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I think there is definitely room for a product like this, and maybe even some kind of max follower limit could also skew more to connection over influencers.
Hey everyone, OP here. I, like many others tend to waffle between loving and hating social media, so this is my take on what I think a better solution looks like. This is something I've been working on for the past couple of months and a concept that I think will be though provoking, if nothing else, to the HN community. If you want to read more on my thoughts and the story behind this, you can check out my blog post…
Respect the effort, but I think it's not going in quite the right direction. I don't think people need paternalistic restrictions on post frequency. People need to be liberated from engagement-optimizing algorithms and allowed to choose which activity is presented to them and in what order.
That being said, you absolutely _could_ be right on the restrictions on post frequency. Perhaps its not something any sort of large user base might not want. However, as far as I know it hasn't been tried before, and I think that makes it worth a shot.
Lastly, it's possible that restrictions on post frequency serve a segment of the population that might be underserved by current social media, and its something those people would thrive one. At this point we can't say for sure, but I'd love to find out.
Upon following the magic link I got this: 500 Cannot find module '/var/task/node_modules/party-js/lib' Error: Cannot find module '/var/task/node_modules/party-js/lib'
That's happened before, but I thought I fixed it. I guess I'll just take out the party.
https://www.michellelim.org/writing/into-the-fediverse/
Federation could be your "moat" to avoid joining the Club of Abandoned Social Apps (it's a harsh ecosystem, ask Clubhouse or App.Net).
Upon following the magic link I got this: 500 Cannot find module '/var/task/node_modules/party-js/lib' Error: Cannot find module '/var/task/node_modules/party-js/lib'
:( That's happened before, but I thought I fixed it. I guess I'll just take out the party.
> The goal of the company is to equally value the customer, environment, and profits. In other words, the model isn't to maximize profit like an investor backed startup, but rather to create a lean, useful piece of software that grows with its users and can sustain itself from every angle from day one. If the owners are separate from the users, it's not set up for sustainability. If someone other than the users bear…
Respect the effort, but I think it's not going in quite the right direction. I don't think people need paternalistic restrictions on post frequency. People need to be liberated from engagement-optimizing algorithms and allowed to choose which activity is presented to them and in what order.
I don't think your first and second sentence are necessarily in conflict with each other. In fact, Slow Social has no algorithms for engagement-optimizing, it's part of the design of the application. That being said, you absolutely _could_ be right on the restrictions on post frequency. Perhaps its not something any sort of large user base might not want. However, as far as I know it hasn't been tried before, and I t…
Definitely the starting point is to let users have a simple chronological option.
Constraints can be liberating and increase focus and creativity. See limited budget films vs formulaic blockbusters, or even twitters orignal 140 limit and how it led to the platform flourishing. I think there is definitely room for a product like this, and maybe even some kind of max follower limit could also skew more to connection over influencers.
Q: Does the creation of Design admit constraint?
A: Design depends largely on constraints.
Q: What constraints?
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Eames
https://www.vitra.com/en-us/magazine/details/what-is-your-de...
What is your stack?
For how long have you been coding?