Show HN: Slow Social, a social network built for friends, not influencers

Re:Show HN: Slow Social, a social network built for friends,... by murphyslab on Saturday April 16, 2022 @05:53PM (#31056431)

For medical issues, I agree that private is usually best; or at least restricted to close friends and family. Imminent death often has an adjacent position, where people commonly wish to share with a broader audience.

However it was just an example of an emergency where one might strongly desire to update a broad range of friends and family quickly. Other situations might be natural disasters or a house fire where one "We're alive!" post might require a follow-up the next day with more details, needs, or grief.

It's just to say that an unyielding, global rate limit would not serve peoples' interests well.

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Re:Show HN: Slow Social, a social network built for friends,... by FFRefresh on Saturday April 16, 2022 @06:11PM (#31056525)

I sometimes wonder whether our goal of making everything as convenient & frictionless as possible is part of our problem. By serving some of our short-term interests, are we jeopardizing our long-term interests?

I'm personally okay with seeing products that have well-intended friction built into them.

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