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Re: Show HN: Instant, Self-Destructing Websites

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Loughla wrote: post #28
nessunodoro wrote: post #3

Ephemera. I miss living in New York City because of the street art. The web would benefit from open air ephemerality. Real ephemerality, not "your photos and videos disappear to our digital vault, probably forever." Also: > Passwords are optional. This makes me happy.

This sentiment is actually what originally drew me to places like 4chan on the internet. If you miss it, you just miss it. I felt like I legit HAD to be on the board or else I would miss the best joke or thread. No idea what that's called. Maybe hipsterism? I liked to know that what I'm seeing is authentic, real, and limited (even if it was technically available to everyone in the world).

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Re: Show HN: Instant, Self-Destructing Websites

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Post by unkulunkulu »

Loughla wrote: post #28
nessunodoro wrote: post #3

Ephemera. I miss living in New York City because of the street art. The web would benefit from open air ephemerality. Real ephemerality, not "your photos and videos disappear to our digital vault, probably forever." Also: > Passwords are optional. This makes me happy.

This sentiment is actually what originally drew me to places like 4chan on the internet. If you miss it, you just miss it. I felt like I legit HAD to be on the board or else I would miss the best joke or thread. No idea what that's called. Maybe hipsterism? I liked to know that what I'm seeing is authentic, real, and limited (even if it was technically available to everyone in the world).

Immediacy?

Re: Show HN: Instant, Self-Destructing Websites

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Post by hermanradtke »

garysahota93 wrote: post #6
SheinhardtWigCo wrote: post #2

This is cool, but seems ripe for abuse. Do you have a plan to deal with that?

Yeah, I had a question around how to stop people from claiming "legit" brands and bashing them? I could easily see someone take a brand like Uber or Airbnb and start creating content that could get the actual brand in legit trouble. Cool concept though! I like the simplicity.

If the brand has no affiliation with the person who posted the content, how is the brand getting in trouble?

I for one am not too worried about "legit" brands being squatted. No sane person thinks https://sdnotes.com/facebook was made by Facebook.

Re: Show HN: Instant, Self-Destructing Websites

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Post by brenden2 »

This is cool! It's like a wiki, but there's no structure imposed and everything's ephemeral. Would be interesting to see what happens over time.

Some feedback for the author: it might be interesting to add a "I'm feeling lucky"-type feature, kind of like StumbleUpon. Or some other fun discovery technique.

Re: Show HN: Instant, Self-Destructing Websites

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Post by sp332 »

Loughla wrote: post #28
nessunodoro wrote: post #3

Ephemera. I miss living in New York City because of the street art. The web would benefit from open air ephemerality. Real ephemerality, not "your photos and videos disappear to our digital vault, probably forever." Also: > Passwords are optional. This makes me happy.

This sentiment is actually what originally drew me to places like 4chan on the internet. If you miss it, you just miss it. I felt like I legit HAD to be on the board or else I would miss the best joke or thread. No idea what that's called. Maybe hipsterism? I liked to know that what I'm seeing is authentic, real, and limited (even if it was technically available to everyone in the world).

FOMO - Fear Of Missing Out.

Edit: I was going to add "gnostic" but I can't find a dictionary to back up my definition. What I mean is a hierarchy based on secret knowledge.

Re: Show HN: Instant, Self-Destructing Websites

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Post by z3t4 »

unfl wrote: post #9
garysahota93 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

+1 .. Markdown would be awesome!

Good idea! Currently it supports some HTML elements using Rails' simple_format ( , , etc), but Markdown would definitely be an improvement.

It also supports img tags. Being able to write HTML is very powerful. Markdown support would just add feature bloat. Next you will ask for a markdown live preview.

Re: Show HN: Instant, Self-Destructing Websites

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Post by rfeague »

What password is assigned if you inadvertently click "add password" with the password box still empty? If you click "add password" without first entering a password in the box, the site is locked behind an unknown password. You can't login with an empty password, nor with "password"...
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