So that's on average $1.30 per session
Thank HN: 7 years and $7M later, it all started right here
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#12This looks like it was made with TinyMCE 5. How does the licensing work out for a project like this?
If you’re looking for a modern FOSS alternative, try Tiptap[1]. [1] https://tiptap.dev
I just looked and the community is hosted on Discord, and Discord only. Seriously, what is it with FOSS projects and Discord?
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#13Massimo, so good to see you here! Congrats on BEE's success, and also well done on this nice post on HN.
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#14Great success story. For me personally, I've always found that plain text emails get a much higher engagement rate than the best designed newsletter.
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#15Great Job! As a developer who hates slicing emails manually (and testing them), I use only BeeFree for creating them (for at least 6 years I think). Thank you and good luck!
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you’re looking for a modern FOSS alternative, try Tiptap[1]. [1] https://tiptap.dev
I just looked and the community is hosted on Discord, and Discord only. Seriously, what is it with FOSS projects and Discord?
We have GitHub issues (works fine for bugs, not so much for discussions), GitHub discussions (no one is there), added Discord by public demand (I hate it, but it’s working well. People help each other there) and plan to add Flarum as an open discussion board soon.
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#17Nice. I remember listening to Nathan Latka podcast about the same company earlier today? Seems like a PR exercise? None the less, great achievement. Others asking whether bootstrap or vc-funded, From the podcast it appears they are part a publicly traded European company.
PR can be nice to read nonetheless. I don't think HN has a rule against PR.
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#18So that's on average $1.30 per session
Month vs year, closer to 0.11?
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you’re looking for a modern FOSS alternative, try Tiptap[1]. [1] https://tiptap.dev
I just looked and the community is hosted on Discord, and Discord only. Seriously, what is it with FOSS projects and Discord?
Disclaimer: this is just guesswork from my own experiences. I do not actually have experience in running the community of a FOSS project.
I'd guess its lowering the barrier of entry by providing a "casual" platform for communication. Discord is widespread enough for many people to already have an account. Joining new servers is dead simple.
Also, collaborator retention could be another thing. I'd argue it is easier to keep less active contributors hang along when you have this sort of "community" where people do other, unrelated stuff (post memes and discuss unrelated topics) alongside the actual work on the project.