> "5011 independent, personal blogs. One front page. Ranked by votes and freshness, shaped by you." That line is so claude.
I thought the same. I like the idea of it and probably use it to find nice blogs, but it looks like AI-coded.
Hacker News but for independent blogs
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Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs
#72Just curious but isn't this just digg, metafilter?
Came here to say this. Perhaps it will work this time if it tries not to scale wildly, take investor money, and just do one thing well with a smaller group? But this kind of site has been around.
Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs
#73I like it, but shouldn't this be part of "Show HN"?
Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs
#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
In general, it's better not to force an action onto users. You might prefer things opening in a new tab, but you always have that option. If it's forced on users, it is frustrating for those who would prefer that not to happen.
And yet we're here, discussing how a developer should change their own application because their preference is wrong If you don't like it, adjust it for yourself with an extension or script.
i mean, is a small user preferences page out of the question here? the majority of web users arent going to write a js extension.
Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs
#75The Briefings have been most useful for me. It feels more curated and less firehose-y. https://bubbles.town/briefing
Also, showing the excerpts from the post text is vastly superior to just showing the post titles.
Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs
#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
And people who prefer the other way can just hold down _____ while clicking to open it in the current tab instead. Good ol' _____-clicking saves the day again!
only on a mac, and probably only on safari which leaves the majority of people in the lurch.
I was trying to sarcastically imply that no such same-tab-enabling key existed, and that this was therefore a bad suggestion. (Didn't know it does exist on Safari either!)
Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs
#77I like it, but shouldn't this be part of "Show HN"?
For a "Show HN", the OP must be the author. The project has been posted a few times in the last months without look by different persons.
Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs
#78I think the links should open in the same window (like they do here on HN) instead of in a new tab/window. If I want a separate tab, I can Cmd+click and Browsers don't have the reverse option for opening in the same window.
nope, I prefer open in new tab by default
I'd rather have an icon next to the link that implies "Open in new Tab" like one of these with the arrow:
Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs
#79The Briefings have been most useful for me. It feels more curated and less firehose-y. https://bubbles.town/briefing
Also, showing the excerpts from the post text is vastly superior to just showing the post titles.
I currently work on a feature to show excerpts (and read time) in the list views as well. But I will wait with the deployment until the Hacker News visitor wave has calmed down.
Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs
#80I think the links should open in the same window (like they do here on HN) instead of in a new tab/window. If I want a separate tab, I can Cmd+click and Browsers don't have the reverse option for opening in the same window.
Bubbles dev here, I've heard you loud and clear and follow the discussion closely.
I will change the default behaviour to open links in the same tab like on HN or Lobsters soon. But first the HN visitor wave needs to calm down.