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Re: Show HN: Seven39, a social media app that is only open for 3 hours every evening

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Post by Shawnj2 »

danpalmer wrote: post #8

It's an interesting idea, but if it's only open at a convenient time for a particular group, it's going to lack diverse and worldwide perspectives, and those are important for building a welcoming ecosystem. I doubt giving each timezone its own 3 hours would work, but perhaps rotating the 3 hours each day so that it's anchored on a different timezone would encourage that diversity of content and perhaps even encourag…

I kind of like the idea of a regional social media app which literally doesn’t work in other parts of the world. It makes the space a little more special than something trying to reach everyone IMO

Re: Show HN: Seven39, a social media app that is only open for 3 hours every evening

#13

Post by Defletter »

Shawnj2 wrote: post #11
danpalmer wrote: post #8

It's an interesting idea, but if it's only open at a convenient time for a particular group, it's going to lack diverse and worldwide perspectives, and those are important for building a welcoming ecosystem. I doubt giving each timezone its own 3 hours would work, but perhaps rotating the 3 hours each day so that it's anchored on a different timezone would encourage that diversity of content and perhaps even encourag…

I kind of like the idea of a regional social media app which literally doesn’t work in other parts of the world. It makes the space a little more special than something trying to reach everyone IMO

Isn't that just YikYak?

Re: Show HN: Seven39, a social media app that is only open for 3 hours every evening

#14

Post by soulofmischief »

Shawnj2 wrote: post #11
danpalmer wrote: post #8

It's an interesting idea, but if it's only open at a convenient time for a particular group, it's going to lack diverse and worldwide perspectives, and those are important for building a welcoming ecosystem. I doubt giving each timezone its own 3 hours would work, but perhaps rotating the 3 hours each day so that it's anchored on a different timezone would encourage that diversity of content and perhaps even encourag…

I kind of like the idea of a regional social media app which literally doesn’t work in other parts of the world. It makes the space a little more special than something trying to reach everyone IMO

People have completely lost sight of the importance of small forums.

Re: Show HN: Seven39, a social media app that is only open for 3 hours every evening

#15

Post by allenu »

Neat idea. I always thought it would be interesting to have social media with limitations of some sort, such as limiting number of posts per day per person (to discourage people hanging out on the site too much or overwhelming followers with their posts), but I never considered limiting the time someone can access the feed. Have you experimented with other limitations?

Re: Show HN: Seven39, a social media app that is only open for 3 hours every evening

#16

Post by kortilla »

duxup wrote: post #3

When I lost my job the local unemployment office website would “close” outside of real world office hours. I thought that was annoying but also amusing. I do really like this idea. If anything I want more limited, but also more genuine social media.

The US social security administration site did (and still might) do this as well.

Likely to enable batch processing in the evening without dealing with sync issues

Re: Show HN: Seven39, a social media app that is only open for 3 hours every evening

#17

Post by ripped_britches »

duxup wrote: post #3

When I lost my job the local unemployment office website would “close” outside of real world office hours. I thought that was annoying but also amusing. I do really like this idea. If anything I want more limited, but also more genuine social media.

Federal EIN registration site does this as well

Re: Show HN: Seven39, a social media app that is only open for 3 hours every evening

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Post by pogue »

Defletter wrote: post #13
Shawnj2 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I kind of like the idea of a regional social media app which literally doesn’t work in other parts of the world. It makes the space a little more special than something trying to reach everyone IMO

Isn't that just YikYak?

YikYak had nothing to do with time, it was geofenced to certain locations. I loved it in college, it was so much fun.
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