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Re: Show HN: Hystoria – a Reddit-like site where all posts must be 5+ years old

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Post by wizzwizz4 »

pwython wrote: post #66
moksha256 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It could be, but then reddit would own it, and the fediverse would lose out. And users would have to deal with their awful new interface and privacy shenanigans.

Honestly, how does this site differ from a subreddit? How does Reddit "own" a list of links that a user has shared? What in this site's privacy policy (which is safe to assume is a one-man band with no legal council) make it more transparent or free of shenanigans when I'm just sharing a link?

Reddit “owns” a subreddit if people go to Reddit to access it, people go to Reddit to add to it and it cannot be found anywhere other than Reddit. And then Reddit controls it.

The general case is the “network effect”. The Fediverse is partly designed to combat it.

Re: Show HN: Hystoria – a Reddit-like site where all posts must be 5+ years old

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Post by easytiger »

moksha256 wrote: post #2

I created Hystoria as an experiment to see if blocking out current events can lead to more thoughtful discourse. --- Hystoria is a simple, reddit-like site (built with a simplified version of Lemmy [0]) where only items older than 5 years can be posted. I've been obsessed with media dynamics for years now, always wondering what variables can be adjusted within the current environment to result in better media product…

Fantastic idea, I've had several concepts like this in mind.

Re: Show HN: Hystoria – a Reddit-like site where all posts must be 5+ years old

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Post by antgiant »

This reminds me of an idea I’ve had for a restaurant, but know I will never actually build myself. Standard “Sports Bar” setup with TVs everywhere, but all of the TVs are playing the live broadcast from exactly 8 years ago. (I picked 8 years so that the news would match up with the US Political cycle, the Olympics, and most of the time the leap year cycle.) I always thought that it would be fun to watch the breathless reporting of long past news in real-time at a place like that.

Re: Show HN: Hystoria – a Reddit-like site where all posts must be 5+ years old

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Post by clankyclanker »

moksha256 wrote: post #2

I created Hystoria as an experiment to see if blocking out current events can lead to more thoughtful discourse. --- Hystoria is a simple, reddit-like site (built with a simplified version of Lemmy [0]) where only items older than 5 years can be posted. I've been obsessed with media dynamics for years now, always wondering what variables can be adjusted within the current environment to result in better media product…

This reminds me of my approach to reading the news around election day. Every day's news was just waybackHN's random day function:

http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=random-day

Re: Show HN: Hystoria – a Reddit-like site where all posts must be 5+ years old

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Post by theplague42 »

I'm not really sure what problem this is supposed to solve. Hysteria is not a new phenomenon (Satanic Panic, witch trials). Disagreements and politics are not new; what if someone posts about the start of the Iraq War? Ignoring the present doesn't do anyone any good.

Re: Show HN: Hystoria – a Reddit-like site where all posts must be 5+ years old

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Post by theplague42 »

cylon13 wrote: post #68
thinkingemote wrote: post #54

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The politicalcompassmeme subreddit is an interesting example of co existence. I think the flairs / labels of users is key.

I was absolutely astonished by the civility and depth of understanding people showed for each others' positions when I visited that sub. I think in order to have a successful post you can't just dump on "the opponent", you have to make something everyone from any place on the compass will laugh at, even if it's a bit of a dig. That really incentivizes empathy since you can't laugh _with_ people you disagree with if y…

r/pcm uses irony to defend racism and anti-semitism... it's a garbage subreddit

Re: Show HN: Hystoria – a Reddit-like site where all posts must be 5+ years old

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Post by moksha256 »

pmiller2 wrote: post #38
moksha256 wrote: post #2

I created Hystoria as an experiment to see if blocking out current events can lead to more thoughtful discourse. --- Hystoria is a simple, reddit-like site (built with a simplified version of Lemmy [0]) where only items older than 5 years can be posted. I've been obsessed with media dynamics for years now, always wondering what variables can be adjusted within the current environment to result in better media product…

I love the concept, but I don't know if 5 years is even enough time for people to have gotten over current events. If you made it 20+ years, I suspect that would work better. In any case, good luck, and I hope I'm wrong. :-)

20 years! Frankly hadn't thought of going back even further. But I guess if Lindy holds true, the farther you go back, the better it should get. In such a case having options to filter would be helpful, as other commenter suggested.

Re: Show HN: Hystoria – a Reddit-like site where all posts must be 5+ years old

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Post by taneq »

anchpop wrote: post #60
emayljames wrote: post #50

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I would seriously question why you would want to attract anybody that used any of the regex statements words, but is as easy as changing it in the code.

Really? You can't go 10 minutes in many LGBT spaces without hearing someone using the f-slur in an affectionate way. Also banned is "b!tch", which is not really considered that offensive in most of the US between female friends, as well as "pu!sy", which is maybe vulgar but not an offensive term at all (I notice "dick" didn't make cut). Maybe for a site like Hacker News those terms aren't usually appropriate, but I s…

Next challenge: Write a regexp to check whether the post was written by an African-American or not, so you know whether to censor the n-word.

Re: Show HN: Hystoria – a Reddit-like site where all posts must be 5+ years old

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Post by twic »

anchpop wrote: post #60
emayljames wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would seriously question why you would want to attract anybody that used any of the regex statements words, but is as easy as changing it in the code.

Really? You can't go 10 minutes in many LGBT spaces without hearing someone using the f-slur in an affectionate way. Also banned is "b!tch", which is not really considered that offensive in most of the US between female friends, as well as "pu!sy", which is maybe vulgar but not an offensive term at all (I notice "dick" didn't make cut). Maybe for a site like Hacker News those terms aren't usually appropriate, but I s…

In Britain, faggots are a kind of old-fashioned meatball; in India, Marico is a large cosmetics company; everywhere, a chink is something found in metaphorical armour; as you say, nips are anatomical features visible in cold weather; on cat forums, Coons are a popular breed; on dog forums, bitches are half the subject matter; on biblical hermeneutics and science fiction forums, one or more Whores of Babylon may be discussed; on a physics forum, it will be hard to discuss the Wheeler-Feynman interpretation with reference to advanced but not retarded waves.

Re: Show HN: Hystoria – a Reddit-like site where all posts must be 5+ years old

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Post by DiggyJohnson »

ngold wrote: post #55
moksha256 wrote: post #2

I created Hystoria as an experiment to see if blocking out current events can lead to more thoughtful discourse. --- Hystoria is a simple, reddit-like site (built with a simplified version of Lemmy [0]) where only items older than 5 years can be posted. I've been obsessed with media dynamics for years now, always wondering what variables can be adjusted within the current environment to result in better media product…

This is what makes askhistorians nice. There 20 year real I think. I look forward to checking this out.

Link to the rule, for reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/rules?utm_source...

I agree, this is a very interesting topic.

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