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t4t

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    Comment #49363737

    I was on a road trip with my friend recently and we wanted to listen to a Wikipedia article in the car. We weren't able to do that, which inspired me to create a new free app, Wiki…

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    Comment #42859433

    These are all public keys so I am not too worried, but I appreciate the heads up. I will make more effort to obfuscate them.

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    Comment #42810631

    The source is actually freely available for both the app and the web: https://gitea.com/t4t

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    Comment #42810622

    I am curious if you mean heavy in terms of the physics of the swipe, or heavy in terms of something like the layout?

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    Comment #42808563

    I should have been more specific - I meant a popular platform

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    Comment #42808558

    You can check the review history on either app, the project has existed for a full year. The timing is a coincidence, but I do understand the paranoia.

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    Comment #42807980

    One of the main selling points of the app is that you can filter posts by distance, to facilitate people meeting and talking with their community.

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    Comment #42807269

    I am taking security very seriously. All sensitive rows are protected by RLS, and I have gone even further by adding random noise to all location data. Locations are locked down, b…

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    Comment #42807258

    A decent percent of people are voluntarily paying for it right now, enough that it is already profitable at about a 10:1 ratio of profit vs cost of operation. The platform can grow…

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    Comment #42807236

    I will add a tagging system and hide nsfw posts from non-logged-in non-opted-in users this weekend.

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    Comment #42807147

    Thank you for the feedback. As a design decision I did want to completely forego landing pages and upsells, both the sites and the app just "drop you in". I could probably make it …

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    Comment #42807033

    I think the main complaints overall with apps like Grindr, Lex et al comes in a few parts: 1) Mainstream dating apps are full of very profit driven patterns, and feel manipulative …

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    Comment #42806959

    Oh sure, will do

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    Comment #42805035

    The biggest piece of feedback I think I have gotten from posting here is that the nsfw content is a bit shocking which I get. Sorry about that. My guess is that if you just scrolle…

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    Comment #42804884

    Okay posting this is really reminding me to prioritize a smart nsfw toggle. My guess is that if you just scrolled twitter or whatever by new exclusively unfiltered you wouldn’t hav…

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    Comment #42803525

    I don’t think the thirst posts are trolls, but I do know what you mean. One of my top priorities this next month is adding NSFW filtering to the app to allow people to toggle that …

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    Comment #42801202

    Thank you!

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    Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online

    A year ago I surveyed the internet and noticed there was only one popular space for trans and gender-non-conforming people to meet; Lex. Lex is not well liked by its users. Its sof…

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