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Re: Show HN: Discuo – Anonymous discussions with infinite branching and 24h lifespan

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Post by curtisblaine »

l0b0 wrote: post #10

Great idea! Some feedback: - The 24 hour horizon means you could get away without namespace functionality like categories entirely, especially when self-hosting for a small-to-medium-sized group. - It's tiring to read sites with all monospace fonts. I can see how it might be useful if most posts contain a lot of code, though. - Do you expect this to be open sourced?

Tbh the 24 hour horizon also means that you can do without a persistent db and store everything in memory (as managed db are typically the most complex / expensive part of the stack)

Re: Show HN: Discuo – Anonymous discussions with infinite branching and 24h lifespan

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Post by drdruide »

JonChesterfield wrote: post #22

If your unique attribute is the 24hr auto delete, and you drop that because some HN people don't like it, you've removed your unique attribute. Probably not the right call.

Not at all, I'm planning to make it optional and I'm listening to people. Not just from here. I launched the project 3-4 days ago and I've had quite a few private messages [with arguments] which have led me to think that it's pretty fair.

Re: Show HN: Discuo – Anonymous discussions with infinite branching and 24h lifespan

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Post by tux3 »

Another thing with the 24h autoclean is it kills slow boards.

The fastest rapid fire message boards are also the most chaotic, with the lowest signal-to-noise. There's a certain comfyness in smaller places, outside the containment imageboards, that you won't have if you just clone slash pol slash and force the conversations to be even shorter and meaningless that they already are over there.

Re: Show HN: Discuo – Anonymous discussions with infinite branching and 24h lifespan

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Post by drdruide »

tux3 wrote: post #24

Another thing with the 24h autoclean is it kills slow boards. The fastest rapid fire message boards are also the most chaotic, with the lowest signal-to-noise. There's a certain comfyness in smaller places, outside the containment imageboards, that you won't have if you just clone slash pol slash and force the conversations to be even shorter and meaningless that they already are over there.

Thanks for your feedback and just to respond to you: As I said below, after several returns I've updated the site and removed the automatic deletion feature after 24h but I'm thinking of adding an option when creating a post.

Re: Show HN: Discuo – Anonymous discussions with infinite branching and 24h lifespan

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Post by Jaxan »

tux3 wrote: post #24

Another thing with the 24h autoclean is it kills slow boards. The fastest rapid fire message boards are also the most chaotic, with the lowest signal-to-noise. There's a certain comfyness in smaller places, outside the containment imageboards, that you won't have if you just clone slash pol slash and force the conversations to be even shorter and meaningless that they already are over there.

What about the reverse: a post only shows up after 24h after submission? :-)

Re: Show HN: Discuo – Anonymous discussions with infinite branching and 24h lifespan

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Post by drdruide »

bashauma wrote: post #27
Bancakes wrote: post #17

Sooo modern day 4chan.

Yeah I remembered same thing. btw Futaba channel (mama 4chan) has different lifespans to drop thread on each board. (ex. img.2chan.net drops thread in 1hour). Just an idea.

Thanks for the idea!
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