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Re:TogetherLoop – Social media minus the nonsense by dotcoma on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @11:19PM (#48045054)
My 2 cents' worth: You need to make it free for real for the first x people who sign up, not "Free, Read-Only". LOL.

And you need a strategy. You need to target one specific group to start with, otherwise it will never take off.

Re:TogetherLoop – Social media minus the nonsense by addedGone on Thursday May 07, 2026 @01:47PM (#48052437)
Clearly, that can run 50K users and TB of storage easily on few $50 dedicated servers, I don't understand why talking about payment at all at this stage, maybe OP is run this "in the cloud" with absurd costs?
Re:TogetherLoop – Social media minus the nonsense by DoctorOW on Thursday May 07, 2026 @05:59PM (#48055699)
Hey I'm sorry for the confusion. This isn't my project, that's why I didn't use a Show HN or anything. I'm not in a position to make changes.
Re:TogetherLoop – Social media minus the nonsense by andrewstuart on Thursday May 07, 2026 @02:58AM (#48046306)
What is the factor that would make a “better” social network grow and succeed?
Re:TogetherLoop – Social media minus the nonsense by soupspaces on Thursday May 07, 2026 @04:20AM (#48046836)
Can you make a standalone version that doesn't use the internet and instead hallucinates on the fly? Please ensure notifications are in RED so I don't miss them.