going! maybe someone will take it all into their own hands!!😪 thanks for the work guys!!😭

  • @lizelle(79)· 843d

    Hearing about the closing down of @pinmapple has been the saddest news here on Hive! Thank you to everyone on the team for the curation and encouragement over the years.

  • @hoosie(75)· 843d

    Oh wow - this is sad news, but understandable, and I wholly appreciate all of the work you have all done to date. Best of luck with your next endeavours !

  • @quiubi(71)· 844d

    OMG! This is so sad! but if it was the decision that had to be made, there is no alternative. Thank you very much for all the support this community has given me in my posts. 😭

  • @elsieyaaa(61)· 844d

    Man, I was planning to make use of Pinmaple for my next blog, but such a shame indeed. By repositories, will they be available to the next person who may take the interest of reviving this? Just curious (not that I'm good at programming myself)

  • @nanixxx(76)· 844d

    Oh 😩...

  • @castri-ja(73)· 844d

    I wish all the curators and moderators of the community a safe journey.

    Thanks to you I got hooked on blockchain.

  • @larissalugo(71)· 844d

    Sad news. Thank you for your hard work 🤗

  • @ellenripley(78)· 844d

    Sad to hear it is ending. I've really enjoyed posting. Hopefully, someone will take up the baton. ❤️

  • @mrprofessor(73)· 844d

    It doesn't feel right to "like" this post. It hits hard when such a long-lasting project ends; I've been pinning posts for ages, maybe since day one. Hopefully someone is able to take over and continue.

  • @edina76(68)· 844d

    That is really pitty

  • @blkchn(69)· 844d

    Wow, a lot of work comes to an end. Good luck for your future projects. Thanks for your work. !LUV !HUG

  • @steinhammer(63)· 844d

    Thank you very much @pinmapple team, @livinguktaiwan, @choogirl, @ybanezkim26, and @lizanomadsoul!

    One of the best communities at Hive. Sad to say goodbye.

    Thanks again for everything you have done!

  • @rem-steem(78)· 844d

    This news deeply saddens me. @pinmapple has been a beacon in the travel community, and its closure marks the end of an era. Thank you for the memories and inspiration. You'll be dearly missed. 😢💔

  • @francescawrites(36)· 844d

    You will surely be missed, Pinmapple. It’s sad to hear about the closure, was just planning to create and share my pins to the Hive world. Anyways, I wish the moderators and community all the fun ❤️

  • @incublus(79)· 845d

    I'm really sorry to hear that. Pinmapple might be the most user-shared community on Hive, and it had a great team. I don't know if there's a way to keep it going, a lot of people have asked that in the comments and I'm asking the same thing. If there's a way to keep it going, I'd love to help.

  • @palomap3(76)· 845d

    I am saddened by the news but very grateful to the entire team that has made this project possible. It's great to see the whole world full of coloured pins. Thanks to everyone involved with @pinmapple for all the experiences you have allowed us to share. I'm going to miss you very much. ❤️

  • @albertocova(63)· 845d

    Oye que triste es una excelente comunidad dentro de hive

  • @hindavi(77)· 845d

    It is sad news I just joined it and having fun in this community. I will miss this fun. :(

  • @gabrielatravels(79)· 845d

    This is so heartbreaking to read. This is my 7th year on the chain and no doubt my beginnings on here were with you. Pinmapple and its team were amongst the very few ones who gave me a chance and boosted my posts to reach more people out there for which I'll forever be grateful. Pinmapple, you will be deeply missed! 😔

  • @wittywheat(69)· 845d

    Thank you very much Pinmapple and team. You kindness will be remembered.

  • @astinmin(72)· 845d

    It's so sad, but nothing lasts forever. Thank you for your hard work over the years, it has been a real pleasure to be part of this community ❤️

  • @sanjeevm(78)· 845d

    we would love for someone to carry on the torch under a different brand name.

    It will be a very sad closure to loose all those more than hundred-thousand pins, #traveldigest probably is the biggest community on hive ? Can't you transfer the same domain if other people come forward to continue this ? I can help as a part timer if any other team is taking it forward.

