Re:Show HN: Haven – Run a private website to share with only...
by cvwright on Thursday February 04, 2021 @09:50AM
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I think there's another big one too:
Option 3 is for very personal stuff that you don't want to make public. Many of us put photos of our small children in this category. On a more depressing note, this could also include things like grief that a small group experiences over serious illness or death in the family. Not everything non-public is necessarily risque.
(FWIW I'm working on something in this space. Hoping to have something to share within another month or two...)
Option 1 is for content that won't offend anyone or tarnish the author's reputation. The audience can include all contacts including coworkers, family, etc. and the author will often use their real name. Example: Facebook.
Option 2 is for risqué content. It could cause issues with employment and other real-life relations. The audience must be carefully controlled, or if not, a pseudonym (that only a carefully controlled audience, if anyone at all, can map to a real name) must be used. Example: Reddit; private group chats.
This seems to cover most scenarios without the overhead/stress of trying to shoehorn all of these boundaries in a single platform/app.