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125points
86comments
#489of 2,570 in 2022
Top 20%of 2022 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

8 positive, 21 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 24 critical, out of 56 comments about the project. Thread score -0.29.

Idea: 6 for, 9 againstDesign: 0 for, 12 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Good design

    From 1 comment
    • I want to like this, but there's something conflicting about "thoughtful content" and being forced to throw it away (or have your post become extremely long). If I put thought…
      dusted on HN

Objections

  • Deleting or overwriting posts loses content and archival value

    From 3 comments
    • I want to like this, but there's something conflicting about "thoughtful content" and being forced to throw it away (or have your post become extremely long). If I put thought…
      dusted on HN
    • I do, as I like to bookmark stuff that I find interesting to share or look up again later. Having it disappear at a whim with the only hope being that it was archived such that I…
      ablob on HN
    • It's writing. A text file. Archive it yourself. Or do you mean archive it but leave it visible? That seems to not be the point of the website.
      SyzygistSix on HN
  • Broken on mobile and small screens

    From 4 comments
  • Dark mode link colors are hard to read

    From 3 comments
    • Nice idea. The color for links seems to be the default in most browsers: blue for links and purple for visited links. These colors are extremely hard to read against the site's…
      jrib on HN
    • Specifically, the site seems to follow the system's preference for light mode or dark mode. The link style against the dark mode background is very difficult to read.
      wakamoleguy on HN
    • Aha! I was wondered why people were commenting how the default link colour - which has been in existence for what, 30 years now? has suddenly become unreadable. It's dark mode!…
      jspash on HN
  • Editing posts makes replies out of context

    From 2 comments
    • A post is not supposed to mutate. Supposed you have a post I liked and replied then you changed it completely; my reply would be totally out of context.
      derekzhouzhen on HN
    • Do comments get cleared when you edit? Otherwise the connect context gets lost, right?
      jadbox on HN

Requests

  • Mobile-friendly layout

    From 2 comments
    • I suggest making your website mobile-friendly. I can't read it from my smartphone. Congrats on shipping!
      tonguetrainer on HN
    • Looks terrible on my phone. Social happens mostly on phones.
      encoderer on HN
  • Fix dark mode link readability

    From 2 comments
    • Nice idea. The color for links seems to be the default in most browsers: blue for links and purple for visited links. These colors are extremely hard to read against the site's…
      jrib on HN
    • Specifically, the site seems to follow the system's preference for light mode or dark mode. The link style against the dark mode background is very difficult to read.
      wakamoleguy on HN
  • Allow scheduled or periodic posting

    From 2 comments
    • > That adds a taste of FOMO... If your aim is to avoid the dopamine, I think encoraging FOMO is a bit self-defeating. Perhaps limiting posts to daily, weekly, or monthly might…
      klyrs on HN
    • This is a really interesting idea to me. I've considered a site where you can only post once per day or per week, something like that - but this seems like a better approach. One…
      f0e4c2f7 on HN
  • Keep post history or archive

    From 2 comments
    • If the site has some git repo backing, it can remember the past.
      smitty1e on HN
    • I want to like this, but there's something conflicting about "thoughtful content" and being forced to throw it away (or have your post become extremely long). If I put thought…
      dusted on HN

Questions

  • Is it open source?

    From 1 comment
  • Does like count reset on update?

    From 1 comment
    • Does the like count reset when you update? Seems like that could be a little dangerous if it doesn't.
      sodapopcan on HN

Alternatives named

  • Geocities / NeoCities

    From 2 comments
    • Isn't this (basically) what geocities was? A single "post" (webpage) that you can edit? Users were able to browse and search for other geocities pages.
      jadbox on HN
    • And it lives on in design at least through NeoCities [1] [1] - https://neocities.org/
      LinuxBender on HN
  • Finger / .plan files

    From 2 comments
    • Made me think fondly of the days I would update my .plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_(protocol)
      jahnu on HN
    • Remember when this was called .plan? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
      bitwize on HN
  • nownownow /now pages

    From 1 comment
    • See also /now pages[0] (a federated version of your gist points 1 and 2, i.e. creating and updating a post about what you are doing now)? [0] https://nownownow.com/about
      m-i-l on HN
  • 20-things.com

    From 1 comment
    • I am building something similar (https://20-things.com) where the idea is to have the frontpage only display 20 things. No paging, no endless scrolling. Good luck with your…
      dt3ft on HN

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