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Re: Show HN: I Rebuilt MySpace from 2007

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Good idea. I think there’s a lot of room for some kind of internet social network that gives you a space for a custom profile, chatting with friends about anything, no algorithms dictating what you see, no heavy handed moderation, etc. wish you success

I live and breathe on the internet and have never been moderated once, even freely expressing myself, insulting people who deserve it, etc. My point here is that if you think the current social media options have "heavy handed" moderation, you're probably the problem, not them.

I was recently moderated for the first time in my (fairly long) life by a social media site. I complained, and they restored it, but it was jarring. My general impression is that times they are a'changin' WRT moderation on the interwebs.

Re: Show HN: I Rebuilt MySpace from 2007

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As someone with extremely deep contempt for Silicon Valley, Big Tech monopolies, and modern social media culture, this brought a tear to my eye.It was so easy to make new friends online once upon a time.

The fascist uniformity of modern social platforms has left a generation creatively stifled and alienated from each other. I miss the ugly comet cursors, the crummy MIDI tunes, the bad HTML, the encouragement to make new friends, and the ability to reach people without paying thousands in garbage ads.

I miss dating online without bribing some shitty algorithm. It used to be that I could click "browse," find a cute girl's profile, say hi, and set up a date within a few days. Modern social media is cold and hostile. Stay in your friend group. Avoid strangers: They're all scary and bad. Don't trust anyone (except for us, the tech company. Give us all your data for free.)

The internet used to be bohemian, weird, creative, tacky, and friendly. It was my favorite place to be. Where did that joy go? What have we become in the last 8 years?

Re: Show HN: I Rebuilt MySpace from 2007

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Will this actually stay online? I will unironically use this.

Yes, I'm planning to keep this online! I'll add more features in the coming weeks!

Dude this is actually awesome. Do you have a "buy me a beer" link so we can help out with hosting costs?

Seriously you should make this the "Wikipedia" of social media. No ads ever and people will use it.

By the way, just watched The Social Dilemma on Netflix. The world needs people like you!

Re: Show HN: I Rebuilt MySpace from 2007

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Maybe weird feedback but the COVID-19 Pandemic section on the front page really kills both the retro vibe and the idea that this might be something unique rather than yet another way for me to consume standard news.

I had-interestingly-the exact opposite response. It kept the waves of nostalgia in check by delivering a mild dose of modernity to the experience that was subtle enough and works so well with the rest of the presentation that I actually caught myself smiling and nodding at it.

Re: Show HN: I Rebuilt MySpace from 2007

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe it's because it's advocating for security by obscurity? It would probably be more resource-intensive for the server if a bot were to scrape every single page to collect UUIDs instead of methodically going through them.

Oh, that's interesting — I hadn't considered that creators of web apps might choose to do this to make scraping easier. Generally, I've understood that exposing internal IDs is undesirable. [1] https://blog.jiayu.co/2018/09/methods-for-obfuscating-sequen... [2] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/396164/exposing-database...

One way to avoid this is to look for something requesting only profile pages, then cut them off after a certain number of requests.
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