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Re: Show HN: textlog – A quiet, text-only microblogging platform, open-source, no JS

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Post by krapp »

stagas wrote: post #45
supermatt wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For perspective: you just commented 404 chars. Your first paragraph alone was 346. My comment on the about page was that it needed more than 280 chars to communicate what the app is about - even the title + intro exceeds the limit. If it is truly believed that 280 chars is enough to communicate an idea, then the about page should follow that philosophy.

I'm considering raising to 500. Care enough to open an issue[0] so that maybe there is a discussion we can track? [0]: https://github.com/stagas/textlog/issues

Make it a setting and let people decide for themselves.

Re: Show HN: textlog – A quiet, text-only microblogging platform, open-source, no JS

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Post by anupamk »

This is really neat!

The main thing that stood out to me was, unlike many other micro/minimalist blogging platforms, textlog has individual notes (as opposed to blogs) as the primary unit. I feel that this choice often makes it psychologically easier for users to post something quickly without getting stuck on managing their blog’s brand and identity. Nothing wrong with the latter, but it comes with a trade-off.

And I really like the visual design: very clean and minimalistic, but also pleasant.

Re: Show HN: textlog – A quiet, text-only microblogging platform, open-source, no JS

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Post by rowbin »

BeetleB wrote: post #54
stagas wrote: post #4

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Hi, I'm sorry you don't like the limitation :( this is for short thoughts you want to share, not really huge conversations, there are better places for that IMO.

The character limit is, in my opinion, the primary reason Twitter became so bad. It encourages absolute language (qualifiers take up characters!) It discourages any level of nuance. I use Mastodon which has a 500 limit, and even that sometimes is not enough.

What do you mean with "became bad"? It started out with a 140 characters limit in 2006 and kept that for more than 10 years. So its the other way around: it became worse, when the character limit increased. Though I don't think its due to the character limit either way.

Re: Show HN: textlog – A quiet, text-only microblogging platform, open-source, no JS

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Post by BeetleB »

rowbin wrote: post #64
BeetleB wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The character limit is, in my opinion, the primary reason Twitter became so bad. It encourages absolute language (qualifiers take up characters!) It discourages any level of nuance. I use Mastodon which has a 500 limit, and even that sometimes is not enough.

What do you mean with "became bad"? It started out with a 140 characters limit in 2006 and kept that for more than 10 years. So its the other way around: it became worse, when the character limit increased. Though I don't think its due to the character limit either way.

It was bad long before they increased the character limit.

Saying shitty/toxic stuff can be done concisely. Giving a nuanced response is simply not possible. So people respond with jokes/sarcasm/counter toxic stuff. And the cycle continues.

Re: Show HN: textlog – A quiet, text-only microblogging platform, open-source, no JS

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Post by andros »

akkartik wrote: post #57
andros wrote: post #50

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I would like to invite you to read this article: https://en.andros.dev/blog/ba142044/twtxt-vs-org-social-the-... What do you think?

Interesting! My biggest reaction is I don't use Emacs. Is Emacs a requirement? You're right that Org adds features but it also shrinks the pool of people who will try this.

It's not necessary. I almost always use iOS.
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