  • @grindle(79)· 845d

    Sad to see you close it down, really enjoyed a central base to find posts of interest around the world. Big thanks to @livinguktaiwan @lizanomadsoul @choogirl @pinmapple for all your curations, through this I have met some great people to chat to. Good luck to you all for the future big hugs from @grindle

  • @tanzil2024(77)· 845d

    Feeling sad as a general user, I loved #Pinmapple from where the unseen world could be explored. It is time to transfer the project to other users, especially some devs, as I have no knowledge regarding coding and background processing, otherwise, I would be very happy to run the project. If anyone is ready to opt in I am with them as a volunteer to keep the great show on in the Hive Blockchain. I really want to thank @livinguktaiwan , @choogirl , @lizanomadsoul and @ybanezkim26 for their hard work throughout these years. I know how strong devotion is needed to be so punctual and so regular in preparing the #travel digest every day! I hope the community lasts forever with our efforts. We will have a good team again to run the project.

  • @littlenewthings(73)· 845d

    It comes with a shock and sadness as Pinmapple was one of my favourite projects since the Steemit era.

    Thank you so much for letting us use your platform and able to "place a pin on the map" with our adventures. It made me really think about how to write and introduce the place I visited / review with a deeper thought (since it is on blockchain anyways)

    Really hope that there will be another team to take on the torch that lights the way for anyone who wants to travel and got some honest reviews from locals and patrons, so that all your heart-work and dedication on this wonderful project is not in vain.

  • @lizanomadsoul(75)· 845d

    What a crazy, great, and long journey with all of you traveling around the globe with us every day for over 7 years! Thanks @pinmapple community for sharing your experiences, your travels, and your thoughts with us. Thanks @everyone for taking us with you! And thanks team: @livinguktaiwan @choogirl @ybanezkim26 for the steady and great work curating the posts every day. Thanks also to @blocktrades @theycallmedan @gtg @detlev and all the other whales and community leaders supporting us! - without you, this journey would have been over long before now.

    It was a hard decision and of course, we are also sad about it. I am very honored to be part of this international team - I will miss you guys <3. Of course, we would love it, if someone took over the project and kept it alive. I am happy to help - Who knows, the biggest lesson I´ve learned on my travels is: Anything is possible

  • @mustavi(70)· 845d

    Really Sad news! Wish you all the best for the upcoming one. Will miss you, I have dozens of footprints in the map.

  • @arrliinn(74)· 845d

    This is really sad. Thank you very much, @pinmapple team for all the hard work.

  • @intoy.bugoy(73)· 845d

    This is sad news, This community inspired me to travel and discover places. I learned a lot and discovered places from your daily travel Digest. Your Team did a great job handling this community. Thank you for making my journey in Hive more interesting.

  • @lauramica(81)· 845d

    Oh, what sad news Pinmapple! One of my favorite communities that always inspires you to travel more and get to know new places through our virtual friends. Undoubtedly a long road and with many achievements! Congratulations and thank you for your daily dedication to this. Hundreds of thanks for all your support, I wish you all the best in your new projects ❤️!

  • @kriang3teejoe(78)· 845d

    So sad. But thank you so much. This is a great community. Thank you for inspiring me and experiences of different travel all around the world.

  • @bilgin70(74)· 845d

    Thank you so much to Pinmapple and his team for everything. It was a really great team. I am really sad that this project has come to an end. I wish you continued success.

  • @callmesmile(74)· 845d

    Thank you @pinmapple for the wonderful travel digest!😍 It's a beautiful ride! To the incredible souls of the curation team, thank you for making my Hive journey as colorful as it is. You taught me to be grateful and proud of my simple travel blog through your genuine support. 😌

    The news breaks my heart.💔 But still, congratulations Pinmapple for your seven years of success! Wish you the best in your next endeavor po!💚

  • @bossel(74)· 845d

    Has been my favourite project on Hive. Thanks for your work!

  • @gtg(76)· 845d

    I'm sorry to hear that :-(

    Tech side of things should be easy to keep running and I think I can help with that. Also I think it shouldn't be that hard to renovate it to be a HAF based app on the backend. I'm looking forward for code & docs.

    What's the hard part is the users and curators engagement.

  • @doriangel(74)· 845d

    Oh friends, this is sad news, love to anchor my posts to the map. I wish you all the best and thank you very much for all the effort you put into this project.

  • @noemilunastorta(79)· 845d

    So sad new 😥

  • @florian-glechner(78)· 845d

    So sad. 😥

  • @priyanarc(81)· 845d

    Darn, really sad news and surely I am gonna miss this project and community. Thanks to the team for the hard work for 7 years.

  • @crypticat(74)· 845d

    Best of luck in your future endeavors. Guess i'll get back to posting about cats.

  • @travelfeed(77)· 845d

    Good luck going forward!

  • @bucipuci(76)· 845d

    Sad, but that's life. Nothing lasts forever. Thanks for your work and the opportunity to write some articles under the #pinmapple tag.

