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Re: Show HN: Seven39, a social media app that is only open for 3 hours every evening

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Post by bhaney »

danpalmer wrote: post #67
tomcam wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why should it have “diverse and worldwide perspectives”? Must a Muslim site be open to all Christians? Must a Japanese site admit me even though I don’t know Japanese? Should a site for Ukrainians be forced to allow Russians? I do think of this as an opportunity for you to create your own site that meets your standards, however.

You've immediately assumed that by "diverse perspectives" I mean controversial perspectives . Personally, I enjoy reading about world news, hearing about TV shows I might want to watch that aren't in my language. I enjoy reading cross-language puns and seeing photos of food I don't usually eat. I enjoy seeing people who don't worry about the things I worry about. If you don't want those things, if you don't want to k…

> Personally, I enjoy reading about world news, hearing about TV shows I might want to watch that aren't in my language.

Then go to any of the sites that already exist for that, and stop acting like any new site needs to function exactly according to your personal preferences in order to be acceptable.

> if you don't want to know what's going on outside, then that's up to you, but I think that's a sad way to live life.

You can "want to know what's going on outside" without needing every single website to be globalized. We don't need to completely eradicate local communities in order to be exposed to other cultures. I think an awful lot of people would find your position here to be the "sad" one. I know I do.

Re: Show HN: Seven39, a social media app that is only open for 3 hours every evening

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Post by BrenBarn »

Shawnj2 wrote: post #11
danpalmer wrote: post #8

It's an interesting idea, but if it's only open at a convenient time for a particular group, it's going to lack diverse and worldwide perspectives, and those are important for building a welcoming ecosystem. I doubt giving each timezone its own 3 hours would work, but perhaps rotating the 3 hours each day so that it's anchored on a different timezone would encourage that diversity of content and perhaps even encourag…

I kind of like the idea of a regional social media app which literally doesn’t work in other parts of the world. It makes the space a little more special than something trying to reach everyone IMO

Ironically that's what Facebook initially was.

Re: Show HN: Seven39, a social media app that is only open for 3 hours every evening

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Post by zhshdbdb »

hashmush wrote: post #120
dailykoder wrote: post #104

Fun fact: If you don't open a social media account, then you will most likely not spend hours on their apps. Sounds really fucking crazy, but it's true. I tested it myself!

You know what? I've noticed the same thing with eating snacks etc., if you don't buy any, you won't eat any. It's amazing!

Doesn't work that way for me. Not having snacks in the house reduces the average amount of snacks to a minimum.

It however causes cravings sometimes which result in binges

Re: Show HN: Seven39, a social media app that is only open for 3 hours every evening

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Post by andsoitis »

mklyons wrote: post #106
andsoitis wrote: post #101

> test if a time boxed social media experience feels better than an endless one What is your hypothesis(es)? That social media would be better if chats were synchronous rather than asynchronous? That the system can help people better balance between time spend in the virtual world and the physical world? Or something else?

That's pretty close to what I'm thinking. If you remove the endless, always-on nature of social media, could it create better content and better experiences? "Better" is subjective of course, so it is hard to have a tight hypothesis.

> could it create better content and better experiences? "Better" is subjective of course, so it is hard to have a tight hypothesis.

Worth thinking about what metrics you think reflects “better” (content, experience). Something that measures quality of engagement. Retention should work.

One thing you’ll be up against is that thoughts don’t keep office hours, but someone might still want to share with their circle. You could consider creating a holding pen for things a user comes up with - they can record it, but it doesn’t flow yet. That also gives cooling off period which I bet could simultaneously give the satisfaction of immediate gratification (writing it down) and quality content (reflect before post).

Re: Show HN: Seven39, a social media app that is only open for 3 hours every evening

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Post by forrestthewoods »

dailykoder wrote: post #104

Fun fact: If you don't open a social media account, then you will most likely not spend hours on their apps. Sounds really fucking crazy, but it's true. I tested it myself!

HN is basically social media.

Re: Show HN: Seven39, a social media app that is only open for 3 hours every evening

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Post by asdfman123 »

Fwiw, I created a web based two factor authentication app that's open for 30 minute chunks at certain parts of the day, and you're all welcome to use it.

Only downside is you have to share 2FA secrets on my server. I wonder if I should consider making one that's completely encrypted. (I trust me, but you shouldn't trust a stranger.)

(It's web based because I only use my work phone and they won't allow me to put my own apps on it.)

Re: Show HN: Seven39, a social media app that is only open for 3 hours every evening

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Post by bcraven »

truncate wrote: post #108
dailykoder wrote: post #104

Fun fact: If you don't open a social media account, then you will most likely not spend hours on their apps. Sounds really fucking crazy, but it's true. I tested it myself!

I didn't go as far as deleting my account, but just deleting Instagram/YT apps from my phone pretty much got my reel/shorts scrolling to 0/day (I already had notifications off for years). And by just deleting apps on my phone, I'm somehow don't end up using them on laptop as well. I think phone makes it easy for brain to remember and keep the habit.

By using ReVanced[0] I have completely patched Shorts, adverts, and Comments from YouTube. It's even added SponsorBlock. I can open YT, watch a video, then close it again without all the attention-diverting crap that's usually present.

I'd _highly_ recommend it to anyone with an Android phone.

[0]https://revanced.app/

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