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Nicheless: a micro-blogging platform

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Re: Nicheless: a micro-blogging platform

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Post by louispereira »

xmonkee wrote: post #19
louispereira wrote: post #14

Hey folks! I'm Louis – the builder (founder?) of Nicheless. I'm not sure how it got here, but I'm grateful that it did. Nicheless is a fun little side project I created for people to share their thoughts with the world without needing to be performative or afraid of trolls. I'm a firm believer that writing online is a great way to improve your thinking, and I'm hoping Nicheless encourages more people to do the same.…

I love it. Just made my first post. Is there a way to discover other writers? Edit: jk, just found the "discover" section

Awesome. What do you plan on writing about? I'm curious about the use cases people have, because they're often surprisingly (and pleasantly) different from mine. I mainly use it to think through things or share experiences, but I've seen people use it as an anonymous public journal, as a photography blog, or even as a public notebook for their poetry.

Re: Nicheless: a micro-blogging platform

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Post by stormbrew »

zeruch wrote: post #7
dollo_7 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While you have a point, this process may make it harder to be a troll. Nowadays you can be a troll anywhere and anytime you want, specially online. I'm curious how this approach may benefit those who share their plain thoughts without the fear of being automatically targeted by trolls looking for triggered responses and tribal support.

"While you have a point, this process may make it harder to be a troll." Trolls are not lazy. If anything, their efforts are hype fixated.

I think it's a little more complicated than that. Trolls are often very fixated on their targets but they also tend to be impulsive and looking for quick fixes of glory. This is why things like shadow banning and slow modes and signup waiting periods work pretty well on them. Very few have the patience to wait for a fresh sock account that's limited to be useful.

Re: Nicheless: a micro-blogging platform

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Post by mintysoap »

louispereira wrote: post #14

Hey folks! I'm Louis – the builder (founder?) of Nicheless. I'm not sure how it got here, but I'm grateful that it did. Nicheless is a fun little side project I created for people to share their thoughts with the world without needing to be performative or afraid of trolls. I'm a firm believer that writing online is a great way to improve your thinking, and I'm hoping Nicheless encourages more people to do the same.…

I really like this, and I like the first few random posts I read. Is there a way to view the newest public posts? Discover seems to show random posts from months ago.

Re: Nicheless: a micro-blogging platform

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Post by yawnxyz »

louispereira wrote: post #14

Hey folks! I'm Louis – the builder (founder?) of Nicheless. I'm not sure how it got here, but I'm grateful that it did. Nicheless is a fun little side project I created for people to share their thoughts with the world without needing to be performative or afraid of trolls. I'm a firm believer that writing online is a great way to improve your thinking, and I'm hoping Nicheless encourages more people to do the same.…

I found your project through Dense Discovery (https://www.densediscovery.com/) and fell in love with it, and I thought more people should discover it!

Re: Nicheless: a micro-blogging platform

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Post by throwaway892238 »

louispereira wrote: post #13
SamBam wrote: post #9

I don't really understand the purpose. If I'm writing these thoughts for myself, why would I want to post them? If I'm writing these thoughts to engage with an audience or wider community, why wouldn't I want them to be able to reply?

Hey Sam! I'm Louis, the guy who built Nicheless. The purpose of the platform is simple – it's a place to improve your thoughts through writing. I wrote a bit about it here: https://nicheless.blog/post/why-i-built-this Also, people can like and reply to your posts, but both those are private. Only you'll know how many likes a post has, and all replies will go directly to your DMs instead of a comment section. This is…

Can a user turn off the DMs? Pretty much every woman who writes publicly on the internet gets unsolicited hate-DMs.

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Post by dmitriid »

louispereira wrote: post #14

Hey folks! I'm Louis – the builder (founder?) of Nicheless. I'm not sure how it got here, but I'm grateful that it did. Nicheless is a fun little side project I created for people to share their thoughts with the world without needing to be performative or afraid of trolls. I'm a firm believer that writing online is a great way to improve your thinking, and I'm hoping Nicheless encourages more people to do the same.…

Looks nice but... Why dies it take up to two seconds to display author name on the explore page? :)

Edit: and all other pages.

Re: Nicheless: a micro-blogging platform

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Post by olah_1 »

> Private likes.

> Private responses.

> Private subscriber counts.

> No status games. No trolls. No pressure.

This is the real differentiator. Do you still use algorithms around likes and follows to recommend users to each other and such?

Those data points actually are useful to get people more connected to the network and help them find their community

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