  • @wittyzell(74)· 845d

    This made me sad as pinmapple was one of my favorite communities out there. If only I have the time to continue the legacy, I would. 😣 Thanks for everything pinmapple team! You have done a very fantastic job! It’s going to be lonely without you all, but yes, we must move on and grow in life. Thanks again!

  • @ladyrainbow(67)· 845d

    That is sad news and pinmapple was an asset to the Hive community but it was an enjoyable experience thanks to the entire team that worked so hard. You do indeed deserve your time and lives back and I can't even imagine how much hard work it must have been to sift thru so many posts EVERYDAY. Well done and much luck on your future endeavors. Thank you for having dedicated so much to us. xox

  • @nenio(74)· 845d

    Very sad, indeed!

  • @himalayanwomb(75)· 845d

    Oh so sorry to hear. I'm a member of the @pinmapple family who has been inspired to write and hang out at the hive every day. I can't think of where to post my travel posts now. I am really feeling very sad and don't know where to post now. Well, you guys must have taken the decision after careful consideration and I respect that. Hope pinmapple team will now focus on their life.

    Thanks for your services, I will remember you in every travel post.

  • @soyunasantacruz(78)· 845d

    This is really unexpected for me, today I have just published in my favorite community, but as an administrator of a small community tattoo world, I know the work and responsibility they had all these years, an impeccable job.

    Thanks to this community I found great people that I feel are my friends, who I respect, admire and love very much @livinguktaiwan, @lizanomadsoul, @choogirl, @ybanezkim26 and @martibis 🥲🥰😘🫠🤗

    I hope your new projects are as successful as @pinmapple, I send you all a hug and I say goodbye with a mixture of emotions. I can only end by saying thank you.

  • @videoaddiction(72)· 845d

    That's sad. I loved sharing my travel posts in this community :/

  • @leaky20(79)· 845d

    Damn. That's a shame. Sorry to see you go. It was a great feature and support on Hive and will be missed by many I'm sure

  • @florecitamejias(75)· 845d

    Thank you so much for making your community an important part of my growth at Hive. I wish you the greatest success in the world and hope we meet again soon....

    💔😟.

  • @jahanzaibanjum(61)· 845d

    It's sad to hear that Pinmapple is shutting down. My journey had just begun. Anyway, best wishes for the team and for everyone who supported us in this community.

  • @gargi(74)· 845d

    Indeed Sad News for all hivers and travelers... my Hive hive journey would be incomplete without the #pinemapple community, It is always fun and exciting to share the travel journey and pinned the places of India...

    'm sure, going to missed #pinmapple , it is saddest Good bye to one of best community of hive, May you come Back soon.. 😞😞

  • @derangedvisions(81)· 845d

    Thank you to the entire Pinmapple team. This is by far my favorite project on Hive. You guys have brought so much value to the platform and it is sad to see it being shut down.

  • @diamondinthesky(66)· 845d

    This is sad news. @pinmapple is the best community for food and travel blogs

  • @gadrian(76)· 845d

    I'm sad to hear such a cool project is approaching its end. I express, like others who commented, the hope that someone will be able to take over.

  • @sofathana(76)· 845d

    Wow... 😕 I can only thank the @pinmapple team for everything, I have participated in the community since the beginning and it has been an amazing experience, hopefully the torch will be taken.

    I wish success to all the curators who accompanied us on this journey! 👏🏻❤️

  • @ybanezkim26(77)· 845d

    It has been one of my greatest achievements to be part of the curation team. I thought I could go on curating travel posts until I can't do it anymore, but such is life. Changes are inevitable, may it be abrupt or gradual. Thank you all for imparting your energies to this community.

  • @mysteriousroad(72)· 845d

    This is really sad news 😞 Whenever i shared my travelling post here , i enjoyed so much....and team done really well.

  • @selflessgem(72)· 845d

    This is so sad. This has been a great community for me seeing and reading different travel all around the world.

  • @phortun(79)· 845d

    One of the most popular and iconic projects ever created on Hive. Our blockchain will never be the same without you guys but I totally understand your motives. Thank you so much for everything, it was en epic ride. The travel community that centered around Pinmapple was my favorite place on Hive. Thanks again, you will be missed and never forgotten.

    @tipu curate 3

  • @yellow74(55)· 845d

    Aww Memorable experience Love you pinmapple

  • @roleerob(71)· 845d

    Very sad to read this, as Pinmapple was one of the very few aspects of engaging with the Hive blockchain which kept me going, through the challenge of answering (of myself) my oft-asked question - "What are you doing in there?"

