Show HN: textlog – A quiet, text-only microblogging platform, open-source, no JS

Post by 8by3 » Sat, Aug 08, 2026, 4:47 AM UTC

BeetleB wrote: post #54

stagas wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi, I'm sorry you don't like the limitation :( this is for short thoughts you want to share, not really huge conversations, there are better places for that IMO.

The character limit is, in my opinion, the primary reason Twitter became so bad. It encourages absolute language (qualifiers take up characters!) It discourages any level of nuance. I use Mastodon which has a 500 limit, and even that sometimes is not enough.

Post by est » Sat, Aug 08, 2026, 7:46 AM UTC

Post by jaffa2 » Sat, Aug 08, 2026, 10:03 AM UTC

BeetleB wrote: post #54

stagas wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi, I'm sorry you don't like the limitation :( this is for short thoughts you want to share, not really huge conversations, there are better places for that IMO.

The character limit is, in my opinion, the primary reason Twitter became so bad. It encourages absolute language (qualifiers take up characters!) It discourages any level of nuance. I use Mastodon which has a 500 limit, and even that sometimes is not enough.

Post by cxr » Sat, Aug 08, 2026, 11:45 AM UTC

bryanhogan wrote: post #34

I built something for a similar goal, make it easy for someone to start their blog. But instead it's a static website, clone the repo, adjust the config.ts, write the posts in markdown, host anywhere: https://starter.bryanhogan.com/

Post by vancekai » Sat, Aug 08, 2026, 6:03 PM UTC