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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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