Hey, I found this interesting but after signup I got a single blog post in a language I don't speak, and when I said 'not for me' I got nothing. I think you can get more out of interested sign ups if you let us e.g. check out a few random blogs on signup, to get the momentum rolling.
Waldi: A quiet place to write, and to be read
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#23I guess from the title I expected "human written" to be a part of it, though now that I look at it nothing actually guarantees that. The Claudese of the README turned me off on the idea. I like reading something written by people who excel in and relish the craft. Having the README dripping with AI slop sounding words and phrases makes me less confident in the idea that this will be a place that can capture that.
Yeah it just reeks of AI, and thats a turnoff
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#24No one who wants to read, and no one worth reading, is going to go to a site that so clearly doesn't value human expression.
AI-generated prose isn't an obstacle to lots of people, but it absolutely is to the demographic you want to attract.
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#25Hey, I found this interesting but after signup I got a single blog post in a language I don't speak, and when I said 'not for me' I got nothing. I think you can get more out of interested sign ups if you let us e.g. check out a few random blogs on signup, to get the momentum rolling.
Perhaps a minimal profile for 'readers' could include a list of languages that would be welcome? That would help with the selection of the daily post.
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#26Needs a language filter. The author I'm shown today is writing in another language, making my views not that meaningful.
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#27Great concepts, great execution. A rebellion against the dopamine dealers.
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#28Is this based on ATproto ? I personnaly see new silos as something less interesting than ATProto apps.
I don't think so. If you self-host, you're on your own island and anything you write isn't seen unless you attract people to your domain. Seems like a missed opportunity.
It seem to have rss, though. Perhaps that can help with the curation but at that point it becomes no different than a blog template/framework.
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#29I would like an invite code for writing, if possible !
Re: Waldi: A quiet place to write, and to be read
#30No one who wants to read, and no one worth reading, is going to go to a site that so clearly doesn't value human expression. AI-generated prose isn't an obstacle to lots of people, but it absolutely is to the demographic you want to attract.
Hi. I understand your point, but I think there is another side to this. Waldi started within the Persian community. a community where blogging had largely been abandoned in favor of social media since 2016. People really resonated with the serendipity built into the project. Because of that, I believe Waldi can become a home for other communities, too. They might be people whose language I don't speak, but I can still discover them and get to know them through Waldi's randomness.
In this case, AI is just a tool to help translate the original project into English. I do plan on rewriting the GitHub README myself soon. However, I don't think AI is something we must entirely avoid if it ultimately helps people discover and connect with others they might never have reached before.