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Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

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So many comments debating the philosophy around this. I like it when these type of sites open a new tab for me. Is there a way to just code in a toggle between the two link opening types?

You can set a user preference to open in a new tab. The reverse is not true.

I don't think most browsers have such an option, doubly so on mobile. They just assume the user will open the link in the way they'd like.

Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

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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.

Too bad it's so hard to submit a suggested blog.

Is there some kind of process? I have a small website where I write articles, mainly about my programming language implementation.

Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

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Very exciting! And I like the fediverse integration too.

> $N independent, personal blogs. One front page. Ranked by votes and freshness, shaped by you.

This sounds a bit AI-generated (i.e. bland). I would just remove that line entirely from the UI.

> top / new / hot / my

this is a non-parallel construction[1], "my" sounds weird here to an english speaker. These can all be read as adjuncts if you change it to "mine".

[1] https://www.grammar.com/nonparallel-construction

Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

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Making it too easy invites spam. Sending a single email seems like a good compromise to me.

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.

You can literally sign up for a Mastodon account on mastodon.social or most other instances through the web like any other website. It's no more difficult than a Reddit account.

Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

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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 th…

"X but for Y" has been around for a good long time, it long predates (and I would say is significantly distinct from) "not X, but Y"

Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

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Middle-click a link to open a new tab. I can't force a link to open in the same window but I can with new tabs. Sometimes it's easier to follow a link, have a look, and then go back without jumping around tabs.

wow, always right clicked then clicked open in new tab. Middle click now saves me one click - thanks!

ctrl+click works too!

Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

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Nice. Glad these kinds of projects exist.

Obligatory mention of Minifeed, a curated directory, reader and search engine for personal blogs: https://minifeed.net/

I’ve been running it for a few years now. You can build a personal feed, follow others, see related blogs and posts, and use full-text search across all blogs.

Feel free to submit your own or someone else’s blog here: https://minifeed.net/suggest

Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

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Very exciting! And I like the fediverse integration too. > $N independent, personal blogs. One front page. Ranked by votes and freshness, shaped by you. This sounds a bit AI-generated (i.e. bland). I would just remove that line entirely from the UI. > top / new / hot / my this is a non-parallel construction[1], "my" sounds weird here to an english speaker. These can all be read as adjuncts if you change it to "mine".…

I saw it and completed it as “top posts” “new posts” “hot posts” “my posts”.
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