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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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simonkagedal wrote: post #118

I think it's a really cool idea. I signed up because I had a brain fart and thought that "EST" was "European Standard Time" (I was of course thinking of CET). So yeah, the current window wouldn't work for me, but that's fine. Everything doesn't have to be for everyone. We all live in our bubbles anyway; creating artificial rules could actually be ways of creating new, unexpected interactions. This being said – if you…

Why not allow the user to start a “session” at any time of day and then they only have 3hrs from that time

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

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Post by eru »

ecshafer wrote: post #253
eru wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's so objectionable about Nairaland to silicon valley? I had a quick look at https://www.nairaland.com/ and nothing immediately sprang out.

If you look in the comments there are often discussion on appropriate levels of disciplining your wife (read: domestic abuse), "traits" of people who believe in certain religions, and ethnic stereotypes that would be banned quite quickly on most platforms.

Thanks!

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

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Post by eru »

paradox460 wrote: post #167
eru wrote: post #59

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The time zone restriction does nothing to keep out people who live far north or south of you, but does keep out people far east or far west.

Unless you live in Indiana, Idaho, Oregon, or parts of Florida

Could you please explain?

All of the (continental) US is in similar enough timezones, that whatever 3 hour window is convenient for one part is still easily accessible for the others.

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

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Post by eru »

gibolt wrote: post #69
jader201 wrote: post #48

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This feels more like a feature, not a bug. Local communities all operate in the same time zone. No reason small online communities couldn’t operate in the same time zone, allowing each time zone to have their own separate communities.

If you are traveling and need to deal with something that happens at home, too bad. There are plenty of timezones that make it quite difficult to manage, especially if they have phone wait times that exceed 30min.

> [...] especially if they have phone wait times that exceed 30min.

Sorry, what does that mean? What are phone wait times, and what do they have to do with time zones?

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

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Post by paradox460 »

eru wrote: post #363
paradox460 wrote: post #167

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unless you live in Indiana, Idaho, Oregon, or parts of Florida

Could you please explain? All of the (continental) US is in similar enough timezones, that whatever 3 hour window is convenient for one part is still easily accessible for the others.

Those are all states that have multiple timezones for the same longitude. Travel North or South and you change time zones.

You can also add Arizona to the list, but for only part of the year, as Arizona and the Hopi nation do not follow daylight savings time, but the Navajo nation, which fully surrounds the Hopi, does

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

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Post by eru »

paradox460 wrote: post #367
eru wrote: post #363

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could you please explain? All of the (continental) US is in similar enough timezones, that whatever 3 hour window is convenient for one part is still easily accessible for the others.

Those are all states that have multiple timezones for the same longitude. Travel North or South and you change time zones. You can also add Arizona to the list, but for only part of the year, as Arizona and the Hopi nation do not follow daylight savings time, but the Navajo nation, which fully surrounds the Hopi, does

Sure, but an hour or even three here or there aren't gonna make much of a difference.

Those small shifts don't transform a convenient time into 4am.

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

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Post by paradox460 »

eru wrote: post #368
paradox460 wrote: post #367

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Those are all states that have multiple timezones for the same longitude. Travel North or South and you change time zones. You can also add Arizona to the list, but for only part of the year, as Arizona and the Hopi nation do not follow daylight savings time, but the Navajo nation, which fully surrounds the Hopi, does

Sure, but an hour or even three here or there aren't gonna make much of a difference. Those small shifts don't transform a convenient time into 4am.

This was in response to a comment up thread about making it limited to people in the same time zone, an imposed limitation rather than a self arising onr
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