This seems to just kind of stop halfway through. "I took inspiration from things of the past: forums, shoutboxes, IRC and so on." Yes? How did you apply this inspiration? Where's the link to the results of this inspiration? What are the features you decided are crucial?
That's a big part of the appeal of places like Hacker News and Tumblr- the focus on being a social network without adding in additional ad-delivery "features."<p>I don't know if going full ascetic by removing images, reactions, etc. will achieve the same effect or not. Something like that would be very nice for smaller communities: IRC is still kicking, despite everything. Curious to see how the project goes, I'm unsure if the article cut off unexpectedly or if it's just very early.
In case you didn't spot it, at the bottom is a webring icon:<p><a href="https://webring.xxiivv.com/" rel="nofollow">https://webring.xxiivv.com/</a><p>It seems full of random/creative/inspiring sites - I now know how I'm going to waste my day today! ;)
I consider community control and privacy to be features. I think the author is talking about more technical features that are often in conflict with these. I like KISS in my social media and news media which of course is why I am here and in the fediverse.
I remember Sublevel[0] (aka Sub.cafe) which I believe was the original incarnation of the OP's project.<p>The product has always stuck to the creator's philosophy and has steadily acquired more polish. Companion iOS/Android apps also exist for it I think?<p>I've always liked it, I thought it had died which made me sad but glad to see it's still around.<p>Python back-end I think? Not sure if it's entirely custom or Django app.<p>Would like to see it take off.<p>[0]: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8111691" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8111691</a>
Will comment I think the hardest thing is getting users. I tried to make a dating site almost a decade ago, I learned a lot from it but I had to seed it with fake profiles and yeah, ultimately it went nowhere.<p>What is this 'webring' thing on that site<p>> <a href="https://webring.xxiivv.com/" rel="nofollow">https://webring.xxiivv.com/</a><p>Huh it looks like an old thing (wiki)