Show HN: Nightchamber, a slow-web social site

#1

Post by s_kilk » Tue, Jan 13, 2015, 6:29 PM UTC

Show HN: Nightchamber, a slow-web social site
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Re: Show HN: Nightchamber, a slow-web social site

#2

Post by s_kilk » Tue, Jan 13, 2015, 7:49 PM UTC

Hi HN. I made this over the last few months.

The idea is to have an activity feed which is randomly generated, and only refreshes once every 24 hours.

The auth system incorporates some ideas discussed in this thread (The God Login): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8861800

I'm happy to answer any questions!

Re: Show HN: Nightchamber, a slow-web social site

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Post by tenpoundhammer » Tue, Jan 13, 2015, 9:00 PM UTC

s_kilk wrote: post #2

Hi HN. I made this over the last few months. The idea is to have an activity feed which is randomly generated, and only refreshes once every 24 hours. The auth system incorporates some ideas discussed in this thread (The God Login): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8861800 I'm happy to answer any questions!

I'm confused about why a person would want to use this? If I only get a random "tweet" every 24 hours that lacks context, I don't see myself coming back often.

Two suggestions: 1. Allow the user to configure how often they get new thoughts. 2. Allow voting so that hopefully the random thoughts that are actually worth reading propagate out and people are reading something worth reading.

Re: Show HN: Nightchamber, a slow-web social site

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Post by vessenes » Tue, Jan 13, 2015, 9:02 PM UTC

I like this. I think a good length for a 'daily' one-shot update might be a bit longer than a tweet though. The layout makes it look like you're expecting tweets right now. Have you experimented with longer-form posts to see how they feel?

Re: Show HN: Nightchamber, a slow-web social site

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Post by sciguy77 » Tue, Jan 13, 2015, 9:04 PM UTC

tenpoundhammer wrote: post #3

s_kilk wrote: post #2

Hi HN. I made this over the last few months. The idea is to have an activity feed which is randomly generated, and only refreshes once every 24 hours. The auth system incorporates some ideas discussed in this thread (The God Login): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8861800 I'm happy to answer any questions!

I'm confused about why a person would want to use this? If I only get a random "tweet" every 24 hours that lacks context, I don't see myself coming back often. Two suggestions: 1. Allow the user to configure how often they get new thoughts. 2. Allow voting so that hopefully the random thoughts that are actually worth reading propagate out and people are reading something worth reading.

I actually really like this as a reaction against Twitter. You only get one thing to say per day, so you want to make it count. And I don't want another site to visit 50 times per day, once is enough.

Kudos to the creator, this is really neat.

Re: Show HN: Nightchamber, a slow-web social site

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Post by remyferre » Tue, Jan 13, 2015, 9:14 PM UTC

s_kilk wrote: post #2

Hi HN. I made this over the last few months. The idea is to have an activity feed which is randomly generated, and only refreshes once every 24 hours. The auth system incorporates some ideas discussed in this thread (The God Login): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8861800 I'm happy to answer any questions!

The god login is really an interesting idea ! Could you elaborate on your choice about the random feed?

Re: Show HN: Nightchamber, a slow-web social site

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Post by Xeoncross » Tue, Jan 13, 2015, 9:14 PM UTC

Neat exploration of a solution - but I wouldn't consider this a complete product - more of a test of auth-less logins for a randomized guest book.

There is a lot more that would be needed before people used this. I can almost guarantee that random posts will be worthless and I have no feedback on the messages I personally send.

Re: Show HN: Nightchamber, a slow-web social site

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Post by sz4kerto » Tue, Jan 13, 2015, 9:15 PM UTC

You could actually convert this into some kind of social network. Just enable people to follow each other in some sense, i.e. their messages appear in your feed with higher probability or so. It's nice and somewhat artistic to follow other persons only based on what they say/said, not based on who they are.

Re: Show HN: Nightchamber, a slow-web social site

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Post by s_kilk » Tue, Jan 13, 2015, 9:17 PM UTC

sz4kerto wrote: post #8

You could actually convert this into some kind of social network. Just enable people to follow each other in some sense, i.e. their messages appear in your feed with higher probability or so. It's nice and somewhat artistic to follow other persons only based on what they say/said, not based on who they are.

We think alike, that's been on the todo list for a while :)

Thanks for the input!

Re: Show HN: Nightchamber, a slow-web social site

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Post by s_kilk » Tue, Jan 13, 2015, 9:18 PM UTC

Xeoncross wrote: post #7

Neat exploration of a solution - but I wouldn't consider this a complete product - more of a test of auth-less logins for a randomized guest book. There is a lot more that would be needed before people used this. I can almost guarantee that random posts will be worthless and I have no feedback on the messages I personally send.

Thanks for the comment, and I agree, it's very bare-bones right now.

In an ideal world, what would a product like this look like when fully fleshed-out?