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Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

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Post by wwfn »

Excited to see this get traction! Federated voting and comments on top of RSS has an indie-web elegance to it.

Indulging in meta-commentary: The HN submit history for bubbles.town is interesting. Took 7 tries to reach the front page. The final viral title resembles the supposed-LLM-tell "X not Y." Coincidence or evidence that the models touch on a useful way to communicate ideas. (I only looked because I submitted the one 2 weeks ago.)

   436 points  3 days ago   Hacker News but for independent blogs
     3 points  4 days ago   Bubbles – community-ranked feed of blog posts
     3 points 13 days ago   A community-ranked feed of blog posts from curated sources
     3 points 20 days ago   Bubbles – an HN-like link aggregator for the non-tech internet
     1 point  28 days ago   Bubbles: Blog Post Discovery
     4 points 50 days ago   Bubbles
     6 points 75 days ago   Bubbles – HN-like frontpage for personal indie blogs

Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

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Post by fuzzfactor »

viermalbe wrote: post #80
janaagaard wrote: post #6

I 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.

Looks like a pretty good aggregation.

Kind of like a subset of what appears here but of course concentrated on blogs not other sources of news.

Looking at other comments some people are definitely going to prefer each link to open in its own tab.

One thing I see is because so many blogs are no different than a dead website for anybody using full security and privacy on their browser.

You wouldn't want your main page to turn into a dud every time somebody clicked on one of these dud blogs which are randomly scattered among the good links.

OTOH if you curated the blogs which are universal good links separately from the ones requiring the least bit of friction or compromise to security or privacy, that would be something I haven't seen anyone else do.

And it's needed now more than ever, plus the need's only going to increase.

Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

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Post by Honest_Carrot »

rvba wrote: post #89

Ao refreshing that new links open in new windows - such a time saver dor those pf us who open hundreds of windows. Top does not sort? Also "top" is what exactly? All time? Today? How do you defend against brigading?

I agree, clarity would be nice here. Similarly, I would like to be able to see top week/month/year.

Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

#164

Post by Schiendelman »

dredmorbius wrote: post #141
nozzlegear wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Consolidating your online activity to a single ID is a bug. 1. It enables correlation, tracking, and stalking across sites. 2. It makes people vulnerable to being locked out of that single-ID provider. 3. It makes people vulnerable across multiple services to a compromise of that single-ID provider. 4. It risks alleged abuse at any one service relying on the single-ID provider causing problems with other services, or…

1. Not in the case of Apple, since you get a unique key that's only usable for your service.

2. Did anyone say something about "only" here that I missed? I just want it added.

Everything else you wrote seems based on a significant misinterpretation of what I suggested. Maybe... ask a question next time?

Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

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Post by wredcoll »

zer00eyz wrote: post #114
bookofjoe wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree, that would be a good compromise and I would do it in a heartbeat, but that's NOT the procedure. More is required: >Participating >You log in with a Fediverse account (Mastodon, Pixelfed, GoToSocial, and others). If you don't have one, mastodon.social is free and takes two minutes. For non-techies like me, Fediverse accounts and mastodon.social are non-starters. Too bad. A single email WOULD be great, as you…

> For non-techies like me, Fediverse accounts and mastodon.social are non-starters. For technical people these things should be non starters as well. It is a group of people who should be acutely aware of everything wrong with social media, and many are not.

He says in a comment on hackernews.

Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

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Post by wredcoll »

netfortius wrote: post #67
AbuAssar wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

nope, I prefer open in new tab by default

100% agree. I had to install a browser extension when I use HN with such (vs app on android, when it does it by default), just to force open links to new tabs.

Have you considered middle clicking instead of leftclicking?

Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

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Post by woodpanel »

nathell wrote: post #29

I’ve been perusing Bubbles increasingly often since discovering that my blog is syndicated there, a few weeks ago. It feels really refreshing compared to doomscrolling of social media, or indeed even to HN. It’s so diverse and humane. The indie blogosphere is coming to life. Kudos to the author. A great idea, splendidly executed. I hope it grows and doesn’t change much.

> it’s so diverse and humane

Opened the page, first entry: „white supremacist dogwhistle“

One can’t make this much diversity and humaneness up.

Yes, their frontpage overall seems normal and you probably meant well, but that this is their first entry is just hilarious.

Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

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Post by Wilduck »

AbuAssar wrote: post #34
AbuAssar wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

nope, I prefer open in new tab by default

why the downvotes, I meant to demonstrate that I prefer the current behaviour so the site developer knows.

The downvotes are because the discussion isn't really about "which option do users prefer". It's actually about returning user choice. As the original comment said: "If I want a separate tab, I can Cmd+click and Browsers don't have the reverse option for opening in the same window."

So when you say "Nope!", you're being downvoted because you're implicitly saying "actually users don't deserve choice".

Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

#169

Post by dredmorbius »

Schiendelman wrote: post #164
dredmorbius wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Consolidating your online activity to a single ID is a bug. 1. It enables correlation, tracking, and stalking across sites. 2. It makes people vulnerable to being locked out of that single-ID provider. 3. It makes people vulnerable across multiple services to a compromise of that single-ID provider. 4. It risks alleged abuse at any one service relying on the single-ID provider causing problems with other services, or…

1. Not in the case of Apple, since you get a unique key that's only usable for your service. 2. Did anyone say something about "only" here that I missed? I just want it added. Everything else you wrote seems based on a significant misinterpretation of what I suggested. Maybe... ask a question next time?

So, question: is AppleID based on OAuth? And yeah, I'm underinformed on these, though I'll stand by at least some of my concerns applying.

Amongst the problems of adding a megacorp's identification protocols is that those have a strong tendency to embrace, extend, and extinguish (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis...>). See what's happened to email, RCS messaging, and for that matter, online and social services themselves.

Again, the federated Mastodon poses a far lesser risk of this, though if that project were to be compromised it could go pear-shaped.

Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

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Post by mmarian »

altairprime wrote: post #158
mmarian wrote: post #152

I'd love to see something like this but a bit more business-y, although not big tech business, neither just indie hacking promos. Maybe I'm too picky...

There aren't many business-y people with public blogs that aren't just PR outlets for, if not outright hosted by, their business. They do exist but it's a very quantity-limiting criteria, as (unlike the general population) success in business tends to be accompanied by wariness of speaking openly in publicly-indexed venues such as blogs. No shame in having a picky preference! But worth keeping in mind. (ps. You might…

You're right. Had a look at Scope of Work, looks really cool but I'm not into any hardware whatsoever unfortunately. Appreciate the suggestion though!
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