Pretty cool.
Banner isnt what i was expecting tho. I wish ratio/size was a little bit more flexible.
https://anon.sharehub.live/post/ckmy1ym1s001213mxua9uz245/Ca...
Show HN: Anon – Create anonymous, self-deleting blog posts
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#12Interesting. https://anon.sharehub.live/post/ckmxul8tb011415mjhtta30jq/Si...
I forgot to ask, did it erase the metadata from my picture to make it anonymous?
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#13Hey HN! I built this so you can easily create self-deleting blog posts, which can be easily shared in your whatsapp/messaging groups. This is useful when you don't want to directly post walls of text, and want others to be able to easily share what you posted to their other groups.
You might want to include a basic "report" button, since free image + text can get some skeevy stuff.
Will do!
I certainly don't want the platform to be used for any illegal activity.
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#14Pretty cool. Banner isnt what i was expecting tho. I wish ratio/size was a little bit more flexible. https://anon.sharehub.live/post/ckmy1ym1s001213mxua9uz245/Ca...
Yeah, I need to add some flexibility there! I'll add a more permissive height-range, and a simple crop-on-upload feature as well.
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#15Interesting. https://anon.sharehub.live/post/ckmxul8tb011415mjhtta30jq/Si...
I forgot to ask, did it erase the metadata from my picture to make it anonymous?
It should.
The original is always compressed into a new file, and the metadata is thrown away. I read about what happened to some other websites, and want to ensure users have maximum privacy!
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#16Did anyone else initially read the title as "Show HN: Anon -- Create anonymous, self-defeating blog posts"?
The greatest enemy is the self.
Self-victory is not possible, but self-defeat is :(
Painful, is the existence we live...
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#17Cool site :D but consider fixing some xss issues :(. https://anon.sharehub.live/post/ckmxuf329008415mjcdmuwufu/as...
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Didn't know you could execute javascript emebedded in an image like that. I used some basic filtering rules, but I can clearly see I have some way to go. I won't sleep tonight until I get this fixed!
EDIT: The glitch in the matrix is no more. Thank you for pointing this out!
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#18After you post, how do you read it on the site? How do you read things others have posted? Am I just dumb? EDIT: Oh. I should've copied the link to the post. I guess it's gone forever. Geez Louise. I am not a smart man. I just made a duplicate post since I lost the first one. https://anon.sharehub.live/post/ckmy1ef6w000315legil44c2u/Le... How do you find other people's posts?
Right now, you can't find other people's posts. This is by design. It is up to you to decide who to share your posts with.
I considered adding an option to list your article on some type of feed or list, but then I would have to figure out how to moderate all the toxic posts that would inevitably pile-up.
Re: Show HN: Anon – Create anonymous, self-deleting blog posts
#19After you post, how do you read it on the site? How do you read things others have posted? Am I just dumb? EDIT: Oh. I should've copied the link to the post. I guess it's gone forever. Geez Louise. I am not a smart man. I just made a duplicate post since I lost the first one. https://anon.sharehub.live/post/ckmy1ef6w000315legil44c2u/Le... How do you find other people's posts?
Right now, you can't find other people's posts. This is by design. It is up to you to decide who to share your posts with. I considered adding an option to list your article on some type of feed or list, but then I would have to figure out how to moderate all the toxic posts that would inevitably pile-up.
Thanks for the answer.
With that in mind, when you make a post and enable comments then those people who have the shared link are the only ones who can comment, right?
I was trying to understand how to read any comments that others have made on the Anon post you made. For this to work you need to save the link, send it to your selected audience, and then check back in for their thoughts.
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#20I love the idea !!! Not sure when i'd use it but non the less i think it's awesome. I'd say that users that would want this feature would also like some sense of "security" that the post is actually deleted. there is no sense of that. another 2 cents :) How about letting us decide when it gets deleted rather than the magic 7 days?
I am glad you like it!
There is a slider you can set that changes the duration. I fixed it at 1-7-30 days. I probably need to make that feature more visible though. And I'll add in the option to let users set the kill duration.
I do hard-delete the posts once they expire, but I don't know how I could give users a sense of 'security' that it has gone into the void. Do you have any suggestions?