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Re: Text-Only Social Network

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Post by grishka »

jbaudanza wrote: post #60

I wanted to see how it would handle non-ascii text so I typed 안녕하세요 and it romanized it to annyeonghaseyo. (This is "hello" in Korean). I did not expect that. I really like the idea of a text-only social network, so I hope this takes off. I think the author should consider supporting other languages though. Seeing romanized text isn't very helpful to people that actually want to read or write in other character sets.…

Does the same thing with Russian as well.

(I wonder how it would tell the difference between Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian though?)

Re: Text-Only Social Network

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Post by andyfleming »

carrolldunham wrote: post #50
pippy wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Putting a filter: grayscale(); over the title makes the emojis melt more into the text. it makes it a bit more readable.

At that point why not just filter images from twitter?

Some posts not might make sense without the image as opposed to a post that’d not intended to have an image.

Also, there’s an argument to be made for emojis adding tone, albeit lazily. Grayscale sounds like an interesting middle ground.

Re: Text-Only Social Network

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Post by ilovetux »

soneca wrote: post #59
russellbeattie wrote: post #54

Bringing back social isn't about getting rid of images and focusing on ASCII text, it's about getting rid of URLs and article snippets, and refocusing solely on user created content. Remember when streams were only filled with updates from old friends and family with things like birthday parties, vacations, graduations, concerts, restaurant meals, etc., and nothing else? (Sort of like Instagram still is, but with tex…

I am trying to build exactly this, positioning as a personal journal that you can share. But the end game is exactly what you described. I'd love to have your feedback if you care to take a look: https://www.quidsentio.com

I'm not the gp, but i like the look and feel of the site. I also love the idea. I've been using group messages (mms) for this purpose and its been working great. It has the advantage that nobody needs to go to a website or download an extra app, but it has the drawback that sometimes people forget that I started a group message and will use that thread to start a new conversation with someone and people get messages that were not intended for them.

I'm interested in the claim that its impossible to share content with someone that doesn't have permission. How do you protect against copy/paste or screenshots?

Re: Text-Only Social Network

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Post by aymeric »

I want this to succeed. There is something pure and calming about the idea.

Design wise though, I suggest making the content (text written by users) easier to read / scan.

Right now, the usernames are more prominent than the comments.

Have you tried putting the username and timestamp on the same line as the content?

Also maybe use grey colors for less important text.

Re: Text-Only Social Network

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Post by soneca »

ilovetux wrote: post #65
soneca wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am trying to build exactly this, positioning as a personal journal that you can share. But the end game is exactly what you described. I'd love to have your feedback if you care to take a look: https://www.quidsentio.com

I'm not the gp, but i like the look and feel of the site. I also love the idea. I've been using group messages (mms) for this purpose and its been working great. It has the advantage that nobody needs to go to a website or download an extra app, but it has the drawback that sometimes people forget that I started a group message and will use that thread to start a new conversation with someone and people get messages…

Thanks!

About the sharing, I am sorry, but I didn't want to claim that it is impossible to share. I will check the phrasing, but the idea is that it doesn't have a sharing feature (like retweeting or the share button on phones). You can't click on a button to forward the content. You still can copy/paste and screenshot normally.

It is not built-in, so not encouraged by design.

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