nrvslghtnng

Re:Creating a minimalist blog with Jekyll Now on Monday April 12, 2021 @06:04AM (#26777734)

Just adding another option to the mix: https://blot.im. I've been using Blot for years. I write/edit in iA Writer on mobile and upload via the git option using Working Copy. You can use git or Dropbox with Blot.

Re:Ask HN: Why are there no public social networks? on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @12:06PM (#17759156)

Thanks for the thorough reporting!

Re:Ask HN: Why are there no public social networks? on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @12:05PM (#17759151)

International governments are another version of your Iceland example. A UN-run Twitter?

Re:Ask HN: Why are there no public social networks? on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @12:03PM (#17759135)

The "they'd never develop great features" argument is an interesting one, as I think most social networks can contribute most of their success to the network effect itself. Once that positive feedback loop gets churning, it's hard to turn it around.

Twitter's a neat counterexample here, I think. On the front-end, at least, the features released by Twitter in the last few years haven't left me awestruck. Yet it has become a seemingly self-sustaining space on the internet for public discourse.

Re:Ask HN: Which webcomics (other than XKCD) do you read regularly? on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @10:32AM (#17758268)

Only three others, scaled back from a dozen or two a number of years ago:

https://sinfest.net (I learn a lot from the two forums)

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic

http://strongfemaleprotagonist.com/

Strong Female Protagonist is a wonderfully fun—and deep—look at the world of superheroes.

Edit: lists.

Ask HN: Why are there no public social networks?

Posted by nrvslghtnng on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @10:28AM
from the ask-hn dept.

(Not as in "going public".)Why have we not seen a publicly-operated social network?It strikes me that enabling people to connect with one another is fundamental to most governments as a public service. Cities and states make and fund roadways and public squares and parks. Social networks seem like an approximate digital parallel.Given everything that's happened with Facebook and Twitter in the...

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