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Re:Show HN: Slow Social, a social network built for friends,... by derekzhouzhen on Saturday April 16, 2022 @06:09PM (#31056513)
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Warning: I have very few users. So you will still feel isolated, unless you can gather a community yourself.

Re:Show HN: Slow Social, a social network built for friends,... by jimkleiber on Monday April 18, 2022 @04:23PM (#31075978)
Ooo, I like the concept. I just logged in and submitted one for this URL: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/04/18/world/ukraine-russia...

Two things come up for me:

1. I'm curious, how do you imagine people will discover there are comments on a specific URL? Will it show up in their browser? An embed that sites can use to show it on their site? Other?

2. I found that the name made me feel a little confused and hesitant to engage, because I didn't want to roast the article I submitted. I get the feeling you started in one direction and may be opening up, but I'm not sure.

Re:Show HN: Slow Social, a social network built for friends,... by derekzhouzhen on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @10:25AM (#31083583)
1, If you claim it, the comment will be sent to you via email. A cooperating web site can also embed the link. I am against javascript embedding though; too much of a privacy leak. So you cannot embed the comments directly in the original web site.

2, Admittedly the name is somewhat provoking. My point is to encourage different opinions. You have to find some value it the stuff that you roast or you will not spend your time commenting, right?

Re:Show HN: Slow Social, a social network built for friends,... by jimkleiber on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @09:58PM (#31105290)
1, sweet, that sounds good.

2, I personally see roast as one type of emotional attack or speech act (still looking for a better term for it), along with praise, question, supplement, etc. I don't roast things much but I do the others so personally I may feel a bit repelled by the name. However others may feel attracted by it, there are lots of us internet folk :-) good luck!