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I created Hystoria as an experiment to see if blocking out current events can lead to more thoughtful discourse. --- Hystoria is a simple, reddit-like site (built with a simplified version of Lemmy [0]) where only items older than 5 years can be posted. I've been obsessed with media dynamics for years now, always wondering what variables can be adjusted within the current environment to result in better media product…
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I would seriously question why you would want to attract anybody that used any of the regex statements words, but is as easy as changing it in the code.
Really? You can't go 10 minutes in many LGBT spaces without hearing someone using the f-slur in an affectionate way. Also banned is "b!tch", which is not really considered that offensive in most of the US between female friends, as well as "pu!sy", which is maybe vulgar but not an offensive term at all (I notice "dick" didn't make cut). Maybe for a site like Hacker News those terms aren't usually appropriate, but I s…
Reminds me of how Mastodon doesn't allow quote-toots...but quote-tweets can be highly effective when used correctly. Should be up to instance owners to regulate such behavior.
A post from 2015 about how the Earth is flat is just as disingenuous as a post from 2020 about how the Earth is flat. I'm not sure how this is supposed to lead to automatically thoughtful discourse.
Can't thoughtful discourse begin on a topic that is wrong, discussing why it is wrong? For example, I'd love to see a critique of what is wrong with: http://alternativephysics.org/book/GPSmythology.htm ...which makes the claim that you don't need to correct for relativistic effects for GPS to work correctly. I don't see an immediate, obvious flaw in his thinking, so I think it would be great to have as a conversation…
A very interesting idea. I had my own idea: xornews - news about politics that are only in one camp, or the other, but never in both. For example liberal/conservative. That's the main split in my country. But I realized it can't work without a bunch of moderators fascinated by political science.
When you got one wrong, it was a signal that you should read the story (i.e., that the story was not run-of-the-mill left/right propaganda).
I thought it was a fun idea with real benefits, but it never really caught on.
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Thanks, looks like it was at 1 per second...I just boosted it a bit. EDIT: boosted again...gosh, HN front page is no joke :D EDIT 2: I ran into multiple rate limits, some of which were harder to discover/configure than others. Site should be back again. Sorry.
Why have rate limiting at all? Just disable it
this could just be a subreddit, no?
It could be, but then reddit would own it, and the fediverse would lose out. And users would have to deal with their awful new interface and privacy shenanigans.
What in this site's privacy policy (which is safe to assume is a one-man band with no legal council) make it more transparent or free of shenanigans when I'm just sharing a link?
I like the idea but why 5 years? Just to damper current events and lead to thoughtful discourse I'd think 5 days
A very interesting idea. I had my own idea: xornews - news about politics that are only in one camp, or the other, but never in both. For example liberal/conservative. That's the main split in my country. But I realized it can't work without a bunch of moderators fascinated by political science.
The politicalcompassmeme subreddit is an interesting example of co existence. I think the flairs / labels of users is key.
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It could be, but then reddit would own it, and the fediverse would lose out. And users would have to deal with their awful new interface and privacy shenanigans.
Honestly, how does this site differ from a subreddit? How does Reddit "own" a list of links that a user has shared? What in this site's privacy policy (which is safe to assume is a one-man band with no legal council) make it more transparent or free of shenanigans when I'm just sharing a link?
My site is owned by me. I expect to be the primary contributor to it after the initial hype dies down, and I would prefer to spend my time contributing to a site that I control.
Privacy policy is at https://100millionbooks.org/privacy/. You can judge it for yourself. I run my own mailing list server and analytics server. There are no trackers on the site. Since launch 3 years ago, there have never been any trackers or ads on any 100 Million Books apps or extensions (not even affiliate links). That's a pretty good track record, and you can bet Hystoria will benefit from all of it.
FYI, there is a subreddit for 10 years old news. It doesn't receive much traffic https://www.reddit.com/r/TenYearsAgo/