The “smolnet”, build for friends and friends of friends
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The “smolnet”, build for friends and friends of friends
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Re: The “smolnet”, build for friends and friends of friends
#2Does not load for me. Hug of death? If yes, is there an alternative instance or an article describing the platform?
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> Reason: Error reading from remote server
Re: The “smolnet”, build for friends and friends of friends
#3I think this site received the hug of death.
https://web.archive.org/web/20230612115935/https://community...
Re: The “smolnet”, build for friends and friends of friends
#4Looks like they’re using “smol” servers; it crashed under a few hundred HN visits ;)
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#5I like this. Speaks to my own goal of creating "micro" communities. https://micro.mu. We limit groups to 20 people. I think that's an ideal number for real connections. Need more, it's likely for a different type of communication.
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#6I like this. Speaks to my own goal of creating "micro" communities. https://micro.mu . We limit groups to 20 people. I think that's an ideal number for real connections. Need more, it's likely for a different type of communication.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing. What’s the benefit of your service over a Signal group chat?
Re: The “smolnet”, build for friends and friends of friends
#7Looks like they’re using “smol” servers; it crashed under a few hundred HN visits ;)
To be honest, that's kind of the point. When you're "webscale" you're inevitably at a level where you have to pay a lot of money just to keep the site up. Smolnet is supposed to be run from someone's basement.
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#8I like this. Speaks to my own goal of creating "micro" communities. https://micro.mu . We limit groups to 20 people. I think that's an ideal number for real connections. Need more, it's likely for a different type of communication.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing. What’s the benefit of your service over a Signal group chat?
It's not meant as a replacement to signal or WhatsApp but more a compliment for the "community" aspects which often just get lumped into a group. Community discussions usually breakdown by topic and so that's how micro chat is organised.
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#9I don't get where to click to have something happen or what to download to run this myself. Is this an idea to implement ourselves?
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#10Related concept: https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/home-cooked-app/