    For the rest of the Hive blockchain ...

    "That said, we would love for someone to carry on the torch under a different brand name."

    ... it will be interesting for them to find out if anyone steps up to this challenge. Big shoes to fill! 🫡

  • @allentaylor(69)· 845d

    The project will be missed. Thanks for the energy and dedication you put into it.

  • @pravesh0(76)· 845d

    Oh no! My Hive journey would be incomplete without Pinmapple. Sad to hear the news, I wanted to put so many more pins. Hopefully, someone picks up the project right from here.

    !LUV the work you all did! Thank you for all the memories.

  • @littlebee4(76)· 845d

    Sad news… ☹️ Thank you to the whole @pinmapple team for all you have done 😎 over these years!

  • @thekittygirl(74)· 845d

    awww..., I loved Pinmapple! THANK YOU for such a fun, useful, and interesting tool! 💛

  • @livinguktaiwan(81)· 845d

    Pinmapple has literally been my life since I started on the chain, and I have gained and learnt so much by being part of the team. It was a very hard decision to make but sadly one that had to be done. Thanks to everyone for making my Pinmapple journey so memorable

  • @godfish(78)· 845d

    Wow, this one came out of the blue! I totally understand your motivation though. Than you for all the years of dedicated service to the community. I only have some 200 pins in the map, yet I enjoyed writing down every single post.

    It was hell of a ride! Thanks!

  • @russia-btc(71)· 845d

    It's a shame - I loved learning a lot about other cities and countries!

  • @jobeliever(71)· 845d

    It's a heartbreaking news for us whom genuinely adore this community wherein we can share our travel blogs. Hopefully, there's someone will carry the torch even in another brand name. You will always be remembered Mr. Pinmapple ❣️🥹

  • @callmesang(62)· 845d

    I feel so sad seeing you go:( but I totally understand. Congratulations on your success and God bless for future projects you will have.

  • @detlev(82)· 845d

    As a user from the first second of Pinmapple, I like to keep #Pinmapple alive.

    What are the monthly costs? Who knows the code? Is there a repo?

    Damn, let us talk!!

  • @brijwhiz(58)· 845d

    Sad news, but looks like a very practical and healthy decision by the team. The fact that it is on the blockchain and code is open source means that all of your hard work for so many years does not have to go to waste if another team is ready to continue working on it as you suggested. My thanks to you and your team for your wonderful work all these years. Thank you very much.

  • @fixyetbroken(66)· 845d

    So sad to know.

  • @sjarvie5(77)· 845d

    Amazing work to the whole team. Pinmapple has been a wonderful part of my Hive experience. Thanks to @livinguktaiwan, @choogirl, @lizanomadsoul, @ybanezkim26 for your recognition and support!

  • @tahastories1(71)· 845d

    This is really sad sad news 😔 I decided to go Peshawar to visit forts and then I was thinking that I will post in pinmapple as my diary but now 😢

  • @avdesing(80)· 845d

    It has been a great pleasure to make many of my publications here and they have helped me very, very much. I am very sad about this decision but I understand. Pinmapple has been a great success and I say many congratulations for that.❤️

  • @steevc(81)· 845d

    That's a real shame. I hope someone else will take it on. At least they have all the data on the blockchain to make use of. We have that advantage over closed platforms.

  • @itravelrox(73)· 845d

    Oh no, this is sad.

  • @travoved(68)· 845d

    Ohh it's sad news for all travelers, for all hive community and for me personally. Of course Inot so often pinned places on pinemapple but I used it. And I should to say that it's really great and beloved project which will stay in our hearts forever!

  • @dfinney(69)· 845d

    Awww dang. I totally understand. It is a lot of your personal time to give and give and give and give. But I am so sad. Pinmapple has always been my fave.

    Thank you for all you have done for hive, for the travel community and for curating a few posts of mine over the years. It always felt like a BIG win to get featured on the map.

    🩷 🍍 🗺️ 📍

  • @ahmedhayat(70)· 845d

    Ah, one of my favourite communities on hive. Never thought about this, but I can understand as it would be difficult for you too to take this decision.

    More power to you with your future plans.

  • @jane1289(76)· 845d

    This made me sad. This community was the very first that inspired me to travel more 😥. But this won't stop me either in traveling 😁 Hope curators will remain supportive to community members even without TD... Thanks for the opportunity you've given us. It was a worthwhile journey with the pinmapple team.

    Good luck with whatever project you'll have in the future. Pinmapple was a success.

  • @mukadder(73)· 845d

    Great success. Congratulations 🎉🎉