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Re:Rings.social – Reddit-API compatible and Open Source cont... by pineapple_guy on Monday July 03, 2023 @02:19AM (#36569488)
Search with no results, login? And explore with four links.. all designed poorly. Not going to cut it.
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Re:Rings.social – Reddit-API compatible and Open Source cont... by denysvitali on Monday July 03, 2023 @02:24AM (#36569502)
The search currently only searches through the "rings" (communities).

What's designed poorly? Can you extend your feedback a bit please?

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Re:Rings.social – Reddit-API compatible and Open Source cont... by pineapple_guy on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @02:58AM (#36583157)
Yes, and sorry if it’s harsh. It just appears to be a generic blogging clone.

The page I land on needs to make it immediately clear why the site is useful. No explanations or hand waving.

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Re:Rings.social – Reddit-API compatible and Open Source cont... by denysvitali on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @05:34PM (#36592773)
No worries. Harsh feedback is the best feedback because it's the most genuine.

I think one of the issues with the search bar, when I posted the link here, was that it was assuming the user inserted some text in lowercase - which is of course a wrong assumption.

On top of that, the search bar currently only searches through the rings [1] which is a very limited list. Of course the search bar will improve over time, but there isn't much to search now :)

[1]: https://rings.social/rings

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