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Re: Text-Only Social Network

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Post by joe_the_user »

greggman3 wrote: post #222
wryun wrote: post #184

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If all you want on top of Discord/Slack is proper topics, https://zulipchat.com/ is worth a try. See, for instance: https://rust-lang.github.io/compiler-team/about/chat-platfor... https://www.ponylang.io/community/ (both use zulip for their main chat platform, AFAIK)

I want the social graph. I post, only the people I added as "friends" get to see my post, not everyone who signed up for the discord/slack. I also only want to see posts from my friends. But of course, we all have different lists of friends. Discord/Slack don't seem to be about that. But thank you for the recommendation. I'll still take a look

Dischord/Slack allows me to set up chat servers for any specific circle I share a common project with.

If anything it provides a more specialized, focused, social graph. That's not saying it's better or worse than Facebook's approach. I generally expect someone to answer a post I put on discord "in real time", to accomplish something.

What's good (and bad) about a Facebook post is that it allows me to just throw out an idea and any one of my many friends, from many circles, can respond.

I wonder if a discord that allowed general broad also would be interesting.

Re: Text-Only Social Network

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Post by Can_Not »

CathedralBorrow wrote: post #189
joe_the_user wrote: post #74

When you say "social network", do you mean Twitter Clone? It seems like developers in particular have come to regard Twitter as archetypal social networks despite it's many problems and the way the user doesn't really much ability to define their own social graph. IE, N-character limit is still a determiner of Twitter (poisonous) discourse quality, just for example and Twitter isn't something most people enjoy being…

> and Twitter isn't something most people enjoy being on but I think it's what people get on to seem/feel important This feels like a "everyone is mostly like me" fallacy. A whole ton of people use Twitter because they actually enjoy it.

Maybe they're mostly enjoying the fact that everyone else is already there.

Re: Text-Only Social Network

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Post by mikestaub »

greggman3 wrote: post #182
joe_the_user wrote: post #74

When you say "social network", do you mean Twitter Clone? It seems like developers in particular have come to regard Twitter as archetypal social networks despite it's many problems and the way the user doesn't really much ability to define their own social graph. IE, N-character limit is still a determiner of Twitter (poisonous) discourse quality, just for example and Twitter isn't something most people enjoy being…

I very much want a Facebook for coding friends clone. Lots of solutions out there but I for whatever reason I don't like any of them Slack/Discord and similar interfaces are effectively chat. I want topics and replies. I know you can start a topic on both of those but it just feels less conducive to friends talking to me than talking on Facebook. I could make groups on facebook. I can't put my finger on why this does…

I'm working on peapods.com ( stream.mikestaub.dev ) and would love your feedback.

Re: Text-Only Social Network

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Post by StellarTabi »

zem wrote: post #83
newman8r wrote: post #32

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I'm experimenting with it and I might get rid of it. It's mostly just to try to keep the group active, because it's a small group and if the activity level dies out, the group dies out. But thanks for the feedback, I'm making a note of it.

I once watched a livejournal group die in my general takeaway from that was that people might get annoyed when you tell them what they are not allowed to do on your site, but most of them will roll their eyes and put up with it. if you tell them what they have to do they will simply drop the site and never look back.

"I don't need inactive peeps" says the mod as he kicks people who may have been active the next day.

Re: Text-Only Social Network

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Post by viklove »

lucb1e wrote: post #208

Tried registering, I usually try the username luc on sites to see if it's still free. But that is an "invalid username", no explanation given. So what, do I need to add numbers and special characters? Is my legal name too short? Is it already in use? This tells me nothing. Also, the about page is contradictory: > [brain][muscles] one or two emojis instead of avatars > [...] > ASCII only because it works everywhere Hm…

I think you're confusing non-US with non-English

Re: Text-Only Social Network

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Post by alpb »

jdck1326 wrote: post #123
blotter_paper wrote: post #82

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From the about section (emphasis added): >Subreply was created by Lucian Marin from the desire of a having a simple to use, English only , public forum that has nothing in common with ancient and untrustworthy social networks. [...] >Limitations >480 characters per reply ASCII only because it works everywhere I could see this being a xenophobic thing, but I could also see it being more about the limited character set…

It could also be a moderation thing. If the people working on the website mostly just speak English, then it will be much easier for them to moderate an English-only website.

that's xenophobic :)

Re: Text-Only Social Network

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Post by dredmorbius »

onion2k wrote: post #188
greggman3 wrote: post #182

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I very much want a Facebook for coding friends clone. Lots of solutions out there but I for whatever reason I don't like any of them Slack/Discord and similar interfaces are effectively chat. I want topics and replies. I know you can start a topic on both of those but it just feels less conducive to friends talking to me than talking on Facebook. I could make groups on facebook. I can't put my finger on why this does…

Lots of solutions out there but I for whatever reason I don't like any of them This is one of the reasons why I think Facebook is virtually impossible to topple as the dominant social network. Facebook came along when social networks were new and unusual, and people didn't really have ideas about what they could be. Everyone accepted Facebook's UI and feature set, even if they didn't really like it, and signed up any…

warez, cp, and spam brought down Usenet. There may be a lesson there.
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