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Re:Show HN: Hacker Spring – Instant blog by email, no signup... by samstave on Saturday May 16, 2020 @11:30PM (#23209348)
There was a service a while back - I cant recall what it was - but it would send you a question via email asking what you did today and you would reply to it and it would keep a history...

I cant recall what that was now though.

I really like this though.

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Custom URLs?

I am going to try this right now. What happens....

WAIT A MINUTE. HOL' UP. SOMETHIN AINT RIGHT.

This exposes your email to anyone on Hackerspring. and allows you to effectively non-anonymously post to a forum, whereby your post is intermixed with everyone elses?

No thank you.

Here is a feature request I would like:

TO: [email protected] Subject: Join, "PHLUX"

SEND

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From: [email protected] Subject: Join, "PHLUX"

Hello,

Your new page has been created under Hackerspring.com/phlux!

Any emails you send to [email protected] will now be visible at hackerspring.com/phlux

Please enjoy your nano blog! Also, your email will never be visible, unless YOU put it into the body of your email-post sent to Hackerspring, so pllease be careful of signatures.

If you wish to delete a post at any time, simply send an email - just as you would a post with "Delete [POSTID]" as the subject of your email!

Please be sure to adhere to our TOS regarding harmful content posts.

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I dont want all my posts intermingled with others.

Thanks

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Re:Show HN: Hacker Spring – Instant blog by email, no signup... by hacker256 on Sunday May 17, 2020 @06:18PM (#23216010)
You can now send to [email protected] and it will not show in the public popular/new/category view. However, it will still show in the view of all posts from your e-mail address.

If you want it not to show up in your user view and only with a link, you can send to [email protected].

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Re:Show HN: Hacker Spring – Instant blog by email, no signup... by hacker256 on Saturday May 16, 2020 @11:45PM (#23209409)
Makes sense and I think that creates a different dynamic and community. You can delete emails by just sending $DELETEME.

There are more commands available in https://hackerspring.com/faq

It was considered to do 'unlisted' posts, but in the end, what's a blog if it's not for worldwide publication?

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Re:Show HN: Hacker Spring – Instant blog by email, no signup... by samstave on Sunday May 17, 2020 @12:18AM (#23209531)
Im confused - so my collection of posts is contained under "category +me"

Does it post inline images from within the body of the email? I must have missed that part.

And I didnt say not available to the world - I said not intermingled among everyone elses posts. That is a forum.

By your definition, HN would be a blog - as I can post to HN, and it just shows up under /new I just happen to be the poster...

Am I missing something?

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Re:Show HN: Hacker Spring – Instant blog by email, no signup... by hacker256 on Sunday May 17, 2020 @12:24AM (#23209559)
> Im confused - so my collection of posts is contained under "category +me"

Yes

> Does it post inline images from within the body of the email? I must have missed that part.

Yes! You can include anything you can with HTML and e-mail. You can even include a .js or .css file!

> By your definition, HN would be a blog - as I can post to HN, and it just shows up under /new I just happen to be the poster...

With Hacker Spring, it's both a blog and an aggregator. HN can be used as a blog by doing a text post! :-). Hacker Spring just has a bit more features to customize your site since it's fully geared toward this.

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Re:Show HN: Hacker Spring – Instant blog by email, no signup... by AnonC on Sunday May 17, 2020 @01:09AM (#23209744)
> You can delete emails by just sending $DELETEME.

Does that still fit with the view that this is suitable for “Grandpa and Grandma” if it exposes one’s email address? Shouldn’t a service intended for non-technical audiences take more care in not exposing the users by default?

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Re:Show HN: Hacker Spring – Instant blog by email, no signup... by kart23 on Sunday May 17, 2020 @03:56AM (#23210464)
Spoof the from header and you're golden.
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Re:Show HN: Hacker Spring – Instant blog by email, no signup... by YungSven on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @03:39AM (#23232287)
What do you mean by spoofing the from header? I do not know much about mail spoofing.
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