A minimalistic site to vent and see others doing the same in realtime

Post by jlis » Wed, Jan 27, 2021, 12:02 PM UTC

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The safe, proper way to do this is both shorter and more readable! Both with jQuery: const $newdiv = $(' ') .addClass(messageDivClass) .text(inputTextBox.value) .css({'opacity': '0.95'}); and without: const newdiv = document.createElement('div'); newdiv.classList.add(messageDivClass); newdiv.innerText = inputTextBox.value; newdiv.style.opacity = '0.95';

Hey, creator of the site here, thank you so much for the tip! Unfortunately I'm quite new to full stack. ~1.5 months ago I didn't know a lick of HTML (let alone CSS, JS, any backend framework, AWS, etc), and I'm making lots of mistakes along the way. Currently trying to figure out how to improve my DB performance as Spring's default pagination seems to be quite slow and my site is getting hugged to death at the momen…

Post by alpaca128 » Wed, Jan 27, 2021, 12:25 PM UTC

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> without the longevity of Twitter/FB posts, people just wouldn't think twice about what they're saying You clearly have not yet witnessed the bad parts of Facebook and Twitter. I've seen people calling for genocide on Facebook under their real name and that's not even remotely the worst. Facebook's content moderation teams are basically getting PTSD[0] by default as they enforce rules that specify under what circums…

I mean, I didn’t sleep through 2016 onwards but people threatening violence still get banned, people with bigoted views still get called out or damage their real-world offline relationships, and it’s possible that there’d be even less people who’d be mindful of what they say without those feedback mechanisms.

Post by thatguy0900 » Wed, Jan 27, 2021, 1:19 PM UTC

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My direct experience with Twitter is I have one dude's account bookmarked and I check it almost daily because he's a great source of local news. I have a profile but I haven't logged in or used it for a long time. My experience is fine. There sure seem to be a lot of people, though, who have the cesspool experience I mentioned. It's great that you and I don't have this experience with Twitter. It's also anecdotal and…

I really think that people need to have an AI shield or body guard that monitors and controls ones access to media, to protect them from harmful concepts and behaviors. This might sound fantastical, and I understand the vastness of implications, but it will be viewed as no different than wearing sunglasses or mittens. We wear clothing and protect ourselves from the environment, the mental environment out there is unl…

Post by waheoo » Wed, Jan 27, 2021, 1:49 PM UTC

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Doesn't the fact that Twitter posts (mostly) stay incentivize conscientiousness, precisely because it doesn't take away the reality that words have consequences? It's still not an excellent representation of how forgiveness and personal development exists in the real world (i.e. we can forget about the details of what's been done in the past, but what we post stays in some database), but without the longevity of Twit…

> without the longevity of Twitter/FB posts, people just wouldn't think twice about what they're saying You clearly have not yet witnessed the bad parts of Facebook and Twitter. I've seen people calling for genocide on Facebook under their real name and that's not even remotely the worst. Facebook's content moderation teams are basically getting PTSD[0] by default as they enforce rules that specify under what circums…

Post by throwanem » Wed, Jan 27, 2021, 1:57 PM UTC

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Somehow similar to HN isn’t it?

Was gonna say that's what I use HN for, I got disenfranchised with the industry and everyone in it a few years ago, now I just troll and call it how it is. If I don't get downvotes I something is wrong.