Curious what you used for maps. I always want to build stuff with maps but the costs can be really high
I made a website for lonely people, and got >100 people to log their locations
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Re: I made a website for lonely people, and got >100 people to log their locations
#22I'm reminded of tired.com for some reason. There's not much there, but there's been some really interesting stories about them over the years https://slate.com/culture/2004/07/the-perplexing-success-of-...
For anyone else who missed Group Hug at the time and is curious, here's a sample: https://web.archive.org/web/20120207131807/http://grouphug.u...
This looks similar to http://gentle.earth/
Re: I made a website for lonely people, and got >100 people to log their locations
#23I was very lonely for my college years because I lived in a religious uni that was far away from any city, partly because the mission school I went to (went to school outside of America) offered tuition scholarships to go there. Within the first year of leaving to an actual city, I lost my virginity, had my first successful relationship, and generally found my place in the world. People underestimate how much mundane things like "changing your location" can do about loneliness (hint: cities are much better than rural and suburban places for that kind of thing)
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#24this reminds me of the game Kind Words by popcannibal, like just a chill place where people share their frustrations and just wanna be heard. https://popcannibal.com/kindwords
i do recommend adding an option for people to change the scope of their location, such as limiting to just state/region, country or continent for privacy reasons.
this is a really cool idea
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#25I made something similar during Covid to help people cope, but it was specific for people who played Sky: Children of The Light game. The game launched right before Covid hit us and it helped people to went through the isolation.
https://thatskywish.netlify.app if you wanted to give it a try. It follows the same principle that allows people to leave message for a friend anonymously.
Wish that we have more website like this.
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#26Curious what you used for maps. I always want to build stuff with maps but the costs can be really high
Mapbox GL is pretty reasonable, or even free under 50K loads.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think you need some moderation technique for any community - mores are not inherent in a society, they are formed through dialogue and enforcement. Digital communities are not immune to this dynamic. The digital tools could help you enforce rules more efficiently but someone still has to formulate the rules and adjudicate tricky situations. The good thing is that the prior experience of lesser-known and more-famous…
You get me. I am torn between releasing cool features to help people feel connected and holding them back until I have established some sort of code of conduct. Move fast and break things along the way, or try to do it right, especially when the people on the platform would bias towards the vulnerable ones. The engagement I am seeing right now feels magical, and I am afraid if I don't move fast enough, people would l…
Simple up/down thumb feedback and some graph theory... See if you can find large components of positive interaction, and only connect the people who get more than a couple down-thumbs to each other.
And maybe a 'did this person show you their penis?' feedback toggle for good measure.
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#28Is loneliness really such an issue?
Maybe i dont have an issue with it because I'm an introvert?
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#29After I pinch and zoom to my location and tap on a circle the map seems to jump to a random place in the world. Also the slider is really difficult to drag on iPad os.
Like the concept.
Re: I made a website for lonely people, and got >100 people to log their locations
#30How did you reach first 100, how many fake people were there at beginning to attract real people to not be the first ones on empty site?