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Re: Show HN: Multiverse.plus – what if blogging was more collage-like and colorful?

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Post by minikites »

overshard wrote: post #16

I honestly miss people building random stuff on the internet to showcase unique information on things like Geocities. They were almost always "ugly" but also always visually entertaining. I remember skimming through hundreds of car Geocities sites by enthusiasts who had no clue how to build a website but wanted to show off their rides. It was always a rollercoaster of poor UX and bad quality images but something was…

>It could also just be me being old and grumpy.

I don't think it's that, I think you're describing the electronic version of an old neighborhood with character versus a modern suburban planned community. Some people genuinely prefer the latter, but there's not much of a choice both online and in the real world these days, so we're all stuck with it.

Re: Show HN: Multiverse.plus – what if blogging was more collage-like and colorful?

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Post by discardedrefuse »

overshard wrote: post #16

I honestly miss people building random stuff on the internet to showcase unique information on things like Geocities. They were almost always "ugly" but also always visually entertaining. I remember skimming through hundreds of car Geocities sites by enthusiasts who had no clue how to build a website but wanted to show off their rides. It was always a rollercoaster of poor UX and bad quality images but something was…

Whenever I see people on here longing for the web of old (surprisingly often) I point them to a great little game called HypnoSpace Outlaw. You play a web enforcer in an alternate reality 90's internet simulator.

It's available on Xbox Game Pass, and here's the Steam link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/844590/Hypnospace_Outlaw/

Re: Show HN: Multiverse.plus – what if blogging was more collage-like and colorful?

#33

Post by wuz »

Been using Multiverse for a bit now and I honestly love it so very much. It's a brilliant mix of creative expression and creative limits - I can make cool stuff without having the infinite array of options that I would in design software. I recently wrote about my experience with old forums when I was a youngling on the internet and creating the post was honestly so much fun! I've felt my creativity really coming back since I've started using Multiverse.

Re: Show HN: Multiverse.plus – what if blogging was more collage-like and colorful?

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Post by glitchyowl »

dentemple wrote: post #30
kickscondor wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well it's dangerous to give people the tools to design themselves - it's a rare skill and very difficult to blend it all together into a cohesive community! I think many startups of the 2010s saw Myspace design as a disaster. We're hoping that by having some default color palettes and some common patterns and fonts - as well as limits to paddings, margins and border sizes - that it helps people stay in the ballpark o…

On the other hand, a ton of us got our start in web design or development due to the freedom of sites like Myspace and Geocities.

yeah im one of the kid that is eternally grateful to sites like myspace and geocities

Re: Show HN: Multiverse.plus – what if blogging was more collage-like and colorful?

#35

Post by glitchyowl »

wuz wrote: post #33

Been using Multiverse for a bit now and I honestly love it so very much. It's a brilliant mix of creative expression and creative limits - I can make cool stuff without having the infinite array of options that I would in design software. I recently wrote about my experience with old forums when I was a youngling on the internet and creating the post was honestly so much fun! I've felt my creativity really coming bac…

ahh wuz you are too kind and your posts are wizardry. it brings me smile to see your (almost) eye-searing pink posts!

in case folks are interested, this is wuz's post on the old forums: https://multiverse.plus/wuz/a-love-letter-to-jred-net

Re: Show HN: Multiverse.plus – what if blogging was more collage-like and colorful?

#36

Post by glitchyowl »

kzrdude wrote: post #19
glitchyowl wrote: post #5

glitchyowl here, one of the creator of multiverse, thanks for peeking in we want to make blogging on the web a little more casual expressive than it's been. which is why we've went with a free-form canvas with lots of style customisation options ~* here's my mic check - https://multiverse.plus/glitchyowl/haiyo-multiverse

Hey, it's all quite inspiring - adding a bit of color. Shameless question coming, is it allowed to rip this off, copy the stylesheets or similar and use a style based off of this on a personal blog?

halo kzrdude! for sure, remixing is part of what makes the web fun! right now, you can also export your post as svg, html, or png if you want to carry it somewhere else

we have had discussions about offering ways to embedding (like on the home page) and exporting the styles in json/css format too

Re: Show HN: Multiverse.plus – what if blogging was more collage-like and colorful?

#37

Post by graphpapa »

I think this is great.

It seems to be a popular opinion on this site that ‘everyone should have a personal website’.. but I think the options available don’t make it a likely outlet for a lot of people because there is too much friction required for too little expressiveness. Even for technical people.

This project seems like fun, and that’s a great starting point.

I noticed when clicking around that it is set up so that ‘posts’ are always embedded within the multiverse site styling. This makes it have less of a ‘personal space on the internet’ feeling, but it does keep the experience more consistent, compared to if posts filled the whole page.

Was this a deliberate choice to encourage more ‘post-based’ creation and less ‘personal-site’ type creation? I am partial to the ‘personal-site’ approach but ‘post-based’ suggests other interesting options, like being able to ‘reply’ to one page with another page, and generally being a little more social

Re: Show HN: Multiverse.plus – what if blogging was more collage-like and colorful?

#38

Post by DiggyJohnson »

kickscondor wrote: post #8
DiggyJohnson wrote: post #4

Very cool - that said, it appears that I'm not receiving (is it being sent?) the sign-up email for new accounts. Exciting project. Tasteful design.

Trying signing up on the home page. If it says your email already has an account, try here: https://multiverse.plus/signin You can also email us at hello@multiverse.plus and we'll look into it. Might be a specific browser issue.

Hey, thanks for the quick response. So I still don't have any emails, and I couldn't find any other Log-in / Create Account functionality on the home page. In other words: I couldn't find any other way to create an account that wouldn't result in me using the form on /signin.

Maybe I'm being a dummy, let me know if you have any additional suggestion otherwise I will get in touch with the email you provided. This is a really cool project, and I hate to admit some of the unfinished amateur hobby projects I've created towards similar ideas to multiverse.plus.

Re: Show HN: Multiverse.plus – what if blogging was more collage-like and colorful?

#40

Post by bovermyer »

glitchyowl wrote: post #20
bovermyer wrote: post #6

I like the playfulness of it, and the ability to customize my "voice." It has the potential to become a new community. However... I'm confused how to discover groups.

hey! groups are definitely very limited right now, there are only a fixed # of groups that you can post to but we are looking to expand that would love to discuss and hear your ideas on it if you are up for it! we are at hello@multiverse.plus or our discord group is here: https://discord.gg/5MvkKjAyrM and in case its interesting, humdrum shared their thoughts on groups in this multiverse wishlist post: https://multiv…

I joined the Discord and look forward to chatting about this, and other, Multiverse topics!
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