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Re:Show HN: Slow Social, a social network built for friends,... by FollowingTheDao on Sunday April 17, 2022 @11:13AM (#31061393)
Sorry, but why not just send an email to all your friends once a week?

I have no idea why we think we need to complicate our relationships with any third party...

The only reason why social media works is because it is horrible and addictive, Your product is neither of those, so it will never work.

Re:Show HN: Slow Social, a social network built for friends,... by Spivak on Sunday April 17, 2022 @11:26AM (#31061473)
3rd parties like email hosting providers or messaging services?

Pull works better for stories/updates because then the reader has control over how often they want to check in an see what their friends are doing.

“Oh but if you wanted that you could just something something with e-mail rules something something Dropbox curl ftpfs.”