How to run a small social network site for your friends

Post by kingnothing » Thu, Dec 09, 2021, 5:08 PM UTC

worldofmatthew wrote: post #63

Nerada wrote: post #14

I miss how every hobby had a forum running on phpBB, SimpleMachines, Invision, etc. HN is great, but it's very point in time. If I find an interesting topic posted over a day ago, it's never getting new replies. It's a snapshot of the thoughts on that topic for that single day, nothing more.

GDPR and the upcoming online safety bill and the EU's digital economy regulations makes it nearly impossible for almost anyone to run a forum. That is now only possible by big tech.

Post by EamonnMR » Thu, Dec 09, 2021, 5:15 PM UTC

michaelbrave wrote: post #152

mitchdoogle wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't help but think that kids today are doing something like this in their own way. And that the real thing people miss when they wax nostalgic is youth.

I see kids today doing this a lot with "Among Us", Fortnite and Minecraft still. Among us basically functions like a chat room but you can control who enters, password protect it, set rules for the game etc

Post by SavantIdiot » Thu, Dec 09, 2021, 5:18 PM UTC

hemloc_io wrote: post #13

I have what I think is a unique perspective on this. Private small self run social media already exists. It's personal Minecraft servers. When I was younger I ran a Minecraft server out of my toaster of a PC. Friends hopped on, made their own little houses, built stuff and talked. Friends would pass in and out and in order to get in you had to be invited! I'd say max there were 10-20 people on there somewhat consiste…

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Dec 09, 2021, 5:22 PM UTC

vegetablepotpie wrote: post #131

> Friend Camp is anti-free-speech, at least in the sense that freedom of speech is commonly understood as a value. This is repulsive to some people on both the left and the right, and it's important that people with that core value find somewhere other than Friend Camp to set up their online home I like this perspective because free speech is considered fundamental to the point that if you don’t uphold it, you’re con…

Post by mayregretit » Thu, Dec 09, 2021, 5:33 PM UTC

long_time_gone wrote: post #133

vegetablepotpie wrote: post #131

> Friend Camp is anti-free-speech, at least in the sense that freedom of speech is commonly understood as a value. This is repulsive to some people on both the left and the right, and it's important that people with that core value find somewhere other than Friend Camp to set up their online home I like this perspective because free speech is considered fundamental to the point that if you don’t uphold it, you’re con…

> Not having an absolute view of free speech is what we would call a more nuanced view. There is no such thing as absolute free speech. We know of the many nuances like "fighting words", incitement, libel, child pornography, slander, etc. I would like Universities and the ACLU to respect these exceptions to absolute free speech. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exce...